Thomas Nuttall was an explorer/botanist who began his excursion in 1819. Nuttall collected plant sampled. Thomas was a lover of nature and all things concerning wild life. He joined men to head to the Red River. Nuttall contributed to collecting information about the people of Oklahoma as well as the resources. Before heading toward the Red River, he joined Major William Bradford and a company of riflemen (Norman, Ok: University of Oklahoma,2007), 79. One of the major things Nuttall did on his expedition was work with the army men to get rid of squatters. Squatters were people getting comfortable in a space without their right to settle. Thomas and the others tried to eject as many squatters as possible, because they thought it was disrespectful
