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to William H. Crawford

Writes to Secretary of War Crawford to transmit Captain John Allen's muster roll (not included) of volunteers who helped protect Chickasaw Indian land from "Intruders," referring to white settlers.

GLC07374

to George Graham

"[T]his will ensure the removal of 19/20 of the whole Cherokee Nation." Docketed.

GLC07375

to Eliza Anne Mackay

Mentions an upcoming camp meeting in Georgia and sending money to his tailor. Discusses protecting Cherokee lands from white intruders, mentioning the capture of "200 gold diggers." In reference to the Indian Removal Act of 1830, he speculates that...

GLC07376

Extract from a report of the Secretary of War to the President of the United States

Relays some observations "resulting from a general view of the Indian Department...with the hope that some of them might be considered as proper principles to be interwoven in a general System for the government of Indian Affairs." Discusses...

GLC07379

Annual Report of Brigadier General George Cook, U.S. Army. Commanding Department of Arizona.

Signed by Crook's acting aide-de-camp S. Roberts. Reports on his expedition to the Sierra Madre Mountains to locate Geronimo and his warrior band. He faults the government for their unfair treatment of the Indians and the United States...

GLC07380.01

An Apache campaign in the Sierra Madre: An account of the expedition in pursuit of the hostile Chiricahua Apaches in the spring of 1883

Published by Charled Scribner's Sons. Dedication included on the first blank page to C. M. Lanitis Jr. from Mrs. Lieutenant Seyburn, May 1886. Describes a campaign led by General George Crook against the Chiricahua Apache Tribe in 1883. In the...

GLC07380.02

[Soldier letterbook from the Black Hawk War]

Letterbook of Major Conyers, commander of the mounted Detachment from 1st Regiment Missouri Volunteers during the Black Hawk War. This bound volume contains orders, memoranda, incoming and outgoing correspondence, company appraisements and...

GLC07381

Laws of the Cherokee Nation...

Acts passed 1839-1867, compiled by National Council.

GLC07384.01

Compiled Laws... Cherokee Nation

Laws passed in Talequah Indian Territory; presentation copy by assistant executive secretary of Cherokee Nation.

GLC07384.02

Constitution, Treaties and Laws of the Chickasaw

Inscribed to D. Fisher. Written from the Indian Territory of Atoka.

GLC07384.03