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1696/10/28

Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de, 1620-1698

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Madame De Dhuxelles

Describes his efforts to suppress the Iroquois. Mentions the writings of Father Hennepin which claim to describe life in New France, but Frontenac suggests they are not accurate. Written as Governor General of New France. De Dhuxelles was the wife of the Marechal of France.

GLC05297

1661/11/12

Mohican Indians

Manuscript document signed

Title: Land sale.

Sale of land on Long Island Sound to English Quaker John Budd by Indian tribe. Signed by five chiefs with their marks.

GLC05305

1910/03/10

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Header Record

Title: to Walter S. Field re: asking Field to appear for Roosevelt in suits in Oklahoma

Includes four related letters: 1. Roosevelt letter to Walter S. Field 3/10.1910. 2. La Follette, Robert M. TLS: Washington, D.C., to Theodore Roosevelt. 18 January 1910. 1 p. re: land formerly belonging to Kickapoo Indians. 3. Field, Walter S. TLS: Washington, D.C., to Theodore Roosevelt. 21 January 1910. 2 p. re: request to represent Roosevelt in Kickapoo land dispute. 4. Teller, Henry Moore. TLS: Washington, D.C., to Theodore Roosevelt. 26 January 1910, 2 p. re: urging Roosevelt to allow Walter Field to represent him in the Kickapoo land dispute.

GLC07733.02

Header Record

Title: United States Congress publications regarding Native American treaties, removal, and affairs [Decimalized .01-.11.02]

GLC09885

1747/04/01

Pepperrell, William, 1696-1759

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Hill re: orders to insure that the Militia are well armed

"The town you dwell in ly's much exposed to the enemy"

GLC06790

1878/07/03

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: re: war with Indians in Oregon

Apparently a fragment or a note on a docketing panel. "This is no war with Indians in the region familiar to Texas Jack, but far away Oregon in a country well known to the troops serving there." Some loss to letters.

GLC06887

[1875]/12/16

Neafie, Theodore F., fl. 1861-1877

Letter signed

Title: to: sister.

He sends news of an attack by Indians, and mentions that he has gotten a job as a packer in a mule pack train.

GLC07164.66

[1877]/08/26

Neafie, Theodore F., fl. 1861-1877

Letter signed

Title: to: sister.

He sends news that he has decided that he likes Hamilton, and may soon go out poisoning wolves to sell their fur. He claims that if the Nez Indian attempt to raid again, he will join a volunteer company to prevent their attack .

GLC07164.69

February 18, 1747

Henderson, Thomas, fl. 1747

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Thomas Henderson's declaration regarding a settlement in the Eastern part of Massachusetts Bay]

Henderson attests that he became a settler on the Eastern part of Massachusetts Bay in 1728. Took up a lot of land on St. George's, a colony of which Colonel [Samuel] Waldo was the proprietor, in 1735. Moved to Lincoln (present-day Maine) in 1736 then Leverett (present-day Massachusetts). Regarding these settlements, states, "... and from the Encouragement given by the Proprietor aforesaid and the good ness of the Sail and Navigations they became by the year 1744 the most Flourishing Settlements (for their standing) of any in New England, and all the Settlers grew into good &…

GLC02437.10409

[1908-1920]

Dixon, Joseph K., 1856-1926

Photograph

Title: Grassy meadow with four riders on horseback

Inscribed "3712" in pencil on verso.

GLC03911.08.01

[1908-1920]

Dixon, Joseph K., 1856-1926

Photograph

Title: View of the horizon with teepees and smoke signal in the distance

Inscribed "The smoke signal, make neg from print" in pencil on verso.

GLC03911.08.02

[1908-1920]

Dixon, Joseph K., 1856-1926

Photograph

Title: Scene beside a river with two Native American women gathering berries

Inscribed "875" in pencil on verso.

GLC03911.08.03

[1908-1920]

Dixon, Joseph K., 1856-1926

Photograph

Title: Landscape with cemetery and three Native American men.

Inscribed "2550" in pencil on verso. Three Native Americans, one with a rifle, standing among US Army cemetary markers at the site of the battle of Little Bighorn.

GLC03911.08.04

[1908-1920]

Dixon, Joseph K., 1856-1926

Photograph

Title: Hillside with cemetery and three Native American men on horseback.

Inscribed "512" in pencil on verso.

GLC03911.08.05

[1908-1920]

Dixon, Joseph K., 1856-1926

Photograph

Title: Lone Native American on horseback amidst a vast prairie.

Inscribed "02674" in pencil on verso. Inscribed "In Command of the Prairie."

GLC03911.08.06

[1908-1920]

Dixon, Joseph K., 1856-1926

Photograph

Title: River valley with group of Native Americans on horseback moving away from the camera.

"The end of the trail, or The March [illegible], 3678, 2031" inscribed in pencil on verso.

GLC03911.08.07

[1908-1920]

Dixon, Joseph K., 1856-1926

Photograph

Title: Lone Native American on horseback at top of a hill, silhouetted against the sky.

"Waiting for the smoke signal" inscribed in pencil on verso.

GLC03911.08.08

[1908-1920]

Dixon, Joseph K., 1856-1926

Photograph

Title: Lone Native American on horseback at top of a hill, with dark sky

Similar to 3911.08.08, but rider is shown more at a distance. "The Pillar of Smoke, 841, 2029" inscribed in pencil on verso.

GLC03911.08.09

[1908-1920]

Dixon, Joseph K., 1856-1926

Photograph

Title: Group of Native Americans on horseback traveling over a distant hilltop

Inscribed "over the horizon, 3261, 2028" in pencil on verso.

GLC03911.08.10

[1908-1920]

Dixon, Joseph K., 1856-1926

Photograph

Title: Vast darkened landscape showing mounted Native Americans near a river

Inscribed "Passing into the mists" in pencil on verso.

GLC03911.08.11

[1908-1920]

Dixon, Joseph K., 1856-1926

Photograph

Title: Chiefs returning from Council Lodge

12. Prairie with two mounted Native Americans in foreground; teepee, horses, and additional Native Americans visible in background. Inscribed 3636, 2043 in pencil on verso.

GLC03911.08.12