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1839/07/02
Guess, George, fl. 1839
to the Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation re: invitation to the national convention
Written by George Guess, Tobacco Wile, David Melton, and Looney Price on behalf of the Old Settlers.
GLC06741.03
1837/06/06
Proposals to engage waggons and teams to assist in the removal of the...
[title continued] Chickasaw Indians west of the Mississippi. With table containing list of names and numbers of horse/ox teams.
GLC06741.06
1837 ca.
Skello, J.M., fl. 1837
Tally of Indians moving from Little Rock to Fort Towson
Covers the period of May 4th through July 16th, with separate total for teamsters rations.
GLC06741.07
1837/07/01-1838/01/13
Vanderslice, D., fl. 1837-1838
Account of Vanderslice's expenditures during Chickasaw emigration
Vanderslice was Assisant Superintendent and Conductor in the emigration of the Chickasaw Indians.
GLC06741.08
1838/02/20
Certification re: delivery of 175 Chickasaw Indians and their belongings
Delivered via the ship "Itasca."
GLC06741.09
1833/03/22
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
[Retained clerical copy of a treaty between the United States and the Ottawa Indians]
Manuscript copy of the treaty made on 18 February 1833 between the Ottawa chiefs "residing on the Indian Reserves on the Miami of Lake Erie" and George B. Porter, the United States commissioner. Outlines the cession of Ottawa land in Ohio, the...
GLC07392
1834
[Advertisement for A Narrative of the Captivity & Providential Escape of Mrs. Jane Lewis]
Illustrated publication advertisement for a recently published book about Lewis experience as a captive of Chief Black Hawk during the Black Hawk War. Published in the aftermath of the war after Black Hawk was taken as a captive on a tour for the...
GLC07390
1825/08
Contemporary copy of Treaty of Prairie Du Chien (WI) [Schoolcraft copy]
Copy of Henry R. Schoolcraft, the 19th century scholar and ethnologist of Native Americans. Tied with green ribbon
GLC07391
1860/10/04
Ross, John, 1790-1866
Message of the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation to the National Council
Delivered October 4, 1860. Uncut.
GLC07384.04
7 July 1832 - 11 January 1839
Conyers, Thomas, 1795-1879
[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
1840
Constitution and Laws of Cherokee Nation
Constitution of reunited tribes.
GLC07382
1836/06/25
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
to Colonel Beall
Orders Beall to pursue and overtake a party of Indians escaping to Florida during the second Seminole War. Written at Camp Roanoke.
GLC05197
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
House Executive Documents, 23rd Congress, 1st Session. [nos. 204-349]
Very thick (24 x 15 x 7 cm.). Various paginations. Includes Bank of US, report of Lt. Allen and H.B. Schoolcraft on their exploratory expedition to the Northwest Indians in 1832 (with map). With 43 p. index. Vol. 4, Ser. No. 257. 3/24/1834 - 4/14...
GLC05324
28 October 1841
Seneca chieftains
[Petition to New York Governor William H. Seward signed by 58 chieftains of the Seneca Tribe]
Requests that the $500 annuity paid by the state, be paid only to the trusted chiefs listed. The annuity had been misused by chiefs favorable to the Ogden Land Company, and the money embezzled by the man to whom it had been paid. Endorsed by...
GLC05487
1838/03/25
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
to Thomas S. Jesup
In a private letter, General Taylor writes to his superior, General Jesup, about plans for suppressing the Seminole Indians in the second Seminole War. Commends Jesup's plan to "forward the Indians & Negroes in question to Tampa" and then on to Fort...
GLC05284
1839/03/21
to William Davenport
Notes Davenport's meeting with Florida Governor Richard Call, but wishes he had gotten definitive information on the location of Seminoles "who lately committed murders near Tallahassee." Reveals his frustration over the Seminole Indians style of...
GLC05285
17 February 1834
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
to Thomas Chilton
A very long letter to Chilton, a Kentucky congressman, in which Harrison recounts his experiences in the wars in the Northwest Territory. Voices his support for Chilton's proposal to extend the pension laws to veterans of the Indian Wars in the...
GLC05300
15 February 1828
to Wilson Lumpkin
Responds to a part of a speech given by Lumpkin, a Georgia congressman, dealing with Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. Contends that Indians "can only be perpetuated as tribes, or nations, by concentrating them west of the Mississippi upon...
GLC05695
1836/06/11
Jesup, Thomas S., 1788-1860
Ordering southern army into battle against Creeks
GLC05690.01
1836/06/10
Order No. 1 re: troop coordination [against the Creek Indians]
GLC05690.02
30 November 1818
to John C. Calhoun
Acknowledges the appointment of an agent to the Choctaw Indian Nation. Expresses gratitude that the treaty he and Isaac Shelby brokered with the Chickasaws met with then Secretary of War Calhoun's approval. In the treaty, the Chickasaw...
GLC05589
1828-1840
Certification of peace between John Quincy Adams and Naw-kaw, Winnebago Chief, with McKenney & Hall color lithograph of Naw-kaw [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC05120
1856
Cherokee Bible [old testament]
Cherokee Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Psalms, Wisdom and Isaiah) printed at Park Hill, Cherokee Nation, by Edwin Archer. Imprint date varies slightly since Exodus is dated 1853, Genesis 1856 and the rest undated. With manuscript notations in Cherokee.
GLC05122
1842/03/24
Hatchett, Samuel, fl. 1842
Cherokee Indian "Spoilatia" claim against U.S. Goverment (signed with cross)
Claim for of $125.25 written after Winfield Scott and troops confiscated his property during the "Trail of Tears." Signed by Hatchchett with his mark, a cross ("+").
GLC07310
1835/03/16
To the Cherokee Tribe of Indians East of the Mississippi [circular] [removal]
Printed circular letter. "I have no motive, my friends, to deceive you...circumstances that cannot be controlled, and which are beyond the reach of human laws, render it impossible that you can flourish in the midst of a civilized community. You have...
GLC07377
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