Letter from Acting Principal Chief Smith Christie to Brigadier General Thayer, Commanding District Frontier Department of Arkansas, asking military to adopt measures to prevent persons entering Cherokee Nation with papers to search for stock; endorsement by Provost Marshall. Reports only 1 paper issued; Brigadier General Thayer endorsement limits permits to contractors furnishing beef to Army. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1234

Letter from Acting Principal Chief Smith Christie at Fort Gibson to Major General James Steele Commanding the District of Arkansas asking that Colonel William A. Phillips be restored to command of the Indian Brigade and reciting abuses over General Blunt's General Order Number 7. Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on six pages. Folder 1247

2 Copies (not identical) of letter from Acting Principal Chief Smith Christie to Secretary of the Interior John P. Usher seeking rescission of General Order Number 7. Enclosed A. Vann letter to Colonel William A. Phillips (not included here). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1227

Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"

2 Copies (not identical) of letter from Acting Principal Chief Smith Christie to Secretary of the Interior John P. Usher seeking rescission of General Order Number 7. Enclosed A. Vann letter to Colonel William A. Phillips (not included here). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1227

Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"