Map Showing the Lands Assigned to Emigrant-Indians West of Arkansas and Missouri, 1833
Description
This map provides the locations of Indigenous tribes west of Arkansas and Missouri. The map includes numbers of Indigenous peoples who emigrated to land given, the tribes given land and the amount, the number of Indigenous people east of the Mississippi, and numbers of Indigeous peope who reside west of the Mississippi. Inscribed in blue pencil, "1833" underneath title along left edge on verso; Inscribed in type, "Estimated quantity of Land assigned to the tribes, who have emigrated from the Eastern to the Western side of the Mississippi. acres- Choctaws, 15,000,000. Creeks & Seminoles, 13,140,000. Senecas & Shawnees, 100,000. Quapaws, 96,000. Hankeshaws & Weas, 160,000. Kaskaskias & Peorias, 96,000. Ottowas, 94,000. Shawanees, 1,600,000. Delawares, 2,208,000. Kickapoos, 766,000." in bottom left corner on recto; Inscribed in type, "Statement of the number of the Indians West of the Mississippi Who have emigrated. Delawares, 826. Shawanees, 1,250. Kickapoos, 470. Ottowas, 200. Weas, 222. Piankeshaws, 162. Peorias & Kaskaskias, 132. Potawatomies, 141. Senecas from Sandusky, 251. Senecas & Shawanees, 211. Creeks, 2,459. Cherokees, 5,000. Appalachicoles, 265. Chocktaws, 150,003." along bottom edge on recto; Inscribed in type, "Statement of the number of Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. Indians in New York, 4,716. Indians from New York at Green Bay, 725. Wyandot in Ohio and Michigan, 623. Winnebagoes, 1,591. Ottowas & Chippewas of Lake Michigan, 530. Chippewas, 6,793. Chippewas, Ottowas, and Potawatomies, 8,000. Miamies, 1,200. Weas, 60. Creeks, 22,668. Cherokees, 10,000. Chickasaws, 5,429. Choctaws, 3,500. Siminoles, 2,420. Appalachicoles, 340. Menomonies, 4,200. Pottawatomies, 1,400." along bottom edge on recto; Inscribed in type, "Statement of the number of the Indian tribes resident West of the Mississippi. Sioux, 27,500. Ioways, 1,200. Sacs of the Missouri, 500. Omahas, 1,400. Ottoes & Missourias, 1,600. Pawnees, 10,000. Camanches, 7,000. Mandans, 15,000. Minetarees, 15,000. Assinaboins, 8,000. Crees, 5,000. Gros Ventres, 3,000. Crow, 45,000. Quapaws, 450. Caddoes, 800. Poncas, 800. Osages, 5,120. Kansas, 1,471. Sacs, 4,800. Arickaras, 3,000. Chayennes, 2,000. Blackfeet, 30,000. Foxes, 1,600. Arrepakas & Keawas, 1,400." in bottom right corner on recto; "Part of these have gone Wesr of the River, but their numbers is not known." along bottom edge on recto; Inscribed in pencil, "Map. 125" in bottom right corner on recto; Inscribed, "Map. 125" in bottom right corner on verso; Inscribed in blue pen ink, "1833 0-3" on red and white rectangular sticker in bottom right corner on verso; Inscribed in black ink, "IR 58 1/2 Roll Dup" in upper left corner on verso; Inscribed in pencil, "31" in upper left corner on verso.
Dates
- 1833
Access Restrictions
Available by appointment only at the Helmerich Center for American Research (HCAR) with the exception of materials with donor restrictions. Contact Library staff in advance to inquire if materials exist pertaining to your research interests.
Extent
From the Collection: 800 maps
Language of Materials
English
Dimensions
Overall: Length: 19 7/8 Inches, Width: 15 Inches, Inside neatline: Length: 13 5/16 Inches, Width: 12 1/2 Inches
Dimensions
Overall: Length: 19 7/8 Inches, Width: 15 Inches, Inside neatline: Length: 13 5/16 Inches, Width: 12 1/2 Inches
Previous Number 1
Map 125
Previous Number 2
3926.731
Geographic Area
Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri state lines
Scale
1:2,534,400
- Arkansas (state)
- Arkansas River -- Kansas River
- Canadian River -- South Canadian River
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Choctaw (culture or style)
- Choctaw Nation
- Creek
- Creek Nation
- Delaware (culture or style) -- Lenape
- Grand Saline Fork
- Indian Territory
- Indian reservations -- Indian reservation -- Native American reservations
- Kaw (culture or style) -- Kansa
- Kickapoo (culture or style) -- Kikapoo
- Map
- Maps and Atlases
- Midwest
- Missouri
- Muscogee -- Mvsoke -- Creek (culture or style) -- Muskogee
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Oklahoma
- Osage (culture or style)
- Red River
- Saline Creek -- Saline
- Shawnee (culture or style)
- Smoky Hill River
- Southwest -- The Southwest
- emigrants -- emigrant
- removing -- removal
- southeast -- southeastern
- tribes
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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