Letter from Elijah Hicks to Chief John Ross, April 2, 1848
Item — Folder: 982
Identifier: 4026.1140
Description
Letter from Elijah Hicks, Verdigris, to Chief John Ross, Park Hill. Reports death of Black Dog, Osage Band Chief, and Wolf's desire to be confirmed as successor by the Cherokees. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 982
Dates
- April 2, 1848
Creator
- Elijah Hicks (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Medium
ink on paper
Signed
Signed, "E. Hicks"
Dimensions
Overall: 10 × 16 in. (25.4 × 40.6 cm) Folded: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
- Cherokee
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Elijah Hicks
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Letter
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Osage (culture or style)
- Park Hill -- Chief John Ross' community -- guwisguwi sgadugi
- Verdigris
- archives -- archive
- chief (tribal leader)
- deaths -- death
- letters (correspondence) -- letter
Repository Details
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