Communication from Three Delaware Chiefs to Grand Council of Indian Nations on North Fork of Canadian River, June 9, 1861
Description
Communication from three Delaware Chiefs to Grand Council of Indian Nations on North Fork of Canadian River urging neutrality in Civil War. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1106
Dates
- June 9, 1861
Creator
- Unidentified (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Medium
ink on paper
Signed
Signed, "Black Beaver and other unidentified signatures"
Dimensions
Overall: 9 3/4 × 15 1/2 in. (24.8 × 39.4 cm) Folded: 9 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (24.8 × 19.7 cm)
- American Civil War
- Canadian River -- South Canadian River
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Delaware
- Delaware (culture or style) -- Lenape
- John Ross Papers
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- archives -- archive
- chief (tribal leader)
- civil wars -- civil war
- communication (function) -- communicated -- communicating
- neutrality -- neutral
- north
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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