Letter from White Catcher and Twenty Officers of the 2nd and 3rd Indian Regiments to Chief John Ross, December 2, 1862
Description
Letter from White Catcher and 20 officers of the 2nd and 3rd Indian Regiments, Brigadier General J. G. Blunts Headquarters, Cane Hill, Arkansas to Chief John Ross asking his aid in detaining reinstatement of Cherokee in their homes, with bread furnished until crops can be produced at home. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1166
Dates
- December 2, 1862
Creator
- White Catcher (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Bibliography
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 10 × 15 3/4 in. (25.4 × 40 cm) Folded: 10 × 7 7/8 in. (25.4 × 20 cm)
- American Civil War
- Cherokee
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Cherokee Mounted Rifles
- Hillsboro -- Boonsboro -- Cane Hill -- Hillsborough
- 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
- White Catcher
- archives -- archive
- bread -- breads
- chief (tribal leader)
- crops (animal equipment) -- crop -- riding crop
- homes -- home
- letters (correspondence) -- letter
- officers -- officer
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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