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Folder 580

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Letter from Chief John Ross to Brigadier General Matthew Arbuckle, July 9, 1839

 Item — Folder: 580
Identifier: 4026.771-.1
Description

Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross and 29 other Cherokees to General Arbuckle regretting failure of Western Chiefs to meet them at Illinois Camp ground and the premature departure of Star and others from protection at Fort Gibson, and denying report of planned killings. (Moulton) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 580

Dates: July 9, 1839