Captain Joseph parks was a Shawnee born in 1797 and emigrated from Ohio to Kansas in 1833. Biography is six pages long. Folder 255A

Biography reads: "Born 1823 Acts as guide to Col Fremont in his last tour to California in 1848-9, been in several engagements with the mountain and Prairie Indians, His father was second war chief". Folder 255A

Biography reads: "Born 1812, has always been an advocate of education and Religion among his people and still labors to that end". Folder 255A

Biography reads: "A half and born 1807, went to Texas in 1842, took an action part in the war with Mexico, was a member of Capt. Smith's company of Rangers, …". Folder 255A

Biography reads: "One of the Delegation who visited Washington January 1859, Is a great Friend to the cause of Education, agriculture, and Religion". Folder 255A

Biography reads: "Born 1819, A Shawnee Councilor Educated at the Methodist Mission, or Shawnee Channel Labor School, was one of General Kamry's guides and hunters in 846, A well known advocate of agriculture Education and Religion among the Indians." Folder 255A

Biography reads: "Born 1818, Served as a guide and hunter for Col Fremont in 1846, been in several engagements with the mountain Indians and in one against the Sioux and Shians and one against the Pawnees, Isha'-la-wis". Folder 255A

Biography reads: "Born 1819, Brother to the Head Chief of the Dellawares [sic], Served as a guide and hunter to Col Fremont in 1846, Engaged in several skirmishes with the Indians of the mountains and survived a wound in the leg in one of the engagements." Folder 255A

Biography reads: "Born 1819, Interpreter to the Dellawares [sic] formerly interpreter to the Shawnees and Kickapoo, was educated at the Shawnee Methodist Mission, and recommended to the U. S. Government as interpreter in 1837 by the Rev. Thomas Johnson, a great advocate of Education and Religion among the Indians, One of the Delegation of Delaware in January 1859." Folder 255A