Native American
Found in 6473 Collections and/or Records:
Handwritten copy of document of National Council of the Cherokees, April 9, 1804
Handwritten copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation to President U. S. Grant, May 29, 1871
Handwritten copy of letter from W. P. Adair and C. N. Vann of the Cherokee Delegation to President Ulysses S. Grant requesting a fair price for Cherokee lands west of ninety-six degrees and south of thirty-seven degrees. Folder 44
Handwritten copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation to Senator James Harlan, May 22, 1871
Handwritten copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation signed by W. P. Adair and C. N Vann to Senator James Harlan, Chairman of the U. S. Senate Indian Committee, regarding pricing of land to be sold by Cherokees, with references to the Treaties of 1866, 1867, and 1869. Folder 41
Handwritten copy of letter from Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano to Cherokee Delegation, May 26, 1871
Handwritten copy of letter from Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano in Washington, D.C., to W. P. Adair and C. N. Vann of the Cherokee Delegation concerning pricing of Cherokee lands. He states that if the concerned parties do not agree, the price should be fixed by the President of the United States. Folder 43
Handwritten copy of letter from Senator James Harlan to Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano, May 23, 1871
Handwritten copy of a letter from Senator James Harlan to Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano. Harlan suggests that a committee be established to set the price of Cherokee lands. He also references the Treaty of 1866 and implicates inequal wealth between tribes. Folder 42
Handwritten copy of preliminary examination in the case of George Christy charged with the murder of Nicholas B. Saunders, August 26, 1885
Handwritten copy of preliminary examination in the case of George Christy charged with the murder of Nicholas B. Saunders in Tahlequah. Written by Allen Ross, Clerk, declaring that the prisoner should be bound over for trial. Includes original envelope. Folder 51
Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to John Browder, February 27, 1806
Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to John Browder to stop fords on the Tennessee River in order to keep the cattle from indigenous lands. Folder 4
Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to Mr. John Browder, April 6, 1806
Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to Mr. John Browder to keep the barriers on the Tennessee river in order to prevent white persons from ranging cattle on indigenous lands. Folder 5
Handwritten copy of Senator W. Sebastian's Creditors and $20,000 to Ross and Treaty Party advance to obtain Old Settler approval of treaty, August 1, 1848
Handwritten copy of Senator W. Sebastian's Creditors and $20,000 to Ross and Treaty Party advance to obtain Old Settler approval of treaty. Folder 127
Handwritten document addressed to the United States Congress regarding Western Cherokees after Treaty of 1833, mid-19th century
Handwritten complaint from the Western Cherokee tribe to the United States Senate and House of Representatives discussing the legislative treatment of the Eastern and Western Cherokee tribes in relation to Treaty of 1833 alongside the matter of forced removal and land costs. Discusses the Western Cherokee's land stolen by the Eastern Cherokee that was then sold to the U.S. government. Eighteen pages long. Folder 63