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Indian Agent

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\AGENTS FACET\Organizations\organizations\agencies\Commission of Indian Affairs\

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Newspaper clipping concerning 1859 oil strike in Mayes County, May 1906

 Item — Folder 46: [Barcode: 188.46]
Identifier: 4127.7
Description

Article cites Muriel H. Wright writing in December issue of 'The Chronicles of Oklahoma'. Folder 46

Dates: May 1906

Note From Return J. Meigs to John Ross, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 12A: [Barcode: 187.12A]
Identifier: 4026.1963
Description

Note from Cherokee Indian Agent Return J. Meigs to Chief John Ross concerning slaves. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 12A

Dates: 1797 - 1897

Note Requesting William Williams and James Starr to Meet with Acting U. S. Agent, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 1382: [Barcode: 187.1382]
Identifier: 4026.1909
Description

Note (signature illegible; possibly Wm. Potter Ross) requesting William Williams and James Starr to meet with acting U. S. Agent M. Duval. (1843 per Moulton). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 1382

Dates: 1797 - 1897

Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer, July 1866 - July 1874

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 45
Identifier: 3726.360
Description

Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation, and supplied by Edward P. Smith, Office of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior. It includes information on the sale of neutral lands, the amount paid by the Delaware and Shawnee tribes for Cherokee land, proceeds from sales of the Cherokee strip in Kansas, and totals of the Cherokee Stock Account. Folder 45

Dates: July 1866 - July 1874

Resolution of National Council protesting War Department Order prohibiting Evan Jones Residence in Cherokee Nation, October 2, 1839

 Item — Folder 657: [Barcode: 187.657]
Identifier: 4026.846
Description

Resolution of National Council protesting War Department order prohibiting Evan Jones residence in Cherokee Nation. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 657

Dates: October 2, 1839

Spoliation Claim - Polly of Hickory Log, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 480: [Barcode: 187.480]
Identifier: 4026.1913
Description

Spoliation claim. Polly of Hickory Log; not signed by agent. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 480

Dates: 1797 - 1897

The Removal of the Cherokee, circa 1927

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 65
Identifier: 4027.5291
Description

Typescript of an essay titled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden. Describes how the comissioner J.F. Schermerhorn arranged the Treaty of 1835 in absence of Cherokee officers. By this treaty, the Cherokee Nation ceded to the U.S. all territory east of the Mississippi River. Includes history of the removal from June 1838 to March 1839. Folder 65

Dates: circa 1927

Treaty Between Cherokees and Creeks, August 9, 1814

 Item — Folder 2: [Barcode: 187.2]
Identifier: 4826.2-.3
Description

Treaty at Fort Jackson establishing a boundary between the Cherokee and Creeks, witnessed by Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Hawkins, and Return J. Meigs. Folder 2. 4826.3a-b is a photocopy of a transcript of the original treaty. Folder 2A

Dates: August 9, 1814