indigenous people
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
A notebook listing disbursements, some of which are to Native Americans, 1776
Folder 1
Americae Nova Tabula, 1969
A New Map of America
Descriptive Title
A book of old maps delineating American history
Transcript (DCI)
Septentrionalißimas Americæ partes, Goenlandiam puta Islandiā et adjacentes, quod Americæ tabulæ commodé comprehendi non potuerint, peculiari hac tabella Spectatoribus exhibendas duximus,
Authorized copy of B. V. Cummins’ manuscript on the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation in Oklahoma Territory, 1900
Cummins, an Old Soldiers Declaratory Statement Filing Agent, offers a description of Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache lands to be opened for settlement (these lands in southwestern Oklahoma were opened by lottery June 9 to August 6, 1901). He discusses the soil, water, timber, climate, and territorial laws. He then offers to file a soldier's declaratory statement for a fee. Folder 1
C. T. Wells’ account of a trip from Mulberry, Arkansas to Arkansas City, Kansas, November 7 - 22, 1878 and June 1879
C. T. Wells' account of a 15-day, 375-mile trip from Mulberry, Franklin County, Arkansas to Arkansas City, Kansas, which lasted from November 7 to 22, 1878. It also contains his comments on Sun City, Kansas from June 1879. It is addressed to "[t]o [his] friend Sallie." Folder 1
Copy of an interview of a Mataugwesauwack Indian, July 1771
Folder 1
Letter from G. Saltonstall requesting a missionary be sent to instruct the Mohegans in the Christian religion, May 31, 1716
Letter sent by G. Saltonstall, on behalf of the Governor and Council of the Colony of Connecticut in New England, to the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians in America. He requests that a missionary be sent to instruct the Mohegans, and the English living on lands granted by them, in the Christian religion. Typescript is available. Folder 1
Letter from Patrick Gordon to Chief Shekallamy regarding the sale of rum to the Native Americans, August 13, 1735
Folder 1
Peace treaty between the king of Spain, the Chicacha, and the Chacta, May 14, 1792
The signers of this treaty include, but are not limited to, Colonel Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, Governor of Natchez District, Fascoatura, King of the Chickasaws, and Franchimastabia, Principal Chief of Choctaw Nation. Folder 1
Report from a meeting of the Commissioners for Managing Indian Affairs, June 21, 1709
The report includes examinations of Native Americans sent to Canada as spies. Folder 1
Typescript of Winthrop Sargent’s account of Native American raids in the Northwest Territory in 1791, 20th century
Folder 2