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Native Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Dci People

Found in 1868 Collections and/or Records:

Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to Mr. John Browder, April 6, 1806

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: 3826.1269
Description

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

Dates: April 6, 1806

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

 Item — Folder 127: [Barcode: 61.127]
Identifier: 4026.1669
Description

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

Dates: August 1, 1848

Handwritten document addressed to the United States Congress regarding Western Cherokees after Treaty of 1833, mid-19th century

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 63
Identifier: 4026.5290
Description

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

Dates: mid-19th century

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 76
Identifier: 4926.267
Description

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary. Folder 76

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 78
Identifier: 4926.269
Description

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, no translation. Folder 78

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 79
Identifier: 4926.270
Description

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, no translation. Folder 79

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 82
Identifier: 4926.274
Description

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, no translation. Folder 82

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 83
Identifier: 4926.275
Description

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, no translation. Folder 83

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 84
Identifier: 4926.276
Description

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, no translation. Folder 84

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century