Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
Found in 412 Collections and/or Records:
Spoliation Claim, March 16, 1842
Spoliation claim - Wills Valley, the Pipe; sworn before Carter and Wofford. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 810
Statement from Mr. Jefferson Nivens to John Drew for clothing and sundries, 1846
Folder 44
Statement of loan to Lewis Riley by William Foreman, circa 1820
A statement of loan to Lewis Riley by William Foreman. Folder 3
Statement of loans to John Drew, 1851
Balance due was $3399.70. Payment was received in Fort Gibson on October 1, 1851. Folder 140
Statement signed by five persons regarding John Browder and his services, March 9, 1810
A statement signed by five persons declaring that John Browder and his services to the Cherokee Nation are depended on, and that the decision to put him out should be left to the Council. Folder 9
Statement signed by six persons of the National Council at Willstown, May 5, 1811
A statement signed by six persons of the Native Council at Willstown stating that two enslaved persons, Will and his wife Hanah, shall be inherited by Peggy Scott, widow of James Vann. It specifies that Will, Hanah, and any children they may have will be the property of Peggy Scott and her heirs "for life." Written by administrators of the Vann estate. Includes photostat, photocopy, and typed transcript. Folder 11
Tax receipt for Hart, Vann & Company, family grocery store in Fort Gibson, C.N., October 17, 1891
Tax receipt for Hart, Vann & Company, family grocery store in Fort Gibson, C.N. Folder 22
Tax receipt for the first quarter of 1896 - 1897 fiscal year to J. M. Bryan, Locust Grove, signed D. W. Lipe and Robert B. Ross, February 23, 1897
Folder 43
Text of Address by Chief John Ross to National Council , September 12, 1839
Text of Address by Chief John Ross to newly-elected National Council under Constitution adopted under July 12 Act of Union. This is first document in file written at Tahlequah Cherokee Nation. (Moulton) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 633
The Removal of the Cherokee, circa 1927
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