chief (tribal leader)
Found in 883 Collections and/or Records:
Tall Chief, 1850 - 1900
Folder 39
Inscription(s)
Inscribed, "Tall Chief" on verso
Taylor Postoak, Second Chief of Checotah, 1850 - 1900
2 copies of this photograph exist in the Gilcrease Photography Collection Folder 23
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 hum fixico, Chief, mixed blood, 1901
Folder 13
The Kiowa-Comanche Council at Mount Scott with Quanah Parker, 1850 - 1900
Folder 10
Inscription(s)
Inscribed, "The Kiowa-Commanche Council at Mount Scott with Quanah Parker. Quanah Parker stands just behind the table. Seated to his left are Captains F.D. baldwin and H.L. scott. Quanah Parker wears in his necktie the diamond star pin given [sic] him by the cattlemen" on verso
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
Two Copies (not identical) of a Letter from Acting Principal Chief Smith Christie to Secretary of the Interior John P Usher, June 3, 1864
2 Copies (not identical) of letter from Acting Principal Chief Smith Christie to Secretary of the Interior John P. Usher seeking rescission of General Order Number 7. Enclosed A. Vann letter to Colonel William A. Phillips (not included here). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1227
Inscription(s)
Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"
Two Copies (not identical) of Letter from Acting Principal Chief Smith Christie to Secretary of the Interior John P Usher, June 3, 1864
2 Copies (not identical) of letter from Acting Principal Chief Smith Christie to Secretary of the Interior John P. Usher seeking rescission of General Order Number 7. Enclosed A. Vann letter to Colonel William A. Phillips (not included here). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1227
Inscription(s)
Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"
Two Copies of Acting Principal Chief Thomas Pegg Appointing Delegation, March 6, 1863
Two copies of documents signed by Acting Principal Chief Thomas Pegg appointing above delegation. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one side. Folder 1179
Two Copies of Documents Signed by Acting Principal Chief Thomas Pegg Appointing above Delegation, March 6, 1863
Two copies of documents signed by Acting Principal Chief Thomas Pegg appointing above delegation. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one side. Folder 1179