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Cherokee

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Culture Terms

Found in 3726 Collections and/or Records:

Bond posted by Henry Lowry to cover court costs in suit against Martin Buzzard Flopper, August 27, 1873

 Item — Folder 389: [Barcode: 61.389]
Identifier: 4026.1955
Description

Henry Lowry was the administrator of the John Lowry and William Reese estate. Folder 389

Dates: August 27, 1873

Bound copy of the treaty between the Confederate States, Choctaw Nation, and Chickasaw Nation, July 12, 1861

 Item — Folder 10: [Barcode: 47.10]
Identifier: 4826.17
Description

Confederate States Commissioner Albert Pike concluded this eighty-seven page treaty between the Confederate States, Choctaw Nation, and Chickasaw Nation at North Fork Town in Creek Nation West. Although the treaty was concluded in Creek Nation West, there is no evidence in the document to indicate the participation of Creek Nation. Included in the document are signatures for the Confederate States, Choctaw Nation, and Chickasaw Nation. Folder 10

Dates: July 12, 1861

Bound leather notebook with entries regarding cattle business and personal expenses, 1873 - 1875

 Item — Folder 415: [Barcode: 61.415]
Identifier: 4026.3221
Description

References to J. D. Frazer on pages 6 and 7 suggest it was property of W. G. Robinson (see folders 379 and 380). Folder 415

Dates: 1873 - 1875

Bound Typescript, May 1, 1960

 Item — Folder 1370: [Barcode: 187.1370]
Identifier: 4027.14-.26
Description

Bound typescript "John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1860-1866)" by M. D. Gentry. Folder 1370.

Dates: May 1, 1960

Bound volume containing text of 374 claims filed under the 1835 Treaty of New Echota also some Muscogee Creek claims, March 1, 1842 - May 12, 1842

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 39.1]
Identifier: 4026.3501
Description Bound volume containing text of 374 claims filed under the 1835 Treaty of New Echota. In addition to the claims, there are also supporting affidavits and evidence. The claims were filed before Jesse Bushyhead, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation; Evan Jones, Clerk; David M. Foreman, Solicitor or Clerk for the Going Snake District (The Going Snake District was east of Tahlequah, near Westville). On page 122 and entry 336 there is a title that says Creek Claims. Folder...
Dates: March 1, 1842 - May 12, 1842

Business card of John M. Taylor, Jr., Attorney-at-Law in Indian Territory, stating he has a copy of the Official Roll of Cherokees to whom compensation can be paid, April 30, 1906

 Item — Folder 581: [Barcode: 61.581]
Identifier: 5127.212
Description

Card of John M. Taylor Junior attorney in Claremore quoting Supreme Court decision and announcing that he has the official roll taken in 1835 on the basis of which per capital payments will be paid. Folder 581

Dates: April 30, 1906

C. T. Wells’ account of a trip from Mulberry, Arkansas to Arkansas City, Kansas, November 7 - 22, 1878 and June 1879

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 219.1]
Identifier: 4026.8414
Description

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

Dates: November 7 - 22, 1878 and June 1879

Candidates and election of the Committee of Five, August 6, 1847

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 33
Identifier: 5126.481
Description

List of candidates and election of the Committee of Five as provided in the Treaty of August 6, 1847. The president of the Committee decides in favor of Calvin Smith after he ties with Samuel Chambers. Folder 33

Dates: August 6, 1847