Neosho River

Act to Regulate Prices of Ferriages at Ferries, December 16, 1841

Item — Folder 789: [Barcode: 187.789]

Identifier: 4026.955

Description

Act of National Council to regulate prices of ferriages at ferries. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 789

Dates: December 16, 1841

Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Indian Refugees in Kansas, 1862

Item — Folder 1397: [Barcode: 187.1397]

Identifier: 4126.85.2

Description

Indian refugees in Kansas. Folder 1397

Dates: 1862

Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

John Lowery Brown's account of his journey from Grand Saline, Indian Territory to California goldfields, April 1850

Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 27.1]

Identifier: 3616.94

Description Foreword by Muriel H. Wright, June 1934. See transcription field for full text. Yellowed and crumbling with the passing of eighty-four years, the pages of a small, leather bound notebook reveal the story of the overland journey of a party of Cherokees who set out from the Grand Saline, Cherokee Nation, for California in 1850. This journal was kept by a young Cherokee, John Lowery Brown, who recorded the progress of the emigrants day by day. It tells the difficulties encountered along a...

Dates: April 1850

Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Lowery Brown

Letter from Huckleberry Downing and Tah-lah-lah to Chief John Ross, January 12, 1863

Item — Folder 1175: [Barcode: 187.1175]

Identifier: 4026.1364

Description Letter from Huckleberry Downing and Tah-lah-lah at Post Neosho, Missouri to Chief John Ross in Philadelphia reporting Agent Harlan has $12,000 for relief of Cherokee refuges. The Reverse side of this document is a letter from Brigadier General James G. Blunt to the soldiers of the 1st , 2nd, and 3rd Indian Regiments of the Home Guard bidding farewell and trusting that they will give obedience to his successor. (Moulton). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso....

Dates: January 12, 1863

Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from Huckleberry Downing to Chief John Ross, January 8, 1863

Item — Folder 1173: [Barcode: 187.1173]

Identifier: 4026.1363-.3

Description

Letter from Huckleberry Downing and six other Cherokee at Post Neosho, Missouri to Chief John Ross stating they believe the Nation is cleared of Confederates and Post Neosho created to handle refuges, but Cherokee Agent Harlow wants them moved to Dry Wood near Fort Scott. (Moulton). Folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 1173

Dates: January 8, 1863

Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Manuscript Collection: John Lowery Brown

Collection

Identifier: MC.1954.26

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Journal of John Lowery Brown (1779-1852), a Cherokee. He and a party of fellow tribesmen left Grand Saline (near Salina, Oklahoma) on April 20, 1850, for the gold fields of California. After suffering many hardships, the party arrived late in September. The last entry is November 10, 1850. This journal is in English. A transcript with notes is printed in Vol. XII of the Chronicles of Oklahoma (Oklahoma Historical Society,...

Dates: 1850

Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research