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Trail of Tears

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Subjects
Scope Note: Authorities\Attributes\Objects\Subjects\

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Claim of Nicholas Porter against United States Dorm Property Lost in 1828 in Move from the Old Nation in Arkansas, April 7, 1862

 Item — Folder 1154: [Barcode: 187.1154]
Identifier: 5126.911-.1
Description

Claim of Nicholas Porter, attested by Samuel M. Gunter, Clerk on Claims against United States for property lost in 1828 in move from the old nation, Arkansas. Folder 1154.

Dates: April 7, 1862

Fragment of Gen. Scott's Letter of Aug. 2, 1838, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 1376: [Barcode: 187.1376]
Identifier: 4026.3044.2
Description

Fragment of Gen. Scott's letter of Aug. 2, 1838 and cost per person of removal. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 1376

Dates: 1797 - 1897

Letter from Evan Jones to Chief John Ross, October 3, 1843

 Item — Folder 895: [Barcode: 187.895]
Identifier: 4026.1058-.1
Description

Letter from Evan Jones to Chief John Ross. Concerning compensation, if any, for persons caring for sick persons on Trail of Tears. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 895

Dates: October 3, 1843

Note from Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett to Cherokee Delegation, October 7, 1837

 Item — Folder 250: [Barcode: 187.250]
Identifier: 4026.474
Description

Note From Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett to Cherokee Delegation. Fixed appointment date. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 250

Dates: October 7, 1837

Photographic proof of the painting 'Trail of Tears', 1957

 Item — Folder Cherokee.40: [Barcode: 3.Cherokee.40]
Identifier: 4327.3669
Description

Black and white photographic proof of painting 'Trail of Tears' by Echohawk. Depicted is a line of Native men, women, and children with wagons walking along plains with Anglo military man on hoseback in middle of painting. A Native family stands off to right side of painting. Folder 40

Dates: 1957

Typescript of "Historical Sketches of the Cherokees; together with some of their Customs, Traditions and Superstitions", 1889

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 52
Identifier: 3026.350
Description

Typescript of "Historical Sketches of the Cherokees; together with some of their Customs, Traditions and Superstitions" by Wah-ne-nau-hi, a Cherokee woman formally known as Mrs. Lucy Keys. The text covers both pre and post-European contact history, including Sequoyah, George Lowery, and the Trail of Tears. There is also a family tree of the Oolootas of the Holly Clan. The original document is in the Smithsonian Institute. Folder 52

Dates: 1889