Cowskin Prairie
Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Keywords
Scope Note: Authorities\John Ross\
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Act of National Council Naming Chief John Ross, Lewis Downing, James McDaniel, and Evan Jones as Delegates to Represent Cherokee before United State Government, February 19, 1863
Item — Folder 1178: [Barcode: 187.1178]
Identifier: 4026.1377
Description
Act of National Council at Cowskin Prairie, signed by Lewis Downing and J. B. Jones, Spring Frog and William M. Scraper; also Thomas Pegg, acting Principle Chief naming Chief John Ross, Lewis Downing, James McDaniel, and Evan jones as delegates to represent Cherokee before United States Government. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three sides. Folder 1178
Dates:
February 19, 1863
Letter from Chief John Ross to Commissioner of Indian Affairs William P. Dole, April 2, 1863
Item — Folder 1181: [Barcode: 187.1181]
Identifier: 4026.1380-.1
Description
Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross in Philadelphia to Commissioner of Indian Affairs W. P. Dole listing bills passed by National Council in February at Cowskin Prairie, and urging establishment of military post so Cherokee refuges may return to home country. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1181 Inscription(s) Inscribed in ink on verso, "Copy of a Communication to Hon. W. P....
Dates:
April 2, 1863