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Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Agreement between Shawnee and Cherokee tribes regarding Shawnee settlement and incorporation, June 9, 1869

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 40
Identifier: 5126.485
Description

Printed government document of an agreement between the Shawnee and Cherokee tribes approved by President Ulysses S. Grant, allowing the Shawnee to settle on Cherokee land east of ninety-six degrees and to become Cherokee citizens. Sealed by Cherokee delegates H. D. Reese and Wm. P. Adair and Shawnee delegates Graham Rogers and Charles Tucker. Folder 40

Dates: June 9, 1869

Clipping from New York Herald, April 6, 1886

 Item — Folder 1335: [Barcode: 187.1335]
Identifier: 3026.203
Description

Story on "Indian Lands." Folder 1335

Dates: April 6, 1886

Handwritten copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation to President U. S. Grant, May 29, 1871

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 44
Identifier: 3826.1290
Description

Handwritten copy of letter from W. P. Adair and C. N. Vann of the Cherokee Delegation to President Ulysses S. Grant requesting a fair price for Cherokee lands west of ninety-six degrees and south of thirty-seven degrees. Folder 44

Dates: May 29, 1871

Handwritten copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation to Senator James Harlan, May 22, 1871

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 41
Identifier: 3826.1287
Description

Handwritten copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation signed by W. P. Adair and C. N Vann to Senator James Harlan, Chairman of the U. S. Senate Indian Committee, regarding pricing of land to be sold by Cherokees, with references to the Treaties of 1866, 1867, and 1869. Folder 41

Dates: May 22, 1871

Handwritten copy of letter from Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano to Cherokee Delegation, May 26, 1871

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 43
Identifier: 3826.1289
Description

Handwritten copy of letter from Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano in Washington, D.C., to W. P. Adair and C. N. Vann of the Cherokee Delegation concerning pricing of Cherokee lands. He states that if the concerned parties do not agree, the price should be fixed by the President of the United States. Folder 43

Dates: May 26, 1871

Handwritten copy of letter from Senator James Harlan to Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano, May 23, 1871

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 42
Identifier: 3826.1288
Description

Handwritten copy of a letter from Senator James Harlan to Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano. Harlan suggests that a committee be established to set the price of Cherokee lands. He also references the Treaty of 1866 and implicates inequal wealth between tribes. Folder 42

Dates: May 23, 1871

Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to John Browder, February 27, 1806

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: 3826.1268
Description

Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to John Browder to stop fords on the Tennessee River in order to keep the cattle from indigenous lands. Folder 4

Dates: February 27, 1806

Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to Mr. John Browder, April 6, 1806

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: 3826.1269
Description

Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to Mr. John Browder to keep the barriers on the Tennessee river in order to prevent white persons from ranging cattle on indigenous lands. Folder 5

Dates: April 6, 1806

Handwritten notice from Return J. Meigs, War Department in Tennessee to John Browder, September 6, 1806

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: 3826.1270
Description

Handwritten notice from Return J. Meigs, War Department in Tennessee, to John Browder stating that lenient measures have not kept white people from running their cattle on indigenous lands, with instructions that they are to remove their cattle by September 20, or be prosecuted by law. Folder 6

Dates: September 6, 1806

Indian Arrow March 8, 1890, circa 1890

 Item — Folder 1397: [Barcode: 187.1397]
Identifier: 4126.85.1
Description

Small unnumbered slip of paper with handwritten title, 'Indian Arrow March 8, 1890.' Folder 1397

Dates: circa 1890