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Indians

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Subject Source: Gilcrease Dci Tags

Found in 158 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from I. A. Van Henvel to Major Ross, April 20, 1842

 Item — Folder 853: [Barcode: 187.853]
Identifier: 4026.1020-.1
Description

Letter from I. A. Van Henvel, Ogdensburgh, N. Y., to Major Ross. Seeking information about Chirabee Indians who formerly lived in West Indies. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 853

Dates: April 20, 1842

Letter from J. C. Dickinson to Friend Tatum, October 16, 1860

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 36
Identifier: 3826.1285
Description

A letter from J. C. Dickinson in Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, to Friend Tatum discussing a Cherokee Council session in which the selling of neutral lands were protested in Washington. Folder 36

Dates: October 16, 1860

Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross, January 12, 1832

 Item — Folder 68: [Barcode: 187.68]
Identifier: 4026.104
Description

Letter from John Ridge, who is on tour with Elias Boudinot, to Chief John Ross commenting on the political situation and condition of the Arkansas Cherokees, etc. Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on eight pages. Folder 68

Dates: January 12, 1832

Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross, April 3, 1832

 Item — Folder 70: [Barcode: 187.70]
Identifier: 4026.106-.3
Description

Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross about support for Elias Boudinot's trip. Is happy about decision in Worchester v. Georgia, and reports on the Secretary of War Lewis Cass who wants a removal treaty. Also says he has given a letter of introduction to Chief John Ross for John Dunlap from Scotland. (Moulton Vol. I, pp. 241-42 resembles this letter). Folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on six pages. Folder 70

Dates: April 3, 1832

Letter from L.B. Gritts to Miss Teenor regarding membership cards for the Kee-Too-Wah Society, April 16, 1950

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 61
Identifier: 3827.1294
Description

Letter from L.B. Gritts to Miss Teenor regarding cards for membership in the Kee-Too-Wah Society and the printing date for the Cherokee Advocate. Folder 61

Dates: April 16, 1950

Letter from Meigs at Southwest Point to John Browder, June 22, 1807

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: 3826.1271
Description

Letter from Meigs at Southwest Point to John Browder advising that Sam Graves must be restrained from drunken quarrels with white people or be "removed away" by the chiefs. He states that some white people would take advantage of Native Americans and indulge themselves in violent acts, and that additional troops may be needed. Folder 7

Dates: June 22, 1807

Letter from Return J. Meigs to John Browder, April 14, 1811

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 3826.1274
Description

Letter from Return J. Meigs to John Browder stating that Daniel Snider and Elias Gwin are to take two wagonloads of corn to the Indian Turnpike for payment of $3.50 each per day. Folder 10

Dates: April 14, 1811

Letter from Return J. Meigs to John Browder, May 14, 1811

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: 3826.1275
Description

A letter from Return J. Meigs to John Browder discussing the possibility of Browder occupying an island at the mouth of the Tennessee River. Folder 12

Dates: May 14, 1811

Letter from Robert H. Hynds to General John Cocke, January 5, 1843

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 28
Identifier: 3826.1281
Description

Letter from Robert H. Hynds in Dandridge, Georgia, to General John Cocke, recollecting his journey to the Cherokee Nation in 1827. He went to negotiate a treaty for the cession of lands east of the Mississippi. Folder 28

Dates: January 5, 1843

Letter from Soup Watts to Captain John Kogan, April 14, 1845

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 30
Identifier: 3826.1283
Description

Letter from Soup Watts in Vian, Cherokee Nation, to Captain John Kogan in Fort Smith, Arkansas, listing the heads of families not included in a former schedule. They also agree to establish a depot on "Sallisaw at Richard Benge's, directly on the Whiskey Road." Folder 30

Dates: April 14, 1845