United States War Department correspondence and records regarding Indian affairs and activities with Indian nations
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Typed transcripts of correspondence and records of activities with Indian nations. Transcripts include information on Indian census, Indian removal, reports from Indian agencies, United States policy, trade regulations, emigration, crime, and treaties. Many of the reports are from Indian agents to commanding officers or superintendents of the Office of Indian Affairs, some correspondence giving instructions to agents. Includes an index.
Dates
- 1798-1874.
Creator
- United States. War Department (Organization)
- Huntington Free Library (Former owner, Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
1 cubic feet. (1 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Typed transcripts of correspondence and records of activities with Indian nations. Transcripts include information on Indian census, Indian removal, reports from Indian agencies, United States policy, trade regulations, emigration, crime, and treaties. Many of the reports are from Indian agents to commanding officers or superintendents of the Office of Indian Affairs, some correspondence giving instructions to agents. Includes an index.
Physical Description
Correspondence, Reports
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Evan Fay Earle
- Date completed:
- March 2006
- EAD encoding:
- Evan Fay Earle March 2006
- Belknap, William W. (William Worth), 1829-1890.
- Blackfoot Indians.
- Burdett, Samuel S. (Samuel Swinfin), 1836-1914.
- Caddo Indians.
- Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866.
- Cherokee Indians.
- Chickasaw Indians.
- Choctaw Indians.
- Clark, William, 1770-1838.
- Comanche Indians.
- Crazy Horse, approximately 1842-1877.
- Creek Indians.
- Dakota Indians.
- Ewing, George Washington, 1803-1866.
- Fort Colville (Wash. : Army garrison)
- Fort Ellis (Mont.)
- Fort Laramie (Wyo.)
- Fort Pierre (S.D.)
- Fort Smith (Ark.)
- Fox Indians.
- Herring, E. (Elbert), 1777-1876.
- Indian captivities.
- Indians of North America -- Alcohol use.
- Indians of North America -- Census.
- Indians of North America -- Commerce.
- Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation.
- Indians of North America -- Government relations.
- Indians of North America -- Great Plains.
- Indians of North America -- Iowa.
- Indians of North America -- Kansas.
- Indians of North America -- Michigan.
- Indians of North America -- Migrations.
- Indians of North America -- Missions.
- Indians of North America -- Missouri River Valley.
- Indians of North America -- Missouri.
- Indians of North America -- Montana.
- Indians of North America -- Oregon.
- Indians of North America -- Texas.
- Indians of North America -- Treaties.
- Indians of North America -- Utah.
- Indians of North America -- Washington (State).
- Indians of North America -- Wisconsin.
- Indians of North America.
- Iowa Indians.
- Kickapoo Indians.
- Koasati Indians.
- Lee, George Washington Custis, 1832-1913.
- Leeper, Mathew.
- McGillycuddy, Valentine, 1849-1939.
- Meigs, Return Jonathan, 1740-1823.
- Modoc Indians.
- Modoc War, 1872-1873.
- Mormons.
- Neah Bay (Wash.)
- Nooksack River (Wash.)
- Ojibwa Indians.
- Osage Indians.
- Ottawa Indians.
- Pike, Albert, 1809-1891.
- Potawatomi Indians.
- Rector, Elias.
- Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett), 1839-1902.
- Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska.
- Sauk Indians.
- Seminole Indians.
- Seneca Indians.
- Shawnee Indians.
- Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888.
- Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862.
- Taylor, Ezra B. (Ezra Booth), 1823-1912.
- Tonkawa Indians.
- Tonkawa language.
- Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893.
- Tulalip Indian Reservation (Wash.)
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Red Cloud Agency
- Wea Indians.
- Wichita Indians.
- Winnebago Indians.
- Wyandot Indians.
- Yamassee Indians -- Wars.
- Yamassee Indians.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Evan Fay Earle
- Date
- March 2006
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu