Mayes, Joel Bryan (1833-1891)

              30. Indian Chieftain--September 20, 1888. Proclamation of Mayes re: grazing lands.
31. Indian Chieftain--October 18, 1888. Letter of Mayes "To all who it may concern" re: grazing lands.
32. Indian Chieftain--October 25, 1888. Letter from Mayes to William F. Vilas, Secretary of the Interior, re: grazing lands.
33. Cherokee Advocate--November 7, 1888. Annual message of Mayes as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
34. November 20, 1888. Letter from Mayes to National Council submitting and endorsing as favorable a petition from the Board of Missions of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church re: location of church and school lands.
35. Petition mentioned in #34.
36. December 4, 1888. Letter from Mayes to the National Council re: signing of a bill on grazing.
37. December 8, 1888. Decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Johnson Thompson vs. Cherokee Nation.
38. Indian Chieftain--December 20, 1888. Mayes' reaction on grazing lands.
39. Cherokee Advocate--February 1, 1889. Passage of grazing lands bill.
40. Indian Chieftain--February 7, 1889. Letter from Mayes to a friend re: affairs of the Nation.
41. The Telephone--March 1, 1889. Meeting of the Senate committee on territories considering the Oklahoma Bill, which Mayes attended.
42. Indian Chieftain--March 7, 1889. Letter from Mayes and other Cherokees and two Chickasaw delegates, to the editor of the Washington Post, opposing his stand on the Oklahoma Bill.
43. The Telephone--August 2, 1889. Mayes verification of the $6,600,00 offer on grazing lands.
44. Indian Chieftain--August 8, 1889. Two articles re: Mayes and the offer of the U.S. Government Commission to purchase the outlet.
45. Cherokee Advocate--August 14, 1889. Letter of Mayes to the U.S. Commissioners re: purchase of the outlet.
46. Cherokee Advocate--November 6, 1889. Third Annual message of Mayes as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.