Military post. A letterbook (1869-1878) containing copies of letters sent; lists of names of captured Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians; data relating to their provisioning and outfitting; and reports on hostile bands kept by the commissary supply...
Government employee. Photocopies of diaries (1863-1900) kept by Covington and describing his work at the Cheyenne-Arapaho Indian Agency and his travels to Alaska during the Klondike gold rush.
Clergyman. A minute book (1900-1908) kept by the secretary of the Apache Indian Mission at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; manuscripts (n.d.) concerning the history of the Dutch Reformed church schools, the Comanche Mission, the Warm Springs Apaches, and...
Government employee. Diaries (1912-1933) kept by Collins recording his travel and activities as a U.S. farmer for the Sac and Fox Indian Agency; correspondence (1924-1929) relating to lease disputes; weekly reports (1922-1925) to the Shawnee Indian...
Indian attorney. Diaries (1939-1949) kept by Cate; manuscripts (1876-1924) in the Creek language; copies of correspondence (1838-1937) in English, signed by officials connected with Indian affairs, including Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Jessup,...
Teacher. A diary (1886-1892) kept by DeKnight and relating her experience as a teacher at the Chilocco Indian School and the Oto school at the Red Rock Indian Agency. The diary emphasizes the time DeKnight spent among the Otos and includes a list...
Collector. An original journal (1850) kept by Joseph R. Smith of New York, in which he recorded his experiences while on a surveying expedition through Indian Territory. Entries detail the expedition's encounters with hostile Comanches, friendly...
Federal court. A prisoner docket book kept by the U.S. marshal, Leo E. Bennett, of the Northern District of Indian Territory, Muskogee, Indian Territory, for the years 1897-1900. The book records prisoners' names, race, age, criminal charge, date...
Missionary. A typescript of a diary (1842-1857) kept by the wife of John B. Lilley, a Presbyterian missionary to the Seminole Nation. The diary describes the Lilleys' arrival among the Seminoles, the hardships of living in Indian Territory,...
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