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109 From Lycurgus Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 27, 1857. Re: failure of Superintendent Rector to draw out Indian claims in Doaksville; Creek and Chickasaw petitions to remove Rector; burning of Fort; and murder by David Harkins of a white man. 110 From Robert M. Jones (Doaksville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Nov. 29, 1857. Re: division of Delela's property; division within the Choctaw Nation and between the Chickasaws and Choctaws and Jones' fear of the territory becoming another Kansas. Box 3: Folder: 1 From Sampson Folsom (Norwalk, C.N.). To Col. Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Dec. 9, 1857. Re: total failure to elect officers in any of the counties; rejection by the Council of the peoples' petition regarding the New Court; who is to blame for the turmoil; anarchy approaching. 2 From Sampson Folsom (Doaksville, C.N.). To Uni Oshi Ma (Peter P. Pitchlynn). Dated Dec. 9, 1857. Re: eastern Choctaw-Chickasaw boundary line and the Treaty of June 1855; the loss of Choctaw nationality; lack of allegiance to the new constitution; election of a new governor; council dissention; Chief Pushmataha; question of creating a new state or territory of the Indian Nations and the fear that North-South disagreement would create another Kansas. 3 From Solomon. To Master (Peter P. Pitchlynn). Dated Dec. 11, 1857. Re: affairs on the farm fine in Peter P. Pitchlynn's absence.
Object Description
Collection | Pitchlynn, Peter Perkins (1806-1881) |
Tribe | Choctaw |
Description | Indian chief. Correspondence (1824-1881) of Pitchlynn with prominent citizens and family members in the Choctaw Nation regarding events and troubles within the nation; Pitchlynn's personal journals (1815); Pitchlynn's diary (1828-1832); official reports (1825-1841) of the Choctaw Academy and Missionary Station in Kentucky; and Pitchlynn family records (1806-1867). The collection also includes a signed copy of the articles of surrender and peace negotiated between the Choctaw Nation and the United States at the close of the Civil War, and extensive correspondence reflecting the state of the Choctaw Nation just prior to, and during the Civil War years, with special regard to slavery. |
Date | 1815-1888 |
Is Part of | Native American Manuscripts Collection |
Special Collection | Western History Collections |
Rights | University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections |
Language | English |
Type | Text |
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