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60 From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 10, 1860. Re: affairs at the Plantation; Byington upset because of no pay for translating the treaty which Cooper promised would come; Indians starving. 61 From Sampson Folsom (Horse Prairie, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated Feb. 12, 1860. Re: sickness among plantation blacks, deaths of Aunt Susan Jones and Uncle Isaac Folsom and others; Choctaw Constitutional Convention; blacks’ territorial rights in Kansas and elsewhere and the South's stake in the matter; sentiments for Stephen Douglas as President; opinions regarding slavery and of free and slave states; the LeCompton and Skullyville Constitutions regarding slavery; the U.S. House of Representatives and "Niggerism." 62 From Solomon and Peter P. Pitchlynn, Jr. (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 8, 1860. Re: crop planting. 63 From Tandy Walker (Skullyville, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 18, 1860. Re; sectionalizing the Nation; displeasure with the new constitution; status of the claims proceedings in Washington. 64 From Israel Folsom (Elm Hill, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 19, 1860. Re: sectionalizing the Nation; flaws of the new constitution; attitudes just like before Treaty of 1830; LeFlore's possible resignation; doom ahead for the Red Men; the attitudes in the North harming the Red Men; missionaries taking sides. 65 From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn. To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated March 28, 1860. Re: plantation affairs; grandmother's various activities; the boarding of a little white orphan girl at grandmother's; many Indians starving; livestock dying. 66 From Lycurgus P. Pitchlynn (Eagle Town, C.N.). To Peter P. Pitchlynn. Dated June 17, 1860. Re: Col. Harkins in trouble due to his sons; unlawfulness in the Lighthorsemen Corps; the Liquor Law unabided by; Dukes; race for Principal Chieftainship.
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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