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Joint Resolution re. clause in contracts providing for dissolution of connection between Board of Missions and the Choctaw Nation. Nov. 16, 1853. Act by the General Council of the Choctaw Nation re. the interest accrued from the provisions of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Nov. 14 and 16, 1853. Letter to the Trustees of the Public School in the Choctaw Nation accompanying the annual report of the Armstrong Academy re. financial matters. Nov. 6, 1855. 5 Choctaw manuscript materials (1). "In General Council of the Chahtas, August 5th, 1826." This ten (10) page document contains laws of the Choctaw passed before 1830. Aug. 5, 1826, June 12, 1827, Aug. 26, 1828. "Chahta Nation N E District, August 28th 1828, Be it resolved that if any person cuts off, bites off or takes off in any way whatever the ear of a person, he or she so offending, shall pay a fine of ten dollars; if not, receive on the bare back ten stripes..." This twelve (12) page document also contains eleven other resolution adopted by the District Committee and Council. Aug. 27, 1828, Aug. 28, 1828, Aug. 29, 1828. Letter to the Chiefs, Captains and Warriors of the Choctaw Nation from Eaton and Coffee re. "differences and disturbances" among the Choctaw, and urging passage of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Also includes articles of the treaty proposal. Sep. 18, 1830. 6 Choctaw manuscript materials (2).
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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