Indian chief. Typescripts of news articles (1870-1907) relating to mining and grazing leases, Dawes Commission proceedings, tribal government, and politics of the Seminole Nation, along with editorials concerning John F. Brown, a businessman and...
Editorial on J. F. Brown regarding his role in distributing government payment to loyal Seminoles for losses sustained by them during the Civil War, April 27, 1906.
News item on John F. Brown, returning from Washington where he worked for a concurrence by House conferees on the Indian Appropriation bill, March 3, 1898.
News item commending Governor J. F. Brown for leading the Seminoles to an advantageous settlement of affairs with the Dawes Commission, January 8, 1901.
Editorial on John F. Brown, who went to Washington to seek justice in the case of two Seminole Indians having been burned at the stake by a white mob in Oklahoma Territory, Feb. 17, 1898.
Letter of J. F. Brown to Henry L. Dawes, warning of the evils which might result in the process of parceling lands, changing administration, etc., May 31, 1894.
News item on the Curtis Bill (H. B. 8581), known as the bill "For the protection of the people of the Indian Territory, and for other purposes," March 5, 1898.
News item on bill (H. R. 6702) "For the protection of the people of the Indian Territory, providing for the laying out of towns, the leasing of coal and other mineral, timber, farming and grazing lands, and for other purposes." Jan. 20,...