Oregon Superintendent of Indian Affairs correspondence
Container / Volume:
Box 5 | Folder 4
Image Count:
147
Abstract:
After March 13, 1872, many of the letters are addressed to his successor, T. D. Odeneal and Alfred B. Meacham's correspondence deals with the routine work of the superintendent of Indian affairs, government policy and administration, the Indian wars, and his own removal from office. The chief correspondents are the Commissioners of Indian Affairs in Washington and the Oregon Indian agents. Letters from these officials after March 13, 1872, are addressed to Meacham's successor, T. B. Odeneal. The 1873 correspondence concerns Meacham's work as chairman of a peace commission to the Modocs.
Description:
5 volumes and typed transcript stored in 5 boxes. and Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Subject (Geographic):
Siletz Indian Reservation (Or.) and Warm Springs Indian Reservation (Or.)
Subject (Name):
Applegate, Ivan D., 1840-1918, Boyle, William Henry, Clum, Henry R, Cornoyer, Narcisse A., 1820-1909, Dyar, Leory S, Knapp, Orson Claudius, 1887, Lafollett, Charles, Meacham, A. B. (Alfred Benjamin), 1826-1882, Odeneal, T. B, Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881, Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895, Smith, John R., active 1870-1872, United States. Office of Indian Affairs, and Walker, Francis Amasa, 1840-1897
Subject (Topic):
Indian agents--Oregon, Indian reservations--Oregon, Indians of North America--Oregon--Government relations, Klamath Indians--Reservations, Modoc Indians--Wars, 1873, Siletz Indians, and Umatilla Indians--Reservations
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