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1.
Land agent survey of lands in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Seminole Nation in Oklahoma

Call Number:
WA MSS S-3226
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
177
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Volume used by an unidentified land agent to survey land for purchase, circa 1906, within Recording District No. 9 and Recording District No. 13 of the United States Federal Court, Western District, of Indian Territory. These districts encompassed areas in Oklahoma including Okfuskee County and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation as well as Seminole County and the Seminole Nation, The bulk of the volume consists of blueprint maps and township and range forms. Blueprint maps printed by the L. N. Shepard & Co. of Reno, Oklahoma, reproduce township maps for Recording District No. 9 (T11N R7E-R13E, T12N R7E-R13E, T13N R7E-R13E, T14N R7E-R13E, and T15N R7E-R13E) and Recording District No. 13 (T5N R5E-R8E, T6N R5E-R11E, T7N R5E-R12E, T8N R5E-R11E, T9N R5E-R11E, T10N R5E-R11E, and T11N R5E-R8E). The maps are interleaved with township and range forms printed by the Phoenix Printing Company of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Inscriptions in pencil and ink on maps and forms document an area from T11N R7E through T13N R11E and T10N R8E through T10N R11E, Prefatory material includes a typescript table of abbreviations used to designate 18 types of land encompassing prairie, swamp, hilly, and mountainous terrains. A map shows the region covered by maps and forms in the volume related to an overall map of Recording Districts No. 7-10 and 12-13 as well as an area outlined in ink straddling Recording District No. 9 and Recording District No. 13. A page before Recording District No. 9 section of the volume includes a handwritten table in the Creek language that defines inscriptions used on the forms, and Prefatory material includes a newspaper clipping from the Muskogee Phoenix, May 15, 1906, quoting attorney Nathan Adams Gibson about land distribution to people allotted land in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation; a typescript guideline for purchasing land; and a typescript synopsis of inheritance laws of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Indian Territory
Description:
Inscriptions in English and Creek.
Subject (Geographic):
Oklahoma., Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma, and Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Subject (Name):
Gibson, Nathan Adams, 1867-1940., L. N. Shepard & Co. (El Reno, Okla.), and Phoenix Printing Company (Muskogee, Okla.)
Subject (Topic):
Creek Indians, Land tenure, Creek language, Real property, and Seminole Indians
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Land agent survey of lands in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Seminole Nation in Oklahoma, approximately 1906

2.
Photographs of Indians selected from the collection in the possession of the U.S. Geological survey

Creator:
Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
Published / Created:
1876.
Call Number:
WA Photos Folio 54
Image Count:
112
Abstract:
Album of photographs of Indians of North America assembled in 1876 from images in the collection of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. The images in the photographs were originally created ca. 1868-1876, and consist primarily of portraiture of male delegates to the United States with occasional images of women and children. The images were created for ethnographic portfolios of the Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, England. A few images show individuals with mixed descent and interpreters, The broad geographical regions represented by individuals in the album include Eastern States, Great Lakes Region, Great Plains, Middle Atlantic States, Middle West, New England, New Southwest, Pacific Northwest, and Southern States, Portraits represent various tribal groups, including Apache Indians, Arapaho Indians, Arikara Indians, Bannock Indians, Brotherton Indians, Brulé Indians, Caddo Indians, Cherokee Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Chickasaw Indians, Choctaw Indians, Comanche Indians, Creek Indians, Crow Indians, Dakota Indians, Delaware Indians, Fox Indians, Iowa Indians, Isleta Indians, Jicarilla Indians, Kansa Indians, Keeche Indians, Kiowa Apache Indians, Kiowa Indians, Mandan Indians, Mdewakanton Indians , Miami Indians, Modoc Indians, Navajo Indians, Nez Percé Indians, Northern Arapaho Tribe, Oglala Indians, Ojibwa Indians, Omaha Indians, Oohenonpa Indians, Osage Indians, Oto Indians, Ottawa Indians, Pawnee Indians, Pima Indians, Ponca Indians, Potawatomi Indians, Santee Indians , Sauk Indians, Seminole Indians, Seneca Indians, Shahaptian Indians, Shawnee Indians, Shoshoni Indians, Sihasapa Indians, Sisseton Indians , Stockbridge Indians, Tawakoni Indians, Tohono O'odham Indians, Ute Indians, Waco Indians, Western Apache Indians, Wichita Indians, Winnebago Indians, Yankton Indians, Yanktonai Indians, and Yuma Indians, Exterior images consist primarily of informal portraiture, as well as depicting residences and settlements, including the Crow Indian Agency in Montana, 1871; the Pawnee Indian School and buildings at the Pawnee Reserve, Loup Fork, Nebraska, 1871; and a Bannock Indian camp near Fort Hall, Idaho, 1872, An image of two men depicts a seated Dakota Indian, Red Cloud (Ma-Kpe-Ah-Lou-Tah), shaking hands with William Blackmore, May 1872, and Individual photographers with images represented in the album include Charles Milton Bell, Thomas Martin Easterly, Alexander Gardner, Benjamin Gurney, Jeremiah Gurney, William Henry Jackson, James Earle McClees, Antonio Zeno Shindler, Henry Ulke, Julius Ulke, Lee Ulke, Julian Vannerson, and Orloff R. Westmann
Description:
Additional identification information for the majority of images in the album is available through the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Museum Support Center, Suitland, Maryland. and Manuscript captions on mounts.
Subject (Geographic):
East (U.S.), Great Lakes Region (North America), Great Plains, Middle Atlantic States, Middle West, New England, Northwest, Pacific, Southern States, Southwest, New, and Fort Hall (Idaho : Fort)
Subject (Name):
Bell, C. M. ca. 1849-1893. (Charles Milton),, Blackmore, William, 1827-1878, Easterly, Thomas M. 1809-1882. (Thomas Martin),, Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882., Gurney, Benjamin., Gurney, Jeremiah, 1812-1895., Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., McClees, James Earle, 1821-1887., Red Cloud, 1822-1909, Shindler, A. Zeno 1823-1899. (Antonio Zeno),, Ulke, Henry, 1821-1910., Ulke, Julius., Ulke, Lee., Vannerson, Julian, b. 1827., Westmann, Orloff R., Blackmore Museum (Salisbury, England), Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), Northern Arapaho Tribe, and United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Crow Indian Agency
Subject (Topic):
Apache Indians, Arapaho Indians, Arikara Indians, Bannock Indians, Brotherton Indians, Brulé Indians, Caddo Indians, Cherokee Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Chickasaw Indians, Choctaw Indians, Comanche Indians, Creek Indians, Crow Indians, Dakota Indians, Delaware Indians, Fox Indians, Indians, Mixed descent, Indians of North America, Iowa Indians, Isleta Indians, Jicarilla Indians, Kansa Indians, Keeche Indians, Kiowa Apache Indians, Kiowa Indians, Mandan Indians, Mdewakanton Indians, Miami Indians, Modoc Indians, Navajo Indians, Nez Percé Indians, Oglala Indians, Ojibwa Indians, Omaha Indians, Oohenonpa Indians, Osage Indians, Oto Indians, Ottawa Indians, Pawnee Indians, Pima Indians, Ponca Indians, Potawatomi Indians, Santee Indians, Sauk Indians, Seminole Indians, Seneca Indians, Shahaptian Indians, Shawnee Indians, Shoshoni Indians, Sihasapa Indians, Sisseton Indians, Stockbridge Indians, Tawakoni Indians, Tohono O'odham Indians, Ute Indians, Waco Indians, Western Apache Indians, Wichita Indians, Winnebago Indians, Yankton Indians, Yanktonai Indians, and Yuma Indians
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of Indians selected from the collection in the possession of the U.S. Geological survey of the territories / Prof. F.V. Hayden in charge. Representing 70 different tribes

3.
Tomo Chachi Mico oder Koenig von Yamacran, und Tooanahowi Seines Bruders des Mico oder Koeniges von

Creator:
Kleinschmidt, Johann Jakob, d. 1772
Verelst, W
Call Number:
1998 2141
Collection Title:
Der ausfuehrlichen nachrichten von der koeniglich-gross-britannischen colonie saltzburgischer
Image Count:
1
Subject (Geographic):
Augsburg. Evangelisches Armenhaus, Ebenezer (Ga.), and Georgia --History --Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Subject (Name):
Kraus, Marcus Friedrich, 1723-1772 and Urlsperger, Maria Magdalena
Subject (Topic):
Creek Indians, Germans --Georgia, Indians of North America, Lutherans --Georgia, Salzburgers --Georgia, Slavery --Georgia, and Yamassee Indians
Collection Created:
Halle, In verlegung des Weysenhauses, 1741 [1735]-52
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tomo Chachi Mico oder Koenig von Yamacran, und Tooanahowi Seines Bruders des Mico oder Koeniges von Etichitas Sohn

4.
[Topographical notes and observations on the Alabama River]

Call Number:
WA MSS S-1007
Collection Title:
Topographical notes and observations on the Alabama River / by Howell Tatum
Image Count:
109
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Howell Tatum, appointed topographical engineer of the 7th military district by General Andrew Jackson, records his survey of the Alabama River, its navigability by keelboats, and the fertility of the soil which makes the area suitable for growing cotton and tobacco. He concludes his report with a description of incidents which took place at the end of the war with the Creek Indians.
Subject (Geographic):
Alabama River (Ala.)--Surveys, Fort Bowyer (Ala.), Fort Jackson (La.), Fort Mims (Ala.), Fort Montgomery (Ala.), Fort Stoddard (Ala.), Mobile (Ala.), and Pensacola (Fla.)
Subject (Name):
Blount, Willie, 1768-1835, Russell, Gilbert C, Tatum, Howell, approxmiately 1775-1815, and Woodbine, Mr
Subject (Topic):
Choctaw Indians, Creek Indians, and Creek War, 1813-1814
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Topographical notes and observations on the Alabama River]