Indian captivities.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Accounts and publications about Indians
Simon Butler : composed and drawn on stone
Print originally from Indian Traits Volume II, by Benjamin Bussey Thatcher, 1844, page 35. This version is from Annals of the United States illustrated: the pioneers: no. 4. Print depicts Simon Kenton, aka Simon Butler, tied to a horse which is being scared by Shawnee Indians in the background. There is description of the print on the front in English and French.
The white woman
Handwritten manuscript dated May, 17 1841, Chapel Hill, signed by Susan W. McFarland. An extract of an account of a mission performed in 1820 among the Seneca and Munsee by the Rev. Timothy Alden, president of Allegheny College, addressed to Rev. Abiel Holmes, describing a visit with Mary Jemison.
United States War Department correspondence and records regarding Indian affairs and activities with Indian nations
Typed transcripts of correspondence and records of activities with Indian nations. Transcripts include information on Indian census, Indian removal, reports from Indian agencies, United States policy, trade regulations, emigration, crime, and treaties. Many of the reports are from Indian agents to commanding officers or superintendents of the Office of Indian Affairs, some correspondence giving instructions to agents. Includes an index.