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Comanche Indians.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Texas Indian agent

 Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9016
Scope and content Letter written from Fort Belkamo, Texas. Describes crimes committed by Wichita, Waco, and Keechi Indians against residents of Texas, including horse theft. Discusses meeting with Chief Kowaaka [sic] and Major H. H. Sibley to discuss theft. It goes on to describe the imprisonment of the Indians and then their escape, in which the Chief lost his life after killing one of the guards. The Chief also killed his wife and child. Mentions talks with a Comanche Chief Gatumsie [sic] and War Chief...
Dates: 1853 March 30.

M. L. Baker letters

 Collection — Huntington box 36 - folder 1
Identifier: 9201
Scope and content Photostats of letters from M. L. Baker to his family with typed transcriptions. Ten letters dating from September 13, 1846 to May 23, 1849. They describe the writer's participation in Mexican and Indian campaigns. Descriptions of the culture of Indians and landscape of the area around New Mexico, including encounters with Indians. Letters are addressed from Santa Fe New Mexico, Council Grove Kansas, Arkansas River near Pawnee Forks, Albuquerque New Mexico, and Head quarters Fort...
Dates: 1846-1849.

Photostats of scattered Indian documents in the Archives of the Indies.

 Collection
Identifier: 9254
Abstract

Photostats of a selection of important manuscripts and documents regarding Indians from the Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain, particularly the section of Papeles procedentes de Cuba.

Dates: 1765-1802.

United States War Department correspondence and records regarding Indian affairs and activities with Indian nations

 Collection
Identifier: 9188
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1798-1874.