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Modoc Indians.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

An account of a visit to Indian territory : Ft. Scott, Kansas

 Collection — Huntington box 39 - folder 1
Identifier: 9003
Scope and content A 10 page letter handwritten by Mrs. Coffin to her children about a 10 day trip she and her husband took visiting various missions in Indian Territory, dated November 5, 1894. Also includes typed copy and envelope. Their journey went through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Letter mentions having dinner with Shawnee chief Charles Blue Jacket. There is discussion of government schools; full-blooded and half-blooded Indians; how intermarriage will eventually cause the Indian race to be...
Dates: 1894 November 5.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / An account of a visit to Indian territory : Ft. Scott, Kansas

Edward H. Davis papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9166
Abstract

Field notebooks, sketchbooks, manuscripts, and correspondence, pertaining primarily to Indians of California and into Mexico. Includes index. Includes information about reservations, artifacts, ruins, ceremonies, descriptions of wildlife, landscapes, languages, and archeological notes. Tribes mentioned include, Pima, Seri, Mayo, Yaqui, Nayarit (Cora), Yuma, Opata, Modoc, Paiute, Diegueño, Cahuilla, and Soboba Indians.

Dates: 1910-1944.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Edward H. Davis papers

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.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / United States War Department correspondence and records regarding Indian affairs and activities with Indian nations

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