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McCoy, Isaac, 1784-1846

 Person

Biography

Baptist missionary among the Native Americans in present-day Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, and Kansas.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Pottawatomie Papers, 1828 and 1882

 Collection
Identifier: 134
Scope and Contents

Isaac McCoy kept a small journal (4 pp.) of a tour with the Pottawatomie and the Ottawas in 1828 from Missouri to Indian Territory. He gives a good description of the area through which they passed.

The second item consists of photostats from the National Archives, Office of Indian Affairs, of a code of laws drafted by the Pottawatomies in 1882 which they desired to adopt.

Dates: 1828 and 1882

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  • Subject: Ottawa Tribe X