Box 1

Green McCurtain (Principal Chief, Choctaw Nation) to N. B. Ainsworth. Typed letter, 1s. States the only terms under which the Choctaw Nation would compromise with the Court of Claims.

F.H. McGowan (attorney) to Yvon Pike. Handwritten agreement relating to fees owed to Albert Pike, attorney representing the Choctaw Nation in the Net-Proceeds claim, 4p with envelope.

S. W. Peel (attorney) to Yvon Pike. Handwritten and signed letter, 2s with envelope. Explanation of the details of the agreement between the heirs of Albert Pike and the Choctaw Nation, in which both parties agree to a compromise in the suit pending in the Court of Claims.

S. W. Peel (attorney) to Yvon Pike. Handwritten and signed letter, 1s with envelope. Requests that Pike sign a copy of the agreement with regard to his fee and expenses.

S. W. Peel (attorney) to Yvon Pike. Handwritten and signed letter, 2s with envelope. With regard to Peel authorizing attorney F. H. McGowan to appear [in court] in his place and allow judgment to go in Pike’s favor; also discusses the payment of Peel’s fee for services and other matters.

S. W. Peel (attorney) to Yvon Pike. Handwritten and signed letter, 1s with envelope. Further discussion of Peel’s fees.

S. W. Peel (attorney) to Yvon Pike. Handwritten and signed letter, 1s. Acknowledgment of receipt of agreed upon fees for services.

Agreement between John C. Paxton (of Virginia) and James S. Standley and Robert J. Ward (of the Choctaw Nation), in which Paxton is hired to represent the Choctaw Nation in their efforts to secure compensation from the US for lands of the “Leased District”. Signed typescript, 2p with envelope.

James S. Standley to Yvon Pike. Handwritten and signed note, 1s with envelope. Note to accompany duplicate copies of an unnamed agreement to be signed and returned to him.

James Coleman to Yvon Pike. Typed and signed letter, 1s with envelope. With regard to a meeting Coleman had with S. W. Peel (attorney) and Peel’s awaited response from Governor McCurtain.