Scope and Contents Ethan Allen Hitchcock, U.S. Army officer was delegated to investigate charges of frauds against the Indians in Indian Territory in 1840 and 1841. His papers contain autobiographical sketches, correspondence, personal information, and information relating to Indian affairs.Also included are military orders and an account book (1847- 1858) which is dated "1832" on the leather binding, but it is evidently one Hitchcock picked up in Mexico. It lists the amounts of payments to U.S....