Scope and Contents Consists of 53 autograph and typescript letters and a variety of autograph and printed documents generated and/or received by the heirs of Albert Pike (Yvon and Lilian Pike) in their effort to receive monetary compensation for services rendered by Albert Pike in his capacity as legal counsel for the Choctaw Nation. Correspondents include Green McCurtain (Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation), James K. Jones (U. S. Senator of Arkansas), Archibald S. McKennon (U. S. Department of the...

Scope and Contents Albert Pike (1809-1891) was an attorney for the Choctaw Nation when the Choctaws were attempting to secure from the U. S. Government the "Net Proceeds" of the sale of their lands in the East. According to a treaty with the Confederate States and the Pen-e-tegh-ca Band of the Comanche’s, a document called "Letters of Safeguard" was provided for To-sa-we, second Chief of this band of Indians. It is a manuscript document dated August 15, 1861, and signed by Albert Pike. Also included is Pike's...

Scope and Contents These are various papers regarding money due the Indians from sale of lands under the terms of the Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty. The "land warrants" are signed by the Indians with their marks.Some documents relating to George Durant as Commissioner of the Court of Claims and papers regarding this office, mostly in the 1870's, and an Act to improve the procedure of the Probate Court signed by Allen Wright are also included in the collection.There is one undated letter...

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This eighty-seven page document is a Treaty of Friendship and Allegiance made at North Fork Village on the North Fork of the Canadian River between the Confederate States of America and the Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Creeks. This treaty is "An Act for the protection of certain Indian Tribes." It is signed by Albert Pike, Commissioner "with plenary powers" of the Confederate States, and by the commissioners of the three Indian Nations, July 12, 1861.

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These documents include manuscripts on the Wheelock Church; Alfred Wright, missionary to the Choctaws; the Folsom families; Allen Wright; Pushmataha; the Removal; and Choctaw legends and customs. Mr. Gardner's father traveled the Trail of Tears with the Rev. Alfred Wright.

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Lawyer and official Choctaw delegate in Washington. Personal and official correspondence and documents relating to Choctaw matters, to the Dancing Rabbit Treaty, Choctaw Academy, the position of the tribe in the Civil War, claims against the Federal Government for payment for lands of the tribe, removal of the tribe to Indian Territory, and family matters. Some of the letters are in Choctaw.