Choctaw Indians.

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

A ledger book containing an "Essay on the Language of the Indians of Lower Louisiana". Contained within the ledger is also a vocabulary of the Biloxi Language. Entirely handwritten and anonymous creator.

Scope and Contents Over 300 letters, mostly concerned with Cyrus Byington's family matters, contain news of weather, missions, and missionaries. In addition to the originals, there are transcripts made by Grant Foreman. These documents include a manuscript draft of Byington's Choctaw grammar, an 1870 published edition of the grammar and an 1852 edition of the English and Choctaw Definer.There is a sixty-page transcript of an 1862-63 diary (original at Smithsonian), notes of Peter Hudson (Choctaw)...

Scope and Contents

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.

Scope and Contents

Completely handwritten, this is a treaty, written in Spanish, between the Chickasaws, Choctaws, and Governor Lemos of "the Place and District of Natchez." It contains many signatures, the majority "by his mark."

Scope and Contents

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.