[Documents relating to the Texas Cherokees] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Documents relating to the Texas Cherokees]

Date

  • Digitized: 2007-10-23

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Certified copy of a Cherokee Indian Treaty obtained for legal action in the late nineteenth century. The first document is a certified copy of the 1835 treaty obtained by Sam Houston and John Forbes. Also included are various power of attorneys from W.P. Adair, C.N. Vann, J. Elliot Condict, and John C. Fremont. There is also a signed power of attorney executed by the Chief representatives of the Cherokee Indian Nation in Indian Territory.
  • Physical Description: 33 manuscript pages

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Ethnic Groups - American Indians - Cherokees
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Cherokee Tribe of Indians
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Cherokee Indians -- 1830-1840.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Cherokee Indians -- Government rleations.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Cherokee Indians -- Treaties.
  • Named Person: Houston, Sam

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas
  • Time Period: tex-rev
  • Time Period: rep-tex
  • Time Period: tex-fron
  • Time Period: civ-war
  • Start Date: 1835
  • End Date: 1872

Collection

  • Name: Texas History Collection
    Code: THC

Institution

  • Name: Oklahoma Historical Society
    Code: OKHS

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: by-nc-nd

Resource Type

  • Text

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth41766

Note

  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: 7 creationHardware: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro
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