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23rd Congress, 2nd Session, 1835, Document 71 - Memorial of John Ross and
Others, Representatives of the Cherokee nation of Indians, January 21, 1835
praying protection from the United States and protesting certain articles
of agreement between an agent of the government and certain Cherokees.
26th Congress, 1st Session, 1840, House Document 222 - Letter of John Ross and
Others, Representatives of the Cherokee nation of Indians, April 20, 1840
to John Bell, Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs. Includes other
correspondence.
27th Congress, 2nd Session, 1842, House Document 1098 - A report on the removal
of the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi river. Includes
a copy of the 1839 Constitution and Laws of the Cherokee Nation.
28th Congress, 1st Session, 1844, Senate Document 229
A report made by P. M. Butler,
U.S. agent for the Cherokee Indians, September 30, 1843.
29th Congress, 1st Session, 1846, Senate Document 133
Memorial of John Ross and Others,
Representatives of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, May 4, 1846.
29th Congress, 1st Session, 1846, Senate Document 298
Documents relative to the internal feuds
among the Cherokee Indians, 1846.
29th Congress, 1st Session, 1846, Senate Document 301
Documents relative to difficulties existing in
the Cherokee Nation of Indians, 1846.
29th Congress, 1st Session, 1846, Senate Document 408
Memorial of the Cherokee Indians residing in
North Carolina, praying the payment of their
claims under the treaty of 1835.
30th Congress, 1st Session, 1848, House Executive Document 63
Report of the commission which adjudicated claims
under the Cherokee Treaty of 1835-1836.
30th Congress, 1st Session, 1848, House Executive Document 65
President James K. Polk sends a report on the
settlement of the Cherokee Treaty of August 1846.
37th Congress, 1863, Executive Document 68
Abraham Lincoln conveys documents
regarding the Dakota Conflict.
40th Congress, 3rd Session, 1869, Senate Executive Document 18
Documents related to Custer's attack on Black Kettle's
band of Cheyenne Indians on the Washita River in 1868.
Includes Custer's own letter describing the attack.
41st Congress, 2nd Session, 1870, House Executive Document 240
A letter from President U. S. Grant conveying documents related to difficulties
with the Cheyenne, Comanche, Arapaho, Apache and Kiowa tribes, and
to Custer's attack on Black Kettle's camp on the Washita River in 1868.
44th Congress, 2nd Session, 1876, Senate Executive Document 9
The report and journal of the commission appointed
to obtain certain concessions from the Sioux Indians.
47th Congress, 1st Session, 1882, Executive Document 79
13th Annual Report of the Board of
Indian Commissioners for the year 1881.
47th Congress, 1st Session, 1882, Executive Document 196
Eastern Cherokees in North Carolina
Regarding a Resolution of the House February 25, 1882
relative to the lands and funds of the
Eastern Band of North Carolina Cherokees.
51st Congress, 1st Session, 1890, Senate Executive Document 72
Letter from the Secretary of War, with copies of
correspondence relating to the state of affairs in Guthrie
and Oklahoma City, Indian Territory in 1888-1890.
55th Congress, 1st Session, 1897, Senate Document 61
Statement of a Delegation of Ogalalla Sioux
Regarding the State of Affairs at the Pine Ridge
Reservation in South Dakota, April 29-30, 1897.
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