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Title
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Indian Reservations in Kansas and the Extinguishment of Their Title
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Description
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Extensive and detailed article, with map, about the removal of the Indian tribes from the East to Kansas and the west and their loss of titles to land there as well. Description of parts played by federal government officials (Andrew Jackson, John Calhoun, et al.), Indian agents (William Clarke, Isaac McCoy, et al.), and tribe-by-tribe descriptions of the following Indian tribes: Kansas Indians, Shawnee Indians, Delaware Indians, Ottawa Indians, Kickapoo Indians, Quapaw Indians, Cherokee Indians, Chippewa Indians, Iowa Indians, Sac Indians, Fox Indians, Pottawatomie Indians, New York Indians, Miami Indians, Wyandotte Indians, and Munsee Indians, etc.
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Date
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1904
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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SC25 Kickapoo Reservation Survey Field Notes Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection consists of eight pages of handwritten notes describing a survey for the demarcation of Indian reservations in what are now Doniphan, Atchison, and Leavenworth counties in northeastern Kansas. Notes include a brief description of the survey's purpose, Public Land Surveying System (PLSS) township-range-section location data, surveyors' measurements, and physical descriptions of the benchmarks, landmarks, and monuments used by the surveyor. Pages are unnumbered.
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Date
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1854~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
