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Title: Fort Osage: First Settlement in Jackson County
Description: Article about the history of Fort Osage, commonly known as the first white settlement in Jackson County, Missouri, from 1808 to 1827. Discussion of the events before 1808 leading to its establishment and its military and other interactions with Indians, led by its chief factor, George Sibley (1782-1863).
Date: 1921-10-03
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Rise and Fall of Indian Country, 1825-1855
Description: The book details the relationship between Indians of the Plains area, white settlers, and the federal government. Local Indian tribes mentioned include: Kansa, Osage, Pawnee, Potawatomi, Shawnee and Wyandot, plus other tribes as the Creek, Delaware, Ioway, Kickapoo, Omaha, and Ottawa. Book includes maps of Indian country, 1832-1853. Other local related terms in the index include: Fort Leavenworth, Bent's Fort, Isaac McCoy, Santa Fe Trail, various treaties, etc.
Date: 2007
Object Type: Book

Title: Disruption and Disease
Description: Study tracing the spread and effects of disease among the Osage Indians from the 18th century through the end of the 19th, as they moved into the Indian Territory of Kansas, and later present-day Oklahoma. Diseases and changes in environment created significant challenges to the Osage population and culture. The author argues that "'Indian removal policy and settler expansion' disrupted life, enabling epidemic diseases to decimate the Osage people."
Date: 2013
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 24
Description: Photograph twenty-four of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Osage Indian Chiefs and Councilors" and is a studio portrait of thirteen Osage males. Second from left in the middle row is Osage Chief, Che To Pa.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: "If the Union Wins, We Won't Have Anything Left": The Rise and Fall of the Southern Cherokees of Kansas
Description: Maps, photos, and article about the Cherokees of Kansas and their settlement of the Cherokee Neutral Lands and Chetopa, Kansas, area. Includes a table "Heads of Cherokee Families Identified as Living on Tribal Lands in Kansas" (p. 162) and another table "Kansas Residents Who Enlisted in Confederate Cherokee Military Service" (p. 170).
Date: 2007
Object Type: Magazine Article

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