Maps

Title: Missouri Territory, Formerly Louisiana
Description: Map shows area from Mississippi River westward, with rivers, mountains, locations of Native American tribes, and "probable north boundary" marked in blue and "probable south boundary marked in light pink and ivory. Eastern border of the Mississippi River highlighted in orange. Written in pencil in lower left corner, "Carey's General Atlas 1808? LC p 442."
Date: 1808
Object Type: Map

Title: Indian Tribes in North and Central America
Description: Blueprint of remarkably comprehensive map showing, apparently, all known locations of Indian tribes from the Arctic Circle to the northwest corner of South America, including the areas of present-day Canada, Alaska, United States, Mexico, West Indies, and Central America.
Object Type: Map

Title: Aboriginal America East of the Mississippi
Description: Map, apparently taken from a book, showing locations in eastern U.S. of the following tribes: Abnaki, Pequot, Narraganset, Mohegan,Delaware (Lenni Lenape), Nanticoke, Pohawtan, Tuscarora, Woccon, Catawba, Cherokee, Yuchi (Uchee), Creek (Muscogee), Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Natchez, Shawnee, Dakota, Illinois, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Miami, Erie, Andaste, Seneca, Cayuga, Onandaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Wyandot (Huron), Ottawa, Menominee, Ojibwa (Chippewa).
Object Type: Map

Title: The Kansas City Times' Map of Oklahoma
Description: "Taken from government surveys." Shows proposed railroad and stage line and includes "Direction for Locating a Claim." Specific areas of Indian tribes noted.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of the Pottawattamie Reserve Lands in Kansas Belonging to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R.R. Co.
Description: Map of an area just west of Topeka, Kansas comprising the Pottawatomie Reserve in Kansas. Key states, Blue Tracts are Indian Allottments; Red Tracts are Sold Lands. Major roads are indicated, as well as two railroad lines. Towns in evidence are St. Mary's Mission, Newbery, Rossville and Silver Lake.
Date: 1869~
Object Type: Map

Title: Route of Chief Joseph and Major Indian Tribes
Description: Two maps are included. One shows Chief Joseph's route toward Canada in 1877; the other shows major Indian tribes on an outline map of the United States.
Date: 1975
Object Type: Map

Title: Correct Map of Oklahoma and Indian Territories
Description: Map of Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory. Railroad lines, counties, and Indian jurisdictions (Osage, Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache) are shown. The following Indian nations are shown in Indian Territory: Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek.
Date: 1901~
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.
Description: Map showing Oregon and Washington and small portions of adjacent states. Also includes the southern portion of Vancouver Island, area railroad lines, steamship lines, towns, roads, and Indian reservations. Printed at top and bottom of map: "The Northwest presents the greatest opportunities for settlers of any portion of Uncle Sam's domain. For grains, grasses, fruit, live stock and minerals the territory embraced in this map is unequalled."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Map

Title: Delaware Lands Belonging to the Union Pacific Rail Way Company, Eastern Division
Description: Map of ceded Delaware lands in Kansas, which the Union Pacific, Eastern Division was selling to settlers at the time of the map's creation. Residences of individuals, apparently tribal officials, are indicated, as well as the Council House, the Agency, and the village of Secondine, just east of Grinter Ferry. Train stations along the Kansas River to Lecompton are shown, as well as some major roads. In evidence are the villages of Tonganoxie and Sarcoxiville, and the the towns of Oskaloosa, Lawrence, and DeSoto. An inset map shows the route of the Union Pacific past Topeka and Junction City, down the Smoky Hill Fork.
Date: 1867~
Object Type: Map

Title: A Map of the Indian Territory, Northern Texas, and New Mexico, Showing the Great Western Prairies
Description: Reprint of a map appearing opposite the first page of the first chapter of Josiah Gregg's _Commerce of the Prairies_ (New York: Henry G. Langley, 1844). Map shows westward routes, locations of Native American tribes in the middle west and western United States in 1844, and some particular notations probably referring to details of Gregg's narrative.
Date: 1844
Object Type: Map

Title: A Map of the Indian Territory, Northern Texas, and New Mexico, Showing the Great Western Prairies
Description: Photo reprint of a map showing westward routes, locations of Indian tribes in the middle west and western United States in 1844, and some particular notations which probably refer to details of Josiah Gregg's narrative.
Date: 1844
Object Type: Map

Title: A Map of a Large Country Newly Discovered in the Nothern America
Description: Continuation of title: Situated between New Mexico and the Frozen Sea Together with the Course of the Great River Meschasipi. Facsimile of 1698 map depicting Father Louis Hennepin's impressions of the shape and layout of the eastern half of the North American continent. Pictorial elements such as mountains, forests, and habitations are included, as well as drawings of the Great Lakes and other bodies of water. Also included printed on map: "Dedicated to his Ma.ty William III King of Great Britain by Father Lewis [sic] Hennepin, Missionary Recollect and Apostolic Notary."
Date: 1698
Object Type: Map

Title: Northeast Corner of Kansas Territory
Description: Map showing area immediately west of the Missouri River, in present-day Doniphan, Atchison, and Leavenworth counties, Kansas. The right-hand side of the page is north. Map shows Indian lands, including the Iowa lands, Iowa Reserve, Sac and Fox lands recently ceded, Kickapoo Reserve, and "Half Breed lands" (i.e. Indians of mixed descent). Indicates many creeks and some towns (e.g. Fort Leavenworth, Atchison, Doniphan, Saint Joseph). The agency is indicated near Wolf River. Ink on lined paper, signed by Major Daniel Vanderslice, who served as Indian Agent from 1853 until Lincoln became President in 1861.
Date: 1854
Object Type: Map

Title: United States
Description: Map of the United States showing Arkansas Territory, Missouri Territory (stretching to the west coast), and a large area comprising the southwest, including present-day northern Mexico. Names of many Indian tribes, and some Indian villages, appear on this map, as well as towns and rivers. The state of Missouri is shown as stretching well into present-day Iowa.
Date: 1822
Object Type: Map

Title: U. States' Indian Frontier in 1840, Shewing [sic] Positions of the Tribes that have been removed west of the Mississippi
Description: Map of areas assigned to various tribes just west of the states of Missouri and Arkansas as of approximately 1840. Approximate locations of other tribes in the West (U.S. and a portion of Canada) are indicated. Some of the tribes named in the map are Kickapoo, Shawnee, Delaware, Peoria and Kaskaskia, Piankashaw and Wea, Oneida, Tuscarora, Quapaw, Seneca, Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chocktaw, Chickasaw, Osage, Arapaho, Comanche, Pawnee, Kiowa, Shoshone, Cheyenne, Crow, Dakota, Omaha and Oto, Sac and Fox.
Date: 1841
Object Type: Map

Title: Historical Landmarks, Trails & Monuments in and around Kansas City, Mo.
Description: Historic areas marked with associated dates including Indian campsites, battle fields, churches, cemeteries, forts, bridges, fords or ferries. Includes Clay, Jackson, and parts of Cass County in Missouri and Indian Territory in Kansas showing the Delaware, Wyandotte, and Shawnee Inidan areas. Along the left side is a chronological list of events, "Kawsmouth Chronology," from 1797 to 1869.
Date: 1942
Object Type: Map

Title: Amplissima Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciae Ludovicianae
Description: Continuation of catalog title: "A R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss. in America septentrionali anno 1687 detectae, nunc Gallorum coloniis et actionem negotiis toto orbe celeberrimae." Map shows the eastern states, Florida, the Great Lakes, Louisiana Territory, and portions of Mexico and Canada. Locations of Indian tribes are shown, as well as rivers, mountains, and towns.
Date: 1763~
Object Type: Map

Title: Iowa
Description: Map of Iowa showing twenty counties in eastern Iowa, with the rest of the area depicted divided between the Sioux (mostly in present-day Minnesota), and Neutral Ground, Sauks and Foxes, Iowas and Pottawattamies.
Date: 1840~
Object Type: Map

Title: Map Illustrating the Plan of the Defences of the Western Frontier
Description: Map of United States territory west of the Mississippi River, including lands making up present-day Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. Lands claimed and ceded by various Native American tribes, and lands assigned to tribes are indicated, as well as proposed forts and railroads.
Date: 1838
Object Type: Map

Title: Cram's Railroad and Township Map of Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas
Description: Map shows numerous rivers, creeks, and towns, as well as railroad lines and county boundaries. Territories of individual Indian tribes are outlined in the area south of Kansas.
Date: 1879
Object Type: Map

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