BIA Inventory, Entry 98, Special Files ... Special Files index
Record Group 75
Series 98(L2)
Title Container List for the Series: SPECIAL FILES
Dates 1807-1904
Creating Org. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
File Number, Subject, and Dates of Records
1. Madison Sweetser, claim for goods sold to the Miami
Indians, disallowed under the treaty of 1840. 1842-47.
2. Sarah Rackley, claim to the estate of her father Jesse
Rackley (Cherokee). 1846-51.
3. Joseph Robidoux, trader, claim against the Iowa
Indians for $800 advanced to them in 1846-47. 1848-50.
4. William H. Underwood, Samuel Rockwell, and William Y.
Hansell, claims for services rendered as attorneys for
the Cherokee. 1838-40.
5. J. C. Watson, claim for certain Negroes among the
Seminole. Records missing.
6. John B. Luce, Neosho subagent, claim for expenses
incurred in his trial for murder in 1842. 1842-46.
7. Baptista Powlis and Chiefs of the First Christian
Party of Oneida Indians, claim for $4,000 stipulated to
be paid in the 13th article of the treaty of 1838, with
the Six Nations of New York. 1840-52.
8. A. J. Robertson, claim for Negroes in the possession
of James Edwards in the Creek Nation. Records missing.
9. James Stryker, subagent, case of, for embezzlement of
money belonging to the New York Indians. 1832-51.
10. Lorenzo N. Clarke, claim for subsistence furnished
Seminole and Chickasaw emigrants. 1837-50.
11. Arthur J. Baker, application ,for renewal of license
to trade with the Sauk and Fox Indians, 1854.
12. Lawrence Taliaferro, claim for rent of house occupied
as U.S. Indian Agent at St. Peters, and suits against him
for seizure of whiskey in 1834. 1839-57.
13. Theophile Bruguier and others, claims for
depredations committed by Sisseton Sioux-Indians
in-1854-55. 1855-58.
14. William McMurray, claim against the Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians for losses suffered by John Johnston,
trader, during the years 1815-21. 1842-43.
15. Samuel and Jeremiah Smith, claim for labor at Sauk
and Fox mills in 1840. 1841-42.
16. Robert Grignon, claim for $20,000 allowed to him by
the Menominee treaty of 1836, but stricken out by the
Senate before ratification. 1837-40.
17. Moses and Lab Falk, traders, 143 claims against the
Miami Indians. 1842-45.
18. John Elliot, claim for goods sold in 1839 to Joseph
Barnett, a Shawnee Indian. 1840-42.
19. W. G. & G. W. Ewing, claim under the treaty of 1840
for goods sold to the Miami Indians. 1842.
20. Lorin Miller, claim for depredations committed by
Winnebago Indians in 1833-34. 1839-43.
21. Moses D. Hogan, claim for cattle destroyed by Sioux
Indians in 1842. 1843-52.
22. William Morrison, commissioner to locate a country
for the Sauk and Fox Indians, treaty negotiated with the
Kickapoo Indians, October 14, 1843. 1843-44.
23. Margaret Farrar, claim for money provided by the
treaty of September 28, 1836, with the Sauk and Fox
Indians. 1842-54.
24. Henry Lott, claim for depredations committed by Sioux
Indians in 1846. 1848-51.
25. W. B. Hart and others, claims for removal of Choctaw
Indians from Mississippi. 1853, with some documents,
1831-34.
26. John Wilson accounts as Salt Lake Agent during
1849-50. 1849-53.
27. Charles W. Borup, claim for goods loaned to the
Chippewa Agency in 1853. 1853-58.
28. Johnson Lykins, claim for medical service furnished
the Potawatomi Indians of Osage River in 1843-44.
1843-47.
29. John McFarland, claim for depredations committed by
Winnebago Indians in 1812-13. 1838-43.
30. Claims for services rendered to Choctaw Commissioners
in 1844. Records missing.
31. Williamson Smith, claim for transporting Cherokee
emigrants in 1838. 1837-46. (Includes many letters about
the emigration not specifically relating to the claim.)
32. James T. V. Thompson, claim for depredations
committed by Iowa and Sauk and Fox of the Missouri in
1838. 1842-54.
33. Ambrose Shields, claim to rights as a Wea Indian.
1855.
34. John and Edward Gunter, Cherokee Indians, treaty
claims. 1832-37.
35. Charles Graham, claim for services as blacksmith for
the Wyandot Indians in 1844., 1846-48.
36. Kennedy & Darling, traders, claim for property
destroyed in 1849 by Seminole Indians of Florida. 1849.
37. Abrams children, claim for indemnity as heirs of
William McIntosh, a Creek Indian. Only one letter, dated
1848, is now in the file.
38. David Myerle, claim. for expenses incurred
introducing the culture of hemp among the Indians.
1843-51.
39. James M. Marsh, claim for depredations committed by
Sioux Indians in 1849. 1849-51.
40. Garry Hinant claim for value of certain Creek
property. 1841-43.
41. Simeon Buckner, claim for demurrage, steamer
Kentuckian, 1837. Records missing.
42. Pleasant Williams, claim for boats and, lumber
furnished in Cherokee emigration of 1838. 1842-53.
43. John Johnston, claim of estate against the Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians under the treaty of March 28, 1836.
1837-51.
44. John M. and Eliza Campbell, Cherokee, claim for
commutation of transportation and subsistence of slaves
removed west. 1845-50.
45. Johnson K. Rogers, claim for money advanced for
Cherokee emigration. 1841-43.
46. John Rogers, Cherokee, claim for improvements
abandoned under the treaty of 1828. 1843-45.
47. Catharine Myott, Winnebago half breed, claim under
the treaty of 1837. 1838-147.
48. David Carter, Cherokee, claim for improvements.
1834-38.
49. LeRoy Jackson, claim for depredations committed by
Winnebago Indians, in 1836. 1839-51.
50. Madison Sweetser, claim for flour delivered to the
Sioux Indians during 1852-53. 1855-57.
51. George Johnston, claim for medical services furnished
to the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 1856-57.
52. Josiah Fletcher, Creek, claim of heirs to payment for
losses during the War of 1812. 1850-58.
53. Elias Boudinot, John Ridge, and Major Ridge,
Cherokee, claims of heirs. 1839-1846.
54. Pierre M. Chouteau and Michel D. Richardville,
traders, claims for goods furnished the Miami Indians.
1851-52.
55. George T. Howard and Horace Capron, specials agents,
claims for expenses incurred removing intruding Indians
from Texas. 1853-54.
56. James Pool, claim for services as blacksmith for the
Delaware, Seneca and Shawnee Indians in 1823-26 and
1833-38. 1841-58.
57. John W. Miller, trader, claim against the Miami
Indians. 1853.
58. T. S. Smith, trader, claim for goods sold to the
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. 1838-49.
59. William Coody, claim of widow for his expenses as a
delegate to Washington of the Old Settler Cherokee in
1848-49. 1849.
60. James Clark, claim for mill and lumber located on
Menominee land. 1854-57.
61. Ann Hyatt, claim for valuation of a Cherokee
improvement. 1834-59.
62. James Erwin and Erwin & Greathouse, claims for losses
under contracts made in 1834-35 for subsisting and
transporting Creek and Seminole Indians. 1847-55.
63. Claims of several traders for articles furnished the
Sauk and Fox Indians, submitted under the treaty of 1842.
1853-54.
64. American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions,
and Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
claims for property in Oregon destroyed by Indians, in
1847. 1850-66.
65. Claims of missionary groups, Green Bay, Sault Ste.
Marie, and Great Nemaha Agencies. 1829-87.
66. Sale of Sauk and Fox pattern farm. 1843-44.
67. Ogden & Fellows, claim for improvements on the
Buffalo Creek Reservation in New York. Records missing.
68. Balances due Choctaw Indians, 1855. Records missing.
69. Articles furnished Potawatomi Indians under the
treaty of, October 26, 1832. 1839-54.
70. Charges against the American Fur Company. 1843-44.
71. Shawnee Indians, claim for 100,000 acres under the,
treaty of 1831. 1841-44.
72. Wyandot and Delaware agreement relating to a certain
tract of land. Records missing.
73. St. Regis Indians and Eleazer Williams, claim to
$4,000 under the treaty of January 15, 1838. 1838-54.
74. Claims of several Eastern Cherokee against N.B.
Hyatt, 1839-41., Records missing.
75. Cherokee delegations. 1842-44.
76. Choctaw removal and claims, 1843-44. Records missing.
77. Survey of Creek boundary line. 1848-56.
78. Fort Smith, location on Choctaw lands, 1840. Records
missing.
79. Money due Winnebago Indians under various treaties
1850-51.
80. Winnebago Indians, agreement with traders to pay
debts. 1850-61.
81. Sale of Menominee mill property at Winnebago Rapids.
1840-45.
82. Agency buildings at Fort Winnebago and claim of R.
and A. J. Irwin. 1831-39.
83. Waddy Thompson, Arnold Harris, Amos and John E.
Kendall, claims for legal, services furnished the
Cherokee Indians. 1851-62.
84. Cherokee difficulties, reports of agent in 1839 and
1845. Records missing.
85. Charges of fraud in the disbursement of Sioux funds
against Alexander Ramsey, Governor and ex officio
Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Minnesota Territory.
1853.
86. Depredation claims against Indians in Utah. 1857.
87. Claims of loyal Seminole for losses suffered during the Civil War. 1867-68.
88. Money disbursed during 1844-49 by Stephen Osborne to
Seneca Indians living on the Buffalo Creek Reservation,
New York, for improvements, as provided by the 5th
article of the treaty of May 20, 1842.1849.
89. Creek ,delegation, claims of Creek Nation, 1856.
Records missing.
90. Treaties with, California Indians, 1851. Records in
Unratified Treaty File.
91. Claims of Connelly & Co., Dolores Baca, and Juan
Francisco Pinard against the Kiowa Indians for
depredations committed in 1856. 1856-59.
92. Spunk, alias Bull Frog, alias Joseph Henson, claim
for valuation of Cherokee improvements. 1854-60.
93. John Wayne and Jim Grub, Cherokee valuation claim.
Records missing.
94. John Shumaker, Cherokee reservation claim. Records
missing.
95. Flat Belly, Miami chief, claim of heirs for value of
improvements. 1855-64.
96. Seminole claims to certain Negroes. 1841-49. (250+ pages)
97. Depredation and other claims against the Winnebago
Indians. 1850-59.
98. Emigration of Potawatomi Indians in 1838. 1838-39.
99. Speculation and intruders on Delaware, Shawnee, and
Kansa half-breed lands, 1854-57. Records missing.
100. Claims against Sauk and Fox Indians, treaty of 1842.
1842-48.
101. W. G. & G. W. Ewing, traders, claims against the
Potawatomi Indians, treaty of June 1846. 1838-53.
102. Claims to participate in per capita payments to the
Eastern Cherokee. 1849-57.
103. Claims against the Chippewa Indians, treaty of
September 30, 1854. 1855-56.
104. Claims for-losses suffered by Cherokee Indians,
particularly during the War of 1812. 1811-24
105. Cherokee improvement claims, treaties of 1817 and
1819. 1825-26.
106. Claims, of Delaware Indians for depredations
committed by whites. 1862-63.
107. William H. Underwood, William Y. Hansell, and Samuel
Rockwell, claims against the Cherokee for legal services.
1830-39.
108. Choctaw cattle claims, 1834-56. Records missing.
109. Peter A. Sarpy, trader, claims against the Omaha,
Oto, and Missouri Indians. 1855-57.
110. Claims against the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of
Michigan 1857.
111. Creek depredation claims against the Osage Indians.
1839.
112. Financial affairs of the Miami Indians. 1839-54.
113. Claims for debts owed by the Potawatomi Indians of Indiana. 1837.
114. Claims against the Creek Indians, 1833.Records
missing.
115. Negotiation of treaty with Kickapoo Indians. Records
missing.
116. Claims against the Miami Indians, treaty of 1840.
1841.
117. Claims against the Chippewa Indians, treaty of
September 30, 1854. 1855-56.
118. Daniel Woodson, claim for services as Receiver in
selling Delaware and Iowa trust lands in Kansas. 1855-62.
119. Claims against the Chippewa Indians, treaty of
September 30, 1854. 1855-56.
120. Depredation claims against Indians of Utah. 1856.
121. Mountain Meadow Massacre. Records missing; but they
have been published in Senate Executive Document No. 42,
36th Congress, 1st Session.
122. William G. Ewing & Co., traders, claims against
Miami Indians. 1836-39.
123. Creek claims, 1833. Records missing.
124. Charles (or Isaac) Butterfield, claim as half-breed
Chippewa under the treaty of March 28, 1836. 1837-67.
125. Treaty negotiations with the Cherokee and the
loyalty of John Ross. 1861-66.
126. Beef cattle transactions in California.1851-54.
Records missing.
127. Charges against Superintendent Jacob Forney, Utah
Superintendency. 1858-60.
128. Accounts of Benjamin B. R. Barker, Neosho Subagency.
1844-45.
129. Claims against the Chippewa of Lake Superior, treaty
of September 30, 1854.1839-56.
130. J. P. Eddy, & Co., traders, claims against the Sauk
and Fox Indians, treaty of 1842. 1848.
131.Cherokee reservation and other-claims. 1818-50.
132. Claims for goods and services furnished in the
expedition against Inkpadutah in 1857. 1858-59.
133. Claims against the Miami Indians, treaty of 1834.
1838.
134. Loyal Choctaw and Chickasaw claims for losses during
the Civil War, treaty of April 28, 1866. 1866-67.
135. Claims against the Seminole Indians for property
losses, treaty of 1832. 1835-39.
136. McIntosh party, claims for property destroyed by
hostile Creek Indians in 1825. 1825-26.
137. Florida claims, 1839. Records missing.
138. Henry H. Sutton and ether North Carolina Cherokee,
claims under the treaty of 1835-36. 1838-75.
139. Claims against Potawatomi, Ottawa, and Chippewa
Indians. 1840-41.
140. Claims against the Miami Indians under the treaty of
1838 reported by Commissioner Nathaniel West. 1839-41.
141. Cherokee, and Creek survey papers. Records missing.
142. Loyal Choctaw and Chickasaw claims, protests against
awards. 1866-68.
143. Claims against the Miami Indians, treaty of 1840.
1841.
144. Claims against the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
treaty of 1836. 1836-38.
145. Claims against the Chippewa Indians, treaty of July
29, 1837. 1831-40.
146. a. Proposals for a treaty with the Ottawa Indians of
Kansas. 1857-58. b. Abstracts of agreements made with
Indians in Michigan, Oregon, Washington, and New Mexico
in 1855. n.d. c. Accounts of Subagent Henry Harvey, Osage
Subagency. 1850-56. d. Benjamin and Nancy Merrill,
Cherokee reservation claim under the treaties of 1817 and
1819. 1836.
147. Reports of Henry R. Schoolcraft, J. W. Edmonds, and
Henry Whiting on claims against the Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians under the treaty of March 28, 1836. 1837 (with
one 1835 letter).
148. Claims against the Potawatomi Indians under treaties
of 1836 adjudicated by J. W. Edmonds. 1837-38.
149. Claims against, the Chippewa of Saginaw, treaty of
January 14, 1837. 1838-41.
150. Cherokee spoliation claims investigated by Agent
George Vashon. 1832-34.
151. Copies of Creek treaty papers, 1802. Records
missing.
152. Barron & Irwin, attorneys, claims against the
Cherokee Nation. 1835-42.
153. Council at Fort Smith, Ark., 1865. Filed in
Unratified Treaty File, September 13, 1865.
154. Cherokee claims for commutation of transportation
and subsistence, treaty of 1835-36. 1845-55.
155. Spoliation, reservation, and other claims by and
against Cherokee Indians. 1818-47.
156. Claims against the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
treaty of 1836. 1838.
157. Annual report of affairs in Oregon and Washington,
Territories by J. R. Browne and Gen. B. F. Smith, 1857.
Records missing; an explanatory note has been filmed.
158. Cherokee reservation and improvement claims, land
surveys, and other matters. 1835-58.
159. Accounts of Superintendent Edward F. Beale,
California Superintendency. 1852-55.
160. Claims against the Chippewa and Ottawa Indians,
treaties of 1855. 1855-57.
161. Winnebago half-breed claims, treaty of November 1,
1837. 1839.
162. Claims under the treaty of January 14, 1837, with
the Chippewa of Saginaw. 1838-44.
163. (part). Claims against the Miami Indians under the treaty of October 23, 1834, adjudicated by Commissioner Nathaniel West. 1838-39.
163. (part). Claims against the Miami Indians under the treaty of October 23, 1834, adjudicated by Commissioner Nathaniel West. 1838-39.
164. Claims against the Winnebago Indians under the
treaty of 1837. 1838.
165. Claims against the Potawatomi of the Wabash
presented to Commissioner J. W. Edmonds. 1837.
166. (part). Claims 1-14 against the Miami Indians under
the treaty of November 6, 1838, presented to Commissioner
Nathaniel West. 1839.
166. (part). Claims 15-54 against the Miami Indians under the treaty of November 6, 1838, presented to Commissioner Nathaniel West. 1839.
167. Claims 55-118 against the Miami Indians under the treaty of November 6, 1838, presented to Commissioner Nathaniel West. 1839.
168. "Before treaty" claims against the Miami Indians under the treaty of November 28, 1840, presented to, Commissioners Clark, Bloomfield, and McCarty. 1841.
169. (part). Claims against, the Miami Indians under the
treaty of November 28, 1840, presented to Commissioners,
Clark, Bloomfield, and McCarty. 1841.
169. (part). Claims against the Miami Indians under the
treaty of November 28, 1840, presented to Commissioners
Clark, Bloomfield, and McCarty. 1841.
170. Taber & Hamilton, traders, claim against the Miami
Indians, treaty of November 28, 1840. 1841.
171. "After treaty" claims against the Miami Indians,
treaty of November 28, 1840. 1841.
172. Claims against the Indian Service in Oregon and
Washington investigated by Commissioner C. H. Mott.
1858-59.
173. Charges against Agent Richard H. Lansdale, Yakima
Agency. 1861-65.
174. Claims against the Chippewa of Saginaw, Swan Creek,
and Black River, treaty of August 2, 1855. 1857.
175. Claims of former Agent Lawrence Taliaferro, St.
Peters Agency, 1840-57.
176. Claims against the Potawatomi Indians of Indiana.
1829-36.
177. a. Stockbridge and Munsee affairs. 1853-57. b.
Charges against Agent Richard G. Murphy of the Sioux (St.
Peters) Agency investigated by Special Agent J. Ross
Browne. 1855. c. Abraham G. Mayers, claim for salary and,
settlement of accounts as Agent of the Pueblo Agency.
1857.
178. W. G. & G. W. Ewing, traders, claims against the Sauk and Fox Indians under the treaty of 1842. 1840-42.
179. Claims of Ewing Walker & Co., traders, against the Potawatomi of the Wabash presented to Commissioner John W. Edmonds. 1838.
180. Claims against Potawatomi, Ottawa, and Chippewa Indians. 1840-41.
181. (part). Claims against the Winnebago Indians under the treaty of 1837 presented to Commissioners James Murray and Simon Cameron and Commissioner John Fleming. 1838-39.
181. (part). Claims, against the Winnebago Indians under the treaty of 1837 presented to Commissioners James Murray and Simon Cameron and Commissioner John Fleming. 1838-39.
182. Claims against Potawatomi, Ottawa, and Chippewa Indians presented to Commissioner William B. Mitchell. 1840.
183. Claims against the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
treaty of March 28, 1836. 1836-38.
184. Cherokee improvement claims. 1831-44.
185. Claims against the Sauk and Fox of the Mississippi under the treaty of October 21, 1837, presented to Commissioner John Fleming. 1838.
186. Claims against the Winnebago Indians under the
treaty of 1837 presented to Commissioners James Murray
and Simon Cameron. 1838.
187. Claims of Jane J. Arnold; Bourassa's wife, Julius
Austrian, and others against different bands of Chippewa
Indians. 1856-59 (with some earlier records).
188. Claims against the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan under the treaty of July 31, 1855, presented to Agent Henry C. Gilbert's, 1857.
189. Claims against Potawatomi, Ottawa, and Chippewa
Indians. 1840-41.
190. Winnebago half-breed claims under the treaty of
November 1, 1837, presented to Commissioner John Fleming.
1838-40.
191. Claims under treaties of 1825 for depredations
committed by the Osage and Kansa Indians between 1804 and
1824. 1807-25.
192. Depredation claims against the Osage Indians.
1828-41.
193. Claims for losses during the Black Hawk War.
1832-36.
194. "Before treaty" claims against the Miami Indians
under the treaty, of November 28, 1840. 1841.
195. Claims against the Winnebago Indians. 1862-64.
196. Claims against the Chippewa Indians under the
treaty, of 1854. 1855-56.
197. Claims under the Winnebago treaty of 1837. 1838-40.
198. Cherokee claims and removal. 1836-38.
199. Claims against the Chippewa Indians under the treaty
of 1854. 1851-56.
200. Claims filed, under the treaty of September 29,
1837, with the Sioux of the Mississippi. 1838.
201. Investigations of Special Agents Augustus Wattles
and George E. H. Day, negotiations with the Chippewa
Indians, accounts of Agent Alexander H. McKisick of the
Wichita Agency, claim of Henry Glowacki for compensation
for service as Special Agent for the Tonawanda Indians of
New York, loyalty of Indians in the Southern
Superintendency and assistance to refugee Indians, and
application, for appointment of Elijah White. 1857-63.
202. Treaty with the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 1855.
Records missing, but a 1916 letter concerning them has
been filmed.
203. Claims under the Winnebago treaty of 1837. Records
missing.
204. Depredation and other claims under the treaty of
January 14, 1837, with the Chippewa of Saginaw and claims
against the Chippewa of Lake Superior. 1838-59.
205. Yakima Agency, 1860. Records missing.
206. Claims under the Winnebago treaty of 1837.Records
missing.
207. Creek claims for property left in the East and lost
during removal. 1838.
208. Claims by and against Potawatomi, Ottawa, and
Chippewa Indians. 1835-50.
209. Ledger of John McCartey of Green Bay. 1821-34.
210. Spencer & Mead, traders, claims against the Kansa
Indians. 1867-71.
211. Agent Abram M. Fridley, Winnebago Agency, claims for
reimbursement for court judgement against him. 1851-62.
212. Wyandot enrollment and claims. 1855-82.
213. W. Hall, claim for surveys for the Flathead Indians.
1874-75.
214. Donald Carmichael, claim for detention of a wagon
train on the road to Ft. Larned in 1867. 1867-77.
215. Agent Benjamin Thompson, Sisseton Agency, alleged
frauds in financial affairs with the Sisseton and
Wahpeton Indians. 1868-72.
216. Accounts of Choctaw delegates to Washington in 1866.
1866-69.
217. Claims against the Potawatomi Indians. 1863-1900.
218. Cornelius Ferris, claim for transporting supplies to
the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Agencies. 1876-77.
219. Claims of George W. Corey for services as inspector
and shipping agent at Cheyenne, Wyo., and of D. J.
McCann, freight contractor, for detention of teams in
1871. 1871-76.
220. Thomas Johnson, claim in connection with the Shawnee
Manual Labor School (Methodist). 1838-65.
221. Investigation of charges against Agent Hiram W.
Jones, Quapaw Agency. 1874-78.
222. Claims against the Sauk and Fox of the Mississippi.
1851-63.
223. Sauk and Fox War, 1832. Records missing.
224. Redick McKee, claim for compensation for expenses
and losses resulting from service in California during
1850-53. 1852-87.
225. Claim of Nelson Story for supplies furnished the
Crow Agency and investigation of affairs at the agency.
1875-77.
226. Payment made by Commissioner Thomas Wistar, Jr., to
the Mixed Menominee in conformance with the treaty of
October 18, 1848. 1849.
227. Claim of Thomas P. Madden, assignee of R. K. Dodge,
for supplies furnished the Mendocino Reservation, Calif.
1863-74.
228. Claims against the Sioux of the Mississippi under
the treaties of June 19, 1858. 1861-72.
229. Quality of flour furnished the Spotted Tail Agency
by D. J. McCann. 1876.
230. C. C. O'Keefe, claim for a threshing machine
furnished the Flathead Agency. 1873-78.
231. Edward Painter, claim for expenses in court case
resulting from his service as Agent of the Omaha Agency.
1874-76.
232. E. J. Brown, claim for certain buildings at the,
Seminole Agency, 1870-73. Records missing; see Special
File 259.
233. Thomas P. Fenton and James S. Emory, claim for legal
services rendered the United States in regard to Indian matters in Kansas. 1866-69.
234. J. H. Rudd, transportation contractor, claim for
detention of goods. 1868-69.
235. Removal of Santee Sioux prisoners from, Davenport,
Ia. 1866.
236. Margaret C. Gill, claims for goods sold to the
Peoria and other Indians of the Quapaw Agency. 1871-77.
237. Joseph H. Thompson, claim for boarding and clothing
furnished to a Choctaw student. 1870-71.
238. William E. Shimmins and George H. McPherson claim
under a contract for cutting timber for a saw mill on the
Truckee River Reservation, Nev. 1865-71.
239. Claims against the Menominee Indians under the
treaty of 1836. Records missing.
240. R. L. Smith, claim for erection of a blockhouse at
the Shoshone and Bannock Agency, Wyo. 1871-74.
241. Neal & Murphy, transportation contractors, claim for
damages. 1872-75.
242. Charges by Capt. Edward Ball concerning affairs at
the Crow Agency. 1876.
243. Joseph La Barge, transportation contractor, claim
for demurrage, in 1863. 1863-88.
244. Gen. William S. Harney and purchase of clothing for
Sioux Indians. 1869.
245. Joseph G. Heald and Reuben Wright, traders, claims
against the Choctaw Indians under article 50 of the
treaty of April 28, 1866. 1867-69.
246. Investigation of conduct of Agent Henry W. De Puy,
Pawnee Agency. 1861-65.
247. Charges, against Agent William T. Hughes, Standing
Rock Agency, investigated by Inspector J. H. Hammond.
1878-79.
248. (part). Charges against Henry F. Livingstone, Agent at Crow Creek, 1870-78, and Henry E. Gregory, Agent at Lower Brul'e, 1876-78. 1870-79.
248. (part). Charges against Henry F. Livingstone, Agent
at Crow Creek, 1870-78, and Henry E. Gregory, Agent at
Lower Brul'e, 1876-78. 1870-79.
249. George E. Mountcastle and George M. Lavender, claims
against the Cherokee under the treaty of 1835-36.
1835-70.
250. Charles M. Carter, attorney for Thomas Pritchard,
claims against the Indian Service in Oregon. 1862-69.
251. (part). Suit by the United States against Dwight J. McCann, transportation contractor. 1873-79.
251. (part). Suit by the United States against Dwight J. McCann, transportation contractor. 1873-79.
252. Charges against Agent Benjamin M. Thomas, Pueblo
Agency. 1879-80.
253. Removal of Agent George W. Frost, Crow Agency.
1877-79.
254. Sale of agency buildings at Fort Peck and Fort
Belknap. 1876-80.
255. Ewings & Walker and payments to the Potawatomi
Indians. 1852-53.
256. W. N. Hubbell, claim for cattle sold to the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe Agency. 1876-77.
257. Jane, Mary, and Anna Lica Thompson, claims to share
in the annuities of the Winnebago Indians. 1875-81.
258. Claims for goods and supplies lost in 1867 on the
steamer Last Chance. 1864-67.
259. Elisha J. Brown, claim to buildings near the
Seminole Agency. 1870-73.
260. American Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions, claim for improvements in Choctaw country.
1834-35.
261. Nez Perce' Indian soldiers, claims for service
during the Oregon and Washington war of 1855-56. 1879-83.
262. Allotments to Kickapoo Indians. Records disposed.
263. Claims against the Winnebago Indians under the
treaty of 1859. 1862-64.
264. Ejection of T. A. Bland from the Pine Ridge
Reservation by Agent V. T. McGillycuddy. 1882-85.
265. A. J. Smith and James L. Fisk, claims for legal
services rendered in the interest of the mixed Bannock,
Shoshoni, and Sheepeater Indians. 1870-75.
266. Claims against Indians and the Indian Service in
California. 1852-80.
267. Charges against Agent J. H. Fleming, Moqui Pueblo
Agency. 1882-83.
268. Sarah Winnemucca. 1877-85.
269. Removal and subsequent restoration of Samuel D.
Hinman, missionary on the Santee Reservation. 1878-80.
270. Investigation of the San Carlos Agency by Inspector
J. H. Hammond. 1879-80.
271. Financial affairs of S. S. Sanger, trader at
Muskogee, I. T. 1885.
272. Revocation of license of Sutcliffe Baxter, trader at
the Neah Bay Agency. 1885.
273. William Brindle, attorney, and claims for services
and expenses in sales of Indian lands in Kansas. 1834-85
(mostly cross, references).
274. Nathan Myrick and others, claims against the Sioux
of Minnesota for goods and supplies furnished in 1861-62.
1882-86.
275. Horace Countryman, claim for hay delivered to Agent
George W. Frost, Crow Agency. 1878-82.
276. W. L. Challiss & Co., claim for transportation of
freight to the Yankton Agency on the steamer J G. Morrow,
which sank in transit. 1861-62.
277. Beams Negroes, suits for freedom and attorneys' claims for fees. 1854-59.
278. Negroes stolen from John R. Guest and Overton Love,
Chickasaw Indians. 1848-60. (130+ pages)
279. White River Ute absent from their reservation.
1881-84.
280. Division of tribal funds between the citizen and,
tribal parties of the Confederated Peoria, Piankeshaw,
Kaskaskia, and Wea Indians. 1863-88.
281. Claim of the Chickasaw Nation against the United
States under the 4th article of the treaty of June 22,
1852. 1887.
282. William A. West and John A. Parker, claims for
transporting Omaha annuity funds. 1859-67.
283. E. John Ellis, claim for legal services to the
Citizen Band of Potawatomi. 1884-89.
284. Claim of the Creek Nation for reimbursement of money
paid to non-Creek freedmen. 1868-88.
285. Creek self-emigration claims. 1886-1904.
286. Blankets furnished by John Dobson. 1888-96.
287. Rev. R. P. and Mrs. Sallie B. Duvall, claim for
compensation for conducting a school for the Sauk and Fox
Indians in Kansas. 1863-78.
288. Eli Ayres, claim against the Chickasaw Nation for
certain land. 1891.
289. James K. Ozbun, accounts for services as teacher.
and superintendent of a school for Osage Indians.
1886-91.
290. Guardianship of minor Miami Indians and payment of
their annuities. 1889-90.
291. David & Todd, contractors, claim for erection of
mills and school on the Colville Reservation. 1885-89.
292. Lemuel Spooner, depredation claim against Kiowa and
other Indians. 1873-80.
293. Appointment of a Superintendent of Haskell
Institute. 1889.
294. Payments to the Delaware Indians and claims of Eli
Moore and Daniel Woodson for compensation for managing
and selling trust lands of the Delaware and other
Indians. 1893-94.
295. Wayland C. and E. W. W. Lykins, claims for
membership in the Confederated Peoria Tribe. 1887-89.
296. Claims by newspapers for advertising sale of Kansas
(Kansa) Trust and Diminished Reserve Lands. 1878-81.
297. Claims of John B. Shipman and John Critcher for legal services to the Potawatomi Indians of Michigan and Indiana. 1894-96.
298. J. Milton Turner and others, claims for attorney fees for representing the Cherokee Freedmen, Shawnee, and Delaware in claim for share of proceeds of Cherokee lands. 1888-90.
299. Flambeau Lumber Company J. H. Cushway & Co., claim
for improvements made on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation.
1898-99.
300. Acts of the National Councils of the Cherokee and
Creek Nations submitted to the President for approval.
1898-99.
301. (part). Joel M. Bryan, Commissioner and Treasurer for the Old Settler or Western Cherokee, and attorneys' claims for legal services in prosecuting a claim against the United States. 1877-97.
301. (part). Joel M. Bryan, Commissioner and Treasurer for the Old Settler or Western Cherokee, and attorneys' claims for legal services in prosecuting a claim against the United States. 1877-97.
302. Applications for 124 unclaimed shares of money due
Old Settler or Western Cherokee. 1896-1900.
303. Applications for 124 unclaimed shares of money due
Old Settler or Western Cherokee. 1896-99.
This index includes only names and subjects mentioned in the titles of Special Files or of particular importance in the subject matter of files. The references are to Special File numbers. There may be records dealing less, particularly with the same persons and subjects in other Special Files than those cited; this is especially true of traders with claims against several tribes.
Abrams children: 70 American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions: 64, American Fur Company: 70 Arnold, Jane J.: 187 Austrian, Julius,: 187 Ayres, Eli: 288 Baca, Dolores: 91 Baker, Arthur J.: 11 Ball, Capt. Edward: 242 Bannock Indians: 265 Barker, Benjamin B. R.: 128 Barnett, Joseph: 18 Barron & Irwin: 152 Baxter, Sutcliffe: 272 Beale, Edward F.: 159 Beams Negroes: 277 Black Hawk War: 193 Bland, T. A.: 264 Bloomfield, Lot: 168, 169 Borup, Charles W.: 27 Boudinot, Elias: 53 Boudinot, Elias C.: 298 Bourassa's wife: 187 Brindle, William: 273 Brown, Elisha J.: 232 ,259 Browne, J Ross: 157, 177 Bruguier, Theophile: 13 Bryan, Joel 14.: 301 Buckner, Simeon: 41 Buffalo Creek Reservation: 67, 88. Bull Frog: 92 Butterfield, Charles or Isaac: 124 California: 90, 126, 159, 224, 227, 266 Cameron, Simon: 164, 181, 186 Campbell, John M. and Eliza: 44 Capron, Horace: 55 Carmichael, Donald: 214 Carter, Charles M.: 250 Carter, David: 48 Challiss W. L. & Co.: 276 Cherokee Indians: 31, 42, 45, 53, 59, 74, 75, 84, 102, 104,105, 125, 131, 138, 141, 150, 154, 155, 158, 184, 198, 294, 300, 302, 303; individual treaty claims: 2, 34, 44, 46, 48, 61, 92, 93, 94, 146, 249; attorney claims: 4, 83, 107, 152, 298, 301 Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency: 256 Cheyenne, Wyo.: 219 Chickasaw Indians: 10, 134, 142, 278, 281, 288 Chippewa Agency: 27 Chippewa Indians: 14, 43, 51, 58, 103, 110, 117, 119, 124, 129, 139, 144, 145, 147, 149, 156, 160, 162, 174, 180, 182, 183, 187, 188, 189, 196, 199, 201, 202, 204, 208 Choctaw Indians: 25, 30, 68, 76, 78, 108, 134, 142, 216, 237, 245, 260, 277 Chouteau, Pierre M.: 54 Citizen Potawatomi: 283 Civil War: 87, 125, 134, 142, 201 Clapp, Dexter: 225, 242 Clark, James: 60 Clark, O. L.: 168, 169 Clarke, Lorenzo N.: 10 Colorow: 279 Colville Reservation: 291 Confederated Peoria: 236, 280, 295 Connelly & Co: 91 Coody, William: 59 Corey, George W.: 219 Countryman, Horace: 275 Creek Indians: 8, 37, 40, 52, 62, 77, 89, 111, 114, 123, 136, 141, 151, 207, 284, 285, 300 Critcher, John: 297 Crow Agency: 225, 242, 253, 275 Crow Creek Agency: 248 Cushway, J. H., & Co.: 299 Darling, Kennedy &: 36 Davenport, Ia.: 235 David & Todd: 291 Day, George E. H.: 201 Delaware Indians: 56, 72, 99, 106, 118, 294, 298 De Puy, Henry: 246 Dobson, John: 286 Dodge, R. K.: 227 Duvall, Rev. R. P. and Mrs. Sallie B.: 287 Eastern, Cherokee: 74, 102, 138 Eddy, J., P. & Co.: 130 Edmonds, J. W.: 147, 148, 165, 179, Edwards, James: 8 Elliot, John: 18 Ellis, E. John: 283 Emory, James S.: 233 Erwin, James: 62 Erwin & Greathouse: 62 Ewing, W. G. & G. W.: 19, 101, 117, 178 Ewing, William G. & Co.: 122 Ewing Walker & Co.: 179 Ewings & Walker: 255 Falk, Moses & Lab: 17 Farrar, Margaret: 23 Fellows, Ogden &: 67, 88 Fenton, Thomas P.: 233 Ferris, Cornelius: 218 First Christian Party of Oneida: 7 Fisk, James L.: 265 Flambeau Lumber Co.: 299 Flat Belly: 95 Flathead Agency: 230 Flathead Indians: 213 Fleming, J. H.: 267 Fleming, John: 181, 185, 190 Fletcher, Josiah: 52 Florida: 36, 137 Forney, Jacob: 127 Fort Belknap Agency: 254 Fort Larned: 214 Fort Peck Agency: 254 Fort Smith, Ark.: 78, 153 Fort Winnebago Subagency: 82 Freedmen: 284, 298 Fridley, Abram M.: 211 Frost, George W.: 253, 275 Gilbert, Henry C.: 188 Gill, Margaret C.: 236 Glowacki, Henry: 201 Graham, Charles: 35 Greathouse, Daniel: 62 Great Nemaha Agency: 65 Green Bay Agency: 65 Gregory, Henry E.: 248 Grignon, Robert: 16 Grub, Jim: 93 Guest, John R.: 278 Gunter, John and Edward: 34 Hall, W.: 213 Hamilton, Taber &: 170 Hammond, J. H.: 247, 248, 270 Hansell, William Y.: 4, 107 Harney, Gen. William S.: 244 Harris, Arnold: 83 Hart, W. B.: 25 Harvey, Henry: 146 Haskell Institute: 293 Heald, Joseph G.: 245 Hemp: 38 Henson, Joseph: 92 Hinant, Garry: 40 Hinman, Rev. Samuel D.: 269 Hogan, Moses D.: 21 Howard, George T.: 55 Hubbell, W. N.: 256 Hughes, William T.: 247 Hyatt, Ann: 61 Hyatt, N. B.: 61, 74 Indiana: 113, 165, 176, 179, 297 Indian soldiers: 261 Inkpadutah: 132 Iowa Indians: 3, 32, 118 Irwin, David: 152 Irwin, R. and A. J.: 82 Jack: 279 Jackson, LeRoy: 49 J. G. Morrow (steamer): 276 J. H. Cushway & Co.: 299 Johnson, Thomas: 220 Johnston, George: 51 Johnston, John: 14, 43 Jones, Hiram W.: 221 Kansa (Kansas, Kaw) Indians: 99, 191, 210, 296;. Kansas (State): 118, 146, 233, 273, 287, 294 Kaskaskia Indians: 280 Kaw Indians: See Kansa Indians Kendall, Amos and John E.: 83 Kennedy & Darling: 36 Kentuckian (steamer): 41 Kickapoo Indians: 22, 115, 262 Kiowa Indians: 91, 292 La Barge, Joseph: 243 Lac du Flambeau Reservation: 299 Lansdale, Richard H.: 173, 205 Last Chance (steamer ): 258 Lavender, George M.: 249 Livingstone, Henry F.: 248 Lott, Henry: 24 Love, Overton: 278 Lower Brul'e Agency: 248 Luce, John B.: 6 Lykins, E. W. W. and Wayland C.: 295 Lykins, Johnson: 28 McCann, D. J.: 219, 229, 251 McCartey, John: 209 McCarty, Jonathan: 168, 169 McFarland, John: 29 McGillycuddy, V. T.: 264 McIntosh party: 136 Mclntosh, William: 37 McKee, Redick: 224. McKisick, Alexander: 201 McMurray, William: 14 McPherson, George H.: 238 Madden, Thomas P.: 227 Marsh, James M.: 39 Mayers, Abraham G.: 177 Mead, Spencer &: 210 Mendocino Reservation: 227 Menominee Indians: 16, 60, 81, 226, 239, Merrill, Benjamin and Nancy: 146 Methodist Church: 64, 220 Miami Indians: 1, 17, 19, 54, 57, 95, 112, 116, 122, 133, 140, 143, 163, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 194, 290 Michigan: 110, 146, 188, 297 Miller, John W.: 57 Miller, Lorin: 20 Minnesota: 85, 274, Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church: 64 Missions: 64, 65, 220, 260 Mississippi: 25 Missouri Indians: 109 Mitchell, William B.: 182 Mixed Bannock, Shoshoni, and Sheepeater Indians: 265 Mixed Menominee Indians: 226 Moore, Eli: 273, 294 Moqui Pueblo Agency: 267 Morrison, William: 22 Morrow, J. G. (steamer): 276 Mott, C. H.: 172 Mountain Meadow Massacre: 121 Mountcastle, George E.: 249 Munsee Indians: 177 Murphy, Richard G.: 177 Murphy, Neal &: 241 Murray, James: 164, 181, 186 Muskogee, I. T.: 271 Myerle, David: 38 Myott, Catharine: 47 Myrick, Nathan: 274 Neah Bay Agency: 272 Neal & Murphy: 241 Negroes: 5, 8, 44, 96, 277, 278, 284, 298 Neosho Subagency: 6, 128 New Mexico: 146 Newspapers: 296 New York Indians: 7, 9, 67, 73, 88, 201 Nez Perc'e Indians soldiers: 261 Ogden & Fellows: 67, 88 O'Keefe, C. C.: 239 Old Settler Cherokee: 59, 301, 302, 303 Omaha Agency: 231 Omaha Indians: 109, 282 Oneida Indians: 7 Oregon: 64, 146, 157, 172, 259, 261 Osage Agency: 146, 289 Osage Indians: 111, 191, 192, 289 Osage River: 28 Osborne, Stephen: 88 Oto Indians: 109 Ottawa Indians: 14, 43, 51, 58, 116, 139, 144, 146,146 156, 160, 180, 182, 183, 188, 189, 202, 208 Ozbun, James K: 289 Painter, Edward: 231 Parker, John A.: 282 Pattern farm: 66 Pawnee Agency: 246 Peoria Indians: 236, 280, 295 Piankeshaw Indians: 280 Pinard, Juan Francisco: 91 Pine Ridge Reservation: 264 Pitchlyn, P. P.: 216 Pool, James: 6 Potawatomi Indians: 28, 46, 69, 98, 101, 113, 139, 148, 165, 176, 179, 180, 182, 189, 208, 217, 255, 283, 297 Powlis, Baptista: 7 Pritchard, Thomas: 250 Pueblo Agency: 177, 252 Quapaw Agency: 221, 236 Rackley: Sarah and Jesse: 2 Ramsey, Alexander: 85 Rankin, John R.: 293 Red Cloud Agency: 218 Refugee Indians: 201 Richardville, Michel D.: 54 Ridge, John and Major: 53 Robertson, A. J.: 8 Robidoux, Joseph: 3 Rockwell, Samuel: 4, 107 Rogers, John: 46 Rogers, Johnson K.: 45 Ross, John: 75, 125 Rudd, J. H.: 234 Sac and Fox: See Sauk and Fox Saginaw, Chippewa of: 149, 162, 174, 204 St. Peters Agency: 12, 175, 177 St. Regis Indians: 73 Salt Lake Agency: 26 San Carlos Agency: 270 Sanger, S. S.: 271 Santee Reservation: 269 Santee Sioux prisoners: 235 Sarpy, Peter A.: 109 Sauk and Fox Indians: 11, 15, 22, 23, 63, 66, 100, 130, 178, 185, 193, 222, 223, 287; of the Missouri: 32 Sauk and Fox War: 223 Sault Ste. Marie, Agency: 65 Schoolcraft, Henry R.: 147 Schools: 220, 287, 289, 291, 293 Seminole Agency: 232, 259 Seminole Indians: 5, 10, 36, 62, 87, 96, 135 Seneca Indians: 56, 67, 88 Shawnee Indians: 18, 6, 71, 99, 220, 298 Shawnee Manual Labor School: 220 Sheepeater Indians: 265 Shields, Ambrose: 33 Shimmins, William E.: 238 Shipman, John B.: 297 Shoshone and Bannock Agency: 240 Shoshoni Indians: 265 Shuaaker, John: 94 Sioux Agency: 177 Sioux Indians: 13, 21, 24, 39, 50, 85, 200, 215, 228, 235, 244, 274, Sisseton Agency: 215 Sisseton Sioux Indians: 13, 215 Six Nations: 7 Smith, A. J.: 265 Smith, Gen. B.F.: 157 Smith, Jeremiah and Samuel: 15 Smith, R. L.: 240 Smith, T. S.: 58 Smith, Williamson: 31 Southern Superintendency: 201 Spencer & Mead: 210 Spirit Lake Expedition: 132 Spooner, Lemuel: 292 Spotted Tail Agency: 218, 229 Spunk: 92 Standing Rock Agency: 247 Stockbridge Indians: 177 Story , Nelson: 225, 242 Stryker, James: 9 Sutton, Henry H.: 138 Sweetser, Madison: 1, 50 Taber & Hamilton: 170 Taliaferro, Lawrence: 12, 175 Texas: 55, 278 Thomas, Benjamin, M.: 252 Thompson, Benjamin: 215 Thompson, James T. V.: 32 Thompson: Jane, Mary, and Anna Lica: 257 Thompson, Joseph H.: 237 Thompson, Waddy: 83 Todd, David &: 291 Tonawnda Indians: 201 Truckee River Reservation: 238 Turner, J Milton: 298 Underwood, William H.: 4, 107 Union Agency: 271 Utah: 26, 86, 120, 121, 127 Ute Indians: 279 Vashon, George: 150 Wahpeton Sioux Indians: 215 Walls, William: 237 Walker, Ewing & Co.: 179 Walker, Ewings: 255 War of 1812: 52, 104 Washington: 146, 157, 172, 261 Watson, J. C.: 5 Wattles, Augustus: 201 Wayne, John: 93 Wea Indians: 33, 280 West, Nathaniel: 140, 163, 166, 167 West, William A.: 2,82 White, Elijah: 201 White River Ute: 279 Whiting, Henry: 147 Wichita Agency: 201 Williams, Eleazer: 73 Williams, Pleasant: 42 Wilson, John: 26 Winnebago Agency: 211 Winnebago Indians: 20, 29, 47, 49, 79, 30, 97, 161, 164, 181, 186, 190, 195, 197, 203, 206, 257, 263 Winnebago Rapids: 81 Winnemucca, Sarah: 263 Wistar, Thomas, Jr.: 226 Woodson, Daniel: 118, 273, 294 Wright, Reuben: 245 Wyandot Indians: 35, 72, 212 Yakima Agency: 173, 205 Yankton Agency: 276