Potawatomi Indians
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Jesse C. Douglass journal
Collection — Folder S0370
Identifier: S0370
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photocopy of a journal written by Jesse C. Douglass about the emigration of Potawatomi Indians from Twin Lakes in Marshall County, Indiana to their homes on the Osage River in the Western Territory. The work contains entries from August 30, 1838 to November 7, 1838 and a table of distances indicating the miles the party traveled. The journal was the property of Judge William Polke, Esq. who also conducted the emigration.
Dates:
1838
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jesse C. Douglass journal
John Hays collection
Collection — Folder S1820
Identifier: S1820
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostatic copies of correspondence, treaty proceedings, and speeches related to the activities of Indian agent John Hays that were obtained by the Indiana State Library from the National Archives. The first two folders contain correspondence dated from September 15, 1819 to November 13, 1821 that covers the transfer of the Fort Wayne post from William Turner to Hays. Much of the correspondence is among Indiana agents Turner, Hays, John Johnston and B.F. (Benjamin...
Dates:
1819-1823
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Hays collection
John Tipton collection
Collection
Identifier: L160
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of Tipton’s correspondence and business papers from the period 1810-1839 in Indiana. His correspondence, including retained copies of his outgoing letters, includes letters relating to the operations of the Indiana Militia in the 1810s; and political correspondence regarding the work of the state legislature (1820s-1830s), his senatorial elections (1831, 1832), his appointments to federal office (1831-1839), and local, state, and national issues, particularly...
Dates:
1806-1858
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Tipton collection
Lazarus Bourassa collection
Collection — Folder S2458
Identifier: S2458
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostatic copies of two deeds related to Lazarus Bourassa's land grant in St. Joseph County, Indiana. The first deed conveying the property to Richard R. Carlisle was signed by Bourassa and acknowledged by Israel H. Rush, justice of the peace of St. Joseph County, on June 24, 1835; was certified and signed by Indian agent Abel C. Pepper on July 13, 1836; and was approved and signed by President Andrew Jackson on October 4, 1836. The second deed released the property...
Dates:
1835-1839
Native American treaties photostat collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2202
Scope and Contents
There are three pieces of paper, all photostats, in this collection. Two photostats are of the treaty made with the Miami Indians at Sy. Mary's in Ohio on October 6, 1818. The third photostat is President John Quincy Adams' approval of the treaty, which is dated 1827. There are also oversize folders containing photostats of treaties with the Wyandot, Potawatomi, Ottawa, Chippewa, Seneca, Delaware, Miami, and Shawnee peoples ranging from 1817 to 1832 (OB179) and from 1814 to 1818...
Dates:
1814-1832, undated
Office of Indian Affairs collection
Collection
Identifier: L443
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostats of letters copied from the records of the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs and the Office of Indian Trade housed at the National Archives. Ranging from 1815 to 1821, the bulk of the collection is correspondence sent and received by Michigan territorial governor, Lewis Cass, regarding the Michigan superintendency. Major issues discussed are the licensing of British subjects for trade with the Indians, the distribution of annuities established by Indian treaties...
Dates:
1815-1821
Potawatomi Indians collection
Collection — Folder S1561
Identifier: S1561
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostatic copies of letters, land registers and other documents from Indian agents in the Great Lakes and Midwest regions and three commissioners of Indian Affairs, Carey A Harris (1836-1838) and Thomas Hartley Crawford (1838-1845) and Luke Lea (1850-1853) of the Office of Indian Affairs in Indiana, Washington, D.C., and other places in the Midwest ranging from 1835 to 1852. The documents concern the situation and locations of the Potawatomi people and their lands in...
Dates:
1835-1852
Potawatomi Indians muster rolls
Collection — Folder S3141
Identifier: S3141
Scope and Contents
This collection includes four muster rolls dated in 1838 listing Potawatomi people who were being forcibly removed from Indiana and sent westward. One is an original muster roll, two are photocopies from the National Archives, and the fourth is a typed transcript. The typed transcript includes additional items, such as a report of land sale agreement, a letter concerning payments under conditions of treaties, signed by James Rariden, and a letter to the Secretary of War concerning relief for...
Dates:
1838
Robert B. Whitsett papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1399
Scope and Contents
This collection includes items from Robert B. Whitsett in Logansport, Indiana, ranging from circa 1941-1944, regarding regarding the Potawatomi and Miami peoples near the Wabash and Eel River in Indiana, particularly their settlements and treaties with the United States. Items in the collection comprise a single-page, typed transcription listing the names of individual Wabash Potawatomi Indians and their English equivalents, as compiled from the lists of signers of agreements and treaties made...
Dates:
circa 1941-1944
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Robert B. Whitsett papers
"Sketches of Western Adventure: Comprising a Biographical Narrative of the Life of Jacob Upp" manuscript
Collection — Folder S1333
Identifier: S1333
Scope and Contents
This photocopied, 30-page manuscript tells the story of a father and son, Jacob and John Upp, who were both captured by Indians. The original manuscript was created in 1851.
An accompanied affidavit certifies the item as an exact and true copy of the original book, signed "Lula Fisher" on May 10, 1935.
An accompanied affidavit certifies the item as an exact and true copy of the original book, signed "Lula Fisher" on May 10, 1935.
Dates:
1935
