Record details

• ISBN: 0806135131 (alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780806135137 (alk. paper)
• Physical Description: x, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
• Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-269) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The origins of the Cherokee Commission -- Initial contacts with the Cherokees, Iowas, Sac and Fox, and Kickapoos -- Agreements with the Iowas, Sac and Fox, Potawatomis, and Shawnees ; failure with the Kickapoos -- The Cheyennes and Arapahos brought to terms -- The Cherokees revisited -- Agreements with the Wichitas, Kickapoos, and Tonkawas -- A Cherokee agreement at last -- A frustrating eleven weeks with the Poncas -- The Kiowas, Comanches, and Apaches fight a delaying action -- A Pawnee agreement -- Running out the clock with the Poncas, Osages, Choctaws, and Chickasaws.

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Indian land transfers > Indian Territory.
United States. Cherokee Commission.
Indians of North America > Government relations.