Newberry Library - Letter Camp on Grand River, Indian Territory, to Col. William G. Coffin, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Southern Superintendency, 1862 July 19

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Open book Letter Camp on Grand River, Indian Territory, to Col. William G. Coffin, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Southern Superintendency, 1862 July 19

Title Letter Camp on Grand River, Indian Territory, to Col. William G. Coffin, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Southern Superintendency, 1862 July 19

Creator Carruth, E. H. (Edwin H.)

Date 1862

Place Indian Territory, United States

Language English

Subjects Cherokee Indians, Indian agents, United States

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Printed in: United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Report of the commissioner. Washington, 1862. p. 302-304.
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Summary July 19, 1862, letter from Carruth and Martin to William G. Coffin, superintendent of Indian affairs, Southern Superintendency, reporting on the July 15 arrest at Tahlequah of John Ross and his family by a detachment of the expedition and that action's ramifications for loyal Cherokees there. The agents confirm that Ross was compelled to join with the Confederacy to avert a civil war among his people. They also warn that the expedition's retreat has left unionist Cherokees in danger of certain reprisals by rebel Cherokee forces.

Biographical/Historical Note In the summer of 1862, E.H. Carruth, Wichita Agency Indian agent, 1862-1864, and H.W. Martin, special Indian agent and later agent at the Sac and Fox Agency, 1862-1867, were appointed to accompany the U.S. Indian Expedition into Confederate-held Indian Territory. One objective of this military mission was to test the union sympathies of Cherokee chief John Ross, who was believed to have allied his tribe with the Confederacy under duress.

Extent 1 item (6 leaves) ; 25 cm

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts, American, Records and correspondence

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Call Number Ayer MS 138

BibID 136262

Size 2164px × 2734px 16.96 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Filename 991362628805867_Ayer_MS_138_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11I90F