Lewis Cass Collection
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-90
Scope and Contents
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Army officer and statesman. Copies of letters from General Matthew Arbuckle, Montfort Stokes and Pierre Chouteau, written from various posts in the Indian Territory to U.S. Secretary of War Lewis Cass, concerning the attempt to gather the Plains tribes at Camp Mason on the Canadian River for a peace conference, along with other detailed observations on Indian affairs.
Dates
- 1825-1839
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
.1 Cubic Feet (.1 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Frank Phillips.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Correspondence: Source of acquisition--Phillips, Frank. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1961.
- Arbuckle, Matthew, 1776-1851
- Camp Mason (Indian Territory) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866
- Chouteau, Pierre, 1789-1865
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Five Civilized Tribes -- Government relations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Five Civilized Tribes -- Land tenure Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Government relations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Land tenure Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America -- Treaties Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stokes, Montfort, 1762-1842
- United States. Army. Cavalry
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Contact:
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
