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The Lost Cherokee Treaty

Description: Article describes a treaty the Cherokee Nation made with the U. S. government over a tract of land referred to as Wafford's Settlement. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the journey of recovering the treaty, which initially was lost and only found twenty years later after much correspondence between the Cherokees and high-ranking government officials.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Seal of the Cherokee Nation

Description: Article discusses the process behind the procurement of the Seal of the Cherokee Nation, the growth, development, and factions of the Cherokee Nation throughout the nineteenth century, and the meaning behind the images represented in the seal. This seal is on the cover of this issue of The Chronicles.
Date: Summer 1956
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Pioneer Days in the Cherokee Strip

Description: Article describes the 1893 opening of the Cherokee Strip as experienced by the author and her family. Clara Williamson Warren Bullard describes her family's settlement of their claim, water scarcity, growth of communities, and the cultivation of land.
Date: Autumn 1958
Creator: Bullard, Clara Williamson Warren
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Chief Bowles of the Texas Cherokee

Description: Article describes the life and leadership of Chief Bowles, Cherokee leader during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Dorman H. Winfrey explores his attempts to gain land for the Cherokees, and the battles with Texans.
Date: Spring 1954
Creator: Winfrey, Dorman H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Concentric-ring Inflitrometer Used at Experiment Station at Cherokee

Description: Photograph of concedntric-ring infiltrometer used on the experiment station at Cherokee, Okla. It was developed by Maurice B. Cox, Agricultural Engineer, working in cooperation with Louis E. Derr, and W. Elmo Baumann, Soil Sceintist. The water level in the rings are maintained at equal depth with the float chambers from discarded automobilt carbureators. The rate of inflitration is recored by a reconnaissance type recording rain gage as the water for the inner ring is siphoned from the filled g… more
Date: 1951-09-XX
Creator: Cox, Maurice B.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Educational and Cultural Influences of the Cherokee Seminaries

Description: Article discusses the impact of studying at the Cherokee national seminaries through a paper read at the "Homecoming" of the Cherokee Seminaries Students Association meeting at Tahlequah on May 7, 1958. Ida Wetzel Tinnin discusses her own experiences as a graduate, the curriculum and environment of the schools, and the events that provided a historical backdrop for their growth.
Date: Spring 1959
Creator: Tinnin, Ida Wetzel
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Colored High School of the Cherokee Nation

Description: Article discusses the call for and establishment of a high school for freedmen in the Cherokee Nation in 1890, the rights black freed persons had in early Indian Territory, the students who attended the school, and records of the school.
Date: Winter 1952
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dr. William Butler and George Butler, Cherokee Agents

Description: Article describes the lives and careers of two Cherokee agents, Dr. William Butler and the son who succeeded him, George Butler. Carolyn Thomas Foreman dwells on the career of each man individually and the history of their work with the Cherokees.
Date: Summer 1952
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cherokee Society under the Stress of Removal, 1820-1846

Description: Article discusses the history of the Cherokees and eventually the division they experienced during the period of removal by the United States government. Oliver Knight discusses white influence on Cherokee society, diet, family life, traditions, education, and the injustices they suffered during this time.
Date: Winter 1954
Creator: Knight, Oliver
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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