Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 9, Number 3, September 1931
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Chief Pleasant Porter (Article)
Article details the life of the Principal Chief of the Creek Nation, Pleasant Porter, and his father, John Snodgrass Porter, as the family was adopted into the tribe and worked for the community.
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Ahpeahtone, Kiowa - A Bit of History (Article)
Article details a trip undertaken by the last chief of the Kiowa tribe, Ahpeahtone, to locate a self-proclaimed prophet during the "Messiah Craze." This prophet spoke of the return to the old times of buffalo and peace.
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Editorials: Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 9, Number 3, September 1931 (Article)
Article consists of editorials written by editors at The Chronicles. It includes an announcement regarding the distribution of the magazine to public schools, an announcement regarding relocating the annual meeting of the society to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and a note regarding the publication of a map of the Cherokee Strip.
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Why Educate the Indians? (Article)
Article is a speech from the Secretary of War regarding why Indigenous Americans should receive an education. This speech was given at the Commencement Exercises of Bacone College.
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The Opening of the Cherokee Outlet (Article)
Article details how the Cherokee tribe divided their lands and established a prosperous community with other surrounding tribes during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet.
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The Cherokee War Path with Annotations (Article)
Article narrates the events surrounding numerous battles fought between the Cherokee and Creek tribes as they moved across the American west. This narrative is told from the perspective of John Ridge, son of Major Ridge, a Cherokee representative who was killed alongside two other men for signing treaties pertaining to the tribe's removal.
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When Spaniards Settled - 1598 (Article)
Article details the expeditions and settlement of land west of the Mississippi River by Spanish conquistadores before the United States acquired the Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
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A College Tour to Points of Historic Interest (Article)
Article details the historic monuments students of the Northeastern State Teachers College visited during their field trip around Oklahoma.
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The California Overland Mail Route Through Oklahoma (Article)
Article details the establishing of a mail route through Oklahoma and Indian Territories during their frontier era. These routes provided mailing services from Texas to California. A first person narrative is given of someone who traveled down one of these routes.
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Notes and Documents, September 1931 (Article)
Notes and Documents column including the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on July 23, 1931.
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Necrology, September 1931 (Article)
Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Reverend Theodore Frelinghuysen Brewer, the principal at the Asbury Manual School for Creek Indians; Frank Braden Burford, son the a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Oklahoma; Preeman J. McClure, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention; and James Fountain Robinson, a miner and newspaper publisher.
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 9, Number 3, September 1931, periodical, September 1931; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1827063/: accessed June 8, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.