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Aunt Eliza of Tahlequah

Description: Article chronicles the life of Eliza Missouri Bushyhead, a prominent teacher at the Cherokee Female Seminary at Tahlequah. The article compares her life to her father's, Jesse Bushyhead, who was a missionary based in the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Spring 1931
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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The Choctaw Academy

Description: Article is a continuation of the author's attempts to document the establishment and history of the Choctaw Academy, a mission school dedicated to the education of American Indian youths.
Date: Winter 1931
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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The Choctaw Academy

Description: Article details the establishment of the Choctaw Academy, a mission school that served young Choctaw boys, through correspondence written between faculty and staff.
Date: Winter 1928
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Journal of a Tour in the Indian Territory

Description: Article narrates the encounters and experiences the author had while participating in a boat ride to the Great Raft, one of the biggest water highways into Indian Territory, aboard the Belle of the Red River.
Date: Summer 1932
Creator: Harris, N. Sayre & Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Gen. James M. Shackelford

Description: Article chronicles the military career of Judge James M. Shackleford who established the first United States Court within Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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An Early Account of the Cherokees

Description: Article provides an introduction to and includes an account by geologist George W. Featherstonhaugh of the early status of the Cherokee Nation. Featherstonhaugh highlights the written version of their language devised by Sequoyah, their plight in the face of the westward push of white settlement, the ways they adapted British technologies and agricultural techniques, and government relations.
Date: Summer 1956
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Early History of Webbers Falls

Description: Article discusses the history of Webber Falls and the early inhabitants of that region of Indian Territory on the Arkansas River. Carolyn Thomas Foreman highlights the life of the Cherokee Walter Webber, for whom the falls were named, and investigates early documentation of the area.
Date: Winter 1951
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Miss Sophia Sawyer and Her School

Description: Article provides historical background for the work of Miss Sophia Sawyer, who began a female seminary for both Cherokee and white students in the Cherokee Nation and also worked at several different missions. Carolyn Thomas Foreman examines her life and accomplishments through correspondence and newspaper reports.
Date: Winter 1954
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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North Fork Town

Description: Article illustrates the history of North Fork Town, its settlement by the Creeks, the religious denominations that took root there, and the schools that were eventually built in the area. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses the missionaries that helped found these schools and the growth of the town.
Date: Spring 1951
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Hopefield Mission in Osage Nation, 1823-1837

Description: Article describes the establishment and history of the Hopefield Mission, a branch of Union Mission established by Reverend William B. Montgomery, William C. Requa, and his wife. Carloyn Thomas Foreman discusses the hardships faced at the mission while trying to provide agricultural training to the Osage people.
Date: Summer 1950
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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John Jumper

Description: Article discusses the legacy of John Jumper, one of the principle chiefs of the Seminole Nation. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses his life and relations between the Creeks and the Seminoles during his time of leadership, treaties formed with the U.S. government, unrest during the Civil War, and the religious institutions established within the nation during the nineteenth century.
Date: Summer 1951
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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S. Alice Callahan: Author of Wynema a Child of the Forest

Description: Article describes the life and work of S. Alice Callahan, author of Wynema Child of the Forest and teacher at the Harrell Institute in Muscogee, Indian Territory. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the contents of the book, its titular individual, and includes excerpts of Callahan's work.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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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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Marshalltown, Creek Nation

Description: Article discusses the history of Marshalltown, a town in the Creek Nation that was established in the early nineteenth century. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the crime that cropped up in the town, and the disputes that occurred between black Creeks and Cherokees.
Date: Spring 1954
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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The Jumper Family of the Seminole Nation

Description: Article highlights the history of the Jumper family of the Seminole Nation, beginning with Chief Micanopy, who was leader during the Seminole Wars. Caroline Thomas Foreman discusses the conflict between the U.S. Army and the Seminole Nation, the treaties made to secure peace, and Seminole resistance to the removal west.
Date: Autumn 1956
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Lee Compere and the Creek Indians

Description: Article describes the work of Reverend Lee Compere, missionary to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and the abuse he suffered by white commissioners investigating the killing of General William McIntosh. Carolyn Thomas Foreman investigates the state of government relations with the Muscogees (Creeks) during the early nineteenth century.
Date: Autumn 1964
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Lieutenant-General Theophilus Hunter Holmes, C. S. A., Founder of Fort Holmes

Description: Article describes the military career of Lieutenant General Theophilus Hunter Holmes, founder of Fort Holmes. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses his participation in the Seminole Wars, the Mexican-American War, and focuses particularly on his service in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Date: Winter 1957
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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The Light-Horse in the Indian Territory

Description: Article describes the origin of the term "light-horse" and the appearance of mounted law enforcement in the tribes of North America. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses the "light-horsemen" of the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Muscogee (Creek) Nations.
Date: Spring 1956
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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