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An Indian Territory United Nations: The Creek Council of 1845

Description: Article discusses the meetings of delegates from the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, Kickapoo, Shawnee, Caddo, Wichita, Quapaw, Osage, Kiowa, and Pawnee tribes in council to discuss the issues of Indian Territory in the nineteenth century. A. M. Gibson includes a record of the proceedings by Cherokee Agent Pierce M. Butler and edited by newspaper editor William P. Ross.
Date: Winter 1961
Creator: Gibson, Arrell M.
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Harry Campbell

Description: Article provides a biographical sketch of the life and career of Judge Henry Campbell, a civil and legal leader for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Charles Evans includes some of the man's reminiscences after describing his many contributions.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Evans, Charles
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Reminiscences of a Trader in the Osage Country

Description: Article recounts the experiences of James Edwin Finney, a trader who joined a band of Osages which included John N. Florer. Finney describes life and customs of Osage hunters, an encounter with a war party, a list of Osage chiefs and leaders in the 1870s, and the settlement of the Pawnees nearby.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Finney, James Edwin
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Go South and Be Free: John W. Williamson's Account of the Pawnee Removal

Description: Article describes the flight of the Pawnees from their homeland in Nebraska to Indian territory, recounted through an introduction by Thomas R. Buecker and R. Eli Paul and a document written by the agent who went with the Pawnees, John W. Williamson. Unlike many tribes, their relocation was voluntary as they had faced disease, white encroachment, and threats from other tribes in Nebraska.
Date: Summer 1987
Creator: Buecker, Thomas R.; Paul, R. Eli & Williamson, John W.
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Go South and Be Free Part II: John W. Williamson's Account of the Pawnee Removal

Description: Article continues the story of the Pawnee tribe's journey from their homeland in Nebraska to Indian territory through the account of John W. Williamson, an agent who travelled with them. The second part of this article picks up Williamson's account at Medicine Lodge Creek and is once again annotated by editors Thomas R. Buecker and R. Eli Paul.
Date: Autumn 1987
Creator: Buecker, Thomas R.; Paul, R. Eli & Williamson, John W.
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Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 60, Number 3, Fall 1982

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 60, Number 3, Fall 1982. It includes a recollection of the Constitutional Convention that met in Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, by Stuart Bryan, who was appointed a page boy for the meeting. It also includes a document continuing the catalogue of microfilmed publications of the Archives and Manuscripts Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Autumn 1982
Creator: Garrity, Richard
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