The Red Stick War: Creek Indian Affairs During the War of 1812 (open access)

The Red Stick War: Creek Indian Affairs During the War of 1812

Article details the alliances made between the Creek Nation and other foreign powers as they fought for their lands within North America.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Hall, Arthur H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Civil War in the Indian Territory, 1861: Part 2 (open access)

The Civil War in the Indian Territory, 1861: Part 2

Article documents the Union's efforts to establish agreements with the Five Civilized Tribes as allies at the start of the Civil War.
Date: Winter 1939
Creator: Trickett, Dean
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gen. James M. Shackelford (open access)

Gen. James M. Shackelford

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
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Battle of Honey Springs (open access)

The Battle of Honey Springs

Article chronicles the events that transpired during the Battle of Honey Springs that was fought during the Civil War.
Date: Summer 1935
Creator: Freeman, Charles R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Colonel A. W. Evans' Christmas Day Indian Fight (1868) (open access)

Colonel A. W. Evans' Christmas Day Indian Fight (1868)

Article chronicles the events that lead to a fight between Colonel A. W. Evans' troops and a band of Comanche warriors after marching through the winter in New Mexico.
Date: Autumn 1938
Creator: Rister, C. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Military Investigation of Colonel John M. Chivington Following the Sand Creek Massacre (open access)

The Military Investigation of Colonel John M. Chivington Following the Sand Creek Massacre

Article details the events that led to the Sand Creek Massacre and the subsequent trial of Colonel John M. Chivington to determine who were the aggressors of the event.
Date: Winter 1938
Creator: Mellor, Wm. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Government of the Creek Indians (open access)

The Government of the Creek Indians

Article details the structure of the Creeks' governmental system that was established in the early 1800s and how it evolved during and after the Civil War.
Date: Spring 1930
Creator: Morton, Ohland
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A History of the Cherokee Indians: Continued from September (open access)

A History of the Cherokee Indians: Continued from September

Article chronicles the history of the Cherokee tribe from protests for their removal to Oklahoma through the aftereffects of the Civil War.
Date: Winter 1930
Creator: Cunningham, Hugh T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chief Isparhecher (open access)

Chief Isparhecher

Article chronicles the life of Chief Isparhecher of the Loyal Creeks, a faction of the Creek tribe who fought with the Union armies during the Civil War and were against the selling of their land to the United States federal government.
Date: Spring 1932
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Report of Grant Foreman, A Director of the Oklahoma Historical Society, to the Board (open access)

Report of Grant Foreman, A Director of the Oklahoma Historical Society, to the Board

Article is a speech made by a director of the Oklahoma Historical Society regarding materials he recently acquired for the society.
Date: Spring 1936
Creator: Foreman, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Historic Sites Around Anadarko (open access)

Historic Sites Around Anadarko

Article describes the Indian Agencies created around Anadarko during the 1800s and how they contributed to the history of the state of Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 1938
Creator: Hume, C. Ross
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Events Among the Muskogees During Sixty Years (open access)

Events Among the Muskogees During Sixty Years

Article narrates the events of the author's life his life during the sixty years he spent living within Indian Territory as they coincide with historical events.
Date: Spring 1932
Creator: Turner, C. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, June 1935 (open access)

Notes and Documents, June 1935

Notes and Documents column including notes on a biographical sketch of L. M. Keys, a note on the Oklahoma Historical Society possessing a copy of the Guthrie Getup, an announcement of the death of Col. Jesse Henry Leavenworth, an announcement of the creation of a monument for Major Ridge, a reprint of an article attempting to locate the Chisholm Trail, a note on the creation of several railroads within Oklahoma Territory, a list of books recently acquired by the Oklahoma Historical Society's Library, the minutes for the annual meeting of the society that was held on May 10-11, 1935, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the society's Board of Directors held on April 25, 1935.
Date: Summer 1935
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Life and Work of Sequoyah (open access)

The Life and Work of Sequoyah

Article details the life and accomplishments of Sequoyah, the man who invented the written Choctaw alphabet, using published biographies.
Date: Summer 1930
Creator: Davis, John B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Unratified Treaty with the Creeks, 1868 (open access)

Unratified Treaty with the Creeks, 1868

Article chronicles the events that led to treaties between the Creek tribe and the United States government being unratified and filed away within the Indian Commissions offices.
Date: Autumn 1938
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma: A Foreordained Commonwealth (open access)

Oklahoma: A Foreordained Commonwealth

Article chronicles the treaties and negotiations made between the United States and other foreign parties that shaped the state of Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 1936
Creator: Peery, Dan W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Slavery in the Cherokee Nation (open access)

Slavery in the Cherokee Nation

Article explains how slavery was practiced within the Choctaw Nation by describing the differences between the adoption of a captured person into the tribe and making them into a servant.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Davis, J. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, March 1934 (open access)

Necrology, March 1934

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including John Wintrode Flenner, a newspaper reporter; and Clifton R. Breckinridge, the last member of the Dawes Commission.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Foreman, Grant & H. F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chitto Harjo (open access)

Chitto Harjo

Article is a historical sketch on Chitto Harjo (Crazy Snake) that was written by a student in high school and chosen for publication by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Summer 1935
Creator: Davis, Mace
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cynthia Ann Parker (open access)

Cynthia Ann Parker

Article recounts the story of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white woman taken as a captive by the Comanches at the age of nine who was later adopted into the tribe. The article attempts to correct misinformation regarding her story through a retelling by her grandson.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Wellman, Paul I.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Autobiography of Governor A. J. Seay (open access)

Autobiography of Governor A. J. Seay

Article is an excerpt from the autobiography of Governor A. J. Seay, the second governor of Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 1939
Creator: Peery, Dan W. & Seay, A. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Governor Benjamin Franklin Overton and Governor Benjamin Crooks Burney (open access)

Governor Benjamin Franklin Overton and Governor Benjamin Crooks Burney

Article chronicles the relationships formed between governors Benjamin Overton and Benjamin Burney, and the Chickasaw Nation.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chief Pleasant Porter (open access)

Chief Pleasant Porter

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.
Date: Autumn 1931
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation (open access)

The Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation

Article explains the differences in governmental practices and customs of the six different factions of the Cherokee tribe. These tribes were combined into one when the Cherokees were removed to the Indian Territory.
Date: Autumn 1937
Creator: Litton, Gaston L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History