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Our Monthly, Newsletter for Tulahassee Manual Labor School, Creek Nation (open access)

Our Monthly, Newsletter for Tulahassee Manual Labor School, Creek Nation

Newsletter for the Tulahassee Manual Labor School. Indcludes news of the school, students, and surrounding areas.
Date: July 1873
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Examination of the Tullahassee Manual Labor School (open access)

Examination of the Tullahassee Manual Labor School

Order of exercises for the examination of the Tullahassee Manual Labor School. Includes tests on subjects such as arithmetic, reading, geography, and grammar.
Date: July 13, 1871
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Note with information on Tullahassee Mission (open access)

Note with information on Tullahassee Mission

Information about the Tullahassee Mission including information on the 1st superintendent, W. S. Robertson as the principal and the school.
Date: 1876
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Drawing of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency

Drawing of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency with buildings. The Buildings are identified on the back side of the drawing.
Date: July 1874
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Image
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter from Cyrus Bude to John D. Miles regarding a meeting with Kickingbird (open access)

Letter from Cyrus Bude to John D. Miles regarding a meeting with Kickingbird

Letter to John D. Miles, U.S. Indian Agent for the Cheyenne Agency requiring agent Miles to go to the Wichita Agency to meet Kicking Bird.
Date: August 10, 1872
Creator: Bude, Cyrus
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter to James D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion (open access)

Letter to James D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion

Letter regarding the prisoners at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. Letter mentions the arrival of 35 pairs of moccasins and a photograph taken of the captives at the fort. The letter also mentions the arrival of Lean Bear and having to keep him in a cell.
Date: June 25, 1875
Creator: Pratt, R.H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter to Mr. Covington from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion (open access)

Letter to Mr. Covington from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion

Letter regarding the prisoners at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. The letter mentions the delivery of moccasins to the prisoners as well as lamenting the short terms of the Indian agents which is a detriment to the running of the agencies. The letter also mentions the living arrangements for the prisoners.
Date: August 14, 1875
Creator: Pratt, R.H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter to J.A. Covington from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion (open access)

Letter to J.A. Covington from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion

Letter regarding the prisoners at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. Letter mentions a package sent from the prisoners back to the Cheyenne and Arapaho agency. The letter talks about the routines and accommodations of the prisoners.
Date: September 17, 1875
Creator: Pratt, R.H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter to James D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion (open access)

Letter to James D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion

Letter regarding the prisoners at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. The letter contains details of the day routines of the prisoners as well as a question regarding fighting between the Cheyennes and Arapahoes at the agency.
Date: March 24, 1876
Creator: Pratt, R.H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter from R.H. Ball to Agent Miles regarding the prisoners at Fort Marion (open access)

Letter from R.H. Ball to Agent Miles regarding the prisoners at Fort Marion

Letter with list of money and goods sent to the families of the prisoners at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida.
Date: September 19, 1876
Creator: Pratt, R.H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter to John D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion (open access)

Letter to John D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion

Letter to U.S. Agent John D. Miles regarding the prisoners at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. The letter mentions determining the release of prisoners and also mentions that many of the prisoners had contracted chicken pox.
Date: April 5, 1877
Creator: Pratt, R.H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Halaquah Times (Wyandotte Mission, Grand River, Indian Territory), Vol. 3, No, 1 (open access)

Halaquah Times (Wyandotte Mission, Grand River, Indian Territory), Vol. 3, No, 1

Issue of the Halaquah Times featuring an editorial, and the following articles "Sombody," "A Distressing Scene," "Testimonial of Teacher...," and a note.
Date: 1871~/1875~
Creator: Johnson, Ida
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Hallaquah, Volume 1, Number 1, December 1879 (open access)

The Hallaquah, Volume 1, Number 1, December 1879

Issue of the Hallaquah with articles, editorials, and the goings on of the mission.
Date: December 1879
Creator: Johnson, Ida
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Our Monthly, Newsletter for Tulahassee Manual Labor School, Creek Nation (open access)

Our Monthly, Newsletter for Tulahassee Manual Labor School, Creek Nation

Newsletter for the Tullahassee Manual Labor School. The newsletter is in both English and the Creek language. News of the school, students, and surrounding areas are included.
Date: July 1873
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Our Monthly, Newsletter for Tulahassee Manual Labor School, Creek Nation (open access)

Our Monthly, Newsletter for Tulahassee Manual Labor School, Creek Nation

Newsletter of the Tullahassee Manual Labor School. Included are lists of students, names of committee members, teachers and trustees.
Date: January 1873
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Examination of the Tullahassee Manual Labor School (open access)

Examination of the Tullahassee Manual Labor School

Order of exercises for the examination at the Tullahassee Manual Labor School. Includes reading, arithmetic, geography, Latin grammar, and algebra.
Date: July 16, 1874
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter to James D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion (open access)

Letter to James D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion

Letter regarding moving prisoners to Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida. The letter also mentions a message from Grey Beard and Minimic to their people.
Date: May 9, 1875
Creator: Pratt, R.H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter to James D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion (open access)

Letter to James D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion

Letter regarding the prisoners at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. The letter mentions a package for the prisoners as well as sending the son of Minimic to school. The letter also mentions communications between the agencies.
Date: July 12, 1878
Creator: Pratt, R.H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter to Mr. Covington from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion (open access)

Letter to Mr. Covington from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion

Letter regarding the prisoners at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. Letter requests a gratuity of sinew for bead work for the prisoners. Letter also mentions the prisoners making pocket money by constructing bows and arrows as well as doing bead work.
Date: August 15, 1875
Creator: Pratt, R.H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter to James D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion (open access)

Letter to James D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion

Letter regarding the prisoners at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. Letter includes messages from Minimic, Heap of Birds, Bear Shields, and Romeo to their family and friends. The letter mentions the activities of the prisoners and mentions the possibility of making a police force within the agency from the people living there.
Date: January 3, 1876
Creator: Pratt, R.H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter to James D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion (open access)

Letter to James D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion

Letter regarding the prisoners at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. The letter talks about a murder trial and the sending of packages and money between the prisoners and their families. The letter also mentions the travel plans of James D. Miles.
Date: July 24, 1876
Creator: Pratt, R.H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letter to John D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion (open access)

Letter to John D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion

Letter regarding a fifty dollar check for Daniel Edgar.
Date: May 4, 1877
Creator: Pratt, R.H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History