Foreman, Grant
The Five civilized tribes Grant Foreman; Introduction by John R. Swanton - Norman, OK University of Oklahoma Press 1934 - 455 p - The Civilization of the American Indian .
"First edition." "The present volume takes up the narrative where Advancing the frontier left it."--Introductory note.
Book 1. Choctaw. Problems of a new home --
Schools and missionaries --
Signs of Improvement --
Institutions take form --
Threat of civil disorder --
Book 2. Chickasaw. Chickasaw description --
Difficulties with wild Indians --
Union with Choctaw dissolved --
Relations with the military --
Book 3. Creek. Victims of contractors --
Efforts to unite the tribe --
Hostility to the missionaries --
Progress notes --
Accounts by observers --
Laws and customs --
Book 4. Seminole. Contemporary descriptions --
Oppose union with Creeks --
Emigration resumed --
Intrigues of Wild Cat --
Justice to the Indians --
Book 5. Cherokee. Readjustment --
The act of union --
John Howard Payne's description --
Civil disorders --
The treaty of 1846 --
Advancement --
Cherokee people at home --
Sequoyah and his alphabet --
The cold water army --
Gossip from the Cherokee advocate --
Approaching the Civil war --
Reconstruction achieved.
The five civilized tribes--Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee--are reviewed in-depth in five individual sections of the book. Each tribe and its territory is depicted in the map of Indian Territory, 1842.
52352
Five Civilized Tribes
Indians of North America Oklahoma
Choctaw Indians
Chickasaw Indians
Creek Indians
Seminole Indians
Cherokee Indians
970.4 For 15
The Five civilized tribes Grant Foreman; Introduction by John R. Swanton - Norman, OK University of Oklahoma Press 1934 - 455 p - The Civilization of the American Indian .
"First edition." "The present volume takes up the narrative where Advancing the frontier left it."--Introductory note.
Book 1. Choctaw. Problems of a new home --
Schools and missionaries --
Signs of Improvement --
Institutions take form --
Threat of civil disorder --
Book 2. Chickasaw. Chickasaw description --
Difficulties with wild Indians --
Union with Choctaw dissolved --
Relations with the military --
Book 3. Creek. Victims of contractors --
Efforts to unite the tribe --
Hostility to the missionaries --
Progress notes --
Accounts by observers --
Laws and customs --
Book 4. Seminole. Contemporary descriptions --
Oppose union with Creeks --
Emigration resumed --
Intrigues of Wild Cat --
Justice to the Indians --
Book 5. Cherokee. Readjustment --
The act of union --
John Howard Payne's description --
Civil disorders --
The treaty of 1846 --
Advancement --
Cherokee people at home --
Sequoyah and his alphabet --
The cold water army --
Gossip from the Cherokee advocate --
Approaching the Civil war --
Reconstruction achieved.
The five civilized tribes--Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee--are reviewed in-depth in five individual sections of the book. Each tribe and its territory is depicted in the map of Indian Territory, 1842.
52352
Five Civilized Tribes
Indians of North America Oklahoma
Choctaw Indians
Chickasaw Indians
Creek Indians
Seminole Indians
Cherokee Indians
970.4 For 15