A thrilling sketch of the life of the distinguished chief Okah Tubbee : alias Wm. Chubbee, son of the head chief, Mosholeh Tubbee, of the Choctaw nation of Indians

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  Arrest warrants and records of interrogation of slaves accused of arson

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  On February 23, 1832, a group of slaves belonging to Moses Dickey Kilpatrick (1790-1855), Daniel Webb, Samuel Lecky, and other slave owners of Rowan County were discovered to planning coordinated arson attacks. According to the testimony, Jack, "a negro slave the property of Daniel Webb," was "talking about the patrollers he saith they had been riding and that any man would raise his hand before he would suffer death and that would have to be a stop put to them (the patrollers), and that any terms that Daniel or any of them would let him know he would go and burn big Samuel Leckey's barn." He also was reported as saying that "he wanted to burn Lecky's barn because Lecky had struck Jack's wife at home." Another slave, Daniel persuaded other slaves "to burn Dicky Kilpatrick's barn, and to carry coals in a horn" and "Abe a negro belonging to Margaret Irwin was to burn James Kerrs barn." On March 3, 1832, the Rowan County court issued arrest warrants for the slaves involved. (One of the judges, Abel Graham (1787-1844), was brother-in-law of Moses D. Kilpatrick.) The group includes the warrants and the records of interrogations of accused slaves Jack, Daniel, Newton, Alfred and Will.

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  A life sketch of Ida Frances Hunt Udall [microform]: 1941, July

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  Microfilm typescript of Pauline Udall Smith's biography of her mother, Ida Frances Hunt Udall (1858-1915). Ida was born at Hamilton's Fort near Cedar City, Utah, and was a granddaughter of Jefferson Hunt and Addison Pratt. She lived in San Bernardino, California, as a child before returning to Beaver, Utah, at the age of 5. Smith's account traces Ida's childhood, including notes on her schooling and her family's move to Savoia, one of the settlements at Little Colorado, Arizona. Her father was appointed bishop of Snowflake in the late 1870s, and Ida lived with her grandmother in Beaver, Utah, until 1880. Pauline writes that on returning to Arizona with the Jesse N. Smith Company Ida was inspired to pursue a life of polygamous marriage. She taught school in Taylor and Snowflake, Arizona, until meeting Bishop David K. Udall (1851-1938) in 1881. He offered her a position at the St. Johns cooperative store, and she became his plural wife in 1882. Smith's account describes how Ida, along with her sister-in-law Eliza Tenney and Catherine and Annie Romney, were forced to flee after her brother-in-law Ammon Tenny was arrested for polygamy. Polygamy charges were brought against David Udall in 1884, but were dropped as Ida could not be found to testify. In 1885 he was indicted for perjury in a case involving a land claim, and sentenced to 3 years in the Detroit House of Corrections (he was released by presidential pardon in December 1885). Smith describes the difficulty of the situation for Ida, and her unsettled life in Eagar, Snowflake, St. Johns, and finally Hunt, Arizona, following her husband's release. Included are the typescripts of several letters sent by Ida to David Udall.

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  "'Red Cloud' Chief of the Sioux Indians"

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  HM 81548: The first volume, written in ink, consists of miscellaneous reports prepared by Frank West. The volume begins with a report about a transportation march from Camp Supply, Indian Territory to Fort Clark, Texas in 1873. West meticulously details the journey of the cavalry including length of travel, rivers crossed, and personal remarks. "Our wagon was [?] in the quick sand at the crossing of the Red River men were disseminated and applied to ropes attached to the wagon and it was drawn out" (p. 2). The total distance of their march was 1,371 miles, which took 74 days. The next two reports are about the murder of Jacob Dilsey in 1873. Other reports include number of utility poles erected in Arizona and confidential statements and endorsements about various Army personnel. Also included are briefs from Fort Niobrara, Nebraska and Fort Myer, Virginia. The last portion of the volume appears to be excerpts from a history book concerning Europe, Asia, and the Middle East during the 19th century. The endpapers have miscellaneous notes and account information written on them.

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  Roots

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  This poignant and powerful narrative tells the dramatic story of Kunta Kinte, snatched from freedom in Africa and brought by ship to America and slavery, and his descendants. Drawing on the oral traditions handed down in his family for generations, the author traces his origins back to the seventeen-year-old Kunta Kinte, who was abducted from his home in Gambia and transported as a slave to colonial America. In this account Haley provides an imaginative rendering of the lives of seven generations of black men and women.

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  "Otohan," a Winnebago Indian (standing with head dress)

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  Fifty-four drawings by Franz Hölzlhuber of clothing, tools, weapons, instruments, and hides used by Native Americans, as well as portraits of individual Native American men and women (Menomonee, Chippewa, Winnebago, Comanche, Oneida, Blackhawk, Ponca, Sioux, Pawnee, Concaw, Oshkosh, Ottoe) in Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Hölzlhuber titled the drawings on the front (in German) and there is text on the verso of the drawings (also in German). Also present is the original housing of the drawings, a volume that was entitled "Costüm-Bilder waffen und Geräthshaften einiger Indianerstamme im Nordwesten America." Box 6 contains photocopies of the German text on the versos of the drawings. There are no English translations.

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  Letter describing American Indians and Chief Iron Whip

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  A graphic, racist letter describing American Indians in the Dakota Territory, including the Ponca people and their leader, Chief Iron Whip. This letter was written by a United States Army Officer, "Will," from "Mouth Niobrara River, DT" (Dakota Territory). It was written to "Jack." Will was charged with protecting forts and settlements in Dakota Territory from returning prisoners. The prisoners were, he mentions, 300 American Indians who were either murderers or participators in the Minnesota Massacre of 1862. While traveling, Will described to his friend about prairies dogs, the landscape, and the people in the region. Near the conclusion of the letter he writes of a possible return to Fort Randall, where he will take command of his company.

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