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Title: Letter from Indian Agent, Fort Leavenworth (R. W. Cummins) To S.I.A.St.L. (D. D. Mitchell)
Date: 1843-02-02
Volume: 8 Page: 94 (Microfilm reel MS-95)
Author(s): R. W. Cummins (Indian Agent, Fort Leavenworth);
Recipient(s): D. D. Mitchell (S.I.A.St.L.);
Contents: Announces he has dismissed Wilson Rogers, Asst. smith to the Shawnees, because of drunkeness. Joseph Parks, a Shawnee, wishes the appointment, and wants to fill the position with his servant, a black boy of age 16. Vouches for the character of the boy.
Description: Copy of letter. 1p.
Title: Letter from Indian Agent, Fort Leavenworth (R. W. Cummins) To S.I.A.St.L. (D. D. Mitchell)
Date: 1843-02-03
Volume: 8 Page: 92 (Microfilm reel MS-95)
Author(s): R. W. Cummins (Indian Agent, Fort Leavenworth);
Recipient(s): D. D. Mitchell (S.I.A.St.L.);
Contents: Reports he conferred with the Kanzas Indians regarding being financially responsible for depredations comitted by their own people. They expressed unwillingness to abide by those regulations.
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Title: Letter from S.I.A.St.L. (D. D. Mitchell) by John Haverty, Clerk To Ind. Agt. (R. W. Cummins, Westport, Mo.)
Date: 1843-02-20
Volume: 7 Page: 223 (Microfilm reel MS-95)
Author(s): D. D. Mitchell (S.I.A.St.L.); John Haverty (Clerk Ind. Affs. Office, St.L.);
Recipient(s): R. W. Cummins, Ind. Agt., West Port, Mo.;
Contents: Acknowledges receipt of several communications. Some requests will remain unanswered as Mr. Mitchell has not returned, but is expected hourly.
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Title: Letter from S.I.A.St.L. (D. D. Mitchell) To Ind. Agt. (Daniel Miller, Council Bluffs)
Date: 1843-02-28
Volume: 7 Page: 224 (Microfilm reel MS-95)
Author(s): D. D. Mitchell (S.I.A.St.L.);
Recipient(s): Daniel Miller, Indian Agent, Council Bluffs;
Contents: Acknowledges receipt of letter and other communications. Stresses necessity of returning certificate whenever funds are desired.
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Title: Circular from S.I.A.St.L. (D. D. Mitchell) To Agents and Sub-agent.
Date: 1843-02-28
Volume: 7 Page: 225 (Microfilm reel MS-95)
Author(s): D. D. Mitchell (S.I.A.St.L.);
Recipient(s): A. L. Davis, Indian Sub Agent; Daniel Miller, Indian Agent; Jno. B. Luce, Indian Sub Agent; R. W. Cummins, Indian Agent; W. P. Richardson, Indian Sub Agent;
Contents: The habit of granting permits or temporary licenses to almost any applicant is injurious to the Indians and contrary to the Intercourse laws. As per instructions from the War Department of January 23, only the regularly licensed traders who are permanently established can be permitted to trade.
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Title: Letter from S.I.A.St.L. (D. D. Mitchell) To Ind. Agt. (Daniel Miller)
Date: 1843-03-03
Volume: 7 Page: 226 (Microfilm reel MS-95)
Author(s): D. D. Mitchell (S.I.A.St.L.);
Recipient(s): Daniel Miller (Indian Agent);
Contents: Instructs Miller to follow up closely the duty of Sub Agent Luce in the procurement of eight boys for the Choctaw Academy
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Title: Letter from S.I.A.St.L. (D. D. Mitchell) To Indian Sub. Agt. (Anthony L. Davis)
Date: 1843-03-03
Volume: 7 Page: 225 (Microfilm reel MS-95)
Author(s): D. D. Mitchell (S.I.A.St.L.);
Recipient(s): Anth. L. Davis, Indian Sub Agent;
Contents: Mentions letter received from Comm. of Ind. Affs., stressing the importance of making renewed exertions to obtain 13 boys for the Choctaw Academy. An agent will soon arrive bringing back some youths. Possibly the recruits can be sent with him. Otherwise have them sent to this office.
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Title: Letter from Jas W McCarty, H H C Harrison, David Waldo, M Rice, Jno T McCarty, Isaac Lighner, Samuel C Owen, John R Swearingen, To S.I.A.St.L. (D. D. Mitchell)
Date: 1843-03-13
Volume: 8 Page: 96 (Microfilm reel MS-95)
Author(s): David Waldo; H. H. C. Harrison; Isaac Lighner; Jas. W. McCarty; Jno T. McCarty; John R Swearingen; M. Rice; Samuel C. Owen;
Recipient(s): D. D. Mitchell (S.I.A.St.L.);
Contents: This letter gives warning of a plot by unsavory characters to rob the Caravan from Santa Fe. States that banditis will try to obtain passports to trade with Indians as a cover for their actions. Asks that Mitchell use caution in screening all passports.
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Title: Letter from S.I.A.St.L. (D. D. Mitchell) To Indian Agent (Daniel Miller)
Date: 1843-03-15
Volume: 7 Page: 229 (Microfilm reel MS-95)
Author(s): D. D. Mitchell (S.I.A.St.L.);
Recipient(s): Daniel Miller (Indian Agent);
Contents: Upbraids Miller for falsifying a document issued by the St. Louis office regarding trading with Indians. Instructs him to inform persons now trading that they must not go beyond the limits of the Potawatomie lands.
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Comments: See letter of 3/10/1843 from D. D. Mitchell to Govr. Chambers. (page 228 in the original)
Title: Letter from S.I.A.St.L. (D. D. Mitchell) To Ind. Agt. (Daniel Miller)
Date: 1843-03-15
Volume: 7 Page: 2 (Microfilm reel MS-95)
Author(s): D. D. Mitchell (S.I.A.St.L.);
Recipient(s): Daniel Miller (Indian Agent);
Contents: Discusses use of $1500 received from the Treasury Dept. for paying farmers and purchasing oxen. Makes suggestions on how to proceed in procurement of oxen and travelling to deliver same.
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