Creator:

Jones, John Buttrick, 1824-1876  Search this

Names:

American Baptist Church -- Missions  Search this

Extent:

3 Pages

Culture:

Muskogee (Creek)  Search this

Chickasaw  Search this

Choctaw  Search this

Osage  Search this

Shawnee  Search this

Seminole  Search this

Lenape (Delaware)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Included in the report are the Cherokee system of government, the status of Cherokee loyalty, and the American Baptist mission work, including also brief references regarding the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, Osage, Delaware and Shawnee.

Biographical / Historical:

Reference: C. C. Royce, "The Cherokee Nation of Indians," 5th BAE-AR (1883-84). J. B. Jones, a Baptist missionary was engaged in promulgating anti-slavery sentiments among the Cherokees in 1860 (pages 324-35), and subsequently, represented the Cherokee Nation as one of the delegates to Washington for the Treaty of July 19, 1866 (page 334).

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 3645

Topic:

Government and politics -- Creek  Search this

Government and politics -- Seminole  Search this

Government and politics -- Choctaw  Search this

Government and politics -- Chickasaw  Search this

Government and politics -- Osage  Search this

Government and politics -- Delaware  Search this

Government and politics -- Shawnee  Search this

Council of tribes  Search this

Slaves and slavery -- American Indian  Search this

Lenape  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 3645, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS3645

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30ca3b81b-ac58-429d-9741-199dc274fcee

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3645