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Grayson Family Papers Collection
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Flap Folder I
Folder:
1. "Grayson
Papers Historical--Indexed".
2. Form
letter from G. W. Grayson, delegate to Washington, DC, from the Creek Nation,
addressed to constituents, December 3, 1907.
3. Letter
of the Creek delegation to J. R. Garfield, Secretary of the Interior, asking a
per capita distribution of Creek funds to Creek citizens. G. W. Grayson signed as a delegate, January
13, 1908.
4. Copy of
protest of dissatisfied Creeks to Honorable H. M. Teller, Secretary of the
Interior, concerning the appointment of J. M. Perryman as Principal Chief,
1884.
5. Two page
manuscript entitled Trackers or Tracers, which describes the “ancient
Muskogees”.
6. Memorandum
of Authority of U.S. Congress to legislate for Indian affairs, n.d.
7. Letter to
the Principal Chief of the Creek Nation containing blueprints for road
construction in Okmulgee County, August 21, 1918.
8. Three-page
manuscript of Creek myths, with a note by G. W. Grayson (2 copies).
9. Statement
prepared and signed to be filed with the Indian Committee of the U. S. House of
Representatives when it met to consider the Creek equalization proposition, May
14, 1908. Signed by Moty Tiger,
Principal Chief of the Creek Nation, G. W. Grayson, Samuel J. Haynes, Creek
delegates to Washington, DC.
10. Resolution
expressing opposition to statehood, October 27, 1905. Samuel Grayson is one of the signers. Also includes a resolution in favor of retaining the office of
Principal Chief, November 2, 1905.
11. Letter
from Pleasant Porter to Captain G. W. Grayson, Eufala, Indian Territory,
re: Creeks yielding control of their
schools, March 10, 1900.
12. Letter
from John F. Brown, Sasakwa, to Captain G. W. Grayson, explaining about the
organization of a Seminole battalion, March 26, 1915.
13. Letter
from Tams Bixby to Captain G. W. Grayson, asking the locations of Creek
courthouses, April 20, 1899.
14. Letter
from H. Prescott Gatley to G. W. Grayson re:
Creek allotments in Alabama, May 7, 1904.
15. Two
letters from J. M. Perryman, Principal Chief of the Muskogee Nation, to the
delegation in Washington, DC. Both
letters addressed to G. W. Grayson, April 18, 1884.
16. Letter to
the members of the National Council from Moty Tiger, Principal Chief of the
Creek Nation re: claims against the
Creek Nation amounting to $19,000, December 6, 1916.
17. Letters
to G. W. Grayson, including: one letter
from Samuel Checote, Principal Chief of the Muskogee Nation, 1883; three
letters from Pleasant Porter, 1889.
Also included are a letter from G. W. Grayson to the Secretary of the
Interior, 1908, and an eight page copy of a Public Document of the United
States re: Indians and made by G. W.
Grayson, 1915.
Flap Folder II
Folder:
1. Letter from
the Principal Chief of the Creek Nation to Hon. Gabe E. Parker, Superintendent
of the Five Civilized Tribes, re: the
employment of an oculist for the Creeks, June 15, 1916.
2. Letter
to Moty Tiger enclosing one of the quadruplicate parts of the contract
providing for the employment of James C. Davis as the Assistant Creek Tribal
Attorney, November 8, 1915.
3. Letter
from J. B. Cox, Bookkeeper of the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
to G. W. Grayson, giving inside information of a possible claim the Creeks may
have against the U. S. Government, November 7, 1895.
4. Resolution
concerning the continuation of the National Council after March 4, 1906.
5. Letter
to the Dawes Commission from five Creek commissioners re: allotments, etc., September 23, 1896.
6. Form
letter from Moty Tiger re: payment of
$7000 to the firm of Stuart, Lewis, Gordon and Weatherford out of Creek Funds,
May 24, 1916.
7. Letter
to the Chairman and Members of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the U. S.
House of Representatives from the Principal Chief of the Creek Nation and
others, re: the original Creek
agreement. The letter is not dated, but
the latest case cited in this letter is dated December 21, 1914. The letter is unsigned.
8. Memorandum
of authorities in support of Mr. Owen's proposed amendment to the Indian
Appropriations Bill, from the National Attorney for the Creek Nation, ca. 1914.
9. Letter
from Pleasant Porter to J. George Wright, Indian Inspector; a copy of the
appropriations for per diem expenses for the delegates to Washington, DC,
November 1905.
10. Letter
from James Davis, Assistant Tribal Attorney, to Washington Grayson, Secretary
to the Chief, re: a warrant to pay H.
J. Benning the amount of $275.04 for services rendered, February 5, 1916.
11. Letter
from Pleasant Porter to J. George Wright re:
appropriations for S. W. Brown, November 9, 1905.
12. Letter
from H. C. Allen, Attorney for the Creek Nation, to Senator Robert LaFollette
re: Senator Owen's amendment, April 25,
1914.
13. Letter
from James Davis, National Attorney for the Creek nation, to G. W. Grayson,
stating why a full statement of expenses could not be given until after July 1,
1918. June 5, 1918.
14. Letter
from Assistant Commissioner Merritt of the Office of Indian Affairs to G. W.
Grayson, Principal Chief, re: Lands of
Creeks included by error in a survey by the U.S. January 13, 1919.
Flap Folder III
Folder:
1. Letter
from R. J. Meigs to the Secretary of War re:
new regulations for the certification of contracts for sale of Creek
lands, August 2, 1834.
2. Letter
from Elbert Herring to the War Department re:
Creek lands and Locating Agents' findings, April 11, 1834.
3. Letter
from R. J. Meigs to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs re: the report in the Cherokee valuation case
and on the Licenses of Enjoyment given Creek Reserves by the purchasers,
September 6, 1834.
4. Report
of R. J. Meigs to the Secretary of War on the inquiry into fraud re: selections, locations and sale of Creek
Reserves, August 20, 1834.
5. Letter
from R. J. Meigs and Leonard Tarrant to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
(Elbert Herring) re: claims of Vann and
Ridge against the Creeks, October 16, 1834.
6. Letter
from R. J. Meigs to the Secretary of War re:
fraud in selling of Creek Reserves, June 11, 1834.
7. Letter
from Elbert Herring to R. J. Meigs and Leonard Tarrant re: Vann and Ridge claim, July 7, 1834.
8. Letter
from G. L. Floyd to R. J. Meigs re:
fraud in sale of Creek Reserves, July 7, 1834.
9. Letter from
R. J. Meigs to Judge White re: a
proposition for removal of Creek Reserves, May 7, 1834.
10. Letter
from R. J. Meigs to G. L. Floyd re:
sale of Creek lands, June 13, 1834.
11. Letter of
R. J. Meigs to the Secretary of War re:
omissions in the Census and removal of Creeks who owned improvements,
September 30, 1834.
Flap Folder IV
Folder:
1. Creek
delegation documents, 1883-1893:
a. Telegram from H. M. Teller to S. S.
Benedict giving instructions re:
investigation of Creek election of Principal Chief, December 26, 1883.
b. Draft of a telegram to Perryman from
Grayson and Hodge re: Price's written
opinion, February 4, 1884.
c. Printed statements of the Creek
delegates in Washington, DC, February 9, 1893.
d. Two letters: (1) Delegates G. W.
Grayson and D. M. Hodge to Commissioner Price (March 22, 1884); (2) E. L.
Stevens, Acting Commissioner, to G. W. Grayson, et. al., re: balance of money owed to the Creeks
($728.77). May 13, 1884.
e. Statement prepared by G. W. Grayson to
be submitted to the House of Warriors during the election controversy in
December 1883. Circumstances changed,
and the statement was never given.
December 8, 1883.
f. Veto of Samuel Checote of an act
relative to time of elections.
g. Letter of the delegates about the
Isparhechar Rebellion. The letter is
from L. C. Perryman and G. W. Grayson to H. Price, Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, January 8, 1883.
2. Instructions
to Grayson, Coachman, C. Micco, and Perryman as the Creek delegates to
Washington, DC, December 1, 1885.
3. Creek
Nation legal documents, 1900-1916:
a. An act by W. W. Hastings "to
provide for carrying into effect of the agreement between the United States and
the Muskogee (Creek) Nation...".
March 21, 1916.
b. Letter from W. W. Hastings to G. W.
Grayson re: the above bill, March 23,
1916.
c. Muskogee Times-Democrat--March 12,
1914: "Hastings Says Indian Funds
Are Not Being Dissipated" by W. W. Hastings.
d. Letter to G. W. Grayson from R. C.
Allen, National Attorney for the Creek Nation, with an enclosure of Allen's
letter to W. W. Hastings, January 21, 1916.
e. Letter from the National Attorney for
the Creek Nation to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs re: a report on an investigation of probate
conditions in Creek County during September 1915. October 9, 1915.
f. Several papers re: an act appropriating $6,967.50 in favor of
C. W. Turner and W. B. Hord, 1900.
4. Letter
from the Principal Chief of the Creek Nation to W. L. Sturdevant re: the Kendall College claim of $10,000,
February 7, 1916.
5. Letter
prepared for and used by Secretary Garfield (Interior) in transmitting his
proposed bill re: Indian Affairs for
the Five Civilized Tribes to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. February
8, 1908.
6. Resolution
to call the Creek National Council into session, October 26, 1909.
7. Letter
to J. R. Garfield (Secretary of the Interior) from the Principal Chief of the
Creek Nation and the Creek delegates re:
the closing of tribal affairs, January 1908. This appears to be a draft of the letter.
8. Form
letter from G. W. Grayson to his constituents, January 23, 1908.
9. Address
of "a few" of the Creek Indians to the Congressional Committee sent
out to observe and ascertain the views of the Creeks on certain tribal matters,
n.d.
10. Letter
from Creeks (including Pleasant Porter and G. W. Grayson) to James K. Jones
asking for $4000,000 of Creek money to pay obligations, February 24, 1897.
11. Letter
from R. C. Allen, National Attorney for the Creek Nation to G. W. Grayson,
February 18, 1915, enclosing copies of two letters from Allen to Cato Sells,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs re: the
appropriation of $10,000 to reimburse Kendall College, February 12, 1915.
12. Letter
from the Creek delegation to Washington, DC to the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs requesting the restoration of $2865.77 to the Creek Nation, March 30,
1886.
13. Letter
from the Creek delegation to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting the
restoration of lapsed funds amounting to $4710, guaranteed under the
stipulations of several treaties with the United States. Also, a letter to the President re: this matter, January 25-26, 1884.
14. Letter
from the Creek delegation to William A. Day, auditor, asking to be informed of
the settlement made by Superintendents Rector, Robinson, and Wortham re: Creek Funds, February 23, 1886.
15. Resolution
adopted by a convention of Loyal Creeks re:
their claims for lossed during the Civil War, February 1, 1890. Under these resolutions G. W. Grayson and
Roley McIntosh went to Washington, DC, with Grayson paying all of the expenses.
Flap Folder V
Folder:
1. Letter
from I. G. Vore to Alex Redmouth re:
Redmouth's claim for a reservation of land, October 10, 1873.
2. Letter from
J. M. Perryman to Grayson and Perryman re:
battles with rebellious Creeks and Seminoles, December 28, 1882.
3. Letter
from Dennis Bushyhead, Principal Chief, to G. W. Grayson, October 3, 1885.
4. Letter
from Lundy to G. W. Grayson re: a claim, February 28, 1888.
5. Letter
from J. M. Perryman, Principal Chief, to G. W. Grayson and the other Creek
delegates in Washington, DC, April 25, 1886.
6. Copy of
a letter from Principal Chief Perryman to N. B. Jones, March 27, 1891, which
was given to G. W. Grayson by Jones in order to be published.
7. Letter
from Samuel Checote to G. W. Grayson re:
the behavior of Daniel Childress, February 21, 1883.
8. Letter
from Samuel Checote, Principal Chief, to G. W. Grayson and L. C. Perryman,
Creek delegates re: the Isparhecher (or
Green Peach) Rebellion, January 2, 1883.
9. Four
letters from I. G. Vore to G. W. Grayson re:
Vore's appointment as Agent, the Isparhecher Rebellion, etc., 1883-1886.
10. Letter
from C. B. Stuart to G. W. Grayson thanking him for attorney's fees, February
14, 1901.
11. Letter
from Pleasant Porter, Principal Chief, to G. W. Grayson re: a claim against the government for
misapplication of funds, February 28, 1906.
12. Letter
from Representative Murphy (U. S. Congress) to Pleasant Porter re: a Creek claim of money due ($83,725.41),
February 26, 1906.
13. Invitation
from Pleasant Porter, Principal Chief, to G. W. Grayson to a meeting at the
Council House to discuss the dissolution of the tribal government, June 22,
1907.
14. Letter
from Pleasant Porter's office to G. W. Grayson enclosing a warrant for $225 for
Grayson's translation and printing in Creek 2500 copies of the Curtis and
Statehood Bills, September 14, 1906.
15. Letter
from Chief Samuel Checote to G. W. Grayson re:
Rebellion (Isparhecher or Green Peach), 1882.
16. Five
letters from Samuel Checote to the Creek delegation in Washington, DC re: the Isparhecher (Green Peach) Rebellion,
1883. The letters are dated:
a. January 16, 1883
b. February 2, 1883
c. February 19, 1883
d. February 27, 1883
e. July 11, 1883
17. Invitation
from Samuel Checote to G. W. Grayson to attend the International Council at
Okmulgee, March 5, 1880.
18. Letter
from Pleasant Porter to Grayson re: the
Creek Treaty, May 1, 1900.
19. Letter
from J. M. Perryman to G. W. Grayson and (L. C.) Perryman re: Coachman, March 28, 1886.
20. Letter
from a U. S. Indian Service Agent to G. W. Grayson re: whom to recognize as Principal Chief of the
Creeks, December 11, 1883.
21. Letter
from D. M. Browning to the Dawes Commission re: the indebtedness of the Creek Nation, November 8, 1895.
22. Letter
from Inspector Wright to G. W. Grayson re:
self-emigrant claims, May 7, 1907.
23. Letter
from Acting U. S. Attorney General C. H. Robb to G. W. Grayson answering a
request for information re: payments of
witness fees, September 1, 1906.
24. Two
letters from Samuel Checote to G. W. Grayson and L. C. Perryman, appointing
them as Creek delegates and instructing them in their duties, December 20, 1882;
February 26, 1883.
25. Letter
from Chief Perryman to G. W. Grayson, enclosing copies of Acts of the National
Council, January 22, 1894.
26. Commission
by Samuel Checote, Principal Chief, of G. W. Grayson as a delegate to the
International Council for a period of four years, December 5, 1879.
27. Commission
by Isparhecher, Principal chief, of G. W. Grayson as a delegate to Washington,
DC, March 27, 1897.
28. Appointment
by Isparhecher, Principal Chief, of Wiley Sukey as a member of the House of
Warriors, August 4, 1897.
29. Commission
by Isparhecher, Principal Chief, of G. W. Grayson as a delegate to Washington,
DC, November 7, 1906.
30. Commission
by Isparhecher, Principal Chief, of G. W. Grayson as a delegate to the
International Council to be held in Okmulgee, M.N., July 7, 1896, June 18,
1896. Of special interest on this
document is a penciled note across the bottom and up the side--"come
loaded for Bar, Bull Elk, and all other kinds of varmints."
31. Penciled
announcement of Wiley Sukey, Town King of Coweta, that Washington Grayson had
been elected to the House of Warriors, September 20, 1897. G. W. Grayson wrote a commentary on the back
of the announcement.
32. A printed
handbill of the Department of the Interior, Commission to the Five Civilized
Tribes, announcing the closing of the Citizenship Rolls of the Creek or
Muskogee Nation as of September 1, 1904, June 25, 1904.
33. A typed
translation into Creek of the handbill in Folder 32, re: the closing of the Citizenship Rolls. Alex Posey wrote a comment (in English)
about the closing of the Rolls to G. W. Grayson. (Alex Posey is most famous for writing the "Fus Fixico
letters"), June 28, 1904.
34. Credentials
of and instructions to G. W. Grayson and L. C. Perryman as appointed Creek
delegates to Washington, DC (both are dated November 28, 1882).
Flap Folder VI
Folder:
1. Pages 1,
2, 3, 8, and 9 of a letter from G. W. Grayson to Commissioner H. Price re:
trouble with the Spa he cha party, and asking for government help in resolving
the problem, July 6, 1883.
2. Letter
from G. W. Grayson and L. C. Perryman to Samuel Checote re: the appeal to the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs for protection guaranteed under the Creek treaties, January 11, 1882.
3. Letter from
the Creek delegates to Commissioner H. Price re: the protection of the Creeks according to treaty, January 20,
1883.
4. Letter
from Samuel Checote to the National Council re: the general election, November 30, 1883. Pleasant Porter, President of the House of
Kings, noted on the back that "Consideration indefinitely postponed and
message tabled." Recorded by Sam
Grayson, Clerk.
5. Two
letters from D. M. Wisdom, U. S. Indian Agent, to G. W. Grayson re: balances due to individual Creeks for
emigrating west, April 27 and May 14, 1895.
6. Letter
from G. W. Grayson and L. C. Perryman to Samuel Checote re: Checote's request for military protection,
January 25, 1882.
7. "An
Act defining the right of way of railroads constructed through the Muskogee (Creek)
Nation under the provisions of the treaty with the United States proclaimed
August 11, 1866...", November 4, 1888.
8. Letter
from Henry M. Teller, Secretary of the Interior, to the commissioner of Indian
Affairs, re: his decision on the
contested election for Principal chief of the Creek Nation, February 27, 1884.
9. A
protest to the House of Kings against the action of the National Council in
seating Isparhecher as Principal chief over J. M. Perryman, who had apparently
been fairly elected by the people, December 17, 1883. Drafted by G. W. Grayson.
10. A
resolution of members of the National Council, protesting the Council's seating
of Isparhecher as Principal Chief over J. M. Perryman, December 17, 1883.
11. Letter
from J. M. Perryman, Principal Chief, to the Creek delegates in Washington, DC,
with instructions, January 8, 1884.
12. Letter
from G. W. Grayson and D. M. Hodge to Commissioner H. Price re: the license of farmer and McQuarie to keep
the Mitchell Hotel in Muskogee, March 22, 1884.
13. A
"List of Licensed Traders In the Creek Nation...To July 1,
1884." The list includes the date
of expiration, the name of the firm, and the firm's location.
14. Letter
from J. M. Perryman, Principal Chief, to the Creek delegation, with
instructions to ignore any claims made by C. M. Taylor, January 8, 1884.
15. Letter of
Coweta Micco, approving the actions of G. W. Grayson in Washington, DC (in
Creek) (---21, 1884).
16. Copy of a
letter from Pleasant Porter, Principal Chief, and G. W. Grayson re: the final days of the Creek Nation, and the
failure of the U. S. Congress to enact legislation to cover this, February 20,
1906.
17. Letter
from Samuel Checote, Principal Chief, to G. W. Grayson and James Larney,
special Delegates, calling them to report to the Convention about the results
of their recent official duties, July 27, 1883.
18. Statement
of John B. Luce to Mayor Thomas Lanigan about what he knew of the history of a
note written for $843.96 by the Creek delegation. A similar note had been written, executed on the same day by the
same parties and for the same amount, the only difference "being that one
was payable to J. B. Luce, the other ...to Perry Fuller", September 6,
1884.
19. An
unsigned letter from the Executive Office to the National Council, offering a
suggestion on how the election returns be counted, November 10, 1898.
20. Letter
from G. W. Grayson and L. C. Perryman, Creek delegates in Washington, DC, to
Samuel Checote, Principal Chief re:
$5000 to be withheld from annuities by the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, January 15, 1882.
21. Letter
from Dennis Bushyhead, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, to the National
Council of the Creeks, protesting the granting of a right of way for a railroad
through Indian Territory, April 12, 1886.
22. Fragment
of a letter concerning the rights of a citizen, n.d.
23. Letter
from Senator A. H. garland to J. B. Luce re:
the Watt Grayson claim before Congress, 1883. Watt Grayson was G. W. Grayson's uncle.
24. Letter
from G. W. Grayson and L. C. Perryman, Creek delegates, to H. Price,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, asking him not to withhold $5000 from the Creek
Nation on the account of the Tallahassee Mission School, February 1, 1883. See also Folder 20.
25. Official
copies of correspondence among Henry M. Teller, Secretary of the Interior; the
Creek delegates in Washington, DC; H. Price, Commission of Indian Affairs; and
Chester A. Arthur, U. S. President on the matter of possible non-appropriation
of funds in the amount of $4710 to the Creek Nation, January 25-February 2,
1884.
26. Letter
from the Creek delegates to Henry M. Teller, Secretary of the Interior,
re: unsold reservation land in Alabama,
June 11, 1884.
27. Letter
from G. W. Grayson and L. C. Perryman, Creek delegates, to Samuel Checote,
Principal Chief, asking further instructions, January 15, 1882.
Flap Folder VII
Folder:
1. Letter
from J. M. Perryman to the Creek delegates, instructing them to ignore any
claims by C. M. Taylor, a Cherokee claiming to be a legal advisor for the
Muskogee Nation, January 8, 1884.
2. Letter
from Dennis W. Bushyhead, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, to L. B.
Bell, authorizing Bell to represent the Cherokees at the International Council
in Muskogee, October 7, 1886.
3. Letter
from Isaac C. Parker, U. S. District Judge, to C. W. Rogers re: Parker's decision on cattle tax law in the
Creek Nation, July 17, 1883.
4. Urgent
note of L. C. Perryman to G. W. Grayson to get Foreman, a white man, out of the
Creek Nation, n.d..
5. Copy of
authorization of W. O. Tuggle as attorney for the Creek Nation, date approved
October 13, 1879.
6. Letter
from A. J. Willard to G. W. Grayson, in which Willard gives his views on the
rights of Indians to sue in court, September 27, 1887.
7. Letter
from I. D. C. Atkins to G. W. Stidham re:
sums allowed the Creeks in a special deficiency bill to be passed by
Congress, December 21, 1887.
8. Copy of
a U. S. document entitled "Fulfilling Treaties with the Creeks",
February 7, 1891.
9. Appointment
of G. W. Stidham as Special Attorney for individual Creek claims in Washington,
DC, December 10, 1890.
10. Letter
from the Auditor's Office to G. W. Stidham re:
pay for emigration, July 19, 1809.
11. Letter from
one of the special delegates in Washington, DC to Henry L. Dawes, Chairman of
the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, re:
reimbursing Creeks for expenses occurred during removal from Alabama,
February 2, 1891.
12. Letter from
L. C. Perryman, Principal Chief, to G. W. Stidham, authorizing him to act for
the Creek Nation in certain matters, December
23, 1889.
13. Two
"Extract[s] of Census Roll of Creek Orphans of 1832," one taken in
1860 and the other in 1867. Both are signed
by Israel G. Vore, Commissioner, U. S. Court--Western District, Arkansas.
14. Letter
from Joseph Spicer, Chief of the Seneca Nation, to G. W. Stidham, asking about
payment from the government, April 14, 1889.
15. Letter
from A. Eickhoff, Acting Auditor, to G. W. Stidham re: payment of certain Creeks for meritorious
service during the "late war" (the Civil War?), February 25, 1889.
16. Portion
of a document setting forth the objections of the Creeks to the opening of
Indian Territory for settlement by whites (page 4).
17. Three
amendments to House Resolutions, appropriating funds to the Creeks through the
Indian Department, 1888, 1890, 1891.
18. Portion
of a letter re: claims for
appropriations, no name, no date.
19. Written
copy of House Resolution 614--"To establish the judicial district of
Oklahoma", October 29, 1877.
20. Letter
from H. Price, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to G. W. Grayson re: Cherokees in the Creek Nation and Creeks in
the Cherokee Nation, April 12, 1884.
21. Letter
from E. L. Stephens, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to G. W. Grayson,
re: $728.77 owed to the Creeks, May 13,
1884.
22. Letter
from G. W. Grayson, Creek delegate, and L. B. Bull, Cherokee delegate, to H.
Price, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, telling the Commissioner that an
understanding "mutually satisfactory" to both nations in the matter
of the citizens of one nation residing in the other (see also folder 20 in this
series), April 18, 1884.
23. Letter
from William Day, Auditor, to G. W. Grayson, Coweta Micco and the other Creek
delegates re: sundry sums of money lost
to the Creek Nation, March 24, 1886.
24. Letter
from J. M. Perryman, Principal Chief, to G. W. Grayson, complimenting Grayson
on his work as a Creek delegate in Washington, DC, July 7, 1884.
25. Letter
from the Creek delegation to H. Price, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, claiming
a balance of $1482.00 owed to the Creek Nation, March 22, 1884.
26. Message
of Chief Isparhecher to an extraordinary session of the National Council
re: the allotment of land, August 24,
1897. Also, a resolution approving a
joint committee of four members each from the House of Kings and the House of
Warriors, to take the Chief's message "and separate the same according to
the several recommendations therein made," and report their findings back
to the National Council, n.d..
27. An Act
re: printed laws vetoed by Principal
Chief Samuel Checote, November 24, 1883.
28. Letter
from G. W. Grayson to the Principal Chief re:
appointments for the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition
to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, July 14, 1884.
29. Letter
from H. Price, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to G. W. Grayson and D. M.
Dodge, Creek delegates, re: appointment
of Creek Treasurer, April 1, 1884.
30. Letter
from John Q. Tufts, U. S. Indian Agent, to H. Price, Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, re: the appointment of a Creek
Treasurer, January 23, 1884.
31. Letter
from J. M. Perryman, Principal Chief, to G. W. Grayson, Ward Coachman, Coweta
Micco and Legus C. Perryman, authorizing them as the Creek delegation to
Washington, DC, December 1, 1885.
Flap Folder VIII
Folder:
1. Authorization
for delegates and alternates to the Indian Territory Constitutional Convention
at Muskogee, August 21, 1905.
2. Notice
of temporary withdrawal of Creek tribal lands from allotment, authorized by
President Woodrow Wilson, March 11, 1915.
3. Statement
of the expenses incurred by the office of the Principal Chief of the Creek
Nation, September 3, 1915.
4. Letter from
Wesley Smith to G. W. Grayson, appointing Grayson a delegate to the Muskogee
and Seminole Baptist Association, May 1, 1888.
5. Statement
of incidental expenses of the Creek delegation, no names, no date.
6. Letters
and warrants from tribal attorneys, 1905-1918.
7. Letters
to Moty Tiger, Principal Chief, from the Office of Indian Affairs, 1915.
8. Joint
resolution of the U. S. Congress to withhold from allotment the unallotted
lands or public domain of the Creek Nation, and to provide for the sale thereof,
n.d..
9. Personal
receipts of the Graysons, 1916.
10. Translation
of the part of the Indian Appropriations Act passed by Congress that affected
Creek payments, by G. W. Grayson, Principal Chief, May 25, 1918.
11. Letter
from Moty Tiger, Principal Chief, and G. W. Grayson, Executive Interpreter, to
Joseph T. Robinson, Committee of Indian Affairs, re: funds for Kendall College, January 26, 1915.
12. Instructions
to the Committee appointed to confer with the U. S. Senate Indian Committee
(the Committee on Indian Affairs?) from the National Council. These instructions applied to the Creek
delegates already in Washington, DC, November 3, 1906.
13. G. W.
Grayson's notes on a document relating to fraudulent land claims, May 10, 1900.
14. Resolution
passed by the National Council re:
fraudulent deeds and leases, and asking that Congress pass such
legislation as to make these deeds and leases null and void, October 30, 1905.
15. Act of
the National Council authorizing G. W. Grayson and Isparhecher as Creek
delegates and appropriating them funds.
Also, a report by March Thompson, Chairman of the Special Committee of
the actions of the House and Senate in Indian appropriations, March 26, 1897.
16. Resolution
of the National Council, calling upon R. C. Allen, Creek National Attorney, to
report on the business of his office, and expenses incurred, December 6, 1916.
17. Letter
from the Creek General Council to W. Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
asking that the U. S. Indian Agent for the Creeks, W. H. Garrett, be allowed to
attend the next session of Congress in order to represent the interests of the
Creeks, September 26, 1853.
18. Letter
from Moty Tiger, Principal Chief, to the Houses of Warriors and Kings re: several legal matters, August 27, 1915.
19. Letter
from G. W. Grayson to his son, W. Grayson re:
"the Chief," the controversy between the President and the
Congress, and personal business, March 8, 1916.
20. Two pages
of printed material concerning the tax-exemption status of Creek allotments
from G. W. Grayson, Principal Chief.
One page is in Creek and the other in English. n.d.
21. Letter
from Sardy Dacon to G. W. Grayson, asking information on the state of Creek
affairs. Grayson noted the contents of
his reply on the envelope, February 15, 1919.
22. Letter
from a U. S. Indian Agent to G. W. Grayson re:
Grayson's offer to translate the Agent's circular letter to the
"Snake faction" for publication in the Indian Journal, May 24,
1906.
Flap Folder IX
Folder:
1. The
Indian Territory, Volume 2, pages 131-134.
Biographical sketch of "Capt. George W. Grayson" by H. F. and
E. S. O'Beirne (typescript).
2. Chronicles
of Oklahoma, Volume 1, Page 105, January 1921. Obituary of G. W. Grayson, who died on December 2, 1920
(typescript).
3. Oklahoma: A History of the State and Its People,
page 876, biographical sketch of G. W. Grayson (typescript, published in
1929). By J. B. Thoburn and M. H.
Wright.
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