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1. Brother
In Red--August 8, 1891:
"Letter of Isparhecher" to Conchinty Micco, Chairman of the
National Party re: Isparhecher's
nomination as the National Party's candidate for Principal Chief, and the
National Party platform.
2. The
Indian Journal--January 3, 1884:
"Message of Spiechee," Principal Chief of the Muskogee Nation.
3. Indian
Journal--June 12, 1884:
"Editorial on Isparhecher" re: his marriage to Alma Harrover.
4. Wagoner
Record--September 20, 1895:
"Election of Isparhecher" as Principal Chief.
5. Claremore
Progress--September 28, 1895:
"Isparhecher," a brief biographical sketch of him given by
Captain S. B. Callahan, a close friend of his.
6. Minco
Minstrel--January 24, 1896:
"News Item of Isparhecher" re: his reported death by accidental drowning.
7. David
Progress--July 23, 1896:
"Editorial on Isparhecher" re: his command forbidding non-citizens to make improvements on town
lots.
8. Claremore
Progress--July 25, 1896:
"Proclamation of Isparhecher" re: forbidding non-citizens to make improvements on town lots.
9. Claremore
Progress--August 13, 1896:
"Message of Isparhecher" to the National Council re: preparation of correct census rolls by the
Dawes Commission.
10. Purcell
Register--September 24, 1896:
"Editorial on Isparhecher" re: the Creek medicine man trying to cure him of the "snake and
terrapin" disease.
11. David
Progress--October 1, 1896:
"Editorial on Isparhecher" re: his illness.
12. Oklahoma
Champion--October 16, 1896:
"Editorial on Governor Isparhecher" re: his illness and his
refusal to be treated by a "regular" physician.
13. Daily
Capital--March 12, 1897:
"Editorial on Isparhecher" re: W. B. Watts going out to confer with Isparhecher on the best way
to protect the rights of both citizens and non-citizens.
14. Claremore
Progress--March 27, 1897: "The
Creeks in Council With Isparhecher" re:
hearing a full report from the national delegates.
15. Indian
Citizen--April 1, 1897:
"Message of Isparhecher" re:
hearing a full report from the national delegates. (Similar to Folder 14, above)
16. Muskogee
Morning Times--May 15, 1897:
"Editorial on Isparhecher" re: a conference with President McKinley on matters concerning the
Creek Nation and Indian Territory.
17. Marietta
Monitor--August 20, 1897:
"Editorial on Isparhecher" re: convening a special session of the Creek National Council to
discuss the proposed treaty with the Dawes Commission.
18. Indian
Citizen--September 2, 1897:
"Message of Isparhecher" to the National Council of the
Muskogee Nation re: the question of
allotment of land.
19. Fort
Gibson Post--October 7, 1897:
"Creek Council: A Special
Report to the Post" re: the annual
session of the Creek Council, which discussed the Dawes Commission, allotment,
and the ratification of the Dawes-Creek Treaty.
20. Minco Minstrel--October
8, 1897: "Editorial on
Isparhecher" re: a meeting of the
Creek National Council to discuss the treaty between the Creeks and the Dawes
Commission, and Chief Isparhecher's feelings on the matter.
21. Indian
Chieftain--October 14, 1897: "Messages of Isparhecher" re: the Creek-Dawes Commission treaty.
22. Indian
Chieftain--November 11, 1897:
"The Creek Ultimatum of Isparhecher" re: the proposed treaty with the Dawes
Commission.
23. South
McAlester Capital--January 6, 1898:
"Editorial on Appropriation of Money" to pay legal fees in the
hope of stopping the reorganization of Indian Territory.
24. Purcell
Register--October 13, 1898:
"Editorial on Message by Isparhecher."
25. Tahlequah
Arrow--February 19, 1898:
"Letter of Isparhecher" re:
his view of the affairs in the Indian Territory.
26. South
McAlester Capital--February 24, 1898:
"Resolution Approved by Isparhecher" re: allotment of land.
27. Claremore
Progress--February 26, 1898:
"Five Tribes in Congress" re:
the Indian appropriation Bill, which had amendments providing for the
reorganization of the Dawes Commission, a revision of the tribal rolls, and
authorizing suits in the Court of Claims against the Creek Nation by the
holders of warrants, payment of which was refused by the Secretary of the
Interior.
28. South
McAlester Capital--March 31, 1898:
"Editorial on Isparhecher" re: his order forbidding the pasturing of cattle in the Creek Nation.
29. South
McAlester Capital--April 14, 1898:
"Editorial on Isparhecher" re: his order that cattlemen not
use the Creek Nation pastures.
30. South
McAlester Capital--April 21, 1898:
"News Item of Isparhecher" re: his injunction against the superintendent of instruction.
31. Claremore
Progress--August 27, 1898:
"Editorial on Isparhecher" re: his disappearance after being forced to turn over the Creek
citizenship rolls.
32. Purcell
Register--February 17, 1898:
"Editorial on Proclamation by Isparhecher" re: the recent action of the Secretary of the
Interior forbidding the appropriation by the Creek council to pay attorneys to
resist the operation of a recent act of Congress which abolished tribal courts
and turned jurisdiction over to the U. S. courts.
33. Fort
Gibson Post--October 27, 1898:
"News Item of Isparhecher" re: a rumor that Isparhecher and 3000 Creeks were contemplating a
move to Mexico.
34. Fort
Gibson Post--December 1, 1898:
"Dawes-Creek Treaty."
35. Daily
Chieftain--December 17, 1898:
"Message of Isparhecher" to the National Council.
36. Twin
Territories--February 1903:
"The Last Words of Isparhecher" spoken before his death to his
interpreter, Turner Taylor.
37. South
McAlester Capital--June 1, 1899:
"Dawes-Creek Treaty" re:
the vote of citizens of the Creek Nation to ratify it.
38. South
McAlester Capital--June 1, 1899:
"Editorial on Isparhecher" re: his selection of an allotment.
38. South
McAlester Capital--June 1, 1899:
"Editorial on Isparhecher" re: his selection of an allotment.
39. South
McAlester Capital--January 25, 1901:
"News Item of Isparhecher" re: his realization that all tribal relations in Indian Territory are
drawing to a close.
40. Tulsa
Democrat--February 21, 1902:
"Editorial on Isparhecher and Pleasant Porter" re: the second uprising of the Snake Indians and
the roles played in it by the above two men.
41. Chickasha
Weekly Express--August 1, 1902:
"Editorial on Telegram from Isparhecher" who had suffered from
"indignities" from the fullbloods known as the Snakes.
42. Holdenville
Times--August 2, 1902:
"Editorial on Isparhecher" and his appeal to Marshal Leo
Bennet for help.
43. Chilocco
Farmer and Stock Grower--January 1903:
"Biographical Sketch of Isparhecher."
44. South
McAlester Capital--January 1, 1903:
"Biographical Sketch of Isparhecher."
45. Chickasha
Weekly Express--January 2, 1903:
"Obituary on Isparhecher."
46. Tulsa
Democrat--January 9, 1903:
"Obituary on Isparhecher."
47. Capital
News--June 8, 1905: "Editorial
on Isparhecher" praising him as one of the "most sagacious and
far-seeing Indians of modern times."
48. New
State Tribune--March 8, 1906:
"Anecdote of Chief Isparhecher" (sic).
49. Weleetka
American--April 13, 1906:
"Editorial on Isparhecher" (sic) re: his marriage to Alma Harrover.
50. A
History of Oklahoma by J. B. Thoburn and Isaac M. Holcomb (1908): "Isparhecher" (sic), giving a
brief biographical sketch.
51. Chronicles
of Oklahoma--Volume 10 #1, March 1932:
"Chief Isparhecher" by John Bartlett Meserve.
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