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1862, March 8 - Report Of The Confederate States Of America, War Department, Office Of Indian Affairs
US and Indian Relations
S. S. Scott, Acting Commissioner, Office of Indian Affairs, War Department, Confederate States of America, reported on March 8, 1862, the five-month efforts of General Albert Pike to make the nations and tribes west of Arkansas and south of Kansas the Confederate States' "firm and enduring friends, to contribute to their well being and prosperity, and to defend their country fro encroachments of the Northern people... ." Pike signed treaties with the Cherokees, Creeks, Seminoles, Choctaws and Chickasaws, Senecas and Senacas and Shawnees, Quapaws, Great Osages, Wichitas and other lands of Reserve Indians, as well as four bands of Neum …
1857 - Report Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs For 1856
1857 - Report Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs For 1856
US and Indian Relations
Detailed report on the efforts by the US government to civilize, educate and provide moral training to the original inhabitants. This largely involved placing the Indians on reservations, teaching them agricultural and homebuilding skills, training them in proper dress and customs of the white man and providing opportunities for education.