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Author Foreman, Grant, 1869-1953.

Title The five civilized tribes-- Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole / Grant Foreman ; introductory note by John R. Swanton.

Publication Info. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1989?]
©1934

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  973.0497 F715F    Check Shelf
Description 455 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Series The Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 8
Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 8.
Contents Choctaw. Problems of a new home -- Schools and missionaries -- Signs of improvement -- Institutions take form -- Threat of civil disorder -- Chickasaw. Chickasaw description -- Difficulties with wild Indians -- Union with Choctaw dissolved -- Relations with the military -- Creek. Victims of contractors -- Efforts to unite the tribe -- Hostility to the missionaries -- Progress notes -- Accounts by observers -- Laws and customs -- Seminole. Contemporary descriptions -- Oppose union with Creeks -- Emigration resumed -- Intrigues of Wild Cat -- Justice of the Indians -- Cherokee. Readjustment -- The act of union -- John Howard Payne's description -- Civil disorders -- The treaty of 1846 -- Advancement -- Cherokee people at home -- Sequoyah and his alphabet -- The Cold Water Army -- Gossip from the Cherokee advocate -- Approaching the Civil War -- Reconstruction achieved.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 427-431.
Subject Five Civilized Tribes -- History.
Indians of North America -- Indian Territory -- History.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- Indian Territory -- History.
ISBN 0806109238
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