The story of the trip of John V. Farwell, Jr. aged 11 years to Kansas, in August 1870, with his father and John D. Lang and Vincent Colyer, of the Board of Indian Commissioners, ordered by President Grant, 1936 typescript
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- 1936
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Account, written by John V. Farwell, Jr. in Chicago in 1936, of a journey to western Kansas in Aug. of 1870 with his father and two other Indian Commissioners, John Lang and Vincent Colyer, to persuade the Osage Indians to sign a treaty. They travel to Topeka by rail, and continue on in ""prairie schooners"" to the Osage Council Ground at Drum Creek, Montgomery, Kansas. As they await the arrival of other tribes who will be participating in the Gr...
- Creator
Farwell, John Villiers, b.1858
- Contributing Institution
- Newberry Library
- Subjects
- Travel
Land tenure
Political science
Indians--Government relations
United States. Congress
Indians--Kings and rulers
Colyer, Vincent, 1825-1888
Paw-ne-no-pashe, Governor of the Osage Nation, Joseph, fl.1869-1870
Osage - Location
- Drum Creek
Kansas--Montgomery County
Kansas--Osage Reserve
Kansas
Illinois--Chicago
United States - Type
- image
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- TreatiesRecords (Documents)
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- Farwell, John Villiers, b.1858. The story of the trip of John V. Farwell, Jr. aged 11 years to Kansas, in August 1870, with his father and John D. Lang and Vincent Colyer, of the Board of Indian Commissioners, ordered by President Grant, 1936 typescript. 1936. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/35540. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- Farwell, John Villiers, b.1858, (1936) The story of the trip of John V. Farwell, Jr. aged 11 years to Kansas, in August 1870, with his father and John D. Lang and Vincent Colyer, of the Board of Indian Commissioners, ordered by President Grant, 1936 typescript. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/35540
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- Farwell, John Villiers, b.1858. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/35540>.