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Finding Aid for the Receipt of Bounty for the Return of Stolen Horses, 1797-1798


MS-2390

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 11, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Receipt of Bounty for the Return of Stolen Horses

Date/Date Range :   1797-1798

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:
This document contains a list of items given to two Cherokee Indians in exchange for the return of ten horses stolen from the Creek Nations. In lieu of money, the payment was in goods. The document was signed by several Indian Agents, including Francis B. Sappington, in December 1797 and January 1798.

Call number: MS-2390

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
This document was purchased by Special Collections in December 1999.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Receipt of Bounty for the Return of Stolen Horses, MS-2390. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of a single folder.


Biography / History

No biographical information is available.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This document contains a list of items given to two Cherokee Indians in exchange for the return of ten horses stolen from the Creek Nations. In lieu of money, the payment was in goods, including a rifle and powder and cloth. The document is signed by several Indian Agents, including Francis B. Sappington, in December 1797 and January 1798.

Subject Terms

  • United States. Office of Indian Affairs.
  • Cherokee Indians -- Politics and government.
  • Creek Indians -- Politics and government.
Contents List
Folder   1     Item   1    
Inventory of items paid to two Cherokee Indians in exchange for the return of ten horses stolen from the Creek Nation, 1797-1798

Scope Note:

The date of the original agreement was December 22, 1797. The receipt of the items was witnessed and signed by Francis B. Sappington and Edmund Crutcher, Indian Agents, on January 30, 1798.