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Cage
256
Tulalip Agency
Tulalip Agency
Papers
1854-1902
2 containers.
1 linear foot of shelf space.
358 items.
Correspondence from C.H. Mason, J.W.
Nesmith, M.T. Simmons, Isaac I. Stevens and others; trading licenses,
circulars; reservation census; inventory of goods; certificates of appointment
of Head Chiefs; deeds; and agency reports. All chiefly regarding the Tulalip,
Lummi, Snohomish and Puyallup Indians.
Collection materials are in
English.
Included in this collection of papers are correspondence, trading
licenses, circulars, reservation census, inventory of goods, certificates of
appointment of Head Chiefs, deeds, and agency reports, dating between
1854-1902. Subjects include geographical consolidation of reservations,
sickness and privation of Indians, clashes between Indians and Whites.
Correspondents include Charles Henry Mason (while Acting Governor of Washington
Territory); James Willis Nesmith (while Superintendent of Indian Affairs);
Michael Trautman Simmons (while Indian Agent); Isaac Ingalls Stevens (while
Governor of Washington Territory).
There are two containers containing some 358 typed, handwritten, and
printed documents.
This collection is open for research use.
[Item Description]. Cage 256, Guide to the Tulalip Agency Papers.
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University
Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Mason, Charles Henry, 1830-1859
Nesmith, James Willis, 1820-1885
Simmons, Michael
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862
United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Tulalip
Agency--Archives
Lummi Indians--Government relations
Puyallup Indians--Government relations
Snohomish Indians--Government relations
Tulalip Indians--Government relations
Indians of
North America--Washington (State)--Government relations
Native Americans
Government and Politics
Washington (State)
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series 1:
Correspondence-Simmons
1
1
Letter from J. W. Nesmith to M.T.
Simmons
Oct 24 1857
1
1
Letter from C. H. Mason to M. T.
Simmons
Oct 26 1854
1
2
Receipt for bread and
sugar
1855
1
2
Circular from Isaac Stevens to
Simmons
1855
1
2
Letter from Isaac Stevens to
Simmons
1855
1
3
Letter from Stevens to
Simmons
1856
1
3
Request for receipts, Stevens to
Simmons
1856
1
4
Report from E. C. Fitzhugh' to
Simmons
1857
1
4
Letter from Thomas J. Hanna to
Simmons, re: death of James Roberts (white) and a Clalam Indian in a
fight.
1857
1
4
Letter from M. Maloney, Capt. 4th
Inf, to Simmons
1857
1
4
Letter from W. T. Tolmie to
Simmons
1857
1
5
Quarterly report from Simmons to
J. W, Nesmith
1857
1
5
Letter from Fitzhugh to Simmons
re: sickness and privation of Indians.
1858
1
5
Letter from Edw. J. Conner to
Simmons
1858
1
5
Letter from B. F. Shaw to
Simmons
1858
1
6
Letter from Snohomish mission
Indians to Simmons
1859
1
6
Letter from James Tucker to
Simmons
1859
1
7
Annual report of Simmons to
Edward Geary
1860
1
7
Special report of Simmons to
Geary on Henry A. Webster affair.
1
7
Special report of board of
appraisers
1860
1
8
Letter from B. F. Dennison to
Simmons
1861
1
8
Letter from R. C. Fay to
Simmons
1861
1
9
Letter from Edward Eldridge
seeking position
1862
Series 2:
Correspondence-Howe
1
10
Circular from John P. Usher to L.
D. Howe
1863
1
11
Letter from D. Horton to
Howe
1864
1
11
Letters from C. C. Finkboner to
Howe
Jan 29 1864
Aug 9 1864
Series 3: Correspondence-later
agents
1
12
Report from Finkboner to Rev.
Father E. C. Chirp, Lummi reservation, 3 copies
1872
1
13
Letter book- See Box
2
1
14
Letter from Chas. A Reynolds to
Chas. M. Buchanan
1901
Series 4: Miscellaneous
Materials
1
15
Appeal of Squiqui vs. Kwina case,
re: Indian wedding party
1902
1
16
Petition for appointment of one
Burton Axe
undated
1
17
Reservation census
1854
1880
1899
1
18
Inventories of goods:
School
1855
1
18
Inventories of goods: Major
camp
1877
oversized
19
Certificates of appointment of
Head Chiefs-Puyallup and Snohomish tribes.
oversized
20
Four deeds: government land to
individuals.
2
13
Bound letter book containing
correspondence of agents Edmond Mallet, Alfred N. Marion, and John O'Keane; re:
general agency transactions, changes of agents, Indian problems, procurement of
materials, copies of licenses to trade, Department of Indian Affairs circulars,
etc.
July 1 1877-June
6 1879
311
pages