Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881, Cherokee Agency.

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Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881, Cherokee Agency.

1824-1881

Indexed by E93.U659x Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880, pamphlet accompanying microcopy no. 234. Microfilm copy of originals in the National Archives, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Consists of official reports and other correspondence from the Indian agents. Letters arranged chronologically.

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Bushyhead, Jesse, 1804-1844

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Jesse Bushyhead (Cherokee ᎤᎾᏚᏘ, romanized Unaduti; 1804–1844) was a Cherokee religious and political leader, and a Baptist minister. He was born near the present-day town of Cleveland, Tennessee. As a young man, he was ordained a Baptist minister. A member of the John Ross faction of the Cherokee, he was dispatched by Ross in 1837 on a mission to the Seminole. Although Bushyhead opposed the federal policy forcing Indian Removal to west of the Mississippi River, he led a party of about 1,000 peo...