DeWitt Lipe - Cherokee Strip papers, 1870-1913.

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DeWitt Lipe - Cherokee Strip papers, 1870-1913.

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The DeWitt Lipe - Cherokee Strip papers (dating from 1870 to 1913) consist of autograph, autograph transcriptions and typescript letters and documents of DeWitt Lipe, Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation. The papers relate to the Cherokee Nation's taxation and licensing requirements of Texas stockmen who grazed cattle on the Indian lands west of the Arkansas River, known as the "Cherokee Strip," on their way to the Kansas Stockyards. Also included in the papers are various Acts and Resolutions relating to the welfare of the Cherokee Nation.

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Cherokee nation

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Although the Treaty of Hopewell (1785) defined the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation and the U.S., Congress during the Confederation period was unable to keep white squatters off Cherokee lands. With violence escalating between Cherokees and settlers, particularly those of the "State of Franklin" (now Tennessee), Congress in Sept. of 1788 issued a proclamation forbidding white intrustion on Cherokee land. From the description of A talk from the head men warriers of the Cherokey Natio...

Lipe, DeWitt.

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Until the early 1880s, cattle driven up the Chisholm and Texas trails by Kansas and Texas cattlemen, were grazed on lands leased from the Cherokee Nation before being taken to the Kansas railheads. The Cherokee Nation realized considerable profits from these grazing leases until, for reasons unknown, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs ordered a halt. While the Commissioner's reasons still remain unclear, his actions raised important questions about sovereignty and economic development which rema...