Scrapbook of clippings on Indian activities in Arizona, New Mexico, and the Southwest 1870-1872.

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Scrapbook of clippings on Indian activities in Arizona, New Mexico, and the Southwest 1870-1872.

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Scrapbook of clippings on Indian activities in Arizona, New Mexico, and the Southwest, often highlighting the activities of Vincent Colyer as a member of the Board of Indian Commissioners. Clippings are from newspapers from across the country. Clippings mention legislation, conflicts, attacks by the Ku Klux Klan, visits with Cochise, and assimilation. Pasted to the cover is the title page from Peace with the Apaches of New Mexico and Arizona. Report of Vincent Colyer, member of Board of Indian Commissioners, 1871 to the cover, a copy of the report is contained in the scrapbook. Title page says "Presented by Edward F. Weed, Nov, 14 1922."

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Ku Klux Klan (19th century)

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Crook, George, 1829-1890

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Crook was born to Thomas and Elizabeth Matthews Crook on a farm near Taylorsville, Montgomery County, Ohio (near Dayton). Nominated to the United States Military Academy by Congressman Robert Schenck, he graduated in 1852, ranking near the bottom of his class. He was assigned to the 4th U.S. infantry as brevet second lieutenant, serving in California, 1852–61. He served in Oregon and northern California, alternately protecting or fighting against several Native American tribes. He commanded t...

Huntington Free Library

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United States. Board of Indian Commissioners

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The Board of Indian Commissioners was established by a act of Congress in 1869. This Board functioned as an independent agency of the federal government serving as an adviser on Indian affairs to the President, the Department of the Interior, and the Congress. After sixty-four years of service, the Board was abolished in 1933. From the description of Records, 1869-1919. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40474798 ...

Cochise, Apache chief, 1805?-1874

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Colyer, Vincent, 1825-1888

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Colyer was born in the Bloomingdale, New York on September 30, 1824, and grew up in a Quaker family. His faith was the center of his life and the inspiration for many of his activities. He studied art for four years in New York with John R. Smith, and then was a student at the National Academy. He became an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1851. From then until the Civil War he painted in New York City. Colyer married Mary Lydia Hancock, a grandniece of Massachusetts G...