Native Americans: 22 Books on History, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies. James Mooney

481. He was one of the chiefs of the Arkansas delegation who signed the treaty of May 6, 1828. (See United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 314.)

482. Letters of September 12 and November 23, 1844, from Agent Butler to Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

483. Letter of Commissioner Indian Affairs to Agent Butler, January 17, 1845.

484. Letter of Oo-no-leh to Agent Butler, May 15, 1845. Guess left a widow, a son, and two daughters. Hon. T. L. McKenny, in a letter to the Secretary of War, December 13, 1825, says: "His name is Guess, and he is a native and unlettered Cherokee. Like Cadmus, he has given to the people the alphabet of their language. It is composed of eighty-six characters, by which in a few days the older Indians who had despaired of deriving an education by means of the schools * * * may read and correspond." Agent Butler, in his annual report for 1845, says: "The Cherokees who cannot speak English acquire their own alphabet in twenty-four hours."

485. September 1, 1845.

486. October 22, 1845.

487. November 12, 1845. They explored up the valley of Stone Fort Creek a distance of 30 miles.

488. Report of the exploring party to their council.

489. January 19, 1846.

490. Letter to the President, February 10, 1846.

491. Letter to the Secretary of War, February 12, 1846.

492. April 2, 1846.

493. Letter of Agent McKissick to Commissioner Indian Affairs, May 12, 1846, and General Arbuckle to Adjutant-General, April 28, 1846.

494. Report of Agent McKissick July 4, 1846.

495. Commissioner Indian Affairs to Maj. William Armstrong, June 24, 1846.

496. July 6, 1846.

497. United States Statutes at Large, Vol. IX, p. 871.

498. The subject of the North Carolina Cherokee interests was also referred to this commission July 13, 1846.

499. Report of Commissioner Indian Affairs to Secretary Interior, January 20, 1855.

500. Second Comptroller of the Treasury to Commissioner of Indian Affairs, February 6, 1849.

501. United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 478.

502. United States Statutes at Large, Vol. V, p. 241.

503. United States Statutes at Large, Vol. IX, p. 339.

504. December 3, 1849.

505. United States Statutes at Large, Vol. IX, p. 572.

506. September 5, 1850.

507. United States Statutes at Large, Vol. IX, p. 556.

508. Ibid., p. 871.

509. United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 156.

510. Ibid., p. 195.

511. Ibid., p. 311.

512. Ibid., p. 478.

513. Ibid., p. 414.

514. United States Statutes at Large, Vol. IX, p. 556.

515. September 22, 1851.

516. November 22, 1875.

517. April 28, 1877, November 20, 1880, November 17, 1881, and October 13, 1882.

518. United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XXII, p. 328.

519. January 31, 1883.

520. See Senate Executive Document No. 14, Forty-Eighth Congress, 1st session.

521. March 16, 1835.

522. Letter of John Mason, Jr. to Secretary of War, September 25, 1837.

523. United States Statutes at Large, Vol. V, p. 241.

524. See report of Second Auditor and Second Comptroller to Congress, December 3, 1849.

525. See report of Second Auditor and Second Comptroller to Congress, December 3, 1849.

526. November 17, 1851.

527. November 29, 1851.