Indian Archives Microfilm Guide Series 9: Kiowa Agency Records. Compiled by Katie Bush

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1 Indian Archives Microfilm Guide Series 9: Kiowa Agency Records Compiled by Katie Bush

2 Series 9: Kiowa Agency Records Table of Contents Census and Enrollment p. 3, 49 Kiowa Agency Records Letterpress Books p. 7, 36 Federal, State, and Local Court Relations p. 22 Foreign Relations p. 26 Military Relations and Affairs p. 27 Indian History, Culture, and Acculturation p. 33 Estates, Births, Marriages, Divorces, Deaths, Wills, and Related Records p. 35 Cattle, Grazing, and Pastures p. 41 Fences, Boundary Lines, and Homesteads p. 43 Intruders and Roads p. 43 Field Matrons p. 43 Traders p. 44 Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Letters Received p. 46 Schools p. 50 Farmers p. 52 Issues p. 55 Fort Sill Indian School Records p. 63

3 Series 9: Kiowa Agency Records (includes Comanche, Apache, and other various tribes) Introduction The treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek, Kansas (15 Stat., 581 and 15 Stat., 589) concluded on Oct. 21, 1868 between the United States and the Kiowa, Comanche, and Kiowa Apache provided for a reservation in Indian Territory to be located between the Washita and Red Rivers. This was a modification and reduction of a reservation established by a treaty of Oct. 18, 1865 (Stat. L xiv 717) with the Comanche and Kiowa. In 1868 A. G. Boone, Special Agent to the Kiowas and Comanches, and Pvt. Maj. Gen. W. B. Hazen were sent to Indian Territory to bring together the Kiowas, Comanches, and Apaches who wished to abide by their treaty commitments. Progress was made and the following year Boone s successor, Laurie Tatum, arrived at agency headquarters near Fort Sill. When he assumed control on July 1, 1869, he found himself in charge of the Wichita Agency as well. That agency had been established in July of 1859 on the south side of the Washita River near Sugar Creek in an area long claimed by the Wichita. Samuel A. Blaine served as first agent there for this tribe and the Caddo and Kichai. Later Waco, Tawakoni, Anadarko, Ionie (Hainai), Tonkawa, some Penateka Comanche, Delaware and Shawnee groups became part of this agency. During a brief interval in the early 1870s part of the Pawnees from Nebraska made their home at this agency before moving to their new reservation. In 1868, Wichita Agent Henry Shanklin left his post and General Hazen assumed responsibility for the tribes there until their agency was joined to that of the Kiowa for a short period. In 1870, the agency, properly called the Caddo, Wichita and Affiliated Bands Agency, became independent once more with Jonathan Richards taking charge in November of that year. Although some of the tribes had long resided in the region, it was not until Oct. 19, 1872 that an agreement, never ratified, established a reservation for Wichitas and Affiliated Bands between the Washita and Canadian Rivers, northeast and adjacent to the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Reservation. In the decade following 1868, the Kiowa-Comanche Agency remained in operation near Fort Sill. On Sep. 1, 1878, that agency and the Wichita Agency were again consolidated. At that time, instructions were given to move the agency office from Fort Sill to the Wichita Agency near the present town of Anadarko. The office at Fort Sill served as a subagency for a number of years. In 1894, Geronimo and a group of Chiricahua Apache prisoners of war who had formerly been at Fort Marion, Florida and Mount Vernon Barracks, Alabama, were brought to Fort Sill. In 1913, 87 of them elected to remain in Oklahoma rather than return to the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico. They were allotted land near the town of Apache. The allotment of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache was completed in 1901 after several years of their attempting to prevent the dissolution of their reservation and eventual use of surplus land for white settlement. The Wichita and other tribes of the original Wichita Agency group were allotted lands before Aug. 6, 1901 when their surplus lands as well as those of the Kiowas, Comanches, and Apaches were opened for white settlement. History of the Records: In 1933, a survey of Indian Agency records was made in Oklahoma. The noncurrent Kiowa Agency papers were stored in an old frame warehouse. The loft floor was covered with documents and bound volumes to a depth of one to four feet. There were also a number of letter books stored in the vault and basement of the agency headquarters. Agency Superintendent W. B. McCown explained that there was not space to store these records in the agency. Following passage of the Congressional Act of Mar. 27, 1934 (H. R. 5631, Public No. 133) the records were placed in custody 1

4 of the Oklahoma Historical Society and 519 bound volumes and approximately 750,000 pages were brought to the Indian Archives Division of the Society. The records cover all major subjects under Indian and government relations, such as agents reports, census and enrollment records, allotment, land leases and sales, intertribal and military relations, Indian annuity and per capita payments, church and school records, agency financial and employee records, among others. The records span the period It was decided by Dr. Grant Foreman of the Society s Board of Directors and Mrs. Rella Watts Looney, Archivist, ( ) to place them in useable research categories according to the subject of content. This order in many files varied from their original agency filing order which could not be ascertained in most cases. Within each category documents were filed chronologically and the subject categories were placed in file cases or shelved in alphabetical order under each agency. The records have proved to have extensive research value and use to students of Indian culture and history in the past 45 years. Use of the records has been facilitated by an unpublished inventory of the categories within each agencies holdings. This includes the name of the agency, the subject category, the inclusive dates, number of pages and location within the archives. In addition, through the years indexing to name and subject has continued but is not complete. In microfilming these documents an attempt has been made to combine related categories, i.e., land allotment, leases, and sales. This will not follow the present organization within the Archives, but it is thought that it will be the most useful procedure for research use. 2

5 KA 1 Kiowa Agency Records: Census and Enrollment Kiowa-Census-Letters Sent and Received: June 27, 1871-Oct. 12, 1920 Kiowa-Census-Keechie, Tawakoni, Apache, Kiowa, and others: Undated Comanche-Census: Undated Kiowa-Census by Bands-Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache; Wichita and Affiliated Bands; Shawnee: Nov. 30, 1869 Statistical Farming Return at Wichita and Comanche Agency: 1869 Kiowa-Census-Head of Bands of Kiowa and Comanche: Dec. 31, 1870 Kiowa-Census-Agency Statistical Returns, Various Tribes and Bands: 1873 Kiowa-Census-Agency Names of Chiefs, Headmen and Numbers of Bands Delaware, Comanche, Apache, Kiowa: 1874 Kiowa-Census-Agency Delaware, Tawakoni, Waco, Wichitas, Comanche, Caddo, Keechie: July 1876 Kiowa-Census-Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache (Volume): Kiowa-Census-Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache (Volume): 1880 Kiowa-Census-Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache; Wichita and Affiliated Bands (Volume): KA 2 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa Agency Census and Enrollment Kiowa-Census-Kiowa, Comanche and Apache; Caddo, Wichita and Affiliated Bands: 1883 Kiowa-Census-Kiowa, Comanche and Apache; Caddo, Wichita and Affiliated Bands: Kiowa-Census-Apache (Incomplete): 1885 Kiowa-Census-Kiowa: 1885 Kiowa-Census-Unidentified Tribal Members: 1885 Kiowa-Census-Unidentified Tribal Members: 1886 Kiowa-Census-Comanche: 1888 Kiowa-Census-Apache: June 30, 1889 Kiowa-Census-Comanche: June 30, 1889 Kiowa-Census-Comanche Census Worksheet: July 8, 1889 Kiowa-Census-Delaware: June 30, 1889 Kiowa-Census-Keechie: June 30, 1889 Kiowa-Census-Kiowa: June 30, 1889 Kiowa-Census-Tawakoni: June 30, 1889 Kiowa-Census-Waco: June 30, 1889 Kiowa-Census-Wichita: June 30,

6 Kiowa-Census-Kiowa and Apache: Kiowa-Census-Wichita and Affiliated Bands: KA 3 Kiowa Agency Records: Census and Enrollment Kiowa-Census-Comanche: Kiowa-Census-Comanche: o Band Chiefs or Headmen s names are underlined in the volume. Kiowa-Census-Kiowa and Apache: o Including Kiowa and Apache soldiers at Fort Sill Kiowa-Census-Census of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, including the Wichita, Tawakoni, Keechi (Kichai), Waco, Delaware, Caddo: 1892; 1894 KA 4 Kiowa Agency Records: Census and Enrollment Census Volumes, Worksheets, and Lists for the Apache, Caddo, Comanche, Delaware, Kiowa, Wichita, and Affiliated Tribes, Kiowa-Census-Kiowa and Apache: 1893 o Census recapitulation as to numbers of males, females, and school age children in the Kiowa and Apache Tribes. Kiowa-Census-Comanche: 1893; 1895 Kiowa-Census-Kiowa and Apache: 1893; 1895 o Census of the Kiowa and Apache including lists of Kiowa and Apache soldiers at Fort Sill Kiowa-Census-Wichita and Affiliated Tribes: 1894 o Census of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, including the Wichita, Tawakoni, Keechi (Kichai), Waco, Delaware, Caddo Kiowa-Census-Wichita and Affiliated Tribes: o A list of 86 Delaware, Wichita, Waco, Tawakoni, Keechie (Kichai) Indians Kiowa-Census-Apache: June 30, 1899 o Census of the Apache Tribe of Indians of the Kiowa and Comanche Agency, Oklahoma Territory, taken by James F. Randlett, Lt. Col., U. S. A., United States Indian Agent Kiowa-Census-Comanche: June 30, 1899 o Census of the Comanche Tribe of Indians of Kiowa, Comanche and Wichita Agency, Anadarko, Oklahoma, taken by James F. Randlett, Lt. Col., U. S. A., United States Indian Agent. Kiowa-Census-Kiowa: June 30,

7 o Census of the Kiowa Indians of the Kiowa Agency, Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory, taken by James F. Randlett, Lt. Col., U. S. A., United States Indian Agent. Kiowa-Census-Kiowa, Comanche, Apache: June 30, 1900 o Census of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians. James F. Randlett, Lt. Col., U. S. A., United States Indian Agent, including list of dead for each tribe between June 6, June 30, 1900 Kiowa-Census-Comanche: June 30, 1900 Kiowa-Census-Comanche: June 30, 1900 Kiowa-Census-Wichita and Caddo: Jan. 21, 1901 o Census of the Wichita and Caddo Indians of the Kiowa Agency, Oklahoma Territory, taken by James F. Randlett, Lt. Col., U. S. A., United States Indian Agent. Kiowa-Census-Wichita and Caddo, Delaware and others: Jan. 21, 1901 o Census of the Wichita Indians of the Kiowa Agency, Oklahoma Territory, taken by James F. Randlett, Lt. Col., U. S. A., United States Indian Agent. This census also contains Delaware and others not identified as to tribe. o Census of the Caddo Indians of the Kiowa Agency, Oklahoma Territory, taken by James F. Randlett, Lt. Col., U. S. A., United States Indian Agent. This census includes a list of Allotment numbers , names and land descriptions. Kiowa-Census-Kiowa, Apache, Comanche: June 30, 1901 Kiowa-Census-Kiowa, Apache, Comanche: June 30, 1901 KA 5 Kiowa Agency Records: Census and Enrollment Census Lists for the Apache, Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, and Wichita, Kiowa-Census-Apache, Kiowa, Comanche, Wichita, and Caddo: June 30, 1902 o Census of the Apache Indians of the Kiowa and Comanche Agency, Oklahoma Territory, taken by James F. Randlett, Lt. Col., U. S. A., United States Indian Agent o Census of the Comanche Indians of the Kiowa and Comanche Agency, Oklahoma Territory, taken by James F. Randlett, Lt. Col., U. S. A., United States Indian Agent o Census of the Wichita Indians of the Kiowa and Comanche Agency, Oklahoma Territory, taken by James F. Randlett, Lt. Col., U. S. A., United States Indian Agent o Census of the Caddo Indians of the Kiowa and Comanche Agency, Oklahoma Territory, taken by James F. Randlett, Lt. Col., U. S. A., United States Indian Agent Kiowa-Census-Apache, Kiowa, Comanche, Wichita, and Caddo: June 30, 1903 Kiowa-Census-Apache, Wichita, Caddo, Kiowa, Comanche: June 30, 1904 o Census of the Caddo Indians of the Kiowa and Comanche Agency, Oklahoma Territory, taken by James F. Randlett, Lt. Col., U. S. A., United States Indian Agent 5

8 o Census of the Comanche Indians of the Kiowa and Comanche Agency, Oklahoma Territory, taken by James F. Randlett, Lt. Col., U. S. A., United States Indian Agent o Census of the Apache Indians of the Kiowa and Comanche Agency, Oklahoma Territory, taken by James F. Randlett, Lt. Col., U. S. A., United States Indian Agent o Census of the Kiowa Indians of the Kiowa and Comanche Agency, Oklahoma Territory, taken by James F. Randlett, Lt. Col., U. S. A., United States Indian Agent o Census of the Wichita Indians of the Kiowa and Comanche Agency, Oklahoma Territory, taken by James F. Randlett, Lt. Col., U. S. A., United States Indian Agent Kiowa-Census-Children Born to Apache, Kiowa, and Comanche Indians since June 6, 1900, Finalized June 30, 1906 o Census of Children Born to Members of the Apache Tribe of Indians since June 6, 1900, Entitled to Allotments under Act of June 5, 1906, Kiowa Agency, Oklahoma o Census of Children Born to Members of the Kiowa Tribe of Indians since June 6, 1900, Entitled to Allotments under Act of June 5, 1906, Kiowa Agency, Oklahoma o Census of Children Born to Members of the Comanche Tribe of Indians since June 6, 1900, Entitled to Allotments under Act of June 5, 1906, Kiowa Agency, Oklahoma There are two copies of this census. Each is microfilmed because of notational differences. Kiowa-Census-Wichita, Caddo and Affiliated Bands: June 30, 1911 Kiowa-Census-Apache: Oct o Apache Census for Oct. 1, 1906 Allotments Kiowa-Census-Wichita, Caddo and Affiliated Bands: June 30, 1911 Kiowa-Census-Apache: June 30, 1912 Kiowa-Census-Wichita and Caddo: June 30, 1912 o Caddo census roll begins with Family Number 196. Kiowa-Census-Apache: June 30, 1913 o Apache Indians, list corrected to June 30, 1913, from government records. Kiowa-Census-Wichita and Caddo: June 30, 1913 Kiowa-Census-Apache: June 30, 1914; Oct. 30, 1914 o Census of Apache Indians for Fiscal Year 1914 o Apache Prisoners Census (Incomplete): June 30, 1914 o Apache Roll Indian Children Eligible for Enrollment: Kiowa-Census-Kiowa: Dec. 31, 1914 Kiowa-Census-Wichita and Caddo: June 30, 1914 o Census of the Wichita and Caddo Indians on the Wichita and Caddo Reservation, Kiowa Indian Agency, Anadarko, Oklahoma Kiowa-Census-Apache: 1915 o Incomplete Apache Census Kiowa-Census-Agency Tribal Members: 1922 o Alphabetical list of Kiowa Agency individuals of Agency Tribes under headings: account number, name, family number, sex, date of birth, allotment number, Tract Book Volume and page, date of death, district, patent in fee. 6

9 KA 6 Kiowa Agency Records Volume 1 Record of Indian Depredations, Captures, Return of Provisions Received, Issued and Remaining on hand at Fort Still, etc.: o Entries for return of provisions received, issued to, and remaining on hand at Fort Sill, etc., p o Depredation Claims Record, including Claimants names, location of depredation, kind of property, value of property, when and to which tribe claim presented, and remarks. Depredations occurred from p , , o Captives recovered from Indians, or supposed to be with them, including name, where and when captured, from whom recovered, and remarks, p. 164 o Return of Provisions received, issued and remaining on hand at the Kiowa and Comanche Agency, Indian Territory, etc., for J. M. Haworth, U. S. Indian Agent. p , , 214, 216 o Account of Animals stolen and returned by Kiowa Indians, Comanche Indians, p o Missionary Expenditures, p. 214 Volume 2 Letterpress Book: Sep. 26, 1871-July 13, 1872 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent Lawrie Tatum and Acting Agent George H. Smith to the commissioner of Indian Affairs, military personnel, traders, employees, agents, and others. o Pages 19, 53, , , 140, , , , , and are missing. o Contained in the volume were three other sets of indices to other unknown volumes. These have been filmed at the end of Volume 2. Volume 3 Wichita Agency Letterpress Book: May 20, 1876-July 30, 1877 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent A. C. Williams, Clerk Jonas Edge, and Acting Agent C. E. Campbell to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, military personnel, traders, employees, agents, and others. o There is an index. Pages 79 and are missing. 7

10 KA 7 Kiowa Agency Records Volume 4 Letters Sent, Wichita Agency: Aug. 1, 1877-Sep. 6, 1878 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent A. C. Williams, Acting Agent Charles E. Campbell, and E. L. Clark to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, military personnel, traders, employees, agents and others. o There is an index. o Comanche-Census: Aug. 20, 1877 p. 42 Volume 5 Letters Sent, Kiowa and Comanche Agency: Apr. 20, 1878-Sep. 4, 1878 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent P. B. Hunt and Acting Agent George W. Hunt to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, military personnel, traders, employees, agents, and others. o There is an incomplete index. Pages 43-45, 82-83, 179, 194, 201, 240, , 307, 317, 321, 422, and 542 are missing. o Comanche-Census: Aug. 15, 1878, p. 486 KA 8 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Volume 6 Letters Sent: Sep. 3, 1878-July 21, 1879 o Contains press copies of letters sent by Agent P. B. Hunt to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and other individuals concerning agency and Indian Affairs. o There is an index. Volume 7 Letters Sent: Sep. 7, 1878-Nov. 26, 1879 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent P. B. Hunt and Acting Agent John R. Richards to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, military personnel, traders, employees, agents, and others. o There is no index. KA 9 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency Volume 8 Letters Sent: July 21, 1879-Mar. 9,

11 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent P. B. Hunt and Acting Agent Henry C. Brennan to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, military personnel, traders, employees, agents, and others. o There is a partial index. o Comanche-Census: Aug. 30, 1879 p. 145, 149 Volume 9 Letters Sent: Sep Oct. 31, 1881 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent P. B. Hunt to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and others listed below, concerning agency and tribal affairs. o There is a partial index. Pages 65, 251, 292, and 454 are missing. o Comanche-Census: Sep. 1, 1880 p. 2 o Comanche-Census: Sep. 1, 1881 p. 431 KA 10 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency Volume 9a Letters Received: July 1, 1881-Dec. 31, 1883 o Register of Letters Received from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and other Individuals Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency Volume 10 Letters Sent: Oct. 29, 1881-Nov. 20, 1882 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent P. B. Hunt to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Reports by agency school employees are listed below as is correspondence with United States Assistant Treasurer at St. Louis. o Pages 167 and 214 are missing. Volume 11 Letters Sent: Mar. 4, 1880-Sep. 18, 1880 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent P. B. Hunt and Acting Agent Carl Maller to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, military personnel, traders, employees, agents, and others. o There is an index. o Comanche-Census: May 1, 1880 p. 100 KA 11 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency Volume 12 Letters Sent: Sep. 21, 1880-July 7,

12 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent P. B. Hunt and Acting Agent H. C. Kuhn to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, military personnel, traders, employees, agents, and others. o The index is incomplete. Pages 3, , 178a, 365, 447, and are missing. Volume 13 Letters Sent: Feb. 27, 1882-Sep. 30, 1882 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by P. B. Hunt and Acting Agent H. C. Kuhn to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, military personnel, traders, employees, agents, and others. o The index is incomplete. KA 12 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Volume 14 Letters Sent: Sep. 30, 1882-July 5, 1883 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent P. B. Hunt and H. Kuhn, Clerk in Charge, to military personnel, traders, employees, agents, and others. o There is an index. Volume 15 Letters Sent: Nov. 20, 1882-Mar. 6, 1884 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs sent by Agent P. B. Hunt and Acting Agent H. Kuhn. o The typed list contains page numbers of documents or letters not sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. o Comanche-Census: Aug. 17, 1883 p. 270 KA 13 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Volume 16 Letters Sent: July 20, 1883-May 6, 1884 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent P. B. Hunt and H. Kuhn, Clerk in Charge, to military personnel, traders, employees, agents, and others. o There is no index. The letters and documents from page are not in date order. They are May 16, 1884, Mar. 1, 1884, Jan. 22, 1884, Jan. 21, 1884, Sep. 23, 1883, Sep. 6, 1883, Sep. 23, 1883, Sep. 21, 1883, Sep. 22, 1883, Sep. 17, 1883, Sep. 20, 1883, and Sep. 18, Volume 17 Council Proceedings and Miscellaneous Matters: Feb. 11, 1884-July 15, 1885 o This volume contains journals of council meetings held by Agent P. B. Hunt with Wichita, Tawakoni, Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Chiefs and leaders concerning cattle, land 10

13 leasing, and related matters; Memorial of Joseph Leonard at the House of Representatives, Feb. 26, 1884; Notice of Public Sale of obsolete Agency machinery, and other items; Map of the Agency (p. 42); Notice of cattle routes to be followed; Freighters names, 1885; Depositions on various subjects, including cattle ranges and cattle thereon, depredation claims, Wichita claims to area claimed by Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes; and other matters. o Pages are missing. Volume 18 Miscellaneous Letters Sent: May 16, 1884-Feb. 21, 1885 o Contains letters from Agent P. B. Hunt to various individuals. o There is no index. Pages 266, 370, and 386 are missing. KA 14 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche and Wichita Agency Volume 19 Letterpress Book Miscellaneous Letters Sent: Feb. 23, 1885-Sep. 24, 1885 o Contains press copies of letters sent by Agent P. B. Hunt to various individuals concerning agency and Indian affairs. o There is an incomplete index. Pages 97, 99, 101, and are missing. Volume 20 Letters Sent to Commissioner of Indian Affairs: Mar. 11, 1885-Oct. 25, 1885 o Contains letters from Agent P. B. Hunt to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs including his final report of the Affairs of the Agency, Aug. 31, 1885 (p ). o There is no index. Volume 21 Letters Sent to Commissioner of Indian Affairs: Sep. 3, 1885-June 25, 1886 o Contains letters from Agent Jesse Lee Hall and Acting Agent Wells C. Morrill to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. o There is no index. Pages 25-28, 74-75, 104, , , 320, and 401 are missing. KA 15 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Volume 22 Miscellaneous Letters Sent: Sep. 2, 1885-July 15, 1886 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent J. Lee Hall, Acting Agent W. C. Morrill, and Clerk J. K. P. Campbell to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, other Indian Agents, newspapers, businesses, military personnel and other individuals concerning agency and Indian affairs. o Pages 20-21, 24, 104, 188, 228, , 437, , and all pages after 447 are missing. 11

14 Volume 23 Private Correspondence, Letters Sent from: Nov. 1, 1885-Sep. 6, 1887 o Contains mainly press copies of letters sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs by Agent. P. B. Hunt. Only 20 of the original number of pages remain, the others having been removed at some time prior to the volume acquisition by the Indian Archives Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Volume 24 Letters Sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs: June 29, 1886-Sep. 28, 1887 o Contains press copies of letters sent by Agent J. Lee Hall to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and letters to Agent Hall from Eugene E. White, Special Agent. o There is no index. Pages 20, 86, 97-98, , 160, 179, 189, 211, 213, 215, 217, , 281, 359, , and are missing. Volume 25 Letterpress Book Miscellaneous Letters Sent: July 16, 1886-Oct. 1, 1887 o Contains press copies of letters sent by Agent J. Lee Hall to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Indian school employees, Indian Police, United States Marshals, businesses, contractors, and others concerning agency and Indian Affairs. o There is an index. Pages 2-6, 178, , 241, , , 376, and 525 are missing. KA 16 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Volume 26 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Oct. 2, 1887-May 26, 1888 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent J. Lee Hall and Special and Acting Agent Eugene E. White to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and others concerning agency and Indian Affairs. o There is an index. Pages 22-23, 72-73, 77, 82, 86, 174, 259, , 384, 422, 456a, and are missing. Volume 27 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Oct. 2, 1887-Feb. 6, 1890 o Contains press copies of letters sent by Agents J. Lee Hall and W. D. Myers, T. O Connell, Jr., Agency Clerk, and W. C. Morrill, Acting Agent, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, James Rennie, and others. o There is no index. Only pages 1-36, 111, and have not been cut out. Volume 28 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: June 3, 1888-Nov. 2, 1888 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by E. E. White, Special Agent, J. K. P. Campbell, Clerk, and Agent W. D. Myers to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and others concerning agency and tribal affairs. o There is an index. Pages 58, 79, 159, 225, 275, 379, , and are missing. 12

15 KA 17 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Volume 29 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: May 24, 1889-Nov. 3, 1889 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent W. D. Myers, J. K. P. Campbell, Clerk in Charge, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and others concerning agency and Indian Affairs. o There is no index. Volume 30 Letterpress Book Telegrams Received: Apr. 1, 1889-Aug. 30, 1889 o Contains press copies of telegrams received by Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency personnel concerning agency and Indian affairs. o There is no index. Two telegrams dated Aug. 29, 1889, and 4 dated Aug. 30, 1889, were found inserted in the volume and were filmed at the end in proper sequence. Volume 31 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: May 25, 1889-July 2, 1890 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent W. D. Myers, T. O Connell, Jr., Clerk, and one pass written by Captain F. D. Baldwin July 2, 1895 for Apache Jim. The other letters are to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and others concerning agency and Indian Affairs. o There is no index. Pages 5, 32, , 204, and are missing. KA 18 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Volume 32 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Oct. 16, 1889-Apr. 24, 1890 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent Agent Charles E. Adams to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and Indian Agents, Indian school personnel, attorneys, military personnel, traders, sheriffs, and others concerning agency and Indian affairs. o There is an incomplete index. Pages 75, 92, 126, and were removed. Volume 33 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Apr. 24, 1890-Sep. 29, 1890 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent Charles E. Adams and H. H. Little, Clerk in Charge to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Indian individuals, agents, traders, school officials, military personnel, inspectors, banks, court officials, and others concerning agency and Indian affairs. o There is an incomplete index. Pages 246 and are missing. 13

16 KA 19 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Volume 34 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Sep. 29, 1890-July 21, 1891 o Contains agency correspondence, bill of lading, directives to contractors and freighters regarding wagon loading, weights of items shipped, freight damage notations, lists of obsolete or expended school or agency inventory items. Indian freighters names are given. o There is no index and the items dated are not always in chronological order. Various pages have been removed. Volume 35 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Sep. 30, 1890-Mar. 19, 1891 o Contains press copies of letters sent by Agent Charles E. Adams and H. H. Little, Clerk in Charge, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Indian agents, military and school personnel, manufacturers, court officials, Indian individuals, marshals, agency employees and others concerning agency and Indian affairs. o There is no index. Pages are missing. Volume 36 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Mar. 21, 1891-Oct. 28, 1891 o Contains press copies of letters and other document sent by Agent Charles E. Adams and H. H. Little, Clerk in Charge to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, traders, school officials, agents and others concerning agency and Indian affairs. o There is a one page, very partial index. Pages 14, 96, and 435 are missing. KA 20 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Volume 37 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Oct. 26, 1891-Aug. 14, 1893 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent Charles E. Adams and H. H. Little, Clerk in Charge, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, school officials, marshals, attorneys, and others concerning agency and Indian affairs. o There is no index. Pages and have been removed. On page 496 is a copy of a letter from the Assistant Commissioner to Captain H. G. Brown, Acting Agent, dated Aug. 14, Volume 38 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Dec. 24, 1891-Dec. 27, 1892 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agent George D. Day, Indian Agent, and Upton W. Dorsey, Clerk in Charge, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, school officials, newspapers, military personnel, traders, ministers, and others concerning agency and Indian affairs. o There is no index. Pages 126, 152, 186, 221, , , and are missing. Volume 39 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Dec. 27, 1892-July 31,

17 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Agents George D. Day and Captain Hugh G. Brown to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, traders, agents, Assistant Treasurer of the United States and others concerning agency and Indian affairs. o There is no index. Pages 51-52, 113, and 129 are missing. Volume 40 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: July 19, 1893-Oct. 24, 1894 o Contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Acting Agents Captain Hugh G. Brown and Lieut. Maury Nichols to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and others concerning agency and Indian affairs. o There is no index. Pages 7, , , , 142, and are missing. KA 21 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Volume 41 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Aug. 1, 1893-May 6, 1894 o This volume contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Acting Agents Capt. Hugh G. Brown and Lt. Maury Nichols to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, merchants, cattlemen, employees, army officers, other agents, school officials, and others concerning agency, school, and Indian affairs. o There is no index. Pages 135, , 220, 413, , 473, and 498 are missing. Volume 42 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: May 7, 1894-Nov. 19, 1894 o This volume contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Acting Agents J. Eugene, Thomas F. Woodward, and Lt. Maury Nichols to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Army officers, U. S. Attorney, school superintendents, merchants, employees, other agents, cattlemen, and others concerning agency, school, and Indian affairs. o Pages 8, 17, 41, 83, 141, 190, 269, and 362 are missing. Volume 43 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Oct. 23, 1894-Mar. 27, 1895 o This volume contains press copies of letters and other documents sent (and a few received) by Special Agent in Charge, W. H. Able, Acting Agent Captain Frank D. Baldwin and Clerk, S. A. Johnson to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, employees, school superintendents, cattlemen, merchants, Secretary of the U. S. Treasury, other agents, Army officers, and others concerning agency, school, and Indian affairs. o There is an index. Pages 22-24, 37-38, 48, , 193, , 238, , 380, 422, 426, 435, and 452 are missing. 15

18 KA 22 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Volume 44 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Oct. 23, 1894-July 16, 1895 o This volume contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Acting Agents Lt. Maury Nichols and Captain Frank D. Baldwin, Special Agent W. H. Able and Clerk S. A. Johnson to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. o There is an index. Pages 14-15, 19, , 224, 249, 278, , 390, , and 442 are missing. Volume 45 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Mar. 27, 1895-Aug. 6, 1895 o This volume contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Acting Agent Captain Frank D. Baldwin and Clerk S. A. Johnson to employees, school superintendents, other agents, Army officers, merchants, U. S. District Attorney, cattlemen, U. S. Marshals, Indian traders, Missionaries and others concerning Indian, school, and agency affairs. o There is an index. Pages 37, 117, 128, 159, , , 226, and 249 are missing. KA 23 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Volume 46 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: July 16, 1895-Feb. 26, 1896 o This volume contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Acting Agent Captain Frank D. Baldwin to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. o There is an index. Pages 32, 78-80, 131, and 288 are missing. Volume 47 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Aug. 7, 1895-Dec. 4, 1895 o This volume contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Acting Agent Captain Frank D. Baldwin and Clerk S. A. Johnson to employees, merchants, other agents, Secretary of the Treasury, Assistant Treasurer of the United States, contractors, school superintendents, bankers, Army officers, deputy marshals, United States Attorneys and others concerning Indian agency and school affairs. o There is an index. Pages 360 and 406 are missing. KA 24 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Volume 48 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Aug. 28, 1895-June 10,

19 o This volume contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Acting Agent Captain Frank D. Baldwin to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, businesses, contractors, and others concerning estimates and proposed purchases of supplies needed for agency and school repairs and replacement. o There is an index. Volume 49 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Dec. 6, 1895-Feb. 27, 1896 o This volume contains press copies of correspondence and other documents sent by Captain Frank D. Baldwin, Acting Agent and S. A. Johnson, Chief Clerk to merchants, bankers, other agents, attorneys, U. S. Marshals, school superintendents, contractors, cattlemen, agency farmers, and others regarding Indian, agency and school affairs. o There is an index. Pages 35, 37, 63, and 70 are missing. Volume 50 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Feb. 27, 1896-June 2, 1896 o This volume contains press copies of correspondence and other documents sent by Captain Frank D. Baldwin, Acting Agent and S. A. Johnson, Chief Clerk to other agents, merchants, school superintendents, employees, purchasing agents, federal judges, Army officers, and others concerning Indian, agency, and school affairs. o There is an index. Pages 116, 313, and 321 are missing. KA 25 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, 1896 Volume 51 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Feb. 26, 1896-Dec. 19, 1896 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent by Acting Agent Captain Frank D. Baldwin to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. o There is an index. Pages 54, 76, 161, 294, 333, 361, and 366 are missing. Volume 52 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: June 3, 1896-Oct. 13, 1896 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent by Acting Agent Captain Frank D. Baldwin and Agency Clerk S. A. Johnson to cattlemen, other agents, employees, Kiowa Chief Ah-Pe-A-Ton, school superintendents, merchants, licensed traders, Deputy U. S. Marshal and U. S. Marshals, the Commissioner of the Texas land office, Army officers, and others concerning Indian, agency, and school affairs. o There is an index. Pages 46, 141, 160, 183, 240, 265, 310, 316, 372, and pages after 496 are missing. 17

20 KA 26 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Volume 53 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: June 9, 1896-Jan. 8, 1898 o This volume contains press copies of letters and other documents sent by Captain Frank D. Baldwin, Acting Agent, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Army officers, cattlemen, school superintendents, merchants, other agents, Assistant U. S. Treasurer, Oklahoma Territorial Governor C. M. Barnes, Indian traders and others concerning Indian, agency, and school affairs. o There is an index. Page 51 is missing. Volume 54 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Oct. 13, 1896-Mar. 15, 1897 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent by Captain Frank D. Baldwin, Acting Agent, and Agency Clerk S. A. Johnson to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, merchants, other agents, school superintendents, cattlemen, Army officers, employees, job applicants, and others regarding Indian, agency, and school affairs. o There is an index. Pages 143 and 423 are missing. KA 27 Kiowa Agency Records: Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Volume 55 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Dec. 18, 1896-Sep. 9, 1897 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent by Captain Frank D. Baldwin, Acting Agent, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, other agents, school superintendents, agency farmers, employees, cattlemen, and others concerning Indian, agency, and school affairs. o There is an index. Pages 45, 60, 75-76, and 86 are missing. o Comanche-Census: Aug. 28, 1897 p. 456 Volume 56 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Mar. 16, 1897-June 28, 1897 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent, and a few received, by Acting Agent Captain Frank D. Baldwin. Letters sent are to subagents, agency employees, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, merchants, school superintendents, county attorney, Assistant Treasurer of the United States, Indian individuals, and others concerning Indian, agency, and school affairs. o There is an index. Pages 130 and 154 are missing. 18

21 KA 28 Kiowa Agency Records, Volume 57 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: June 28, 1897-Sep. 27, 1897 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent by Acting Agent Captain Frank D. Baldwin and W. D. Leonard, Agency Clerk, to merchants, subagents, school superintendents, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, cattlemen, other agents and others concerning Indian, agency, and school affairs. o There is an index. Volume 58 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Sep. 10, 1897-June 10, 1898 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent by Acting Agent Captain Frank D. Baldwin, Special U. S. Indian Agent G. B. Pray, and Agent W. T. Walker to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs concerning Indian and agency affairs. o There is no index. Page 12 is missing. KA 29 Kiowa Agency Records, Volume 59 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Sep. 27, 1897-Dec. 23, 1897 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent, and some received, by Captain Frank D. Baldwin, Acting Agent, and William D. Leonard, Clerk. Letters sent are to other agents, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, school superintendents, employees, cattlemen, Assistant U. S. Treasurer, merchants, Indian traders, U. S. Marshals, and others concerning Indian, agency, and school affairs. o There is an index. Pages are missing. Volume 60 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Jan. 4, 1898-Apr. 5, 1898 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent, and some received, by Acting Agent Captain Frank D. Baldwin, D. H. Kelsey, Stenographer, and William D. Leonard, Clerk. Letters sent are to Quanah Parker, Ah-Pe-A-Ton, Apache John, Chief; the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, school superintendents; Missionary Rev. J. J. Methvin; other agents; Army officers, the U. S. Secretary of Agriculture, merchants, traders, and others concerning Indian, agency, and school affairs. o There is an index. 19

22 KA 30 Kiowa Agency Records, Volume 61 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Apr. 5, 1898-July 13, 1898 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent, and some received, by Acting Agent Captain Frank D. Baldwin, Special U. S. Indian Agent G. B. Pray, Clerk William D. Leonard, the Stenographer D. H. Kelsey. Letters sent are to other agents, employees, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, cattlemen, army officers, school superintendents, Acting Chief of Police, F. B. Farwell, Quanah Parker, merchants, leases, leasers, traders, and others concerning Indian, agency, and school affairs. o There is an index. Pages 158 and 432 are missing. Volume 62 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: June 7, 1898-Feb. 20, 1899 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent, and some received, by Agent W. T. Walker and G. B. Pray, Special U. S. Indian Agent. The majority of the letters are to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. A few letters are to Charles R. Hume, Agency Physician; Army officers, agency employees, and others concerning Indian, agency, and school affairs. o There is an index. Pages 244, 246, and 464 are missing. o Comanche-Census: Aug. 26, 1898, p. 182, 190 KA 31 Kiowa Agency Records, Volume 63 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Sep. 12, 1898-Apr. 1, 1899 o This volume contains press copies of letters by Special U. S. Indian Agent, Col. G. B. Pray, W. T. Walker, Indian Agent, John P. Blackmon, Leasing Clerk to individuals, other agents, employees, school superintendents, the Chief of Police in Anadarko, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and others mainly regarding land leasing. o There is an index. On page I a list of letters to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is given. Volume 64 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: July 15, 1898-Oct. 25, 1898 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent, and some received, by W. T. Walker, Indian Agent, D. H. Kelsey, Stenographer, and G. B. Pray. Letters sent are to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, school employees, traders, merchants, other agents, Army officers, U. S. Assistant Treasurer, and others concerning Indian, agency, and school affairs. o There is an index. 20

23 KA 32 Kiowa Agency Records, Volume 65 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Oct. 20, 1898-Feb. 2, 1899 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent, and some received, by W. T. Walker, Agent. Letters sent are to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Army officers, employees, school superintendents, agency farmers, Assistant U. S. Treasurer, other agents, contractors, merchants, and others concerning Indian, agency, and school affairs. o There is an index. o Comanche-Census: Oct. 31, 1898 p. 33 Volume 66 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Jan. 30, 1899-Apr. 28, 1899 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent, and some received, by Agent W. T. Walker. Letters sent are to other agents, school superintendents, attorneys, missionaries, Army officers, agency farmers, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, U. S. Indian Inspector, J. George Wright, and others regarding Indian, agency, and school affairs. o There is no index. Page 280 is missing. KA 33 Kiowa Agency Records, 1899 Volume 67 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Feb. 20, 1899-Sep. 8, 1899 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent by Agent W. T. Walker to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and a few to school superintendents. o There is no index. Page 11 is missing. Volume 68 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: July 1, 1899-Oct. 7, 1899 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent, and some received, by Lt. Col. James F. Randlett, Indian Agent. Letters sent are to former agent W. T. Walker, agency farmers, school superintendents, Kiowa George, Quanah Parker, district judges, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, merchants, and others concerning Indian agency and school affairs. o There is an index. Pages 237 and 329 are missing. Volume 69 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: July 3, 1899-Oct. 31, 1899 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent, and some received, by Lt. Col. James F. Randlett, Indian Agent, and G. B. Pray, Special U. S. Indian Agent. Letters sent are to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, school superintendents, merchants, Army officers, Indian leaders such as Quanah Parker, agency farmers, land leasers, individuals requesting permission to exploit natural resources, and others concerning Indian, agency and school affairs. 21

24 o There is an index. KA 34 Kiowa Agency Records, Volume 70 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Apr. 3, 1899-July 1, 1899 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent by Agent W. T. Walker to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Indian leaders such as Big Tree, land leasers, and others concerning land matters, mainly leasing of Indian land. o There is an index. Volume 71 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: Apr. 28, 1899-Feb. 12, 1900 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent, and some received, by Agent W. T. Walker. Letters sent are to merchants, school superintendents, the Honorable D. T. Flynn, delegate to Congress, agency physician, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, other agents, agency farmers, U. S. Assistant Treasurer, Army officers, and others concerning Indian, agency, and school affairs. o There is an index. Pages and 197 are missing. Volume 72 Letterpress Book Letters Sent: July 1, 1899-Feb. 21, 1900 o This volume contains press copies of letters sent, and some received, by Lt. Col. James F. Randlett, Agent and former agent W. T. Walker. Letters sent are to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs concerning Indian and agency affairs. o There is an index. o Comanche-Census: Sep. 1, 1899, p. 157 KA 35 Kiowa Agency Records: Federal Relations, Kiowa-Federal Relations: Oct. 27, 1864-Mar. 4, 1933 o This group of documents consists mainly of letters and copies of letters sent and received by the Kiowa and Wichita Agents and other employees to and from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Indian leaders, United States Army officers, Congressmen, and others. o Also included in the files are copies of circulars, Acts of Congress, Indian Memorials, rules and regulations of the Indian Service and financial records. o Some documents are restricted and have not been microfilmed. 22

25 KA 36 Kiowa Agency Records: Federal, State, and Local Court Relations, Kiowa-Courts: June 9, 1865-Sep. 12, 1925 o This file contains correspondence between the United States Indian Agents, United States Marshals, United States District Attorneys, private attorneys, judges, Indians and others, pertaining mainly to Indian vs. non-indian litigants and cases involving the infringement of Federal Law concerning Indian lands, property, etc. in Federal, State, and local courts. o Various records are also included such as subpoenas, summons, injunctions, warrants, briefs, court decisions, letters of guardianship, affidavits in replevin and others. Matters covered in this file concern divorces, estates, guardianships, Indian land leasing and sale, non-indian trespassing, debt collection, trust fund monies, recovery of stolen property and other subjects. Some documents are filmed as they were clipped together at the originating agency. The usual method was for the last date of a group of letters to be the first, with earlier dated correspondence following. Therefore, there may be dates earlier or later than the dates given above. KA 37 Kiowa Agency Records: Federal, State, and Local Court Relations Trial of Big Tree and Satanta U. S. Attorney, Kiowa-Trial (Imprisonment) of Satanta and Big Tree: May 30, 1871-Aug. 15, 1878 o This file contains no information about the trial itself, but is correspondence and copies of letters between U. S. Indian Agent, Laurie Tatum, James E. Rhoads, John B. Garrett, Colonel R. S. MacKenzie, William Nicholson, judge of the 13 th Judicial District in Texas, the Governor of Texas, Cyrus Beede, Enoch Hoag, and others concerning the arrest of Satanta, Chief of the Kiowas; his accusations against the agent and the government treatment of the Kiowas; views of the Society of Friends Executive Committee on Indian Affairs; confinement of the two Kiowas at Fort Richardson, Texas; presidential pardon in 1873 and the role of the Modoc War in pardoning; Texas Governor s views regarding conditions of prisoners release; relationship between release of Chiefs and surveying of Kiowa reservation; talk of Big Bow; arrival of Chiefs at agency Sep. 4, 1873; illness of Satanta in prison in 1878 and other matters. Kiowa-United States Attorney: Mar. 20, 1877-Dec. 31, 1904 o This file contains principally letters received and sent by the Assistant U. S. Attorney, Louie E. McKnight. Both official government as well as his personal business correspondence as a practicing attorney is included. Letters are from the Secretary of the Interior; the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; the United States Attorney, Horace 23