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This letter to President John Quincy Adams was written by seven Ottawa Indians, including two who had completed a surveying trip with missionary Isaac McCoy. These Ottawas, who had been offered lands west of the Mississippi, appeared to be pleased with the new lands in Indian Territory and wished to move there alongside McCoy and another missionary named Johnston Lykins. The letter was written from Fort Wayne, Indiana, but these Ottawas had originally resided in Michigan. The seven Indians who dictated this letter signed their mark to the bottom of the document.
Creator: Ottawa Indians
Date: February 17, 1829
This source is particularly valuable because it demonstrates how native tribes communicated with the federal government and how this specific tribe responded to the idea of removal. It is also an example of how native groups referred to the President as the "Great Father."
KS:7th:1.4:Indian Removal (2005)
Item Number: 210158
Call Number: Isaac McCoy Papers Coll. 422 Box 7 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210158
Collections - Manuscript - McCoy, Isaac
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Prehistory to 1854 (Benchmark 1) - Indian Removal Act (Indicator 4) - Mission work and mission schools
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Prehistory to 1854 (Benchmark 1) - Indian Removal Act (Indicator 4) - Ottawa
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Prehistory to 1854 (Benchmark 1) - Indian Removal Act (Indicator 4) - Reasons for removal
Date - 1800-1819
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land - Indian Removal Act
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Adams, John Quincy
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Indian removal
People - American Indians - Tribes - Ottawa
People - Notable Kansans - Lykins, Johnston
People - Notable Kansans - McCoy, Isaac, 1784-1846
People - Notable People - Adams, John Quincy 1767-1848
Places - Other States - Indiana
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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