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In this undated journal entry, Johnston Lykins, a Baptist missionary to the Shawnee of northeast Kansas, gives his perspective on how the U.S. government and Indian agents have treated emigrant Indians in Kansas. He also discusses how many of these Indian tribes are suffering from starvation.
Creator: Lykins, Johnston, 1800?-1876
Date: Between 1826 and 1842
This brief entry gives a critique of U.S. policy from a direct witness (albeit a white one). It also demonstrates the disinterest of agents and the effects of removal on Indian tribes relocated to Kansas.
KS:7th:1.4:Indian Removal (2005)
Item Number: 209994
Call Number: Johnston Lykins Coll. #421, Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209994
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Missionaries
Collections - Manuscript - Lykins, Johnston
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Prehistory to 1854 (Benchmark 1) - Indian Removal Act (Indicator 4) - Government policies
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Prehistory to 1854 (Benchmark 1) - Indian Removal Act (Indicator 4) - Shawnee
Date - 1800-1819
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Indian affairs
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land - Indian Removal Act
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Journal
People - American Indians - Indian removal
People - American Indians - Missions - Shawnee Baptist Mission
People - American Indians - Tribes - Shawnee
People - Notable Kansans - Lykins, Johnston
Places - Counties - Johnson
Places - Indian reservations - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Journal
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209994