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This account book belonging to an Indian agent named James Burnett Abbott lists the names of Shawnee Indian heads of household, the number of family members within their household, and the amount of pork, corn, and meal provided by the government to each Shawnee. The Shawnee had emigrated to Kansas after the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Only an excerpt is included here.
Creator: Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897
Date: 1861
This account book is particularly useful as a source of statistical information about how much food was given to each Shawnee family. It could also be used to demonstrate how natives were dependent on the government for their welfare.
KS:7th:1.4:Indian Removal (2005)
Item Number: 210059
Call Number: James Burnett Abbott Papers Coll. #252, Box 3, Series III, Indian Agency Records, Folder 1, Account Book
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210059
Collections - Manuscript - Abbott, James
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Prehistory to 1854 (Benchmark 1) - Indian Removal Act (Indicator 4) - Loss of land and resources
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Prehistory to 1854 (Benchmark 1) - Indian Removal Act (Indicator 4) - Shawnee
Date - 1861-1869 - 1861
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
Home and Family - Daily life - Food and Cooking
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Book - Account
People - American Indians - Indian removal
People - American Indians - Tribes - Shawnee
People - Notable Kansans - Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897
Places - Indian reservations - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Financial records
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