Cherokee Indian Agency (TN)
Records: 12,457 · Complete: 100%
NARA M208. This publication includes the records of the agent of Indian Affairs in Tennessee whose duties included preserving or restoring peace, and inducing Indians to cede their lands and move to areas less threatened by white encroachment. The agency distributed money and goods and carried out other provisions of treaties with the Indians. As the Indians were increasingly confined on reservations, the agents became more concerned with educating and "civilizing" them.
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"Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency in Tennessee, 1801-1835" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/21/cherokee-indian-agency-tn: accessed January 24, 2021)
- Publication Title
- Cherokee Indian Agency (TN)
- Total Records
- 12,457 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
Allen County Public Library
- Publication Number
- M208
- Record Group
- 75
- Published on Fold3
- 26 Mar 2009
- Last Updated
- 27 Mar 2009
- Description
- NARA M208. These records include correspondence, agency letter books, fiscal records, and records of the Agent for Cherokee Removal.