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PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND TERRITORIES
#39 - INDIAN TERRITORY AND OKLAHOMA

Size: 5" x 3"
Copyrighted: 1892
Lithographer: Donaldson Bros.

Indian Territory / Oklahoma - Boomer's Home; Indian, Tepee; Rush Across the Border

Reverse - Text
Left section: GRIND YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
Right section:
INDIAN TERRITORY AND OKLAHOMA.
THE Indian Territory was a part of the Louisiana Purchase from France, in 1803, and at that time the present use of this region was suggested by President Jefferson "to give establishment in it to the Indians of the eastern side of the Mississippi in exchange for their present country." President Monroe, in 1824, deploring the evils growing out of the dwelling of the Indians in the Gulf States, their rapid degradation, bloody feuds and the frequent conflicts between the State and National Jurisdictions, recommended that the tribes should be moved beyond the Mississippi. In 1830, during Jackson's administration, Congress authorized their transfer to the unorganized part of the Louisiana purchase, including the Indian Territory. Here they were established on tracts proportionate to the size of each tribe, with titles vested in them and ample protection. Since then, however, Kansas has been wrested from them, and for ten years the rising tides of colonization have beaten against this domain of the Indian Territory. Before the Secession War, the civilized tribes were wealthy and prosperous, with large farms and plantations and a lucrative trade with the Southern cities; but during the war thousands of the Indians enlisted and fought in the Federal and Confederate armies, and at its close the tribes were reduced to poverty. Since that time they have advanced notably in prosperity and civilization, and now form large farming communities.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
A Boomer's Home in Oklahoma; Indian watching for
Buffaloes; Oklahoma, the Rush Across the Border, 1889.