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1Author:  Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816Requires cookie*
 Title:  Sketch of the Creek country in the years 1798 and 1799, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  This document is a copy of Benjamin Hawkins report on the Creeks. In the essay, Hawkins tries to give a nearly complete picture of the Creek confederacy. He details the various Creek towns and their character, describes some individuals, conveys the oral history of an elder, and provides commentary on Creek culture, government, and tactics of war.

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 Call #:  Mss.970.3.H31 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Native America 
 Genre:  Manuscript Essays | Native American Materials | Official Government Documents and Records | Oral History 
 Subjects:  Creek Indians -- Government relations | Indians of North America -- Government relations 
2Author:  Swan, Caleb.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Caleb Swan journal extracts, 1790-1791     
 Dates:  1790-1791 
 Abstract:  This manuscript contains Caleb Swan's official report to Henry Knox, Secretary of War, on his interactions with the Creek Indians.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.B284.d.vol.32 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Government Affairs | Native America 
 Genre:  Native American Materials | Official Government Documents and Records | Political Correspondence 
 Subjects:  Creek Indians | Indians of North America 
3Author:  Pennsylvania (Province)Requires cookie*
 Title:  Minutes of Indian treaties and conferences, 1721-1760, [n.d.].     
 Dates:  1721-1760 
 Abstract:  This collection of seven volumes contains the minutes of various treaties the colony of Pennsylvania conducted with Native peoples. Some of these reports go beyond the minutes of the treaties and contain details about the governor's entourage and travel. The volume that contains minutes for Indian treaties from 1758-1760 contains George Croghan's journal from a trip to western areas in 1759. The Treaty of Easton (970.5 M659) contains a sketch of the land Teedyschung requested, a drawing that often has not been reproduced in accounts of the treaty minutes.

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 Call #:  Mss.970.5.P26 
 Extent:  7 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Diplomatic History | Native America | Pennsylvania History | Seven Years' War 
 Genre:  Diplomatic Material | Native American Materials | Official Government Documents and Records 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America -- Treaties | Treaties. 
4Author:  Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895Requires cookie*
 Title:  Ely Samuel Parker Papers     
 Dates:  1794-1946 
 Abstract:  The Ely Parker Collection is a large and rich amalgamation of documents relating to the New York Seneca and to Ely Parker's own life.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.3.P223 
 Extent:  3.5 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Education | Government Affairs | Language and Linguistics | Law | Military History | Native America | Religion | Science and technology 
 Genre:  General Correspondence | Language Material | Manuscript Essays | Native American Materials | Official Government Documents and Records 
 Subjects:  Canals -- New York (State) | Engineers -- New York (State) | Freemasons -- New York (State) | Iroquois Indians | Ogden Land Company | Seneca Indians -- Missions | Seneca Indians -- New York (State) | Seneca Indians -- Religion | Seneca language | Society of Friends -- Relations with Indians | Tonawanda Indian Reservation (N.Y.)