"Indian Territory Compiled under the Direction of Hon: John H. Oberly, Commissioner of Indian Affairs [with report] Letter from the Secretary of the Interior…Concerning the Legal Status of the Indians in Indian Territory", U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Subject: Oklahoma
Period: 1889 (dated)
Publication: Sen. Doc. 78, 51st Congress, 1st Session
This colorful, detailed and informative map of present-day Oklahoma is sans its panhandle. Legends identify military reservations, Indian reservations, roads, trails, and railroads. Watershed and topography are well developed. Thirty-one different Indian lands are noted with information on pertinent treaties and Executive Orders, all keyed to the map. Attractive and large sheet lithographed by A. Hoen & Co, Baltimore. Lot also includes the original 31 pages of the related report "Letter from the Secretary of the Interior concerning the legal status of the Indians in Indian Territory."
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Condition: B+
There are a few tiny splits at fold intersections that have been closed on verso with archival tape. There is light toning along a few folds, minor foxing in right blank margin, and a binding trim and short binding tear at lower left that has been closed with archival tape. The report is toned.