"[Lot of 9 - Indian Territory] ", U.S. Department of Interior

This lot contains nine maps from the Tenth Annual Report of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, including three maps of the entire territory and 6 maps of individual nations. Of particular interest are the two maps of Indian Territory (18.0 x 20.0") by Charles Fitch that match the configuration of the rare State of Sequoyah, which the Indian Nations attempted to create in 1905 in an effort to thwart the expansive tendencies of the United States. The Territory of Oklahoma hovers ominously in the northwest. Fitch was the topographer in charge of the Indian Territory Surveys.

A. Indian Territory Compiled Under the Direction of Charles H. Fitch..., dated 1898, black & white (18.0 x 20.0").
B. Indian Territory Compiled Under the Direction of Charles H. Fitch ... Progress of Sub-Division Survey, dated 1903, printed color (18.0 x 20.0").
C. Indian Territory Showing Railroad Systems, dated 1903, printed color (15.4 x 17.7").
D. Map of the Chickasaw Nation Indian Territory, dated 1903, printed color (30.4 x 33.1").
E. Map of Chickasaw Nation Indian Territory Coal and Asphalt Segregation, dated 1903, printed color (30.4 x 33.2").
F. Map of Choctaw Nation Indian Territory Coal and Asphalt Segregation, dated 1903, printed color (32.8 x 36.7").
G. Map Showing Progress of Allotment in Cherokee Nation..., dated 1903, printed color (25.5 x 34.9").
H. Creek & Seminole Nations Indian Territory. Compiled from the United States Survey, dated 1902, printed color (24.5 x 26.2").
I. Map of Seminole Nation, printed color (9.3 x 15.3").

Housed in archival paper covers with handwritten label.

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Condition: B+

Maps are very good with some light toning along the fold lines and numerous small fold separations mostly around the junctions. A few separations have been closed on verso with archival tape.