Hello List Members, the following list of what's available at the Oldbuck Press website on Indians will be helpful to some of you if not all of you, I think. At lest I hope it will be. There web site is found very easily by doing a search for Oldbuck Press. John Craven New Orleans Listings from Oldbuck Press website: Leaders and Leading Men of the Indian Territory by H.F. O'Beirne, 326 pages text, illus., indexed, [1891] reprinted 1994. This work is commonly known as the Indian Territory "Goodspeed". Filled with hundreds of biographies, family sketches and photographs this is a one of a kind item. The sketches are of Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee and non-Indian residents of the Indian Territory and take many of the families back to the Clan from which they came. A full index reveals thousands of hidden names. An original copy of this fine work would cost over $150.00, if it could be located. Item # LA90541 $49.95 Cloth Choctaw Claimants and Their Heirs Edited by Joe R. Goss. 193 pages, index, [1889] 1992. Over 16,000 names of all recorded claimants prior to1889. Originally published by Robert D. Patterson Stationary Co., St. Louis, Missouri in 1889, this work is very difficult to find in the original edition. Included in this work is a complete alphabetical listing of all names, a selected bibliography, listing of all treaties made between the United States and the Choctaw Nation, as well as instructions on how to locate the original records within the National Archives. Item # CCH90029 Cloth $34.00 Item # CCS90037 Paper $26.00 The Choctaw Academy Official Correspondence, 1825 - 1841 Comp. by Joe R. Goss. 189 pages, index, 1992. Established in 1825, this early Indian school, located in Scott Co., Kentucky, was the first major effort on the part if the Choctaw Nation to give the future leaders of the Nation a higher education. In existence for 15 years the school was surrounded in controversy. A short history of the Academy is included in this work. These official government, individual and Indian Nation documents are a hidden treasure for most historical and genealogical researchers. Difficult to locate and not indexed in their original condition, this work is now fully indexed and made accessible to even the novice researcher. Item # CAH90002 Cloth $32.00 Item # CAS90010 Paper $24.00 The Cherokees of The Smoky Mountains By Horace Kephart. 38 pages, illus., index, [1938] reprinted 1993. This is a brief history of the Cherokee Indians with special emphasis being placed on those that resided in what is now North Carolina and Tennessee. A large part of the work addresses the forced removal of the Cherokee and the refusal to migrate of a small band under the leadership of Yonaguska. Though not a lengthy work it is very informative and will make a nice addition to any collection of Native American materials. Only available in paper. Item # CA90509 $5.95 + $2.00 shipping Life Among the Choctaws By Henry C. Benson. 324 pages, index, [1860] reprinted 1993. This very rare and highly regarded work by Benson is much sought after and to our knowledge has never been reprinted. Benson, a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, writes of the Choctaws history, social habits, education, religious life, and forced removal. He describes in detail such things as weddings, camp meetings and funerals. A great cultural history of the Choctaw Indians other tribes are mentioned. Item # LAH9055X Cloth $36.95 Item # LAS90568 Paper $18.95 Reminiscences of the Indians by Cephas W. Washburn, 234 pages text, illus., indexed, [1869] reprinted 1994. This is the history of life and work among the Cherokee Indians west of the Mississippi from 1819 to 1863. Washburn was a missionary to the Cherokee sent by the American Board of Foreign Missions and served as Superintendent of the Dwight Mission in what is now Arkansas. This is a very interesting account and quite valuable to genealogical as well as historical researchers. A brief biography of Mr. Washburn is included in the work. Item #ROH90517 Cloth 34.95 Item # ROS90525 Paper $15.95 Records of the Cherokee Agency in Tennessee 1801- 1835 84 pages. By Marybelle W. Chase, This book has miscellaneous lists and registers of names that have been extracted from the 14 rolls of microfilm of the agency records. These lists include claims, list of improvements, emigration records, settlers on Cherokee land in Georgia, etc. Book is indexed has soft cover. Item # ROCA $10.00 Index to Payment Roll for Old Settler Cherokee 1896 41 pages. By Marybelle W. Chase This index has over 2,000 names. These Old Settler Cherokees won a settlement for their lands, and were paid in 1896. Book is stapled and has soft cover. Item # ITCP $7.50 Index to Civil War Service Records--Watie's Cherokee Regiments 32 pages By Marybelle W. Chase, Index lists the 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers, Holt's Squadron, and the 2nd Cherokee Mounted Volunteers. Gives name and soldier, rank, and company number. Has soft cover and stapled. Item # ITCW $7.50 1851 Cherokee Old Settlers Annuity Roll 132 pages. By Marybelle W. Chase This roll indicates names of family members, group number, total number in family, minor or orphan children, the names of individuals who signed for money due the minors and orphans. There is also a remarks column which sometimes gives additional information. Item # COSA $18.00 Indian Home Guards Civil War Service Records 203 pages. By Marybelle W. Chase This is an index to the compiled service records of Indians who served the Union army during the Civil War. This includes the 1st Regiment composed principally of Creek Indians, the 2nd of Osages and Cherokees, and the 3rd of Creeks and Cherokees. Included are names of the soldiers, company number, regiment, and rank. Item # IHG $20.00 Native Cemeteries and Forms of Burial East of the Mississippi By David Bushnell, Jr., 160 pages, illus., indexed, [1920] reprinted 1994. Native American burial sites and practices is the subject of this work originally published by the Bureau of American Ethnology. Forms of burial varied from tribe to tribe and these customs help to identify the former occupants of burial sites. A very interesting work and wonderfully illustrated covering areas from New England to Ohio to Mississippi. Groups include the Delaware, Sioux, Huronand Iroquois as well as the Five Nations and others. Item # NCH90703 Cloth $34.95 Item # NCS90711 Paper $10.95 The Confederate Cherokees: John Drew's Regiment of Mounted Rifles By W. Craig Gaines. 200 pages, illus., index, 1989. A one of a kind work on the roll of the Cherokee Indians from the Indian Territory in the Civil War. This work is a very concise a well written history and would be informative to anyone interested in Cherokee's or the Civil War. "...the best book on the Confederacy's Indian allies to appear in years." - Arkansas Historical Quarterly. Item # CC11488X $19.95 Cloth Around Tahlequah Council Fires T.L. Ballenger, 172 pages, photos, index. [1935] 1994. Ballenger was a twenty year resident of Tahlequah and after hearing stories of the past residents and early settlement of the area wanted to write its history. This is a collection of traditional and historical stories gathered from books, newspapers, original records, personal observation and conversations with many old-timers of Northeastern Oklahoma. Very interesting book, a lot of information on the Cherokee Indians in this area. #AT90967 $12.95 Paper #AT90959 $29.95 Hard Cover History of the Cherokee Indians,and Their Legends and Folk Lore By Emmet Starr. Originally published in 1921. This is a reprint of the original which has 680 pages of history, genealogy and biography. A 100 plus page every name index has been added. Red hardback library binding only. This work is OUT OF PRINT and when the copies I have are sold that is it! Item Code DMHOC $65.00