Western Superintendency of Indian Affairs: Difference between revisions

''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[American Indian Genealogy|American Indian Research]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|Bureau of Indian Affairs]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Superintendencies of Indian Affairs|Superintendencies]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Western_Superintendency_of_Indian_Affairs|Western Superintendency]]''  

The Western Superintendency of Indian Affairs operated from 1832-1851. When the [[Southern Superintendency of Indian Affairs|Southern Superintendency was]] created in 1851, it took over the responsibilities of the Western Superintendency.  

*[[Osage Indian Agency (Kansas)|Osage Agency]]  

The Western Superintendency was responsible for the [[Cherokee Indians|Cherokee]], [[Creek Indians|Creek]], [[Choctaw Indians|Choctaw]], [[Chickasaw Indians|Chickasaw]], [[Osage Indians|Osage]], [[Seneca Indians|Seneca]], [[Seminole Indians|Seminole]], [[Shawnee Indians|Shawnee]], and [[Quapaw Indians|Quapaw]] Indians. It also included the Wichita, Comanche, Cherokee, and Creek Agencies and the [[Arkansas Superintendency of Indian Affairs|Arkansas Superintendency]]. The Wichita Agency had responsibility for [[Wichita Indians|Wichita]], [[Caddo Indians|Caddo]], Anadarko, Waco, Tonkawa, Hanai, Kichai, Tawakoni, [[Delaware Indians|Delaware]], Shawnee, and some of the [[Comanche Indians|Comanche]] Indians. The localities included are Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.  

 

 

[[Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880|Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs]] from the Western Superintendency, 1832-1851, have been microfilmed by the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] as part of their Microcopy Number M234. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the {{FHL|403528|title-id|disp=Family History Library}} and its [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|family history centers on]] their microfilm roll numbers 1661651 thru 1661654.