Miami Indian Subagency (Indiana)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency

Miami

History

The Miami Subagency was established in 1838 for the Miami or Eel River Indians, previously assigned to the Indiana Agency. Much of the correspondence for the agency has to do with the Miami Indians of Kansas, rather that those in Indiana. The agency was located at Logansport, Indiana. The subagency was effectively discontinued in 1856 following the removal of the Miami Indians to the Osage River area in Kansas.

Agents and Appointment Dates

John T. Douglas February 28, 1838, Abel C. Pepper February 6, 1839, John Tipton April 3, 1839, Samuel Milroy   May 13, 1839, Allen Hamilton   June 21, 1841, Samuel Milroy   March 1, 1845, and Joseph Sinclair  June 5, 1845

Records

Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs from the Indiana Agency, 1824-1853, have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M234, Rolls 416-418. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the Family History Library and its family history centers (their microfilm roll numbers 1661146 thru 1661148).

References

• American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.
  
• Hill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.
  
• Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.
  
• Historical Sketches for Jurisdictional and Subject Headings Used for the Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880. National Archives Microcopy T1105.
• Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. Available online