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Nathan Meeker, Indian agent for the White River Utes for a brief time, 1878–1879, until killed in the Meeker Massacre; Return J. Meigs Sr., agent to the Cherokee in Tennessee from 1801 to 1823 [15] John DeBras Miles, Indian agent for the Kickapoo Agency, 1868–1871. Indian agent for the Cheyenne and Arapaho, 1878–1884.
The Seven Years' War (1756-1763) in North America, or French and Indian War as this front was known in the colonies, unofficially began in 1754 with the Battle of Jumonville Glen and effectively ended in 1760 with the British capture of Montreal. French forces occupied the Ohio Country and expelled or arrested British fur traders.
This is a list of Native American leaders who participated in the American Indian Wars, which occurred throughout the early 17th century until the early 20th century. This list includes both chiefs and others.
O'Fallon asked that the explorers be treated with kindness. At the time, O'Fallon was an Indian agent for the Otoe, Omaha, Pawnee, and Missouria tribes. [11] Atkinson and O'Fallon had differences of opinion over Native American policy and the degree to which a military commander held dominion over the Indian agent.
The Dakota became increasingly discontented over their losses: land, non-payment of annuities, because the Indian agents were late with the U.S. government annuity payments owed to the eastern Dakota, [9] past broken treaties, food shortages due to the agent Thomas Galbraith withholding distributions of rations, [34] and famine following crop ...
Manuel Lisa, also known as Manuel de Lisa (September 8, 1772, in New Orleans Louisiana (New Spain) – August 12, 1820, in St. Louis, Missouri), was a Spanish citizen and later American citizen who, while living on the western frontier, became a landowner, merchant, fur trader, United States Indian agent, and explorer.
Tatum was known to the Kiowa and Comanche tribes as "Bald Head (Agent)": Tan-p'a̱wy-gya-t'a̱wy in Kiowa, and Pot-ta-wat Pervo in Comanche. While acting as Indian agent, Tatum secured the release of many white and Mexican captives, including the family of Gottfried Koozer, whose wife and five children were kidnapped by Chief White Horse of the ...
Individuals authorized to interact with the natives of North America by the British government, the British Indian Department, or the provincial governments of British America. For their successors after the American Revolution, see Category:United States Indian agents and Indian Agent (Canada).