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Written in Ojibwa language.

Providing General Sheridan with estimated strengths of Comanche, Kiowa, Arapahoe, Apache, Cheyenne, and Sioux tribes. Written on Headquarters Department of the Missouri stationery.

Two letters regarding authorship of Historical Account of the Expedition against the Ohio Indians in 1764. Both written on Library of Congress illustrated stationery. The first letter encloses a manuscript copy of William Smith's letter to William Johnson, dated January 13, 1766.

Mentions a large population of people from Sweden and Norway, the town is named for the Indian Chief Red Wing, who is buried in one of the bluffs. Boys from Red Wing stole bones and artifacts from Native American graves on a nearby bluff. Mentions the sale of an unearthed Peace Medal given to Chief Red Wing by Harrison; "last spring the red wing boys dug into a chiefs grave and found a silver medal given by Harrison to the chief and they sold it for $75..."

Sale of lot 1 in block 1, Cross Village, Emmett County. Signed by Tharese Shomin.

Hoping to enter into business with him to acquire "Indian Goods, Tomahawks Pipes Moccosins &c." Mentions he is willing to exchange shells and that he has "the Ir[o]quois shell which I sell to the dealers in St Louis & Leavenworth." Attached to a printed advertisement for Drake's Shell Depot, listing out the types of items for sale and that he purchases, including shells, fossils, minerals, cultural and military items from Native Americans, South Sea Islanders, Chinese, and Japanese peoples, as well as "Relics of the Chicago Fire" and goldfish and birds.

Reference to army near frontier town to keep back Native Americans.

Located in the Western America collection

Report of Employees in the Red Cloud Indian Agency for the 2nd Quarter, 1877. Lists names of employees, their office, place from whence appointed, place where born, their commencement of service, date of resignation or discharge, where employed, tribes for which employed, compensation, and other remarks. Offices include a clerk, blacksmiths, a carpenter, herders, laborers and laborers acting as interpreters, master of transportation, a storekeeper, and physicians. Places where employees were born include Ohio, Ireland, France, Missouri, Indiana, England, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Austria, Colorado, Louisiana, Norway, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nebraska. "Tribes for which Employed" is recorded as "Sioux-Cheyennes and Arapahoes" for all employees.

Mentions his encounters with Native American men and their requests for money. Comments on writing letters and disparages religion, particularly Catholicism. Admits to some worthy material in the Bible, “but it is like digging for diamonds in Australia—you have to sift a whole mountain sometimes to find the one little gem hidden away in all the dirt and filth that surrounds it.” Encourages Ruth to read a historical work on the “Dutch Republic” to see how religion leads to violence, noting other instances of religious persecution and discussing the Prince of Orange, the Sea-Beggars, and the capture of Brielle. Comments on public celebrations and author Benjamin Leopold Farjeon’s (1833-1903) recent marriage to Margaret Jefferson, daughter of actor Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905). Gives his opinion of various authors, including Farjeon, George Eliot, and Charles Dickens, and notes his reading of historical works. Discusses Congress’s proposed reduction of the army and the possibility of his being discharged.

Discusses writing about the history of the U.S. government's dealings with Native Americans, from the point of view of a Cherokee who lives with white people; "I am fully aware that there is a vast field of facts constituting a legitimate branch of American history, which American historians studiously avoid...I mean the 'dealings' of the white people and the U.S. Govt. with the American Indians."