Sale 2455 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, September 28, 2017

12 12 c   (AMERICAN INDIANS—PHOTOGRAPHS.) Johnston, J.S. Group of Indians * Head of Bull Buffalo. Pair of albumen prints, each about 6 1 / 2 x 8 1 / 2 inches, on original plain mounts, captioned in negative, with “Group of Indians” numbered 1122; wear to mounts with slight edge loss to images, minor foxing. New York, circa 1890 [400/600] The New-York Historical Society has a related view (also “Group of Indians,” #1123), which they date at 1890 and identify as from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. The woman toward the left in the foreground looking down at her holster is quite possibly Annie Oakley. 11 c   (AMERICAN INDIANS.) Group of letters relating to American Indians in NewYork. 6 Autograph Letters Signed, various sizes; condition generally strong, each with inked postmarks on address panels. Vp, 1830-49 [600/900] Henry Stephens, NewYork State Assemblyman. Letter to United States Senator Charles E. Dudley. Argues against the formal recognition of Indian sovereignty in treaties: “It has been urged that the United States have recognized the independence of the Indian tribes by negotiating with them. . . . I cannot understand how people interspersed through a whole government can be treated as independent of that government.They must necessarily be dependent upon the states in which they live, and all that we can do for them . . . is to recommend them to the kindness of that government.”Albany, NY, 11 March 1830 * D.C. Judson of Ogdensburg Bank. Letter to Amaziah Flagg, promising to provide $2398 “to the agent for paying the St. Regis Indians.” Ogdensburg, NY, 19 June 1834 * Salmon Case, agent to the Oneida Indians.Two letters to Bates Cooke, informing that the Oneidas want the full principal in addition to the interest on their annuity, in accordance with “several persons who are friendly to the Indians and wish to protect their property against the cupidity of the surrounding whites.”Vernon, NY, 25 June and 30 September 1839 * Christ John Buchtree. Letter to the Comptroller of New York, requesting that the funds for the “Christian Party of Oneida Indians” be sent to Oneida rather than Green Bay. Oneida Castle, NY, 8 June 1849 * Robert H. Shankland. Letter to JohnW. Hart regarding payments to NewYork Indians relocating to Neosho, MO. Ellicottville, NY, 16 July 1849.