A Traveler in Indian Territory

The Journal of Ethan Allen Hitchcock

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Ethan Allen Hitchcock

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Paperback / softback

Series:

American Exploration and Travel Series

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In 1841 U.S. government authorities sent Major Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Indian Territory to investigate numerous charges of fraud and profiteering by various contractors dealing with the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Indians, who had been removed from the South during the last decade. Hitchcock's report, filed after four months of travel, exposed such a high level of graft and corruption that his investigation was suppressed and never brought to the attention of Congress.Hitchcock kept nine personal diaries of his travels and observations, however, and they reveal much historic and ethnographic information on Indian life in Indian Territory. He observes how the Indians were adjusting alter removal and includes many details on their customs, beliefs, culture, religion, ceremonies, amusements, industry, tribal councils, and government. To aid the modern reader, editor Grant Foreman provides an introduction and annotations, and Michael D. Green, in his foreword, explains the politics behind Hitchcock's mission to Indian Territory and his accomplishments in advancing ethnographic knowledge.

Author Biography:

Grant Foreman (1869-1953), known as the dean of American Indian historians, was the author of Indian Removal, The Five Civilized Tribes, and Sequoyah and editor of Ethan Allen Hitchcock?s Traveler in Indian Territory, all published by the University of Oklahoma Press. Michael D. Green, is Professor of History at the University of Kentucky and the author of The Politics of Indian Removal and The Creeks: A Critical Bibliography.

Release date NZ

April 30th, 1996

Author

Ethan Allen Hitchcock

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Contributors

Edited by Grant Foreman
Foreword by Michael D. Green

Illustrations

5 black & white illustrations, 1 map

Pages

282

Series

American Exploration and Travel Series

Dimensions

152x229x20

ISBN-13

9780806128405

Product ID

7603061

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