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Osage Rolls Index
Index to Certified Roll of Members of the Osage Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Index to certified roll of members of the Osage Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma of less than one- half Indian blood Index to certified roll of members of the Osage Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma of one-half Indian blood or more Certified roll of members of the Osage Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma of less than one-half Indian blood o Column one shows the number adopted by the Osage allotting commission. Column two shows the number on the roll approved Apr. 11, 1908. Column three shows the number of the affidavit filed by the allottee giving age and degree of Indian blood. Column four gives the name of the allottee and shows the relationship as it appears upon the present annuity roll. Certified roll of members of the Osage Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma of one-half or more Indian blood o Column one shows the number adopted by the Osage allotting commission. Column two shows the number on the roll approved Apr. 11, 1908. Column three shows the number of the affidavit filed by the allottee giving age and degree of Indian blood. Column four gives the name of the allottee and shows the relationship as it appears upon the present annuity roll.
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National Archives 7RA Series
National Archives Roll 7RA17.1
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Allotment Schedules, 1906-1909
Osage Allotment Schedules of First, Second, and Third Selections: 1906-1909
National Archives Roll 7RA17.2
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Allotment Schedules, 1906-1909
Osage Allotment Schedule of Final Division: 1906-1909
National Archives Roll 7RA35.1
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 1 of 21)
st nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 and 2 Quarters of 1880 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o No-Pa-Walla Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-An-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1879
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o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1880” for bands listed. st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter 1880 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1880” for bands listed. Kaw or Kansas Annuity Payment Roll: 1879 o Picayune Band o Ko-Ho-La Band o Rock Creek Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band
National Archives Roll 7RA35.2
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 2 of 21)
rd th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 and 4 Quarters of 1878 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o No-Pa-Walla Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-An-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band st nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 and 2 Quarter 1880 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1880” for bands listed. th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1879 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1880” for bands listed. rd th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 and 4 Quarter 1877 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1880” for bands listed.
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National Archives Roll 7RA35.3
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 3 of 21)
st nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 and 2 Quarter of 1878 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o No-Pa-Walla Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-An-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band rd th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 and 4 Quarter 1878 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st and 2nd Quarter 1878” for bands listed. st nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 and 2 Quarter 1879 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st and 2nd Quarter 1878” for bands listed. rd th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 and 4 Quarter 1879 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st and 2nd Quarter 1878” for bands listed. rd th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 and 4 Quarter 1880 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st and 2nd Quarter 1878” for bands listed. st nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 and 2 Quarter 1881 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st and 2nd Quarter 1878” for bands listed. rd th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 and 4 Quarter 1881
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National Archives Roll 7RA35.4
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 4 of 21)
nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter 1881 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o No-Pa-Walla Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-An-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band rd th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 and 4 Quarter 1881 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2nd Quarter 1881” for list of bands. st nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 and 2 Quarter 1882 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2nd Quarter 1881” for list of bands. st nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 and 2 Quarter 1883 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2nd Quarter 1881” for list of bands. th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1883 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2nd Quarter 1881” for list of bands.
National Archives Roll 7RA35.5
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 5 of 21)
st nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 and 2 Quarter 1882 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band
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o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o No-Pa-Walla Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-An-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band rd th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 and 4 Quarter 1882 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st and 2nd Quarter 1882” for list of bands. st nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 and 2 Quarter 1883 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st and 2nd Quarter 1882” for list of bands. rd th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 and 4 Quarter 1883 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st and 2nd Quarter 1882” for list of bands. st nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 and 2 Quarter 1884 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st and 2nd Quarter 1882” for list of bands. rd th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 and 4 Quarter 1884 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st and 2nd Quarter 1882” for list of bands.
National Archives Roll 7RA35.6
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 6 of 21)
st nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 and 2 Quarter 1885 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band
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o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-Ah-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band rd th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 and 4 Quarter 1885 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st and 2nd Quarter 1885” for list of bands. st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter 1886 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st and 2nd Quarter 1885” for list of bands. nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter 1886 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st and 2nd Quarter 1885” for list of bands. rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter 1886 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st and 2nd Quarter 1885” for list of bands. th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1886 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st and 2nd Quarter 1885” for list of bands.
National Archives Roll 7RA35.7
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 7 of 21)
Supplemental Osage Annuity Payment Roll: July 1886 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band
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o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-Ah-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band Osage Annuity Payment Roll: Nov. 1885 o See “Supplemental Osage Annuity Payment Roll: July 1886” for list of bands. Supplemental Osage Census: 1885 o See “Supplemental Osage Annuity Payment Roll: July 1886” for list of bands. Suspended Osage Annuity Payments: Feb. 14, 1898 o See “Supplemental Osage Annuity Payment Roll: July 1886” for list of bands. nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter 1886 o See “Supplemental Osage Annuity Payment Roll: July 1886” for list of bands. rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter 1886 o See “Supplemental Osage Annuity Payment Roll: July 1886” for list of bands.
National Archives Roll 7RA35.8
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 8 of 21)
st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter 1887 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-Ah-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band
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o Half Breed (Blood) Band nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter 1887 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter 1887” for list of bands. rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter 1887 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter 1887” for list of bands. th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1887 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter 1887” for list of bands. st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter 1888 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter 1887” for list of bands. nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter 1888 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter 1887” for list of bands.
National Archives Roll 7RA35.9
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 9 of 21)
rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter 1888 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-Ah-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1888 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter 1888” for list of bands. st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter 1889
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o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter 1888” for list of bands. nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter 1889 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter 1888” for list of bands. st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter 1890 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter 1888” for list of bands. nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter 1890 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter 1888” for list of bands. rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter 1890 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter 1888” for list of bands. th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1890 o Continued on National Archives Roll 7RA35.10 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter 1888” for list of bands.
National Archives Roll 7RA35.10
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 10 of 21)
th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1890 continued o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter 1888” for list of bands. st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter 1891 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-Ah-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band
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nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter 1891 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter 1891” for list of bands. rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter 1891 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter 1891” for list of bands. th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1891 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter 1891” for list of bands. st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter 1892 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter 1891” for list of bands. nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter 1892 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter 1891” for list of bands.
National Archives Roll 7RA35.11
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 11 of 21)
rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter 1892 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-Ah-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1892 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter 1892” for list of bands. st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter 1893 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter 1892” for list of bands.
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nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter 1893 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter 1892” for list of bands. rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter 1893 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter 1892” for list of bands. th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1893 o Continued on National Archives Roll 7RA35.12 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter 1892” for list of bands.
National Archives Roll 7RA35.12
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 12 of 21)
th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1893 continued o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter 1892” for list of bands. st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter 1894 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-Ah-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter 1894 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter 1894” for list of bands. rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter 1894 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter 1894” for list of bands. th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1894
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o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter 1894” for list of bands. st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter 1895 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter 1894” for list of bands. nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter 1895 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter 1894” for list of bands.
National Archives Roll 7RA35.13
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 13 of 21)
Osage Annuity Payment Roll – Special Payment of Accumulated Interest: 1895 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-Ah-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter 1895 o See “Osage Annuity Payment – Special Payment of Accumulated Interest: 1895” for list of bands. th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1895 o See “Osage Annuity Payment – Special Payment of Accumulated Interest: 1895” for list of bands. st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter 1896 o See “Osage Annuity Payment – Special Payment of Accumulated Interest: 1895” for list of bands.
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nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter 1896 o See “Osage Annuity Payment – Special Payment of Accumulated Interest: 1895” for list of bands.
National Archives Roll 7RA35.14
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 14 of 21)
rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter 1896 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-Ah-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1896 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter 1896” for list of bands. st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter 1897 nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter 1897 rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter 1897 rd Supplemental Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter 1897 th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1897 st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter 1898
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National Archives Roll 7RA35.15
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 15 of 21)
nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter 1898 rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter 1898 th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1898 st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter 1899 nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter 1899 rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter 1899
National Archives Roll 7RA35.16
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 16 of 21)
nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter FY 1901 rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter 1899 th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1899 st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter FY 1900 st Osage Back Annuity Payment Roll Paid During the 1 Quarter 1899 nd Osage Back Annuity Payment Roll Paid During the 2 Quarter 1899 nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter FY 1900 st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter 1886 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band
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o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-Ah-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band Osage Annuity Payment Roll – Last Payment: Jan. 1, 1906 o “We, the heads of families, and individuals without families, of the Osage tribe of Indians, hereby acknowledge the receipt of $8,321.00 from Ret Millard, U. S. Indian Agent, in the sums severally affixed to our names, the same being the per capita shares due the heirs of deceased annuitants dropped from the rolls since Jan. 1, 1906, in the payments made since that day.” Osage Annuity Payment Roll – Miscellaneous and Detached Sheets: 1915 and prior rd th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 and 4 Quarter 1883 (partial) rd th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 and 4 Quarter 1884
National Archives Roll 7RA35.17
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 17 of 21)
rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter 1900 th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter 1900 st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter FY 1901 rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter FY 1901 th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter FY 1901 st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter FY 1902 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band
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o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-Ah-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter FY 1902 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter FY 1902” for list of bands
National Archives Roll 7RA35.18
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 18 of 21)
rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter FY 1902 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-Ah-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter FY 1902 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter FY 1902” for list of bands Census Schedule of Osage Children Enrolled by the Chiefs and Headmen: Mar. 5, 1902 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter FY 1902” for list of bands Osage Annuity Payment Roll – Interest and Grass Money as per Act of Congress: Mar. 3, 1901 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter FY 1902” for list of bands st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter FY 1903
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o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter FY 1902” for list of bands nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter FY 1903 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter FY 1902” for list of bands rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter FY 1903 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter FY 1902” for list of bands Osage Annuity Payment Roll – Interest and Grass Money as per Act of Congress: 1903 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3rd Quarter FY 1902” for list of bands
National Archives Roll 7RA35.19
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 19 of 21)
th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter FY 1903 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-Ah-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter FY 1904 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4th Quarter FY 1903” for list of bands nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter FY 1904 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4th Quarter FY 1903” for list of bands rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter FY 1904 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4th Quarter FY 1903” for list of bands rd Supplemental Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter FY 1904
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th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter FY 1904 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4th Quarter FY 1903” for list of bands st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter FY 1905 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4th Quarter FY 1903” for list of bands nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter FY 1905 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4th Quarter FY 1903” for list of bands rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter FY 1905 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4th Quarter FY 1903” for list of bands
National Archives Roll 7RA35.20
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 20 of 21)
st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter FY 1906 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-Ah-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter FY 1906 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter FY 1906” for list of bands rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter FY 1906 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter FY 1906” for list of bands th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter FY 1906 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter FY 1906” for list of bands
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Osage Special Payment Roll: 1905 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter FY 1906” for list of bands th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter FY 1905 o See “Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1st Quarter FY 1906” for list of bands
National Archives Roll 7RA35.21
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Annuity Payment Rolls, 1880-1907 (Roll 21 of 21)
Osage Specialty Payment Roll: 1906 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-Ah-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter FY 1907 o See “Osage Specialty Payment Roll: 1906” for list of bands nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter FY 1907 o See “Osage Specialty Payment Roll: 1906” for list of bands rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter FY 1907 o See “Osage Specialty Payment Roll: 1906” for list of bands rd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 3 Quarter FY 1908 o See “Osage Specialty Payment Roll: 1906” for list of bands th Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 4 Quarter FY 1908 o See “Osage Specialty Payment Roll: 1906” for list of bands
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st Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 1 Quarter FY 1909 o See “Osage Specialty Payment Roll: 1906” for list of bands nd Osage Annuity Payment Roll: 2 Quarter FY 1909 o See “Osage Specialty Payment Roll: 1906” for list of bands
National Archives Roll 7RA50
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Cartographic Records, Allotments
Osage Allotment Maps o Organized by Township and Range
National Archives Roll 7RA121
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Osage Agency – Schedule of Lands Reserved From Allotment, 1909
Osage Schedule of Lands Reserved From Allotment: 1909 o Entries within the schedule are arranged numerically by Range number. o Two handwritten copies of schedules of each tract of land reserved from allotment. The information for each reservation includes the purpose, the authority for making the reservation, the legal description of the land, and the number of acres reserved. Both schedules are certified by each member of the Commission and one copy is also signed by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and the Secretary of the Interior.
National Archives Roll 7RA160.21
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Registers of Letters Received (Indian Office), 1880-1957
Registers of Letters Received (Indian Office): Oct. 1939-Dec. 1940 o Roll 21 is only available in this collection. Contact the National Archives-Fort Worth Branch for the remaining collection. o The registers are divided into chronological periods: 1880-1903, 1904-1914, and 1915. Beginning in Feb. 1915, each register covers a period of approximately 2-3 years. Within each period, entries are arranged numerically by registry number
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o Registers for the letters received primarily from the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The registers also contain some letters received from auditors and other officials of the Treasury Department. The information given for each letter includes the date it was received, a summary of its contents, and, beginning in 1915, the name of the person responsible for replying and the date of the reply. Many of the letters registered in these volumes are among the records described in entry 5. Most of the letters received after 1915 are scattered throughout the records of the various divisions of the agency. The register covering the period from 1880 to 1903 was begun in 1902.
National Archives Roll 7RA164.1
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records Relating to Payments and Trust Fund Management (1 of 6)
The distribution of money and supplies in accordance with the provisions of various treaties was one of the primary responsibilities of the Osage agent during the 19th century. An act of Congress, approved June 28, 1906 (34 Stat. 539), and subsequent legislation provided for the supervision of the expenditure of funds held in trust for the Osages. The chief clerk of the Osage Agency was generally responsible for supervising activities relating to the receipt and disbursement of “Individual Indian Money” and trust funds. An Individual Indian Accounts Section was established within the Administrative Division of 1925. Various units within the Welfare Division exercised some supervision over the financial affairs of restricted Osages.
Osage Record of Deaths: 1906-1912 o Entries in the volume are arranged alphabetically by surname of the deceased. A record of the names of deceased annuitants. The information given for each individual includes date of death, annuity number, and allotment number Osage Heirship Records: 1906-1912 o A handwritten record of the division of the “headright shares” of deceased allottees. Information about each deceased Osage is entered on a separate page and includes the deceased’s name, allotment number, date of death, names of heirs and the percentage of the headright share received by each, and the heir’s relationship to the deceased. The volume contains an alphabetical index to the names of the deceased.
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National Archives Roll 7RA164.2
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records Relating to Payments and Trust Fund Management (2 of 6)
Osage Record of Shares: 1910-1913 o See National Archives Roll 7RA134.1 for more information. o Arranged numerically by allotment number. o A record prepared on standard forms of the headright shares inherited by Osage annuitants. The information given for each individual includes band name, allotment number, year of birth, sex, date of death (where applicable), and the name and date of death of individuals from whom shares were inherited. The record includes the relationship to the deceased and, occasionally, references to correspondence with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. In those cases where the annuitant was deceased, the records contain the name and roll number, date of birth, and percentage of the annuitant’s headright share which was inherited by each heir.
National Archives Roll 7RA164.3
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records Relating to Payments and Trust Fund Management (3 of 6)
Osage Record of Shares: 1910-1913 o See National Archives Roll 7RA134.1 and 7RA134.2 for more information
National Archives Roll 7RA164.4
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records Relating to Payments and Trust Fund Management (4 of 6)
Osage Record of Shares: 1910-1913 o See National Archives Roll 7RA134.1 and 7RA134.2 for more information
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National Archives Roll 7RA164.5
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records Relating to Payments and Trust Fund Management (5 of 6)
Osage Record of Shares: 1910-1913 o See National Archives Roll 7RA134.1 and 7RA134.2 for more information
National Archives Roll 7RA164.6
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records Relating to Payments and Trust Fund Management (6 of 6)
Osage Record of Shares: 1910-1913 o See National Archives Roll 7RA134.1 and 7RA134.2 for more information
National Archives Roll 7RA197.1
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records Relating to Payments and Trust Fund Management (1 of 2)
See National Archives Roll 7RA134.1 for more information.
99A – Osage Record of Marriage Licenses Issued by the Agent: 1901-1903 o Arranged chronologically. o The record contains information about the bride and groom including their Indian and English names, ages, whether the person is Osage Indian (full-blood or half-blood) or white, names of parents, whether either person previously had been married, and their allotment numbers. 99B – Osage Record of Births and Deaths: 1901-1920 o Arranged in categories of births and deaths and thereunder numerically by consecutive number assigned to the new-born child or deceased person. The volume contains an alphabetical index to the children and deceased Indians. o The record contains information about each new-born Osage Indian, including the child’s name, birthdate, gender, and parents’ names, ages, and whether the parent is Osage (full-blood and half-blood) or white. The entries also contain references to a
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family register which has not been located. The information about each deceased Osage includes the person’s number on an unidentified family register, name, age, gender, and marital status; date the death occurred; and name of the living relative who gave information about the death and the relative’s relationship to the deceased.
National Archives Roll 7RA197.2
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records Relating to Payments and Trust Fund Management (2 of 2)
See National Archives Roll 7RA134.1 for more information.
99C – Register of Osage Families: 1905 and 1908 o Arranged chronologically and thereunder by family group. The family members are assigned consecutive numbers. o The manuscript register of 1908 and photostatic copy of a 1905 register contain information about individual Osage Indians including their Indian and English names, gender, age, and family relationship. The 1908 register gives an Indian’s marital status, date of marriage, whether the person was married by clergy or magistrate, and his/her parents’ names and assigned numbers if they are living Osages.
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National Archives Roll 7RA198.1
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records of the Osage Allotting Commission (1 of 2)
The Osage Allotting Commission was organized on Aug. 14, 1906, in accordance with an act of Congress of June 28, 1906 (34 Stat. 339) which provided for allotting land in severalty to the members of the Osage tribe. The three member commission supervised surveys of the Osage reservation, investigated claims of fraudulent enrollment, and conducted hearings on contested allotments. Each of the 2230 individuals listed on the Osage tribal roll approved by the secretary of Interior on Apr. 1, 1908, selected three 140 acre tracts. The remaining unallotted land was divided equally among the 2230 enrolled members of the tribe which provided each individual with a total allotment of approximately 657 acres. On Mar. 31, 1909, the commission was abolished by the Secretary of Interior who directed the superintendent of the Osage Agency to take custody of the records and complete any unfinished business. See entry 610 of Preliminary Inventory 163 for reports of the commission and related enrollment records.
Osage Allotment Roll o Arranged numerically by allotment number. The volume includes an index to the surnames of allottees. o A handwritten list of the names of Osage allottees. The only information contained in the roll is the allottee’s name and allotment number. This volume contains only the names of allottees 719 to 1434. Osage List of Allottees o Arranged by band and thereunder by family group. o A handwritten list of Osage allottees. The information given for each individual includes the person’s allotment number, name, age, gender, and family relationship and a legal description of the person’s homestead allotment.
National Archives Roll 7RA198.2
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records of the Osage Allotting Commission (2 of 2)
See National Archives Roll 7RA198.1 for more information.
Osage Allotment Ledgers: 1907 o There is one volume for full-blood Osages and one for mixed-bloods. The names of full- bloods are arranged by band and the names of mixed-bloods are arranged
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alphabetically. The volume containing the names of full-bloods includes an index to the names of children whose names do not appear in alphabetical order because they are listed with a guardian. o A record of Osages eligible for allotments. The information for each allottee includes name, allotment number, gender, age, relationship to the head of the household, and occasionally the legal description of the land allotted as their first selection.
National Archives Roll 7RA201.1
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records of the Land and Realty Division Survey Field Notes, 1870 (1 of 7)
The Osages purchased the Land for their reservation from the Cherokees in 1872 with title held by the United States in trust for the entire tribe. Although individual ownership of Land was not authorized until the allotment act of June 28, 1906 (34 Stat. 539), Osages were encouraged in 1890 to file claims to 160 acre homesteads. By 1894, the majority of the land on the reservation had been claimed and it had become common practice for Osages to rent their Land to white farmers in exchange for a portion of the crops raised. In 1902, a “division” consisting of several fulltime clerks was established within the agency to supervise leasing operations. This unit increased in size and assumed new functions as a result of the allotment act of 1906 which also authorized the sale of “surplus land” under regulations prescribed by the Department of Interior. The designation of the unit responsible for transactions involving real property varied periodically until 1942 when a Land and realty Division was established. This division supervised the sale and exchange of property and the issuance of leases, provided assistance in the payment of taxes, coordinated the issuance of insurance, and participated in suits to partition property. The records described below have been grouped by function or type rather than by the name of the unit responsible for their creation.
Field Survey Notes: 1870 o Arranged numerically by number of the range located east of the Indian Meridian and thereunder by township number. o Handwritten copies of notes taken by surveyors for the General Land Office, Department of Interior, who surveyed the Lands north of the Canadian River and east of the Indian Meridian in the Indian Territory. The surveyed lands were located in townships 11-29 north, ranges 1-12 east, and eventually became the reservation of the Osage tribe who were moved from Kansas to northern part of the Indian Territory in 1871. The only information given for each land subdivision is the legal description of the land (range, township, section, and degrees), unusual landmarks, and a brief abstract of the land’s condition and types of trees located within the surveyed area. o Volume 1, Part 1 . Townships 21-29 North, Range 1 East
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. Townships 21-23 and 26-29 North, Range 2 East . Townships 21-22 and 28-29 North, Range 3 East o Volume 1, Part 2 . Townships 11-16 and 19-20 North, Range 4 East . Townships 23-29 North, Range 8 East . Townships 21-22 and 29 North, Range 5 East
National Archives Roll 7RA201.2
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records of the Land and Realty Division Survey Field Notes, 1870 (2 of 7)
Field Survey Notes: 1870 o See National Archives Roll 7RA201.1 for more information o Part 1, Volume 3 . Townships 20 North, Range 1 East . Townships 12-16 and 18-20 North, Range 2 East . Townships 11-16 and 18-19 North, Range 3 East o Part 1, Volume 4 . Townships 23-28 North, Range 4 East . Townships 23-28 North, Range 5 East
National Archives Roll 7RA201.3
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records of the Land and Realty Division Survey, Field Notes, 1870 (3 of 7)
Field Survey Notes: 1870 o See National Archives Roll 7RA201.1 for more information o Part 1, Vol. 5 . Townships 25-28 North, Range 1-12 East o Part 1, Volume 6 . Standard and Township Lines
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National Archives Roll 7RA201.4
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records of the Land and Realty Division Survey, Field Notes, 1870 (4 of 7)
Field Survey Notes: 1870 o See National Archives Roll 7RA201.1 for more information o Part 1, Volume 7 . Township 11 North, Range 2 East . Township 10 North, Range 3 East . Townships 11-20 North, Range 6 East . Township 20 North, Range 7-8 and 10-11 East . Townships 20-21 North, Range 9 East . Townships 20-23 North, Range 12 East . Township 21 North, Range 11 East o Part 2, Volume 1 . Townships 13-15 and 18-19 North, Range 1 East . Townships 21-22 and 29 North, Range 4 East . Townships 25 and 28-29 North, Range 6 East . Townships 27-29 North, Range 7 East
National Archives Roll 7RA201.5
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records of the Land and Realty Division Survey, Field Notes, 1870 (5 of 7)
Field Survey Notes: 1870 o See National Archives Roll 7RA201.1 for more information o Part 2, Volume 2 . Townships 10 and 17-18 North, Range 4 East . Townships 11-20 North, Range 5 East . Townships 21-22 North, Range 8 East . Township 29 North, range 9-12 East o Part 2, Volume 3 . Townships 12, 16-17, and 25 North, Range 1 East . Townships 10, 17, 21, and 25 North, Range 2 East . Townships 17, 20, 23-27 North, Range 3 East
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National Archives Roll 7RA201.6
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records of the Land and Realty Division Survey, Field Notes, 1870 (6 of 7)
Field Survey Notes: 1870 o See National Archives Roll 7RA201.1 for more information o Part 2, Volume 4 . Townships 21-24 and 26-27 North, Range 6 East . Townships 21-26 North, Range 7 East o Part 2, Volume 5 . Townships 22-24 North, Range 9 East . Townships 21-24 North, Range 10 East . Townships 22-24 North, Range 11 east . Township 24 North, Range 17 East
National Archives Roll 7RA201.7
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records of the Land and Realty Division Survey, Field Notes, 1870 (7 of 7)
Field Survey Notes: 1870 o See National Archives Roll 7RA201.1 for more information o Townships 19-20 North, Range 4 East o Townships 23-29 North, Range 8 East o Townships 21-22 and 29 North, Range 5 East
National Archives Roll 7RA202.1
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records of the Land and Realty Division Range Field Notes Resulting from Resurveys, 1908 (1 of 4)
See National Archives Roll 7RA201.1 for more information
Range Field Notes Resulting from Resurveys: 1908 o Arranged numerically by ranges 7-12 East of the Indian Meridian.
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o Each entry of the typed record gives information about the Osage reservation subdivisions including a legal description of the land, whether any of the Landmarks identified in the original 1870 survey can be located, and a brief description of the land’s condition and types of trees that can be found.
National Archives Roll 7RA202.2
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records of the Land and Realty Division Range Field Notes Resulting from Resurveys, 1908 (2 of 4)
See National Archives Roll 7RA201.1 for more information
Range Field Notes Resulting from Resurveys: 1908 o See National Archives Roll 7RA202.1 for more information
National Archives Roll 7RA202.3
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records of the Land and Realty Division Range Field Notes Resulting from Resurveys, 1908 (3 of 4)
See National Archives Roll 7RA201.1 for more information
Range Field Notes Resulting from Resurveys: 1908 o See National Archives Roll 7RA202.1 for more information
National Archives Roll 7RA202.4
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records of the Land and Realty Division Range Field Notes Resulting from Resurveys, 1908 (4 of 4)
See National Archives Roll 7RA201.1 for more information
Range Field Notes Resulting from Resurveys: 1908 o See National Archives Roll 7RA202.1 for more information
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National Archives Roll 7RA203.1
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records of the Land and Realty Division Townsite Field Notes Resulting from Resurveys, 1908 (1 of 2)
See National Archives Roll 7RA201.1 for more information
Townsite Field Notes Resulting from Resurveys: 1908 o Arranged numerically by ranges 20-26 North of the Indian Base Line. o The information given in this typed record is similar to that given in the preceding series.
National Archives Roll 7RA203.2
Federal Archives and Records Center – Fort Worth, TX – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Group 75: Records of the Osage Agency – Records of the Land and Realty Division Townsite Field Notes Resulting from Resurveys, 1908 (2 of 2)
See National Archives Roll 7RA201.1 for more information
Townsite Field Notes Resulting from Resurveys: 1908 o Arranged numerically by ranges 20-26 North of the Indian Base Line. o The information given in this typed record is similar to that given in the preceding series.
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National Archives M234 Series
National Archives Roll M234.631
Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881-Roll 631, Osage Agency, 1824- 1880
Letters Received from Osage Agency: 1824-1841
National Archives Roll M234.632
Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881-Roll 632, Osage Agency, 1824- 1880
Letters Received from Osage Agency: 1842-1846
National Archives Roll M234.633
Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881-Roll 633, Osage Agency, 1824- 1880
Letters Received from Osage Agency: 1847-1874
National Archives Roll M234.634
Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881-Roll 634, Osage Agency, 1824- 1880
Letters Received from Osage Agency: 1875
National Archives Roll M234.635
Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881-Roll 635, Osage Agency, 1824- 1880
Letters Received from Osage Agency: 1876 (A22-N421)
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National Archives Roll M234.636
Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881-Roll 636, Osage Agency, 1824- 1880
Letters Received from Osage Agency: 1876 (N435-W1390)
National Archives Roll M234.637
Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881-Roll 637, Osage Agency, 1824- 1880
Letters Received from Osage Agency: 1877
National Archives Roll M234.638
Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881-Roll 638, Osage Agency, 1824- 1880
Letters Received from Osage Agency: 1878 (A261-G325)
National Archives Roll M234.639
Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881-Roll 639, Osage Agency, 1824- 1880
Letters Received from Osage Agency: 1878 (G337-W2601)
National Archives Roll M234.640
Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881-Roll 640, Osage Agency, 1824- 1880
Letters Received from Osage Agency: 1879
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National Archives Roll M234.641
Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881-Roll 641, Osage Agency, 1824- 1880
Letters Received from Osage Agency: 1880
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National Archives M595 Series
National Archives Roll M595.317
The National Archives – National Archives and Records Service – General Services Administration – Washington – Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 – Osage Agency: Osage, Kansa or Kaw, and Quapaw, 1887-1888 and 1890-1896
Census of the Quapaw: 1887 Census of the Full Blood Osage: 1887 o Black Dog Band o White Hair Band o Big Chief Band o White Horn Band o Joes Band o Saucy Chief Band o Black Dog Band o Wah-Ti-Au-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o Tall Chief Band Census of the Half Breed (Blood) Band of Osage: 1887 Census of the Kaw: 1887 Census of Full Blood Bands of Osage: June 30, 1888 o Big Chief Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tuu-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o White Horn Band o Strike Ax Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-Au-Kah Band Census of the Half Breed (Blood) Band of Osage: June 30, 1888 Census of the Osage: June 30, 1890 Census of the Kaw: June 30, 1890 Census of the Quapaw: June 30, 1890 Census of the Osage: June 30, 1891 Census of the Kaw: June 30, 1891 Census of the Osage: June 30, 1892
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Census of the Kaw: June 30, 1892 Census of the Kaw: June 30, 1893 Census of the Osage: June 30, 1893 Census of the Osage: June 30, 1894 Census of the Kaw: June 30, 1894 Census of the Osage: June 30, 1895 o Big Chief Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tuu-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Fall Chief Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o White Horn Band o Strike Axe Band o No-Pa-Wal-La Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-An-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band Census of the Kaw: June 30, 1895 o Kah-Ho-La Band o Rock Creek Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band Census of the Osage: June 30, 1896 Census of the Kaw: June 30, 1896
National Archives Roll M595.318
The National Archives – National Archives and Records Service – General Services Administration – Washington – Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 – Osage Agency: Osage and Kansa or Kaw, 1897-1905
For later rolls of Kansa, see Kaw, Pawnee, and Ponca.
Census of the Osage: June 30, 1897
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o Big Chief Band o Joes Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-An-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band Census of the Kaw: June 30, 1897 o Picayune Band o Kah-Ho-La Band o Rock Creek Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band Census of the Osage School: June 30, 1897 o See census of 1897 for individual bands listed Census of the Kaw School: June 30, 1897 o See census of 1897 for bands listed Census of the Osage: June 30, 1898 o See census of 1897 for bands listed Census of the Kaw: June 30, 1898 o See census of 1897 for bands listed Census of the Osage: June 30, 1899 o See census of 1897 for bands listed Census of the Kaw: June 30, 1899 o See census of 1897 for bands listed Census of the Osage: June 30, 1900 o See census of 1897 for bands listed Census of the Kaw: June 30, 1900 o See census of 1897 for bands listed Census of the Osage: June 30, 1901 o See census of 1897 for bands listed Census of the Kaw: June 30, 1901 o See census of 1897 for bands listed
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Census of the Osage: June 30, 1902 o See census of 1897 for bands listed Census of the Kaw: June 30, 1902 o See census of 1897 for bands listed Census of the Kaw or Kansas: June 30, 1903 Census of the Osage: June 30, 1903 o See census of 1897 for bands listed Census of the Osage: June 30, 1904 o See census of 1897 for bands listed Census of the Osage: June 30, 1905 o See census of 1897 for bands listed
National Archives Roll M595.319
The National Archives – National Archives and Records Service – General Services Administration – Washington – Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 – Osage Agency: Osage, 1906-1907 and 1909-1913
Census of the Osage: June 30, 1906 o Big Chief Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Tall Chief Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-He Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-An-Kah Band o Little Chief Band o Half Breed (Blood) Band ST Census of the Osage: 1 Quarter 1907 o See census of 1906 for bands listed th Census of the Osage: 4 Quarter 1909 o See census of 1906 for bands listed th Census of the Osage: 4 Quarter 1910 o See census of 1906 for bands listed th Census of the Osage: 4 Quarter 1911
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o See census of 1906 for bands listed Census of the Osage: June 30, 1912 o See census of 1906 for bands listed th Census of the Osage: 4 Quarter 1913 o See census of 1906 for bands listed
National Archives Roll M595.320
The National Archives – National Archives and Records Service – General Services Administration – Washington – Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 – Osage Agency: Osage, 1914-1918
Census of the Osage: June 30, 1914 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Tall Chief Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Ne Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-An-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Mixed Blood Osage Indians Census of the Osage: June 30, 1915 o See census of 1914 for bands listed Census of the Osage: June 30, 1916 o See census of 1914 for bands listed Census of the Osage: June 30, 1917 o See census of 1914 for bands listed Census of the Osage: June 30, 1918 o See census of 1914 for bands listed
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National Archives Roll M595.321
The National Archives – National Archives and Records Service – General Services Administration – Washington – Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 – Osage Agency: Osage, 1919-1922
Census of the Osage: June 30, 1919 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Nee Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-An-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Mixed Blood Osage Indians Census of the Osage: June 30, 1920 o See census of 1919 for bands listed Census of the Osage: June 30, 1921 o See census of 1919 for bands listed Census of the Osage: June 30, 1922 o See census of 1919 for bands listed
National Archives Roll M595.322
The National Archives – National Archives and Records Service – General Services Administration – Washington – Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 – Osage Agency: Osage, 1923-1926
Census of the Osage: June 30, 1923 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band
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o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Nee Band o Claremore Band o Wah-Ti-An-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Mixed Blood Osage Indians Census of the Osage: June 30, 1924 o See census of 1923 for bands listed Census of the Osage: June 30, 1925 o See census of 1923 for bands listed Census of the Osage: June 30, 1926 o See census of 1923 for bands listed
National Archives Roll M595.323
The National Archives – National Archives and Records Service – General Services Administration – Washington – Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 – Osage Agency: Osage, 1927-1929
Census of the Osage: June 30, 1927 o Big Chief Band o Joe’s Band o Moh-E-Kah-Moie Band o Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Band o Big Hill Band o White Hair Band o Ko-She-Wah-Tse Band o Black Dog Band o Saucy Chief Band o Beaver Band o Strike Axe Band o Ne-Kah-Ke-Pah-Nee Band o Claremore Band
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o Wah-Ti-An-Kah Band o William Penn Band o Little Chief Band o Mixed Blood Osage Indians Census of the Osage: June 30, 1928 o See census of 1927 for bands listed Census of the Osage: June 30, 1929 o See census of 1927 for bands listed
National Archives Roll M595.324
The National Archives – National Archives and Records Service – General Services Administration – Washington – Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 – Osage Agency: Osage, 1930-1931
Census of the Osage: Apr. 1, 1930 o Includes some Osage living outside Oklahoma in Kansas, Texas, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Arkansas, Arizona, etc. Supplemental Census of the Osage: Apr. 1, 1930 Census of the Osage: Apr. 1, 1931 o Includes some Osage living outside Oklahoma in Kansas, Texas, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Arkansas, Arizona, etc. Supplemental Death Census of the Osage: Apr. 1, 1931 Supplemental Birth Census of the Osage: Apr. 1, 1931 Births of the Osage: Apr. 1, 1931 Deaths of the Osage: Apr. 1, 1931 Osage Births: July 1, 1924-Mar. 31, 1931 Osage Deaths: July 1, 1924-Mar. 31, 1931
National Archives Roll M595.325
The National Archives – National Archives and Records Service – General Services Administration – Washington – Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 – Osage Agency: Osage, 1932
Census of the Osage: Apr. 1, 1932 o Includes some Osage living outside Oklahoma in Kansas, Texas, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Arkansas, Arizona, etc. Osage Names Dropped from Roll Because Duplicated and Erroneously Enrolled: Apr. 1, 1932
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Additions (births) Census of Osage Births prior to Apr. 1, 1931 Osage Deaths: Apr. 1, 1931-Mar. 31, 1932 Osage Deaths prior to Apr. 1, 1931
National Archives Roll M595.326
The National Archives – National Archives and Records Service – General Services Administration – Washington – Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 – Osage Agency: Osage, 1933
Census of the Osage: Apr. 1, 1933 o Includes some Osage living outside Oklahoma in Kansas, Texas, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Arkansas, Arizona, etc. Osage Names Dropped from Roll Because of Duplication: Apr. 1, 1933
National Archives Roll M595.327
The National Archives – National Archives and Records Service – General Services Administration – Washington – Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 – Osage Agency: Osage, 1934-1936
Census of the Osage: Apr. 1, 1934 o Includes some Osage living outside Oklahoma in Kansas, Texas, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Arkansas, Arizona, etc. Additions (births) Census of Osage Births prior to Apr. 1, 1934 Deaths of the Osage: Apr. 1, 1934 Additions and Deductions to Roll – Duplication of Numbers, Duplication of Names and Use of Numbers Not Assigned Names: Apr. 1, 1934 Osage Births: Jan. 1, 1934-Mar. 31, 1934 Osage Births: 1908-1933 Osage Deaths: 1922 Osage Deaths: Apr. 24, 1933-Feb. 21, 1934 Supplemental Census of the Osage: Jan. 1, 1935 Osage Births: Apr. 1, 1934-Dec. 31, 1934 Supplemental Census of the Osage: Jan. 1936 Osage Deaths: Apr. 1, 1934-Dec. 31, 1934 Osage Births: 1916, 1921-1922, 1931-1935 Osage Deaths: 1934
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National Archives Roll M595.328
The National Archives – National Archives and Records Service – General Services Administration – Washington – Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 – Osage Agency: Osage, 1937-1939
Census of the Osage: Jan. 1, 1937 o Includes some Osage living outside Oklahoma in Kansas, Texas, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Arkansas, Arizona, etc. Duplications of Names on Osage Census and Deaths Before end of the Year: Jan. 1, 1937 Osage Births: 1936 Unreported Osage Births prior to 1936 Osage Deaths: 1936 Unreported Osage Deaths: 1933-1935 Supplemental Census and Addition Roll of the Osage: Jan. 1, 1938 Deaths of the Osage: Jan. 1, 1938 Unreported Osage Deaths prior to 1937
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FBI Files
FBI File on the Osage Indian Murders Roll 1
Publisher’s Note: This material has been reproduced in the exact order in which it was released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1 of 3)
Introduction
Osage Indians, a remarkable people, wisely used the economic base of various localities during several generations following their nineteenth-century removal from the rich alluvial lands of the Mississippi-Arkansas confluence. By the early twentieth century, situated in the cross-timber zone of northeastern Oklahoma, Osage people developed the cattle-grazing and oil-drilling potential of their latest in a series of estates. As did the oil, headright royalties flowed while Osage Indians tried, in a variety of ways, to adapt to the demands of the new order. In time, these Native American people became victims of plots to divert the wealth of their nation.
Exact counts are difficult to derive, but during the early 1920s it was estimated that somewhere between a dozen to two dozen Osage Indians were murdered or simply “disappeared.” As wards of the federal government, their special status brought investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It soon became apparent that Osage fears, widely shared among friendly whites, virtually dried up knowledgeable sources. Moreover, Oklahoma county and state officials initially were reluctant to cooperate with federal investigators. In what became one of its most celebrated cases, the FBI – then simply the Bureau of Investigation – avidly pursued the Osage murderers, eventually securing life-term convictions in state and federal courts.
The FBI’s Osage Indian murders files contain stores of data about life and attitude of Osage Indians and their neighbors during the 1920s. The impact of oil wealth on northeastern Oklahoma is clearly documented. Of equal interest is the operation of state and federal law enforcement agencies in an era when, many assume, gangsters and bootleggers in major cities were society’s sole villains. It is also evident from the Osage Indian Murders files that the FBI at all levels – especially including the you director, J. Edgar Hoover – acutely sensed heinous injustice and were determined to persevere in what became a most difficult task of investigation and prosecution. Sandbagged in a host of brazen but ingenious ways, the FBI nonetheless persisted, fought, and defeated charges of improper procedure and broke the congenial bonds of frontier silence to win convictions.
Scholars of the Osage people, modern Oklahoma, or early twentieth-century politics and law enforcement will find compelling source material in the FBI’s Osage Indian Murders files. An even wider audience will find in these explicit and well-ordered documents a first-rate murder mystery, solved through unusual combinations of stealth, wisdom, and dedication – in short, one of the most exciting yet demanding murder investigations ever operated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation!
Roughly, the Osage Indian Murders files are half investigatory, half prosecutor. For the most part, documents bearing on investigation activities precede those related to various aspects of
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prosecution. At the front of these files is a short compendium of newspaper clippings about the murders and the FBI’s role in these cases. Most clippings are from Oklahoma newspapers; some are from Washington, DC, newspapers. The final section of the files contains correspondence and other material dealing with radio, film, and other popular communications forms as they worked with the FBI to acquaint the public with this unusual story. Field reports; internal correspondence and memoranda; correspondence with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Justice Department officers, and Oklahoma state officials; witness profiles and associated prosecution documents; and other matter related to investigation and prosecution form the bulk of the FBI’s Osage Indian Murders files
-John W. Larner – Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus
Section 1: Undated newspaper clippings and documents ranging Apr. 5, 1923-Sep. 1, 1923 o Files are arranged in loose chronological order by dates when documents were sent/received by FBI Washington headquarters. Enclosures, found with transmission documents, sometimes vary from this chronological arrangement. Section 2: Jan. 6, 1923-Jan. 9, 1924 Section 3: Jan. 10, 1924-June 21, 1924 Section 4: June 23, 1924-Aug. 14, 1924 Section 5: Aug. 14, 1924-Apr. 3, 1925 Section 6: Apr. 3, 1925-July 17, 1925 Section 7: July 23, 1925-Nov. 6, 1925
FBI File on the Osage Indian Murders Roll 2
Publisher’s Note: This material has been reproduced in the exact order in which it was released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (2 of 3)
See “FBI File on the Osage Indian Murders Roll 1” for more information
Section 8: Nov. 13, 1925-Nov. 13, 1925 Section 9: Nov. 5, 1925-Dec. 29, 1925 Section 10: Dec. 30, 1925-Feb. 13, 1926 Section 11: Jan. 30, 1926-Mar. 30, 1926 Section 12: Mar. 24, 1926-July 23, 1926 Section 13: July 21, 1926-Oct. 12, 1926 Section 14: Oct. 9, 1926-Dec. 11, 1926 Section 15: Dec. 7, 1926-Dec. 20, 1926
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FBI File on the Osage Indian Murders Roll 3
Publisher’s Note: This material has been reproduced in the exact order in which it was released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (3 of 3)
See “FBI File on the Osage Indian Murders Roll 1” for more information
Section 16: Nov. 30, 1926-July 14, 1927 Section 17: July 15, 1927-Apr. 26, 1928 Section 18: May 1, 1928-Sep. 28, 1928 Section 19: Sep. 27, 1928-Nov. 5, 1929 Section 20: Nov. 9, 1929-Nov. 21, 1932 Section 21: Nov. 17, 1932-Nov. 10, 1976
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