Box 2

Scope and Contents Rhoads, James E. ca. 20 items [11 Letters and Photocopies of 9 of them] 4 mo. 22, 1874 to 3 mo. 5, 1879, Quapaw Nation (Ugahxpa) Agency and Germantown, Phila., Pa. [includes 1879 Letter to Edward F. Hoag] -"Introducing A.B. Mecham and approves of permitting him to travel with two [Modoc Nation (Maklak)] members in the interest of the tribe" 1874 -"Forwarding copy of minutes of Executive Committee accepting resignation, etc." 1875 -"Regarding action of Washington Committee on resignation"...

Scope and Contents Richards, Jonathan, ca. 1812-­1882 [Agent for the Wichita Tribe (Kitikiti'sh) and affiliated bands from 1870­-1876] ca. 18 items [17 Letters, Manuscripts, Document] 2 mo. 13, 1871 to 12 mo. 3, 1879 from Wichita Tribe (Kitikiti'sh) Agency, Indian Territory and Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia Letters are chiefly addressed to Edward F. Hoag and relate to the settlement of Richards accounts with Washington.[Note: for additional Richards material, see Manuscript Collection. 964...

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Smith, John Q. [John Quincy], 1824­-1901 [Indian Commissioner 1875­-1877] ca. 9 items [Letters, Manuscript Copies of letters] Dec. 13, 1875 to Nov. 29, 1876 [includes Letter, May 22, 1876 to John Hadley; copy of Letter to Wm. Nicholson, No. 29, 1876] Letters are chiefly addressed to Enoch Hoag and are financial in nature

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Wistar, Thomas 3 Letters, Fox Chase (Philadelphia), 8/21/1874, 3/13/1875 and Washington, D.C., 10/7/1874 to Enoch Hoag -Going to see the President on account of the military -Regarding agents reporting through the Superintendent and solution to present Indian Agency troubles Failings of (Quaker) Indian agents

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Woodard, Levi [agent at the Sac Nation (Thakiwaki) and Fox Nation (Meskwaki) Agency] ca. 7 items [5 Letters, 2 vouchers] 3 mo. 10, 1876 to 12 mo. 11, 1876 [includes letters to: Wm.. Nicholson, 3/22/1876; Edward F. Hoag, 6/29 and 12/11/1766] Letters are financial in nature and relate to building of schoolhouse for Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma (Kiikaapoa), etc.

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Dates are also 1865-1883 Ledger, "Central Superintendency, Lawrence, Kansas" inscribed on flyleaf chiefly accounts with the various agents, also accounts of mills labored by Kiowa Tribe (Ka'igwu) and Comanche Nation (Numinu) members and accounts with other North American Indigenous groups

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1869-­1874 6 items These are statements of accounts of Enoch Hoag, inscribed on covers as either "Remarks made in the Second Auditor's Office on the cash accounts of Enoch Hoag..." or "Second Auditor's Office, Statement of differences arising in the settlement of accounts of Enoch Hoag..." for different time periods.

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1869-­1876 8 items These are similar to above and are typically labeled "Supplemental answers and explanations to differences arising in the settlement of the accounts of Enoch Hoag.." or "Statement of differences arising on settlement of the Accounts of Enoch Hoag..." Also "Differences arising... accounts of John Hadley..." and "Exceptions of Board of Indian Commissioners [1873]"

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1870-­1874 5 items These are "Remarks by Indian Office" [includes exceptions to cash accounts, etc.] and "Remarks made in the Office of Comm. of Indian Affairs, cash accounts of John Hadley...", "Reply to remarks made in the office of the Committee of Indian Affairs on the cash accounts of Enoch Hoag..."

Scope and Contents 1874-­1876 19 items These include: -A filled ­in report form titled "Quarterly return of public property pertaining to the Wichita Tribe (Kitikiti'sh) Agency, Indian Territory for the 1st Quarter, 1876, by Jonathan Richards Indian Agent. ...." -14 filled ­in "Abstract of disbursements made by Enoch Hoag Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Quarter ending 31st 3rd month, 1874, for_________"; numbered 1­14, the last blank for the type of expense covered in the abstract. These are filled­...