Manuscript diary in the hand of Henry Ridinger, 1878-1882. Ridinger describes his work as a herder in Colorado, landscapes and topography in Colorado, Navajo settlements, working in the hay trade, a shooting and arrest in Colorado, and his travel through Kansas to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Ridinger describes life with a group of Osage, including the construction of buildings, hunting, fishing, agriculture, and Osage funerary and religious ceremonies. Ridinger also records his interactions with other tribes, including Pawnee, Cherokee, Ute, and Waco. He describes relations and treaties between the tribes, as well as the tribes' relations with the United States government, including the disbursement of food and clothing. Other passages describe copies of earlier treaties with France and Spain which the tribes showed Ridinger. A later entry describes the aftermath of the United States Army burning a Jewish settlement in Oklahoma in 1881 and The diary also includes an essay about the history of Native American treaties with the United States government and several pages of accounts listing expenses and sales of hay, wheat, and corn. The diary includes several drawings of people, horses, insects, dogs, and symbols. Accompanied by 3 photographs, one hand-colored portrait of Henry Ridinger, one of an unidentified woman, and one of a man and woman captioned "Uncle Sam [Ridinger] with his sweetheart who died."
Description:
Henry Ridinger (1851-1938) was born in either Iowa or Illinois in 1851. His family moved to Kansas in 1857 and he left home at the age of 11, circa 1862. He worked as a cattle herder and hay farmer in Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma for several years in the 1870s and 1880s. He later became a hay farmer in Lincoln County, Nebraska, circa 1885., In English., and Front and back covers are detached.
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado., Oklahoma., Oklahoma, Colorado, Indian Territory, and Kansas
Subject (Name):
Ridinger, Henry, 1851-1938. and Ridinger, Sam
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture, Cherokee Indians, Crime, Hay trade, Herders, Hunting, Indians of North America, Government relations, Jews, Navajo Indians, Osage Indians, Pawnee Indians, Ute Indians, Waco Indians, and Description and travel
Photographs of Dakota Indians, Chippewa Tribes in the Great Lakes area, Winnebago, Omaha, Santee Sioux, and Ponca Indians in Nebraska, Indian agents, and various other scenes documenting Charlotte Walkup's visits to the Cheyenne River, Lower Brule, Pine Ridge, and Rosebud Reservations in South Dakota, the Winnebago Reservation and Agency in Nebraska, and the Pipestone Indian Reservation in Minnesota. Accompanied by a publication by the Institute of the American West entitled Indian Self-Rule, Fifty Years Under the Indian Reorganization Act, reproducing some of Walkup's photographs
Description:
Charlotte Tuttle Westwood Lloyd Walkup was an attorney in the Solicitor's Office of the U.S. Interior Department assisting the Office of Indian Affairs in the administration of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Her assignment on the reservations was to work with the tribal councils in drafting tribal constitutions and subsequent charters for economic development as authorized by the Act, and on establishing voting procedures., Stored in 1 box and 1 portfolio., and Manuscript captions on versos of many photographs.
Subject (Geographic):
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation (S.D.), Lower Brule Indian Reservation (S.D.), Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.), Pipestone Indian Reservation (Minn.), Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.), and Winnebago Reservation (Neb.)
Subject (Name):
Walkup, Charlotte Tuttle Westwood Lloyd. and United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Winnebago Agency
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Legal status, laws, etc, Government relations, Dakota Indians, Ojibwa Indians, and Omaha Indians
