"In the Beginning" by Fred Olds. From postcard from the Oklahoma Territorial Museum.

Agent William L. Lovely Acquired over 7 million acres in Arkansas for the Cherokees

Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-13: Historic Indian Materials · Page 7.20*

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Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-13: Historic Indian Materials
Page 7.20*

Material type: Article (Photograph / Image)
Date: NA
Description: Agent Lovely proposing to Clermont and "all the Chiefs of the Osages" that he would pay all of their debt if they would relinquish the land that was Western Arkansas. This was a really huge transaction of over 7 million acres.
Author or creator: C.W. "Dub" West
Publication or source: Among the Cherokees
Subjects and names: William L. Lovely, General John Nicks

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