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DOCUMENT SIGNED BY ULYSSES S. GRANT. Appointment of Agent for the Indians of the Ponca Agency in Dakota Territory. Together with the archive of A. J. Carrier Indian Agent 1875-1876.

1875réf. 011828Washington: Department of the Interior 1875. Book. Very good condition. No Binding. Signed by Authors. First Edition. A large partly printed document appointing A. J. Carrier to the position of Indian Agent for the Ponca Indians in Dakota Territory signed by President Ulysses S. Grant on January 13 1875. The document meaures 20.75 w x 16 h and is framed. Countersigned by Acting Secretary of the Interior B. R. Cowan. Included is an intersting archive of almost 30 items most of which relates to Carrier's service as Indian Agent at the Ponca Agency. Many are on Agency or United States letterhead. One document lists 16 Indians by name for rations stopped or doubled; another is a detail of picket guard one mile west of Point Village against Sioux attacks and lists an Indian Sergeant and 10 Indian Privates; many documents are receipts of payment to Indians for services at the Agency including Little Snake Peter Primeaux Frank Le Fleash Sick Bull Rough Face etc.; another is a large document torn at folds listing the names of 211 Indians signed with their marks receiving annuity payments witness and signed by A. J. Potter and A. J. Abbott and Charles P. Morgan interpreter. Additionally there are three printed govenrment publications including Army HQ General Orders No. 97 a Senate Petition by Carrier and a House of Representatives Report submitted by Carrier. There is also a statement of equipage and supplies for 1864-1865 signed by Carrier for the 198th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Infantry Company A of which Carrier was an officer. There is also a five page "Descriptive List of Curiosities furnished by the Ponca Indians of Dakota." An interesting and unique collection of original documents. Department of the Interior unknown books

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