Copy of report made by John Dougherty as Indian Agent, Cant. Leavenworth. Individuals mentioned: Pilcher, Capt. G.H. Kennerly, Maj Wetmore, Dr. John Gale, Lt. Alston, Tapperage and Loup (Pawnees), a Cheyenne woman, Wm. Rogers, Kr. Keeney, Dr. Finley, Agent of Osages, Chouteau, Maid, Maj. J.L. Bean, Cabanne, Genl. Atkinson, Maj. Bliss, Lieuts. Wright and Babbott, Mr. Beauchamp (sub-agent), Th. Willow, Maj. Easton (Sec. of War), Forsythe, Sanford, Dr. Physie, Valeur (Otoe chief), Walk-in-the-Rain, Campbell, McCoy, Stephen Julian, Alexander Papin, James B. Thornton, P.G. Randolph, Maj. Davenport, Maj. O’Fallon, Maj. B. Riley, Maj. S.H. Long, Ruland, Capt. Martin, Lt. Fields, two Frenchmen killed by Sioux, Ward, Big Eagles (Omaha), Genl. Leavenworth, Leorenier (Otoes chief), Hard Heart, Capt. John Garnett, Wm. Gordon, Big Kaw (Otoe), Ioway Jim, partner of LeClere, Maj. Morgan, Fontinelle, Col. Richard, Mr. Johnson, Col. A.R. Wolley, Genl. Games, Dr. John Gale, Maj. R. Graham, Maj. Thos. Biddle, Maj. S.W. Kearny, Capt. R.B. Mason, Col. John Miller, Maj. Wm. Foster, Col. W. Morgan, Genl. H. Atkinson, Capt. Wm. Armstrong, Maj. T. Taliaferro, Col. Geo. F. Strothers, Col. John Scott, Col. S.H. Long, Judge David Barton, Dr. Wm. Carr Lane, Hon. Spencer Pettis, Chas. Biddle, Dr. Samuel Merry, Dr. Hardage Lane, Genl. Wm. M. Ashley, Col. W. McRee, and Capt. Wm. N. Wickliffe. Subjects mentioned: the Kanzas tribe, the Pawnee Republics, the Otoes, the Omahas, the Ioways, the Sacks, the Missouries the Shawnees, the Yancton Sioux, the Sioux and Sacks, and the Foxes. Businesses mentioned: Am. Fur Co. trading post and Steamer Missouri. Places mentioned: Council Bluffs, St. Louis, Cant. Leavenworth near Platte River, Liberty, the United States, Washington, County of Randolph, Mo.; Phila., Prairie du Chien, the Mississippi River, Cow Island, “Yellow Stone,” and River Jucke., 1832 Mar 9

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Collection consists mainly of the correspondence of Major John Dougherty in relation to sutling at Fort Kearny, Nebraska, and government transportation of freight between Fort Kearny and Fort Laramie, Wyoming, in the 1840s and 1850s. Also includes numerous bills of sale of slaves; correspondence and reports regarding Indian affairs, including a report from Leavenworth, March 9, 1832; land documents; and correspondence regarding land claims. Correspondents include Dougherty's son Lewis B. Dougherty, Robert Campbell, Henry S. Turner, A.G. Reed, Major C.F. Ruff, and Col. Thomas Swords. Collection also includes two diaries, 1869-1879, and a ledger, 1851-1852, of the medical practice of Dr. William Wallace Dougherty, a Liberty, Missouri, physician and nephew of John Dougherty. The diaries include material on the family.