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Petition to Wm. West protesting J. A. Foreman operating a sheep ranch

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William West was the Sheriff of the Canadian District of the Cherokee Nation. J. A. Foreman was a not citizen operating a sheep ranch two miles east of Muskogee. The were problems with the sheep ranch operating near all the cattle so the petitioners wanted the sheep ranch to be moved. Folder 478

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Title(s): 
Petition to Wm. West protesting J. A. Foreman operating a sheep ranch
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
July 19, 1882
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper
Classification: 
Manuscripts
Object Type: 
Petition
Accession No: 
4026.2062
Previous Number(s): 
75235
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
John Drew Manuscript Collection
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