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Map of Indian Territory, with part of the adjoining state of Kansas, &c.

"Prepared from the Map of Danl. C. Major, U.S. Astt. showing the boundaries of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, the Creek, Seminole, and Leased Indian Country established by authority of the Commrs. of Indian Affairs in 1858-59. and from Lieut. Col. J.E. Johnston's Map of the Southern Boundary of Kansas in 1857. The Map of the Creek Country by Lieut. L. C. Woodruff, Topl. Engrs., in 1850-51.""Prepared from the Map of Danl. C. Major, U.S. Astt. showing the boundaries of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, the Creek, Seminole, and Leased Indian Country established by authority of the Commrs. of Indian Affairs in 1858-59. and from Lieut. Col. J.E. Johnston's Map of the Southern Boundary of Kansas in 1857. The Map of the Creek Country by Lieut. L. C. Woodruff, Topl. Engrs., in 1850-51."

Source: United States Army. Corps Of Topographical Engineers. Indian Territory, with part of the adjoining state of Kansas, &c. Washington, D.C.: Engineer Bureau, War Dept, 1866. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2011590003/.

Date: 1886

Text/Transcription:

During the Civil War (1861-1865), “Indian Territory” represented what is now the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It served as an unorganized region set aside for Native American nations unjustly removed from their ancestral lands in the Southeastern United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This 1866 map of Kansas and Oklahoma shows the boundaries of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, the Muscogees (Creeks), and the Seminoles. The map also shows settlements, military posts, and roads. Its annotations highlight the reduction of Cherokee, Seminole, Choctaw, and Muscogee territories resulting from different Nations’ involvement in the Civil War on behalf of the Confederate cause.