Letter, Charles E. Mix to Sir [J. Thompson]Charles E. Mix, Acting Commissioner of U. S. Indian Affairs, wrote to J. Thompson, Secretary of the U. S. Department of the Interior, regarding an incident described to him by Andrew Dorn, Indian Agent in Neosho, Kansas Territory. In this incident, J. B. Thompson, president of an unnamed railroad company bought a tract of land from the Osage Indian tribe without the consent of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Mix asked Secretary Thompson if it would be appropriate to punish Chapman under the Intercourse Act of 1834.1858-01-29Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101864). TKO topic guide: Immigration and Early Settlement>The Economy>Railroadsstill imageku-kansascollection:1924https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/1924u002161||u002162aspace_329dc85af23bf2792aade0e8ad469f38electronicimage/tiffreformatted digitalJames William Denver papers and diaryhttp://hdl.handle.net/10407/7167235532RH MS 19University of KansasUniversity of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research LibraryThis work is free of known copyright restrictions.ku-kansascollection_1924_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10