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title: Letter to the House of Representatives charging Charles A. Sewall for misconduct as Agent of the Caddo Indians in 1839.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Indians of North America, Indian agents, Legislators, Sewall, Charles, Reparations, Caddo Indians
Date Issued: 1839-01-25
Abstract: Text, January 25, 1839. Letter to the House of Representatives charging Charles A. Sewall for misconduct as Agent of the Caddo Indians. Signed by: Your Olt. Serat, R. Garland. and Hon. J.H. Poinsett, Secty. of Ulan.

title: Article describing relationship and problems between the Caddo Indians, Charles Sewall, the Caddo Indian Agent, the United States government, the people of Texas and another supposedly appointed Indian Agent Scott in 1840.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Indian agents, Sewall, Charles, Indians of North America, Caddo Indians, Reparations
Date Issued: 1840-02-24
Abstract: Text, February 24, 1840. Article describing relationship and problems between the Caddo Indians, Charles Sewall, the Caddo Indian Agent, the United States government, the people of Texas and another supposedly appointed Indian Agent Scott.

title: Correspondence from H. G. Rind to Captain William Armstrong concerning the Caddo Indians of Louisiana and Charles A. Sewall in 1840.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Caddo Indians, Indian agents, Indians of North America, Sewall, Charles
Date Issued: 1840-02-05
Abstract: Text, February 5, 1840. Letter from H. G. Rind to Captain William Armstrong, Superintendent of Indian Affairs West, concerning the Caddo Indians of Louisiana and Charles A. Sewall. Letterhead reads "Choctaw Agency West."

title: History of Native Americans in Louisiana as collected in the 1930s
Subject: Indians of North America, Caddo Indians, Natchez Indians, Dwellings, Pottery, Archaeology, Corn, Tobacco, Farming, Harvesting, Rites & ceremonies, Food, Hunting, Boats, Pirogues, Dyeing, Choctaw Indians, Manners & customs, Hair ornaments, Hairdressing, Tattoos, Death, Funeral rites & ceremonies, Language, Cannibalism, United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana
Date Issued: [193-]
Abstract: Text, date unknown, circa 1930s. First Americans. A description and history of Native Americans in Louisiana as collected in the 1930s. Many tribes are listed and discussed in a range of areas, from games, to pottery, to customs concerning the elderly.

title: Correspondence from Thomas Hartley Crawford concerning Charles Sewall and Caddo Indian affairs near Shreveport Louisiana in 1841.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Sewall, Charles, Caddo Indians, Indians of North America, Indian agents, Reparations, Correspondence, Crawford, Thomas Hartley, 1786-1863
Date Issued: 1841-03-05
Abstract: Text, March 5, 1841. Correspondence from Thomas Hartley Crawford, Commisioner of Indian Affairs, concerning Charles Sewall and Caddo Indian affairs near Shreveport Louisiana in 1841.

title: Caddo Indian History
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Indians of North America, Caddo Indians, History
Date Issued: 1935
Abstract: Text. Caddo Indian History. Lavinia Egan, Route 2, Gibsland, Louisiana; WPA papers, c.1930s.

title: Letter written to the Officers of Indian Affairs by William Ruppy of the Caddo Indians in regards to the unpaid claims of individual Indians in 1841.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Indians of North America, Indian agents, Indian reservations, Treasuries, Sewall, Charles, Reparations, Caddo Indians
Date Issued: 1841-11-01
Abstract: Text, November 1, 1841. Letter written to the Officers of Indian Affairs by William Ruppy of the Caddo Indians in regards to the unpaid claims of individual Indians. The Agent for the Caddo Indians, Chas A. Sewall, also signed the letter.

title: Letter by H. Williamson concerning the proposition made by the Caddo Indians to take the next annuity and move off of their present reservation in Louisiana.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Indians of North America, Indian agents, Indian reservations, Sewall, Charles, Reparations, Caddo Indians
Abstract: Text, date unknown. Letter by H. Williamson concerning the proposition made by the Caddo Indians to take the next annuity and move off of their present reservation in Louisiana and onto the land of Creek and Choctaw Indians. The letter questions if the Indians deserved their annuity paid to the agent Mr. Sewall, if they are still remaining on their present vicinity.

title: Letter from H.T. Williamson concerning the annuity paid to the Caddo Indians by Chas. A. Sewall in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1840.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Indians of North America, Indian agents, Indian reservations, Sewall, Charles, Reparations, Caddo Indians
Date Issued: 1840-02-24
Abstract: Text, February 24, 1840. Letter from H.T. Williamson concerning the annuity paid to the Caddo Indians by Chas. A. Sewall in Shreveport, Louisiana.

title: Correspondence from J. Brooks to John H. Eaton concerning the Native Americans living in Caddo Parish in 1831.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Caddo Indians, Indian agents, Indian encampments, Indians of North America, Droughts, Eaton, John Henry, 1790-1856, Frontier & pioneer life, Pioneers
Date Issued: 1831-01-17
Abstract: Text, January 17, 1831. Correspondence from J. Brooks to John H. Eaton, Secretary of War, concerning the Native Americans of Caddo Parish. A new location for the Indian Agency House, livestock killings by the Texas tribes Anadaco and Ioni, and the general safety of the frontier and pioneers are discussed.

title: history of the Caddo Indians as told by Tah-yun-hut, a tribal historian from a Caddo Indian Reservation in Oklahoma, from 1923.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Caddo Indians, Haskell Indian Nations University, Indians of North America, Interviews, Pioneers
Date Issued: 1923-12-08
Abstract: Text, December 8, 1923. Tah-Yun-Hut, Caddo Indian, traces History of Earliest Settlers of City and Parish. Published in the Shreveport Times. The history of the Caddo Indians as told by Tah-yun-hut, or Willie Weller, a tribal historian from a Caddo Indian Reservation in Oklahoma.

title: New establishment erected for a permanent location within the Indian Territory to protect the Indians from the continued complaints of the frontier whites in Caddo Parish by the Indian Agent of Red River in 1831.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Caddo Indians, Indians of North America, Indian agents, Buffaloes, Winter, Frontier & pioneer life, Pioneers
Date Issued: 1831-02-16.
Abstract: Text, February 16, 1831. New establishment erected for a permanent location within the Indian Territory to protect the Indians from the continued complaints of the frontier whites in Caddo Parish by the Indian Agent of Red River.

title: Letter to Colonel Mamia of Fort Jesup from Charles Sewall, Caddo Indian Agent, in regard to General Ruske of the Texan Army's invasion of Caddo Indian territory near Shreveport, Louisiana in 1838.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Caddo Indians, Sewall, Charles, Firearms, Surrenders, Armies, Frontier & pioneer life, Boundaries, Generals, Indian agents
Date Issued: 1838-11-26
Abstract: Text, November 26, 1838. Letter to Colonel Mamia of Fort Jesup from Charles Sewall, Caddo Indian Agent, in regard to General Ruske of the Texan Army's invasion of Caddo Indian territory near Shreveport, Louisiana. The Caddo are being forced to give up their firearms and surrender to a party other than the United States government.

title: Letter from the acting clerks for the Caddo Indian agent C.A. Sewall to document the receiving of annuities of the Caddo Indians for the year of 1839.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Indians of North America, Indian agents, Indian reservations, Office workers, Sewall, Charles, Reparations, Caddo Indians
Date Issued: 1839-04-03
Abstract: Letter from Joseph B. Dorrance, Lewis R. Person and John M. Lewis, acting clerks for the Caddo Indian agent C.A. Sewall and the Sewall Company, to document the receiving of annuities of the Caddo Indians for the year of 1839.

title: Mexican War, or Texas Revolution, has a profound Effect on Shreveport and the Caddo Indians
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Caddo Indians, Revolutions, Mexican War, 1846-1848, History
Date Issued: 1935
Abstract: Text. The Mexican War, or Texas Revolution, has a profounf Effect on Shreveport and the Caddo Indians. S. Woodley; p. 201.

title: Letter from J. Brooks, Indian Agent of Red River, to John H. Eaton, Secretary of War in Washington D.C. in 1830.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Indians of North America, Correspondence, Caddo Indians, Indian agents, Indian interpreters, Government officials, Reparations
Date Issued: 1830-10-25
Abstract: Text, October 25, 1830. Letter from J. Brooks, Indian Agent of Red River, to John H. Eaton, Secretary of War in Washington D.C. in 1830. The letter concerns the receipt of correspondence relating to disbursing money, time allowed for making returns and the way in which annuities are paid in regards to the Caddo Indians of Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

title: Account of the Red River in Louisiana, Drawn up from the returns of Thomas Freeman & Peter Custis, to the War Office of the United States who explored the same in the year 1806.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Rivers, Travel, Frontier & pioneer life, Pioneers, Floods, Indians of North America, Caddo Indians
Date Issued: 1806
Abstract: Text, 1806. An Account of the Red River in Louisiana, Drawn up from the returns of Thomas Freeman & Peter Custis, to the War Office of the United States who explored the same in the year 1806. The party consisted of Thomas Freeman, surveyor; Peter Custis, botanist and historian; Captain Sparks and Lieutenant Humphreys, two non-commissioned officers; seventeen private soldiers and a black servant. The natural environment is described in detail.

title: Caddo Nation Relinquishes Territory to the United States
Subject: Caddo Indians, Indians of North America
Date Issued: 1845
Abstract: Text. 3 Pages. Caddo Nation Relinquishes Territory to the United States. Treaty dated July 1, 1845.

title: Caddo Indian annuities in 1841
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Indian agents, Indians of North America, Reparations, Sewall, Charles, Caddo Indians
Date Issued: 1841-03-03
Abstract: Text, March 1841. Letter from Major William Armstrong to the Caddo Indians stating the Indian nation's annuities will no longer be paid to their agent Chas A. Sewall, but to the nation itself. Directed by the Com. of Indian Affairs from Washington D.C.

title: Deposition taken by John Sibley at Natchitoches of Mary Louis Brevell, 1805 September 16
Subject: Depositions, Louisiana, Natchitoches, Governors, Louisiana, Caddo Indians, Louisiana, Natchitoches
Date created ms: 1805-09-16
Name: Sibley, John, 1757-1837
Abstract: Mary Louis Brevell of Natchitoches discusses living in the "Antient Caddo Village" with other French settlers.

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