Comanche materials, Zebulon Montgomery Pike biographical materials

Culture:
Wichita
Tonkawa includes: Tickanwa-tic
Pawnee includes: Chaticks si Chaticks, Chatiks si Chatiks
Comanche includes: Nʉmʉnʉʉ
Language: English
Date: April 2, 1812
Contributor: Sibley, John, 1757-1837
Subject: Indian agents | Warfare | Expeditions | Louisiana--History
Type: Text
Genre: Correspondence
Extent: 4 pages
Description: Original in Missouri Historical Society, Sibley Papers. Sibley (Indian agent at Nachitoches) mentions Spanish-Indian conflict, naming Hietans, Tankaways, Comanches, Tanakenos, and Panies. Bad behavior of American troops. He has journal and maps of George the Factor from a trip to the Kansas and Pawnees, during which he experienced the earthquakes. Worries about becoming a state and French majority without annexation of West Florida.
Collection: Zebulon Montgomery Pike biographical materials Mss.B.P63