(A) "Diagram of the E. Shawnee National Farm” from Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, Transmitting, in Compliance with Senate Resolution of December 4, 1883, copies of Documents and Correspondence Relating to Leases of Lands in the Indian Territory to Citizens of the United States for Cattle-Grazing and other Purposes. Virginia, and western Pennsylvania. The Shawnee were driven from this area by the Iroquois sometime around the 1660s and then scattered in all directions to South Carolina, Tennessee's Cumberland Basin, eastern Pennsylvania, and southern Illinois. By 1730 most of the Shawnee had returned to their homeland only to be forced to leave once again - this time by American settlement. Moving first to Missouri and then Kansas, the main body finally settled in Oklahoma after the Civil War and derived much of its income from ranching, as seen in the above map. (B) Enclosure No. 3” from Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, Transmitting, in Compliance with Senate Resolution of December 4, 1883, copies of Documents and Correspondence Relating to Leases of Lands in the Indian Territory to Citizens of the United States for Cattle-Grazing and other Purposes. Ranching became big business in Indian Territory because there was no regulation of cattle- grazing on Indian and mixed-blood lands. The Five Civilized Tribes earned a considerable amount of income from leasing their land to white ranchers. Indian Territory was considered a prime ranching location because of its mild climate which allowed cattle to subsist in the winter by eating dry grass and then fatten up in the spring on fresh grass. Condition: (Excellent) Item Dimensions: Largest Frame: 24" x 19 - 1/2".