Unusual 20th-Century Indian Territory Document
I’ve never seen anything like this. It’s a photostat of a 1902 homestead deed from the Muskogee (Creek) Nation, Indian Territory, filed with the department of Interior on August 22, 1916, with a handstamp cancel from the ‘Five Civilized Tribes’. The handstamped statement next to the revenue stamp reads as follows: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES, MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA This is to certify that I am the officer having custody of the records…