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History
The St. Louis Superintendency of Indian Affairs was established in 1822. It had operated as the Missouri Superintendency since 1813. After the Superintendency was abolished in 1851, its duties were assumed by the Central Superintendency.
Superintendents
William Clark 1822, Joshua Pilcher 1839, David D. Mitchell 1841, Thomas H. Harvey 1843, David D. Mitchell 1849[1]
Agencies
- Council Bluffs Agency
- Crow Wing Subagency
- Delaware and Shawnee Agency
- Fort Leavenworth Agency
- Great Nemaha Agency
- Ioway Subagency
- Kansas Subagency
- Kaskaskia Subagency
- Mandan Subagency
- Northern Agency
- Osage Agency
- Osage River Subagency
- Peoria Subagency
- Prairie du Chien Agency
- Rock River Subagency
- Sac and Fox Agency
- Sioux Subagency
- St. Peters Agency
- Upper Missouri Agency
- Upper Platte Agency
- Winnebago Agency
- Wyandot Subagency
Records
Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs from the St. Louis Superintendency, 1824-1851, have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M234. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the Family History Library and its family history centers on their microfilm roll numbers 1661477 thru 1661486.
The records of this superintendency are included in the records of the Central Superintendency (see above). Copies are also available on microfilm at the University of Arizona.
References
Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Press, [1974].
Hill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington [District of Columbia]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981.
Historical Sketches for Jurisdictional and Subject Headings Used for the Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880. National Archives Microcopy T1105.
Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Washington, DC:
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