The
Case of John Elk: Citizen or Indian?
For my Arkansas State
University students now working on their Elk papers, you will find below a number
of links to scanned articles from Omaha, NE newspapers (April 5, 6, and 7, 1880
and November 3 and 4, 1884). I have
just begun to create this database so check it from time to time for newly
added articles. Because these articles
have been scanned from photocopies of microfilm (complete with scratches and
debris), I have scanned them so they can be greatly enlarged without losing
clarity. If you have problems reading
the files, you should be able to solve the problems by zooming in on the
troublesome sections. Happy hunting!
Dr. Wilkerson-Freeman
9/13/03
The following articles give
some indication of the political issues that made the April 1880 Omaha
municipal election such a tumultuous event.
“Just
Before the Battle” (pt. 1)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4580fraud1.jpg
“Just
Before the Battle” (pt. 2)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4580fraud2.jpg
“Just
Before the Battle” (pt. 3)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4580fraud3.jpg
“Just
Before the Battle” (pt. 4)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4580fraud4.jpg
“Just
Before the Battle” (pt. 5)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4580fraud5.jpg
“Cushing’s
Campaign” (pt. 1)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4580holly1.jpg
“Cushing’s
Campaign” (pt. 1)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4580holly2.jpg
“State
Jottings” (note the announcements about railroads)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4580rr1.jpg
“The
Election” (pt.1)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4680elec1.jpg
“The
Election” (pt.2)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4680elec2.jpg
“The
Election” (pt.3)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4680elec3.jpg
“The
Mayor’s Proclamation”
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4680mayor.jpg
“Omaha
and St. Louis” (pt. 1—more about the railroads)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4680rr1.jpg
“Omaha
and St. Louis” (pt. 2)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4680rr2.jpg
“Omaha
and St. Louis” (pt. 3)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4680rr3.jpg
Jottings—note
how long the status of Marshal Daily
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4680sheriff.jpg
“Cocka-Doodle-Do”
(pt.1)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780crow1.jpg
“Cocka-Doodle-Do”
(pt.2)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780crow2.jpg
“Cocka-Doodle-Do”
(pt.3)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780crow3.jpg
“Cocka-Doodle-Do”
(pt.4)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780crow4.jpg
“Cocka-Doodle-Do”
(pt.5)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780crow5.jpg
Hascall
(1)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780haskell.jpg
Hascall
(2)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780haskell2.jpg
The
Holly Company and the Waterworks Issue (1)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780holly1.jpg
The
Holly Company and the Waterworks Issue (2)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780holly2.jpg
The “Extra Eighty Land
Steal”
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780homestrr2.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780indi1.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780liqind.jpg
“Political
Notes” (note the comments about woman suffrage)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780pols1.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780redeem.jpg
“The Crossing Matter” (pt.1)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780rr4.jpg
“The Crossing Matter” (pt.2)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780rr1.jpg
“The Crossing Matter” (pt.3)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780rr2.jpg
“The Crossing Matter” (pt.4)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780rr3.jpg
Tilden and Payne—thoughts on
the 1880 presidential election
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/4780tilden.jpg
November 1884
The 1884 presidential election
occurred just as the US Supreme Court Justices were reaching a decision in
Elk’s case.
Note the violence and fraud on election day.
Blaine
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11484blaine2.jpg
“Blaine in Massachusetts Fires the Last Campaign Broadside”
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11484blainea.jpg
Fraud
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11484frauda.jpg
Fraud
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11484fraudb.jpg
Riots
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11484lariota.jpg
Riots
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11484noriota.jpg
Elk Decision
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11484aborcit.jpg
Canadian US Voters?
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11384britcan.jpg
Election Day (pt. 1)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11384elecdaya.jpg
Election Day (pt. 2)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11384elecdayb.jpg
Election Day (pt. 3)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11384elecdayc.jpg
Election Day (pt. 4)
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11384elecdayd.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11384polplc1.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11384polsa.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11384polsb.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11384preelec.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11384preelec2.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11384preelec4.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11484dlbeea.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11484dlbeeb.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11484elkb.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11484empirea.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11484empireb.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11484empirec.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/11484misc1.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/preelec3.jpg
September 1880, Status and Treatment of Indians
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/elkgildcl04/sfnm
1sept22 1880.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/elkgildcl04/sfnm1880.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/elkgildcl04/indian
surplus land.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/elkgildcl04/indian
surplus 2.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/elkgildcl04/indian
trials.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/elkgildcl04/indian
uprising.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/elkgildcl04/Indians
to be moved.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/elkgildcl04/kcstar.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/elkgildcl04/newyorktimes1986.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/elkgildcl04/not
sept2486.jpg
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/elkgildcl04/notsept261886.jpg
The Elk Decision Reported in New York
http://www.clt.astate.edu/sarahwf/elk/elkgildcl04/Untitled-nyt
1.jpg