Lot
1096 
Doaksville C.N. July 6th 55, bold manuscript postmark with pen cancels on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire (U10) to Grafton, Vermont; with original enclosure apparently from a missionary datelined "Pine Ridge June 28" and reads, in part, "…a company of sixteen missionaries arrived at Doaksville yesterday. They are from Wapamiska and Good Water…M. Aiken", Very Fine and choice, a wonderful example from this Choctaw Nation post office with original letter.Scott No. U10 Estimate $200 - 300.
Doaksville, now a ghost town, is located in present-day Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was founded between 1824 and 1831, by people of the Choctaw Indian tribe who were forced to leave their homes in the Southeastern United States and relocate in an area designated for their resettlement in Indian Territory. The community was named for Josiah Stuart Doak, co-owner of the local trading post. The town flourished until the U.S. Army abandoned nearby Fort Towson in 1854, though it remained as the Choctaw capital until 1859, then declined rapidly after being bypassed by a new railroad in 1870.
Realized: $425
Lot
1097
Doakesville, CN August 1st, manuscript postmark on buff cover to Long Island, franked with 1857 3¢ dull red with manuscript cancel, Very Fine and attractive, A scarce item from Choctaw Nation.Estimate $300 - 400.
The community of Doakesville was once the largest town in the Choctaw Nation and flourished from the 1830s until shortly after the Civil War, it served as the Choctaw National Capital from 1850 until 1863, and is where General Stand Watie became the last Confederate General to surrender, in June of 1865. For the first fifty years of its existence "Indian Territory" post offices functioned under a U.S. Post Office Department administrative attachment to Arkansas (territory and state).
Realized: $260
Lot
1098
Oak Lodge, Ind. Ter. Jul 30, 1886, neat postmark on cover to Sparta, Ga., franked with 2¢ Bank Note (small defects) tied by target cancel and cover with printed "Texas Express Company", Very Fine.Estimate $150 - 200.
Oak Lodge was known as Skullyville which stood along the California Road and was a stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail route.
Realized: $260
Lot
1099
Oklahoma, June 19/83, neat manuscript postmark on cover franked with manuscript cancelled 3¢ green Bank Note to Maine, The Oklahoma (Choctaw Nation) Post Office was established in Dec. 1881 and discontinued in Nov. 1888, Very Fine and rare, only a couple examples of this postmark exist.Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $240
Lot
1100
Wheelock, C.N. Sept 19, black manuscript postmark with matching "5" rate on bluish folded letter to "Mr. Thompson McKinney, Choctaw Agency", with letter datelined simply "Sept 17th 1849" reading in part, "…I have just had one of my children (Peter) bit by a Snake, all of which renders me entirely unfit to console a friend in affliction…I shall never forget one of his expressions he used in the Genl. Council some years past, it was 'let us grow upwards and prosper as a people'. He was a friend to schools and lived to see them established throughout the nation before he departed from us…P.P. Pitchlynn.", and concludes, "Our Council has never Honored the Memory of our Great Men - which shows we are an ungrateful people. Let us do it this time", minor internal fault, Very Fine, ex-Jarrett.Estimate $500 - 750.
A FINE TWO PAGE LETTER OF CONDOLENCE FROM THE IMPORTANT INDIAN CHIEF, PETER P. PITCHLYNN.
Peter Pitchlynn (Jan 30, 1806 to Jan 17, 1881) was a Choctaw military and political leader. A long-time diplomat between his tribe and the federal government, he served as principal chief of the Choctaw Republic from 1864 to 1866 and surrendered to the Union on behalf of the nation at the end of the Civil War.
Realized: $2,800