Why The Commission Of The Five Civilized Tribes Failed To Enroll My Great-Grandmother

The text contains a letter from carl e. Pittman to the commission of five civilized tribes, in which he inquires about the status of his great-grandmother Sallie a. Vaughans application for citizenship. Pittman encloses a transcript of Vaughans hearings before the commission in 1900 and 1902, as well as affidavits from three people attesting to her Choctaw heritage. He asks why Vaughan was not allowed to register under the treaty of 1830, and whether the agent who refused her registration, colonel William Ward, was actually a colonel in the army. Pittman states that he is considering refiling for a tribal roll number, as there is no evidence that Vaughan was not of Choctaw blood.