Delaware Indian Agency (Kansas)

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency
Delaware, Stockbridge and Munsee (Christian), Wyandot

History
The Delaware Agency was established in 1855 for the Delaware Indians of eastern Kansas, previously under the jurisdiction of the Kansas Agency, and before 1851, the Fort Leavenworth Agency and its predecessors. The Delaware Tribe agreed to purchase a piece of land in Indian Territory from the Cherokee Nation, and by 1869, most of the Delawares had moved there and were assigned to the Cherokee Agency. Some had settled on land within the jurisdiction of the Neosho Agency

Records
Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs from the Crow Wing Subagency, 1835-1840, have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M234, Roll 249. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the Family History Library and its family history centers on their microfilm roll number 1660979.