American Indian chief. Typescripts of messages (1875–1883) of Checote, first principal chief of the Creek Nation under the Muskogee Constitution of 1867, to the House of Kings and Warriors; newspaper editorials (1872–1883) on Checote and George W. Grayson from the Vindicator and the Cherokee Advocate, along with a biographical sketch (1926) of Checote. [This collection is available online at the OU Libraries website.]