GW & CB Colton, Map of Indian Territory

GW & CB Colton Map of Indian Territory Gray's Atlas c. 1872 14 x 17" One of the earliest obtainable separately issued atlas maps of Indian Territory. The present example bears the imprint of GW & CB Colton, 1872, reflecting the cooperation between the two publishing firms during this period, as both Colton and Gray were issuing maps of Indian Territory in this period. The map is colored by tribes and shows a number of early important place names, railroads, forts, Indian Villages and other points of interest. Several early stage roads are also shown, but not named. Indian Territory was created by the Indian Intercourse Act of 1834, which created unorganized lands reserved for the relocation of Native Americans. Indian Territory traces its roots to the British Proclamation of 1763, which limited European settlements to the lands east of the Appalachian Mountains. A series of subsequent treaties and government actions under first British and later American rule pushed the Nat