William Birth letters regarding the Marias Massacre

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Title: William Birth letters regarding the Marias Massacre
Creator: Birth, William, 1842-1914
Contributor: Birth, William, 1842-1914
Hobbs, Perry
United States Army Infantry, 13th
Published / Created: 1870 January
Abstract: Two autograph letters, signed, from William Birth, solider stationed at Fort Shaw, Montana to his friend, Perry Hobbs. Birth describes his participation in the Marias Massacre, in which United States Army soldiers massacred approximately two hundred members of the Piegan Indian tribe in a camp near the Marias River, Montana.
Description: Purchased from William Reese Co. (Cowan's sale, 2011 December 2, lot 291) on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2011.
William Birth (1842-1914), soldier the United States Army 13th Infantry Regiment, Company K, stationed at Fort Shaw, Montana.
Extent: 2 items.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Correspondence
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Fort Shaw (Mont.)
Marias River (Mont.)
Subject (Name): Birth, William, 1842-1914
Hobbs, Perry
United States Army Infantry, 13th
Subject (Topic): Indians of North America--Montana
Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895--Personal narratives
Marias Massacre, Mont., 1870
Siksika Indians
Soldiers--Montana

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Citation: William Birth Letters Regarding the Marias Massacre. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.