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 m...
Description:
Purchased from William Reese Co. (Cowan's sale, 2011 December 2, lot 291) on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2011.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Shaw (Mont.) and Marias River (Mont.)
Subject (Name):
Birth, William, 1842-1914, Hobbs, Perry, and 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, and Soldiers--Montana
