Circa thirty letters, most autograph, signed, to George LeRoy Brown, primarily concerning his term as acting Indian agent of Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota. Brown's dispute with writer and activist Charles Eastman is particularly well documented. B...
Description:
George LeRoy Brown (1849-1921) was acting Indian agent at the Pine Ridge Agency from 1891 to 1893, following the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. An 1872 graduate of West Point, Brown served as professor of military science at Delaware College, later th...
Subject (Geographic):
South Dakota. and Pine Ridge (S.D.)
Subject (Name):
Brown, George LeRoy, 1849-1921., Cutcheon, Byron M., 1836-1908., Eastman, Charles A., 1858-1939., Hare, William Hobart, 1838-1909., Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840-1924., Sanford, George B. 1842-1908. (George Bliss),, Welsh, Herbert, 1851-1941., and United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency.
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians, Government relations, Indian agents, and Indian reservations
United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shoshone Agency
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2205
Container / Volume:
Volume 10
Image Count:
5
Abstract:
Seven volumes of letterpress copies of ALS and TLS concerning business of the Shoshone Agency at the Wind River Indian Reservation, 1903-1907; two volumes of letterpress copies of manuscript and typescript letters and receipts relating to financial bu...
Description:
The Wind River Indian Reservation, located in Fremont County, Wyoming, was created for the Eastern Shoshoni Indians under provisions of the Treaty of Fort Bridger in 1868. Part of the Reservation was occupied by Northern Arapaho Indians in 1878. Har...
Subject (Geographic):
Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming., Northern Arapaho Tribe., Wyoming., Fort Washakie (Wyo.), and Wind River Indian Reservation (Wyo.)
Subject (Name):
Burnett, Fincelius G., 1844-1933., Nickerson, H. G., Ryder, James P., Wadsworth, Harry E., and United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shoshone Agency.
Subject (Topic):
Arapaho Indians, Government relations, Land tenure, Missions, Arapaho reservations, Social life and customs, Indian reservations, Shoshoni Indians, and Shoshoni reservations
