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Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Records:

History and war record of John O. Stotts, Sergeant Co. G, 3rd Regt, U.S. Infantry

 Collection — Folder 1
Call Number: RH MS P155
Overview Stotts relates his experiences joining the army at St. Louis in 1866 and traveling over the Great Plains to Fort Lyon, Colorado. He describes killing buffalo and witnessing a Native American killing a bison; an encounter with members of a Native American village near [Zara?], Colorado; Fort Dodge and Buffalo Bill; Bent's Fort and the Bent family; flooding of Fort Lyon and the construction of New Fort Lyon; and the wars with Native American tribes, including comments on Satanta (Set-Tainte,...
Dates: 1866 - 1868

Letters to Catherine H. Smith, and official military announcement of his death

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P154
Overview

Five letters from George W. Smith to his mother. The sixth item are regimental orders announcing Smith's death.

Dates: 1880 - 1881

Pioneer stories. Abilene

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P45
Scope and Contents

Describes frontier life in Kansas 1866-1869 while Gorden worked as a telegraph operator for the Kansas Pacific Railroad.

Dates: undated