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Box 3

 Container

Contains 78 Results:

Letters to the Bureau of Indian Affairs about release of Black Kettle's widow, 1869

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 23
Identifier: MSS 782 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Five letters from various military men to the Bureau of Indian Affairs relative to the release of Black Kettle's widow from military captivity, 1869.

Dates: 1869

Captain B.L.E. Bonneville correspondence, 1833-1835

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 24
Identifier: MSS 782 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Letters from Captain B.L.E. Bonneville to Major General Macomb relative to the Crow Country expedition, July 29, 1833, and to U.S. Secretary of War, Lewis Cass, September 30, 1835, protesting the loss of his commission while he was absent on the Crow Country expedition. 28 pages.

Dates: 1833-1835

The destruction of the Cheyenne Village, under Dull Knife on Red Fork of Powder River / by Captain John G. Bourke, 1890 March

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 25
Identifier: MSS 782 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Article by Captain John G. Bourke titled "The Destruction of the Cheyenne Village, under Dull Knife on Red Fork of Powder River, November 25th, 1876, by U.S. Cavalry, commanded by General Ranald S. McKenzie, " published in March, 1890, in Journal of Military Service Institution. Two copies, 28 pages and 29 pages.

Dates: 1890 March

A day with the "fighting Cheyennes", 1930 May-October

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 25
Identifier: MSS 782 Series 8
Scope and Contents

"A Day with the 'Fighting Cheyennes,'" Motor Travel, May-October, 1930, reprints of six monthly installments of an article.

Dates: 1930 May-October

Facts from early days related by Lieutenant Bradley, approximately 1928

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 26
Identifier: MSS 782 Series 8
Scope and Contents

"Facts from Early Days Related by Lieutenant Bradley," newsclipping from The Montana Lookout, undated.

Dates: approximately 1928

James Bridger : a paraphrase / by A.B. Ostrander, approximately 1920-1935

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 27
Identifier: MSS 782 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Printed poem.

Dates: approximately 1920-1935

Jim Bridger : the old man of the mountains / by Edwin L. Sabin, approximately 1920-1935

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 27
Identifier: MSS 782 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains both original clipping and photocopy.

Dates: approximately 1920-1935

Miscellaneous newsclippings on Jim Bridger, 1926-1930

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 27
Identifier: MSS 782 Series 8