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Box 15

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

Brigham Young letter to Wakara and Arrapeen, 1853 July 1

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 8
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to Walker [Wakara or Walkara, a Ute Indian leader] and Arrowpeen [Arrapeen, brother of Wakara, and a Ute Indian leader], Chiefs of Utah tribe, copy, tells of trouble that occurred between a James Foy of Springville and some Indians, asks Walker and Arrowpeen to be peaceable and quiet over the situation, dated July 1, 1853.

Dates: 1853 July 1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Brigham Young correspondence and other material / Brigham Young correspondence with Indian leaders

Brigham Young letter to Peteetneet, 1854 April 3

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 8
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to Peteetneet, Ute Indian Chief, copy, Purretz has brought word that he and his band want to come live near the whites and learn to build houses, raise grain, etc. Young encourages them to do so, dated April 3, 1854.

Dates: 1854 April 3
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Brigham Young correspondence and other material / Brigham Young correspondence with Indian leaders

Brigham Young letter to Washakie and Totowats, 1854 June 28

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 8
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to Chief Washakie of the Eastern Shoshone and Totowats, copy, they want to be good friends with them and their people, they do want to cultivate some of their land, James Bridger broke the laws, Orrin Porter Rockwell, Amos Neff, and George Bean will take some trade and talk with them, he will come that summer to see them, dated June 28, 1854.

Dates: 1854 June 28
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Brigham Young correspondence and other material / Brigham Young correspondence with Indian leaders

Brigham Young letter to Washakie, 1854 August 15

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 8
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to Chief Washakie of the Eastern Shoshone, copy, arrangements for Wash-e-kik's visit to Salt Lake, dated August 15, 1854.

Dates: 1854 August 15
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Brigham Young correspondence and other material / Brigham Young correspondence with Indian leaders

Brigham Young letter to Washakie, 1854 November 6

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 8
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 5
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to Chief Washakie of the Eastern Shoshone, copy, he has heard that the Shoshones intend to scatter themselves, suggests that instead they father together and begin to farm, offers to send men to help them, November 6, 1854.

Dates: 1854 November 6
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Brigham Young correspondence and other material / Brigham Young correspondence with Indian leaders

Brigham Young letter to Ka-tat-too, 1854 November 21

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 8
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 6
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to Ka-tat-too, Chief of Shoshones Indians, copy, tells him to go to the buffalo lands to hunt for the winter and to begin farming in the spring so they will no longer need to hunt, dated November 21, 1854.

Dates: 1854 November 21
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Brigham Young correspondence and other material / Brigham Young correspondence with Indian leaders

Brigham Young letter to Soldier and his band, 1854 December 27

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 8
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 7
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to "Soldier and his band," copy, hopes that he will stay among the whites, wants them to learn how they live and begin to live the same way, asks him to listen to James Brown, dated December 27, 1854.

Dates: 1854 December 27
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Mormons / Brigham Young correspondence and other material / Brigham Young correspondence with Indian leaders

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