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Box 15

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Contains 10 Results:

Brigham Young letter to Arrapeen and the Utahs, 1855 February 3

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to Arrow Pin [Arrapeen, brother of Wakara, and a Ute Indian leader] and the Utahs, copy, Walker's death, tells him it is foolish to kill others because one man dies, when one man kills another, that man should also be killed, dated February 3, 1855.

Dates: 1855 February 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, 1855 May 1

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to Wash-e-kik [Chief Washakie of the Eastern Shoshone], copy, Wash-e-kik is upset about whites and Mormons ferrying across the Green River because the Indians don't get any of the pay, Young tells him he has to start working for his support, they need to farm because game are scarce, dated May 1, 1855.

Dates: 1855 May 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 Arrapeen, 1855 October 3

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to Arrowpine [Arrapeen, brother of Wakara, and a Ute Indian leader], copy, three Mormons were killed near Elk Mountain Brigham Young Indians, asks Arrowpine to help have the difficulty settled peacefully, dated October 3, 1855.

Dates: 1855 October 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 Arrapeen, 1856 March 7

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to Arrowpine [Arrapeen, a Ute Indian leader], copy, troubles between Indians and the Mormons, “Tintic [a Ute Indian Chief] is ugly, he . . . and some few others have made all this trouble,” cattle has been stolen by the Indians, he wants Arrowpine to take Tintic and other Indians that have stolen cattle and killed men and give them up, dated March 7, 1856.

Dates: 1856 March 7
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 Arrapeen, 1856 March 15

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 5
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to Arrowpine [Arrapeen, a Ute Indian leader], copy, asks him to counsel the Indians to bring in the animals Tintic and others have stolen, dated March 15, 1856.

Dates: 1856 March 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 Lou-rittee, 1856 April 24

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 6
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to Lou-rittee, a chief of Utahs, copy, tells him of trouble with Tintic, if he wants to come there, he can, wants him to come see him, dated April 24, 1856.

Dates: 1856 April 24
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 Arrapeen, 1856 July 28

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 7
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to Arrowpeen [Arrapeen, a Ute Indian leader] copy, they want the "good Indians" to bring in Tintic and all the "bad Indians," he wants all the Utahs to stop killing cattle and stealing, Bishop Snow can't give the Indians the goods he has without permission from the agent, Dr. Hurt, he wants them to settle down and make their own living, dated July 28, 1856.

Dates: 1856 July 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, 1856 July 30

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 8
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young "to all whom it may concern," copy, Altero has been visiting, Young wants the Indians to learn to live like the whites, because game is growing scarce, wants others of the Uinta Utahs to visit him, dated July 30, 1856.

Dates: 1856 July 30
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, 1856 August 11

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 9
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to Wash-e-kik [Chief Washakie of the Eastern Shoshone], copy, sends presents by William A. Hickman, thinks that they should cultivate some land for food, and have schools to teach their people to read and write, dated August 11, 1856.

Dates: 1856 August 11
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 the Paiutes, 1856 October 8

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 10
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to the Piedes [Paiutes] at "Loss Vegas" copy, desiring that they adopt white culture, October 8, 1856.

Dates: 1856 October 8
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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