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George and Lucy Sword diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4174
Scope and Contents Three volumes of journals, all photocopied. The covers say 5-947: Department of the Interior. U.S. Indian Service. The books are related to the Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota, and the Oglala Boarding School. There are lists of English names with corresponding Native American names. There are drawings. There are lists of words, mostly in another language, possibly Oglala or Lakota. Occasionally, the words Captain George Sword or Lucy Sword appear. Financial notes have also been written in...
Dates: 1889-1896
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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