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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Nelson Appleton Miles letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308170]
Identifier: MSS SC 1023
Scope and Contents 24 items: 20 handwritten letters; 1 typewritten letter; 1 printed program from an 1877 banquet in his honor; and a 1935 newspaper account detailing his campaign against the Indians in 1876. Two letters are undated. Most are addressed to Lieutenant (later Captain) Frank D. Baldwin. Letters contain requests for supplies and teamsters in preparation for his Indian campaigns; a report on an engagement with the Sioux under Sitting Bull in December 1876; and other personal and official...
Dates: 1875-1898