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Box 15

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Contains 5 Results:

Brigham Young letter to Arrapeen, 1857 January 13

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 10
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to Arrapeen, a Ute Indian leader, copy, expressing his hope that one day the "Lamanites" will become as they are and lead back to a knowledge of the Lord, invites him to come on a trip north, January 13, 1857.

Dates: 1857 January 13
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, 1857 July 27

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

Letter from Young to Arrapeen, a Ute Indian leader, they took him north so he “might see how we do and learn how to help yourself,” glad that he and Ammon are farming, dated July 27, 1857.

Dates: 1857 July 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

Brigham Young letter to Arrapeen, 1857 December 2

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

Letter from Young to Arrapine [Arrapeen, brother of Wakara, and a Ute Indian leader], copy, he has received letters from Arrapine written by J. B. Fairbanks, sends him things he's asked for, thanks him for the beaver skins and buckskins, dated December 2, 1857.

Dates: 1857 December 2
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 Ben Simons, 1858 March 22

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 10
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Letter from Young to Simons, copy, advises him to not take sides in the trouble with the army and the Mormons, asks him to give a pledge to remain neutral, they don't want the Indians to interfere on either side, dated March 22, 1858.

Dates: 1858 March 22
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

Folder, 1858-1883

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 10
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Item 5
Scope and Contents

Original sleeve that held letters from Brigham Young to Indian leaders.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1858-1883
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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