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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

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

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