Pawnee Indians
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
The experiences of a young man while traveling with a wagon train from Omaha, Nebraska to Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, 1860-1865
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233949]
Identifier: MSS SC 119
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a journal, written in retrospect, which describes Bross' personal experiences and observations as he worked and traveled in the West. He describes life in the West, outlaw atrocities, cruelties by the Indians, and Mormons in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dates:
1860-1865
Tour to California overland
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 164
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary by an unknown person. The item tells of the author's overland journey with the Anknin Company from St. Joseph, Missouri to Fort Kearny, Nebraska in 1849 by mule train. The author gives detailed information about the rigors of camp life, and entries in general are long and descriptive. The Anknin Company explored an abandoned Pawnee village and was also visited by a war party of 300 Dakota Indians, with whom they traded food for moccasins and buffalo robes.
Dates:
1849