Paiute Indians -- Utah -- History
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Journal of the doings of William Lefevre
Brief handwritten autobiography and typed copy of it. The item includes a list of the children born to each of his two wives. He mentions buying two young "paheed" (probably a Paiute group) girls in exchange for a filly and a rifle.
Journal of the doings of William Lefevre
John Doyle Lee letter
Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter, dated 8 April 1852, and addressed to "Dear Brothers and Sisters" (probably George Washington Hickerson and his wife) which was written in Parowan, Utah. Lee writes about activities of Mormons and Indians in the area of Parowan, Utah. The original item is located with MSS 840 of the repository.
William LeFevre autobiography
Photocopies of the typed autobiography of William LeFevre, as dictated to his daughter, Martha Jane LeFevre; description of a voyage on the "Zetland"; and genealogical family group sheets which include pictures.
Brigham Young letter to Oscar B. Young
Photographs of a handwritten and signed letter which was composed in Provo, Utah, dated February 27, 1868, and addressed to Oscar B. Young. Brigham gives his impressions of Provo, advises Oscar on Indian problems the Mormon settlers had along the "Muddy River," and comments on politics.