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Apache Indians -- Wars -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Kit Carson papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232537388]
Identifier: Vault MSS 513
Scope and Contents Correspondence, military dispatches, a deed, a Taos County Resolution, and two payment vouchers. Nine of these items are personal in nature and are addressed to Carson from friends and family members. The remaining thirty-five letters are concerned with and document Indian affairs. They include instructions from superiors, official correspondence regarding military actions during the American Civil War in the West. They document aspects of the Jicarilla War of 1854-55, the Mescalero...
Dates: 1854-1867

C. A. May letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231044964]
Identifier: MSS 1016
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter dated December 2, 1849, written at Socorro, New Mexico, and addressed to a Lt. McLand at Santa Fe, New Mexico. May writes that the Apache chief, "Ponce," and other Apaches request a meeting to discuss peace.

Dates: 1849 December 2