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Letter Bull Head Issue Station, Standing Rock Agency, N.D., to Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Washington, D.C., 1901 May 31

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Open book Letter Bull Head Issue Station, Standing Rock Agency, N.D., to Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Washington, D.C., 1901 May 31

Title Letter Bull Head Issue Station, Standing Rock Agency, N.D., to Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Washington, D.C., 1901 May 31

Creator Spooner, M. T. (Marion T.)

Date 1901

Place Montana, North Dakota--Standing Rock Agency

Language English

Subjects Dakota Indians, Indians of North America, United States

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Formerly known as Ayer MS 823a.
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary May 31, 1901, letter from M.T. Spooner, a farmer employed by the Office of Indian Affairs at the Standing Rock Agency, to Gen. Nelson A. Miles, regarding Miles' council meeting with Sitting Bull in Montana during the military campaign that followed the Battle of Little Big Horn. Spooner, who was in charge of Sitting Bull's old followers, relayed the story told by Has Horns, that Sitting Bull and his braves had planned to kill Miles and his officers. They refrained after Waubliska (White Eagle) argued that a surprise attack during a peaceful meeting would be cowardly. Spooner hoped that Miles might send Waubliska "a letter or some little thing."

Extent 1 item (5 leaves) ; 27 cm

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 3170

BibID 132793

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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