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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, American
,
Sources
Archival Collection Title
Edward E. Ayer Collection
Rights Status
No Copyright - United States
Newberry Open Access Policy
The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to
these terms and conditions.
Contributing Institution
Newberry Library
Link to Catalog
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Call Number
Ayer MS 3170
BibID
132793
Size
2388px × 3178px 21.75 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
File Created
11/13/2013
Filename
991327938805867_Ayer_MS_3170_00001.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11I02P
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