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CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPHS OF SITTING BULL, FENNO, AND DINERO BOY; Four cabinet card photographs of Native Americans, including Sitting Bull, sold by the western photographer, D. [David] Rodocker

D. [David] Rodocker

Winfield, Kansas: D. Rodocker, circa 1890. Card. All four photographs are mounted on cabinet cards reading “D. Rodocker, Winfield, Kansas.” Subjects in three of the four photographs are identified within the print. All have some soiling; one has a horizontal crease. One of the cards shows Louis Fenno, the..... More

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[THE U.S. ARMY INDIAN AGENT, CREDITED WITH SAVING MOST OF THE PIEGAN BLACKFEET TRIBE FOLLOWING THE “STARVATION WINTER” THAT KILLED A QUARTER OF ITS MEMBERS, DESCRIBES THE BOUNTY OF FEDERAL FOOD AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION THE FOLLOWING YEAR]; Letter from Major Rueben A. Allen to family in Ohio describing life at Montana’s Blackfeet Agency

Major Rueben A. Allen

Blackfeet Agency, Montana: December 21, 1883. Unbound. This five-page letter is datelined “United States Indian Service / Blackfeet Agency, Mont. / Dec: 21st, 1884.” It is addressed to Major Allen’s family at Freeport, Ohio. There is no accompanying envelope. In nice shape. Transcript provided. An exceptional letter from the..... More

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[A PROSPECTIVE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE STUDENT CASTIGATES WHITE MEN FOR THEIR TREATMENT OF NATIVE AMERICANS]; A “Composition on Indians” by a student, who would begin study the following year at the University of Mississippi, about their mistreatment at the hands of whites

H. H. [Henry Hill] Bedford

Como, Mississippi: 1848. Unbound. This two-page essay measures 15” x 8” when opened. It is dated, “Como Post Office, Panola County, Miss” and titled, “A Composition on Indians” Docketing includes text reading, “Read to Mr. Henderson Juty / H. H. Bedford”, a pencil geometry sketch, and the statement “He would..... More

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[WHILE FLIRTING WITH A GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND, A CAVALRY TROOPER IN THE DAKOTA TERRITORY RELATES HIS EXPERIENCE FIGHTING SIOUX AND CHEYENNE AS HE PROTECTS SETTLERS AND TRAVELERS ALONG THE WESTERN TRAILS]; Letter from a soldier stationed at Fort Laramie describing his isolated life and the ongoing battles with the Sioux and Cheyenne

James Butler

Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory: 1865. Envelope or Cover. This letter to Belfast, Ohio, is datelined “Ft. Laramie, D. Tery., Oct. the 20th 1865” and the envelope is franked with a 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott #65). It bears a scarce “Fort Laramie Dak” postmark along with a Goshen, Ohio, transit stamp..... More

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[A SERGEANT FROM THE 18TH INFANTRY DISCUSSES LIFE AT FORT BRIDGER, THE SNAKE TRIBE, SEEING BRIGHAM YOUNG AND HIS WIVES, AND HIS LESS THAN FAVORABLE IMPRESSION OF “THE STYLE OF THE MORMONS.]; Two flirty, lonely-hearts, pen-pal letters from a young infantry sergeant stationed at Fort Bridger to a woman he has not met

Sgt. Harry Vincent (a pseudonym)

Ft. Bridger, Utah Territory: 1869. Envelope or Cover. Two letters, both sent at Brimfield, Massachusetts; one datelined “Fort Bridger, U.T. Jan. 30th 1869”, the other, ”Fort Bridger Mar 9th, 1869”. One is enclosed in an envelope franked with a 3-cent stamp (Scott #65) and bearing a faint circular fort postmark..... More

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Letter from a gold prospector who served as the “judical chair” for a mining camp

W. B.

Osceola, [probably Nevada]: 1880. Unbound. This letter is in nice shape, with short splits starting along a couple of the mailing folds. It has no accompanying envelope. A transcript will be included. In the letter, W. B. reports to his mother that although he had found gold, it..... More

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An important archive relating to the short, tragic life of a Seminole Wars naval hero, who though brave, tactically and strategically astute, and technologically innovative, was also self-centered, ethically-challenged, and greedily ostentatious.

John T. McLoughlin

Various locations: 1842-1847. Unbound. This archive consists of 36 letters (34 to McLoughlin, one by McLoughlin, and one to McLoughlin's widow) and two documents. All have original postal markings. Some have splits beginning along mailing folds; one is in two parts. An annotated contents list will be included. In..... More

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Grouping of manuscript orders sent to the 4th Cavalry “Operating Against Indians” in central Texas.

To Brevet Major Clarence Mauck

Austin, Texas: Fifth Military District, 1870. Three sets of manuscript orders related one of the first post-Civil War military actions taken to protect Texas settlers from escalating attacks by Native American tribes including the Comanche, Kickapoo, Kiowa and Apache. Each set of these orders is written on bifold stationery..... More

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CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPHS OF SITTING BULL, FENNO, AND DINERO BOY; Four cabinet card photographs of Native Americans, including Sitting Bull, sold by the western photographer, D. [David] Rodocker

[A PROSPECTIVE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE STUDENT CASTIGATES WHITE MEN FOR THEIR TREATMENT OF NATIVE AMERICANS]; A “Composition on Indians” by a student, who would begin study the following year at the University of Mississippi, about their mistreatment at the hands of whites

Letter from a gold prospector who served as the “judical chair” for a mining camp

An important archive relating to the short, tragic life of a Seminole Wars naval hero, who though brave, tactically and strategically astute, and technologically innovative, was also self-centered, ethically-challenged, and greedily ostentatious.

Grouping of manuscript orders sent to the 4th Cavalry “Operating Against Indians” in central Texas.

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