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The taming of the Sioux
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
HM 81548: The first volume, written in ink, consists of miscellaneous reports prepared by Frank West. The volume begins with a report about a transportation march from Camp Supply, Indian Territory to Fort Clark, Texas in 1873. West meticulously details the journey of the cavalry including length of travel, rivers crossed, and personal remarks. "Our wagon was [?] in the quick sand at the crossing of the Red River men were disseminated and applied to ropes attached to the wagon and it was drawn out" (p. 2). The total distance of their march was 1,371 miles, which took 74 days. The next two reports are about the murder of Jacob Dilsey in 1873. Other reports include number of utility poles erected in Arizona and confidential statements and endorsements about various Army personnel. Also included are briefs from Fort Niobrara, Nebraska and Fort Myer, Virginia. The last portion of the volume appears to be excerpts from a history book concerning Europe, Asia, and the Middle East during the 19th century. The endpapers have miscellaneous notes and account information written on them.
mssHM 81548-81554
Visual Materials
View of field, log buildings and possibly an orchard.
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Visual Materials
Studio portraits of Sioux leaders and scenes on the Sioux Agency in North Dakota: a schoolhouse, U. S. Agent's house; trade store; Devil's Lake; an Indian farm; Fort Totten and soldiers; native camps and views of dances. People identified: Red Cloud; Running Antelope; Sitting Bull; family of Sitting Bull in front of his tepee; American Horse; Spotted Tail. Photographers/publishers: Portrait of Red Cloud by Mathew Brady, 1872. Also D. F. Barry; unidentified.
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