

A letter written by L. F. Pearson, United States Indian Agent to Colonel Henry J. Aten, allotting agent. Pearson describes the activities of Wish kee gee amtyk, a Prairie band Pottawatomie chief and medicine man who condemned missionaries and influenced his followers against the principles of civilization. Pearson proposed withholding all allotments to Wish kee gee amtyk and his followers.
Date: January 19, 1896
Item Number: 218762
Call Number: 2010.091.01
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 218762
Collections - Manuscript
Date - 1890s - 1896
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Indian affairs
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Tribes - Potawatomi
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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