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In this letter to his brother James Bickerdyke, Hiram Bickerdyke provides his recollections of the events surrounding a raid conducted by Native Indians on Salina in 1868, as well as the local response to the attack.
Creator: Bickerdyke, Hiram
Date: February 26, 1902
Item Number: 219272
Call Number: Mary Ann Bickerdyke Coll. #276, Box 1, Correspondence, 1898-1908 and undated
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219272
Collections - Manuscript - Bickerdyke, Mary Ann
Date - 1861-1869 - 1868
Date - 1900s - 1902
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Crawford, S. J. (Samuel Johnson)
Military - Wars - Indian Wars
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians
People - Notable Kansans - Bickerdyke, Hiram
People - Notable Kansans - Bickerdyke, James
Places - Cities and towns - Salina
Places - Counties - Saline
Thematic Time Period - Cattle Drives, 1867 - 1885
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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