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This correspondence includes letters received by the Kansas Adjutant General on a variety of topics but most of the letters request arms or troops to protect settlers from feared raids by Indians in the area. Many letters also inform the state of the enrollment of local militias for such protection in absence of assistance by state units. Requests for information on filing claims for damage from Indian raids are also included, as are requests on Price Raid claims. The correspondents often identify groups of Indians and their location. Tribes mentioned include the Cheyenne, Sioux, Comanche, Kiowa, Pawnee, Otoe, and Omaha. March 31st correspondence from the Department of the Missouri commander John Pope at Leavenworth informs Governor James Harvey of Indians given permission by the Indian Bureau to hunt buffalo between the Solomon and Arkansas rivers, particularly Red Cloud and other bands of Sioux. An April 4th letter from Governor Harvey orders Adjutant General David Whittaker to proceed to the frontier to inform the settlements of such permission and to avoid conflict.
Creator: Kansas. Adjutant General's Office
Date: 1871
Item Number: 227377
Call Number: Adjutant General, General Correspondence, 1871
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227377
Collections - State Archives - Adjutant General - Correspondence
Date - 1870s - 1871
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Harvey, James Madison
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Adjutant General
Military - Service - Army
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Civil War - Price's Raid
Military - Wars - Indian Wars
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Tribes - Cheyenne
People - American Indians - Tribes - Comanche
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kiowa
People - American Indians - Tribes - Otoe
People - American Indians - Tribes - Pawnee
People - American Indians - Tribes - Sioux
People - Notable Kansans - Harvey, James Madison, 1833-1894
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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