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This correspondence includes letters received by C. A. Morris, 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. Many of the letters are addressed to Governor Thomas Osborn. Many official or unofficial militia units enrolled by local communities express an urgent desire to receive orders to pursue the Indians on the southern border of Kansas. Indian tribes mentioned include the Cheyenne, Osage and Pawnee.
Creator: Kansas. Adjutant General's Office
Date: 1874
Item Number: 227393
Call Number: Adjutant General, General Correpsondence, 1874
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227393
Collections - State Archives - Adjutant General - Correspondence
Date - 1870s - 1874
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Osborn, Thomas Andrew
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Adjutant General
Military - Wars - Civil War - Price's Raid
Military - Wars - Indian Wars
Military - Weapons
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 - Osage
People - American Indians - Tribes - Pawnee
People - Notable Kansans - Osborn, Thomas Andrew, 1836-1898
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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