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From Cottonwood Falls, Kansas Territory, J. B. Hodgin writes Samuel N. Wood about whiskey that was reportedly "supplied" to the Kaws at Cottonwood Falls on August 23, 1890. Hodgin states that "as is generally the result, a big fight occurred" among the Indians and several were killed. Hodgin calls for an investigation into the incident.
Creator: Hodgin, J. B.
Date: August 25, 1860
Item Number: 90362
Call Number: Samuel N. Wood Coll. #548
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90362
Collections - Manuscript - Wood, Samuel N.
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kansa
People - Notable Kansans - Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
Places - Cities and towns - Cottonwood Falls
Places - Counties - Chase
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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