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Captain C. R. Ricker of the Kansas State Militia, Medicine Lodge, Kansas, writes to Adjutant General Charles Morris of Topeka concerning a band of Pawnee Indians. Ricker notes that the Indians are just east of Medicine Lodge and believes they intend to fight a band of Osage Indians. Though this band had not disturbed any person or property, they were burning the prairie. Ricker suggests that the burning is an attempt by the Indians to further destroy settler's rangeland already devastated by drought and grasshoppers. Ricker asks for instructions on dealing with this "friendly" band of Pawnee. The threat of an Indian uprising on Kansas' southern boarder in 1873 led Governor Thomas Osborn to employ the state militia and appeal to President Ulysses S. Grant for federal troops and arms.
Creator: Ricker, C. M.
Date: November 6, 1874
Item Number: 208104
Call Number: Governor's Records, Osborn, Box 3 Folder 57
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208104
Agriculture - Environment - Pests
Agriculture - Environment - Weather - Droughts
Agriculture - Ranching
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Osborn, Thomas Andrew
Date - 1870s - 1874
Environment - Weather - Droughts
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Osborn, Thomas Andrew
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Adjutant General
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Kansas National Guard
Military
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Tribes - Osage
People - American Indians - Tribes - Pawnee
People - Notable Kansans - Osborn, Thomas Andrew, 1836-1898
Places - Cities and towns - Medicine Lodge
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Barber
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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