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This document is Captain Lewis Hanback's final report of an 1875 investigation into a conflict between Captain Ricker's company of state militia and a band of Osage Indians that occurred in 1874. The Osage Indians had filed a complaint with the Department of the Interior, claiming that the U. S. military had attacked a peaceful Indian encampment and stolen their horses and other property. Captain Lewis Hanback was ordered to take down testimonies and determine the circumstances surrounding the conflict. This final report summarizes these testimonies and includes a short history of Barbour County where the altercation took place.
Creator: Hanback, Lewis
Date: 1875
This document, at 22 pages, is too long to be used in its entirety. In the classroom it would work best if students were given one or two testimonies to read and analyze.
KS:7th:3.1:Federal Government and Indian Lands (2005)
Item Number: 210676
Call Number: Military History (Coll. 617), Box 4, Folder 10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210676
Agriculture - Livestock
Collections - Manuscript - History - Military
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Fed. Gov. and Indian lands (Indicator 1) - Broken promises
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Fed. Gov. and Indian lands (Indicator 1) - Military presence on the Plains
Date - 1870s - 1875
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Indian affairs
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Osborn, Thomas Andrew
Military - Service - Army
Military - Service - Militias - Kansas State Militia Second Regiment
Military - Wars - Indian Wars
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Report
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Tribes - Arapaho
People - American Indians - Tribes - Cheyenne
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kiowa
People - American Indians - Tribes - Osage
People - Notable Kansans - Osborn, Thomas Andrew, 1836-1898
Places - Cities and towns - Medicine Lodge
Places - Counties - Barber
Places - Counties - Sumner
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Non-motorized - Riding animals
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Reports
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