Rueben Augustine Wilbur letterbook
Instructions for Research Relative to the Ethnology and Philology of America pamphlet by George Gibbs, 1863.
Collection area: Political Affairs
Collection dates: 1871-1874
Chiefly letters, from Oct. 2, 1871 to Dec. 8, 1874, addressed to his superiors in the Bureau of Indian Affairs concerning the administration of the agency and his relationships with the Indians around San Xavier Mission. Topics include the Camp Grant Massacre, farming and food conditions, education, church influence, Apache Indians, and appeals for the establishment of an official reservation.
U.S. Indian Agent, Papago Reservation, Arizona Territory, 1870s.
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