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Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893 [to unknown]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05201.017 Author/Creator: Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893 Place Written: Pine Ridge, South Dakota Type: Autograph letter signed Date: [15 December-29 December 1890] Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 12.8 cm Order a Copy

re: letter fragment in which Hartsuff claims that nothing has changed, although a "burial party" has been sent out to bury dead Indians and his own hospital is full of wounded. Claims that General Miles has sent a Peace Party out to the Indians to give them one last chance. "Peace if we can - war if we must." Written at the Pine Ridge Indian Agency

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

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