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Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893 to "my darling Florence"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05201.013 Author/Creator: Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893 Place Written: Pine Ridge, South Dakota Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 December 1890 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 25.2 cm Order a Copy

re: Hartsuff writes to his daughter at boarding school. He reports that nothing has changed in the "situation" with the Indians since his letter of 11/27. There is a group, numbering in the thousands, camped around them on the Agency and professing friendship. There is a more substantial unfriendly group camped thirty miles away. Not a shot has yet been fired. Written at the Pine Ridge Indian Agency

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

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