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Letter from Agent Garland Hunt to Superintendent Brigham Young, October 31, 1856

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Title Letter from Agent Garland Hunt to Superintendent Brigham Young, October 31, 1856
Subject Salt Lake City (Utah); Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Latter Day Saints; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; White people--Relations with Indians; Kanosh, 1812?-1884; Race; Civilization; Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords Gunnison Massacre; Superintendent of Indian Affairs; Kanosh; Pah-vants Chief; Indian Farm; Indian Lodges; Indian Agent; Native Americans
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
File Name 1of2-1850s-SS009.pdf
Tribe Paiute
Source J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
Language eng
Description Agent Garland Hunt writes to Superintendent Brigham Young regarding his travel in Southern Utah. Complains of local Mormons that appear to be agitating Indian settlements by telling them that Hunt's group are "Americans" (i.e. not Mormons) and there to arrest Indians responsible for the recent Gunnison Massacre.
Type Text
Coverage Utah
Format application/pdf
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s61k269z
Holding Institution American West Center
Creator Hunt; Garland
Date 1856-10-31
Spatial Coverage Sanpete County (Utah); ; Fillmore (Utah); Salt Lake City (Utah)
Setname uaida_main
ID 363694
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61k269z
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