Letter from N. Higgins to Brigham Young, Fort Manti, July 8, 1854

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Title Letter from N. Higgins to Brigham Young, Fort Manti, July 8, 1854
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; Shoshoni Indians; Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords Sanpitch; Peace pipe; Forts; Native Americans
Publisher Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Tribe Ute; Shoshone
Collection Name CR1234 1
Source The Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Language eng
Description In this letter, N. Higgins wrote to Brigham Young to discuss the smoking of a peace pipe with the Indians at Fort Manti. This record also contains a letter from to Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Brigham Young, to tell him about an Indian who came to their settlment to discuss the violent encounter between some Shoshone and Snake Indians who encountered a band of Ute Indians.
Type Text
Coverage Utah
Format application/pdf
Rights Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the Church History Library for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ARK ark:/87278/s60p3wdp
Holding Institution The Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Creator Higgens, N.
Date 1854-07-08
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah); Manti (Utah)
Setname uaida_main
ID 391413
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60p3wdp
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