Letter from Brigham Young to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Luke Lea dated May 28, 1852

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Title Letter from Brigham Young to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Luke Lea dated May 28, 1852
Subject Indians of North America; Federal government; Correspondence; Indian reservations; White people--Relations with Indians; Land use; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Latter Day Saints; Religion; Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords Correspondence; Indian Agency; Reservations; Indian; White Relations; Land Rights; Fort Laramie; Major Holeman; Native Americans
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
File Name 1of2-1851-2-SS010
Tribe Shoshone; Ute
Language eng
Description Young corrects an erroneous report. Young reports that some Mormons are interested in settling valleys beyond the Great Salt Lake and that settlers that are uninvolved with that endeavor are being unfairly attacked by Indians as a result. Young expresses his surprise at reports that the Shoshones had been conducting depredations
Type Text
Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah); Washington (D.C.); Utah
Format application/pdf
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s608920h
Holding Institution American West Center
Creator Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Date 1852-05-28
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah); Washington (D.C.); Utah
Setname uaida_main
ID 375131
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s608920h
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