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Title Letter from Brigham Young to Elder George Q. Cannon dated August 4, 1856
Subject Salt Lake City (Utah); Latter Day Saints; White people--Relations with Indians; Agriculture; Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle), 1827-1901; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords Indian; white relations; Brigham Young; Bureau of Indian Affairs; Cultivating grain; Indian Crops; Native Americans
Publisher Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Contributors Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
File Name Brigham Young Office Files Reel 26 Box 17 Folder 26
Tribe Shoshone
Collection Name CR1234 1
Source The Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Language eng
Description This is a letter from Brigham Young to Elder G. Cannon briefly discussed the interactions that the members in Salt Lake City had with the Indians in that area. In his discussion, Young indicated that relations remained peaceful, and that many of the Indians were cultivating grain. He encouraged Cannon to continue to establish peaceful relations with the Indian peoples in his region.
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/s69g8j51
Holding Institution The Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Creator Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Date 1856-08-04
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah)
Setname uaida_main
ID 390462
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69g8j51

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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69g8j51/390457