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Collection Reference Number GLC06009
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1870s 
Title Carl Schurz to A. C. Barstow regarding the Meeker Massacre
Date 3 November 1879
Author Schurz, Carl (1829-1906)  
Recipient Barstow, A.C.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Secretary of the Interior Schurz writes to the Chairman of the Board of Indian Commissioners about the Meeker Massacre at the White River Ute Reservation in Colorado. Mentions that Special Agent General Charles Adams secured the return of women and children held as captives. Discusses reaching a settlement with Utes, arguing against an all-out war because other bands of Utes friendly to the United States might become involved. Written on stationery of the Department of the Interior.
Subjects American Indian History  Military History  Massacre  Women's History  Children and Family  Atrocity  American West  
People Schurz, Carl (1829-1906)  Barstow, Amos Chafee (1813-1894)  Adams, Charles (1845-1895)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme Native Americans
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
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