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Letter [manuscript] : Butte des Morts, [Wis.], to Dear Father [U.S. President Franklin Pierce], 1854 Jan. 30.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oshkosh, 1795-1858, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869.
- Pierce, Franklin.
- Suydam, John V.
- Indian agents.
- Indians of North America--Government relations.
- Indians of North America.
- Land tenure.
- Menominee Indians.
- Missionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Butte des Morts, Wisconsin : producer not identified, 1854]
- Summary:
- January 30, 1854, letter from Menominee chief Oshkosh to Dear Father (presumably U.S. President Franklin Pierce), regarding Indian agent John V. Suydam s instructions to move the Menominee Indians from their home at Shawano Lake to the Oconto River.
- Notes:
- Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.
- AM reference: VAULT box Ayer MS 667.
- Indigenous Peoples metadata has been supplied by exonym as these are the terms most commonly used in the documents. Updates are being made to metadata to reference preferred names wherever possible. For more information on our approach to language and metadata in the resource visit the Language Statement.
- Description based on publisher-supplied metadata (viewed January 24, 2024).
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