"...Communication from A. J. Chapman, Interpreter, reporting that it is the wish of the PIUTES on Yakama Reserve to return to Malheur Agency...."
Date
1882-02-09
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UNPUBLISHED
Abstract
Letter to Wilbur, enclosing, "copy of report of A. J. Chapman respecting his mission to your agency for the purpose of removing the Piutes to their old homes; and also copies of endorsements upon the same by military officers."
Enclosure: Chief Leggins' band of the Piutes wish to return to the Malheur Reservation, or join their people at or near Camp McDermit. Their horses have been stolen by the Yakama Indians. "He said 'my people are put here to die with cold and hunger.'" Wilbur said he'd spent $20,000 belonging to the other Indians on them, "and if something was not done soon in their case, that it would require military force to keep them another year upon the Reservation."
Description
Single sheet 8.5 x 10 inch letterhead. Typed and inscribed. Annotation on verso.
Enclosure: 9 sheets 9 x 13.5 inch. Typed. Copy at top right of first page, and various places throughout. Final page blank on recto, title on verso.
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Keywords
Fort Simcoe, W. T., Malheur Agency, OR, Warm Springs Agency, OR, Government documents