The pioneer soldiers of Missouri, Kansas and Iowa. History of Cantonment Martin and Council Bluffs / by William B. Napton, [not after Apr. 14. 1906].

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The pioneer soldiers of Missouri, Kansas and Iowa. History of Cantonment Martin and Council Bluffs / by William B. Napton, [not after Apr. 14. 1906].

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Included are transcripts of letters from Colonel John O'Fallon to General Thomas A. Smith; the original letters are in the State Historical Society of Missouri collections (Columbia). The 1818 Nov. 5 letter mentions that the Kansa are at Cow Island (on the west side of the Missouri River about halfway between present Leavenworth and Atchison, Kan.) with some pelts. O'Fallon's 1818 Dec. 14 letter says that Benjamin O'Fallon has gained the friendship of General Andrew Jackson and has been appointed agent of the Upper Missouri Indian Agency at present-day Council Bluffs, Iowa. In his letter of 1819 Oct. 5, John O'Fallon tells of councils held with the Oto, Missouri, Iowa, & Omaha and measures taken against the Pawnee for the "outrage" visited on Major Thomas Biddle's party.

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