Manuscript of Mrs. J. J. Bartholet, circa 1954.

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Manuscript of Mrs. J. J. Bartholet, circa 1954.

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This is a manuscript of Suzanne Erwin Bartholet, the daughter of 19th century Indian Agent at Fort Simcoe, Washington. She lived as a small girl with the Native Americans when that military installation was the site of the Yakama Indian Agency from 1893-1897. This is Mrs. Bartholet's recollection of Chief White Swan telling her and the Native American children that were at the Agency the history of the Agency and the lands surrounding it.

1 folder (11 leaves)

Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was formed in 1824. An agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior, it is responsible for the administration and management of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American Tribes and Alaska Natives. From the guide to the Navajo Land, motion picture, undated, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) A Statistics Section was organ...

Erwin, J. T.

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White Swan, Yakama Chief.

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Bartholet, Suzanne Erwin, 1864-1973.

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Erwin family.

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Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington.

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Bartholet, Suzanne Erwin, 1884-1973.

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Suzanne Erwin was the daughter of J.T. Erwin. Mr. Erwin was an Agent at the Fort Simcoe Indian Agency from 1893 until 1897. Suzanne and her family lived at the Agency while her father was an Agent there. Suzanne heard the oral histories that Chief White Swan would tell the Native American children about the history of the Yakama Tribe and the area in and around Fort Simcoe. On Jan. 7, 1913 Suzanne married Joseph Bartholet in Yakima County, Wash. She lived with her family in the area...

Bartholet family.

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