The Sand Creek affair : Denver, 1884.

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The Sand Creek affair : Denver, 1884.

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In part a transcript in the hand of Matilda G. Bancroft, in part pasted clippings, from the New York Tribune of February and March, 1880; a dispute between "H.H." (Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson) and Byers, over the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Meeker and Thornburgh massacres of 1879 (three letters by "H.H.," four by Byers).

Originals : 22 p. ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (15 exposures) : negative (Rich. 115:13) and positive.

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Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885

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Helen Hunt Jackson (pen name, H.H.; born Helen Maria Fiske; October 15, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the United States government. She described the adverse effects of government actions in her history A Century of Dishonor (1881). Her novel Ramona (1884) dramatized the federal government's mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California after the Mexican–American War and attracted co...

Byers, Wm. N. (William Newton), 1831-1903

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William Byers was a Colorado pioneer, surveyor, and newspaper editor. Founder of the Rocky Mountain News. Built the first telegraph line from Denver, Colo. to New Mexico. Served as director and vice-president of the Tramway Company. Elizabeth Byers founded and provided for the E.M. Byers School for Boys. From the description of William N. Byers and family papers, 1850-1938 [manuscript]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13280346 Colorado pioneer, surveyor, and new...

Bancroft, Matilda Coley Griffing.

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