Dictation from George W. Munkers : Buffalo, Wyoming, 1885.

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Dictation from George W. Munkers : Buffalo, Wyoming, 1885.

Experiences on the Kaw Reservation in Kansas; P.T. Barnum's procurement of Indians for the Vienna Exposition, 1872; war dance exhibition at Leavenworth, Kansas; to Denver, 1873; mining and freighting in the San Juan area and at Leadville; railroad work from 1881; a founder of Buffalo; the hanging of "Big Nose George" by the Cheyenne Vigilance Committee.

Originals : 7 leaves ; 25 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (5 exposures) : negative (Rich. 116:16) and positive.

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