John Erasmus Pyle papers, 1875-1878.

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John Erasmus Pyle papers, 1875-1878.

Volume 1-2, diaries, 1876-1877, as Special Indian Agent, Cimarron, New Mexico; volume 3, diary, January-November 1878, as Farmer-in-Charge of the Jicarilla Apache Agency at Cimarron and as Navajo Indian Agent at Fort Defiance, Arizona, April-November 1878, with miscellaneous accounts and memoranda at the end; volume 4, commissions and notices of appointment, and correspondence, September-October 1878, with the U.S. Dept. of the Interior concerning issue of beef. diary reflecting life in the Indian service, with its isolation, boredom, illness, and red tape. Pyle also describes life at Santa Fe and Fort Wingate and a visit to Cañon de Chelly. At end are miscellaneous accounts and memoranda, January, 1878-January, 1879.

Originals : 4 volumes.Copy of v. 3 : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 109:19) and positive.

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