Diary : Leech Lake Agency, headquarters at Walker, Minn., 1899 Feb. 25 - Apr. 8.

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Diary : Leech Lake Agency, headquarters at Walker, Minn., 1899 Feb. 25 - Apr. 8.

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Diary kept Feb. 24 - Apr. 8, 1899, by Capt. W.A. Mercer, recording his activities as acting Indian agent of the new Chippewa Leech Lake Agency in Cass County, Minn. Also summary of Mercer's movements from his appointment on Jan. 5, 1899, to his Feb. 24 arrival in Walker, Minn. (base of operations until the agency could be constructed).

1 item (28 p.) ; 16 cm.

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