United States Army Adjutant General's Office letters received [microform], 1871-1880.

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United States Army Adjutant General's Office letters received [microform], 1871-1880.

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Selected correspondence and reports relating to General Pope's fears of an 1871 Indian war; the buffalo hunt of Grand Duke Alexis of Russia; the removal of intruders from Osage and Cherokee lands; the attack by the 3rd Cavalry on a Minniconjou Sioux party; Cheyenne raids; operations against the Northern Cheyenne; and intrusions into Oklahoma Territory, the Cherokee Strip, and Greer County, Tex.

27 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Kansas State Historical Society

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