[Gold Rush letter to brother Stand Watie, Esq., 1850]

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[Gold Rush letter to brother Stand Watie, Esq., 1850]

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Gold rush letter signed, "from your Brother John A. [surname not visible in torn part of letter]", addressed to Stand Watie, Esqr. (Native American Civil War general); datelined "10th Nov. 1850 Sonora diggins California." Describes arriving at Sonora Diggins after a route of "about 3000 miles," via Los Angeles. Includes activity at the diggins, companions and the prospect of making money gold mining.

[4] p. on 1 leaf (folded) ; 27 x 42 cm. (27 x 21 cm.)

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Watie, Stand, 1806-1871

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Stand Watie, also known as Standhope, Oowatie, Degataga, and Isaac S. Watie, was a Cherokee Nation leader and brigadier general in the Confederate Army. He was born into the Cherokee Nation in Calhoun, Georgia, on December 12, 1806, and was educated at a Moravian mission school in Spring Place, Georgia. He briefly wrote for the Cherokee Phoenix, during which time he became involved in anti-Indian laws following the discovery of gold in Georgia in the 1830s. Watie was a signer of the Treaty of Ne...