Walter Mason Camp research papers on the Cheyenne uprising of 1878, 1911-1918.

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Walter Mason Camp research papers on the Cheyenne uprising of 1878, 1911-1918.

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Manuscript notes and correspondence relating to the 1878 Cheyenne uprising. There are notes in Camp's handwriting on the surrender of Dull Knife as told by Major Caleb Henry Carlton, on the flight of the Cheyennes in September 1878, and the death of Lt. Col. William H. Lewis. A letter by H. D. Colvin describes a Cheyenne raid as experienced by a settler. There are five letters between Camp and Luke Voorhees concerning the site of the battle between the U.S. Army and the Cheyennes who had escaped Fort Robinson; this is also the subject of a letter from Henry W. Wessells, Jr.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Dull Knife, approximately 1828-1879 or 1883

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Carlton, Caleb Henry, 1836-1923

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U.S. Army officer. From the description of Caleb Henry Carlton papers, 1831-1954 (bulk 1844-1916). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80915138 Biographical Note 1836, Sept. 1 Born, Cleveland, Ohio 1859 Graduated, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. ...

Colvin, H. D.

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Camp, Walter Mason, 1867-1925

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Born in 1867, Walter Mason Camp was a civil engineer who worked for the railroad and spent many summers traveling throughout the country interviewing various participants and survivors of the Indian wars. He died in 1925. From the guide to the Camp mss., 1873-1918, (Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)) Railway engineer; editor; and, (avocationally) a historian of the Indian Wars of the U.S. Plains, 1865-1890. He avidly researched the Indian wars from 1890 to 1925...

Wessells, Henry Walton, 1809-1889

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U.S. general. From the description of Henry W. Wessells military commission, 1828 Apr. 8. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 781432893 ...

Voorhees, Luke

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Lewis, William H. (William Henry), 1829-1878

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