1832-03-16 FORT WINNEBAGO MICHIGAN TERRITORY--FORT WINNEBAGO EXHIBIT-----BLACK CDS WITH MS MAR 16 & MS 25 RATE----FROM JAMES GARDNER, A SOLDIER STATIONED AT THE FORT, TO HIS AUNT ANNE HALSEY IN PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. IN THE LETTER DATELINED MARCH 4, 1832, GARDNER LAMENTS PERSONAL HARDSHIPS BEING EXPERIENCED AT THIS WILDERNESS FORT, AND HE DESCRIBES--DEPREDATIONS ON INDIANS THAT ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE AMERICAN FLAG, INCIDENTS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE ANIMOSITIES THAT EVENTUALLY LED TO THE BLACK HAWK WAR.---NATIVE AMERICANS---GENEALOGY 2-----COURTESY OF NEAL WEST
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