1836-01-17 FORT SNELLING M T--DUBUQUE CO--TO WISCONSIN THEN TO MINN.---#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL--DATELINED FORT SNELLING UPPER MISSISSIPPI--TO G.C. LYFORD, FIRM OF MCINTIRE LYFORD AND CO., AT BOSTON MASS. FROM ---LETTER FROM A PREVIOUS EMPLOYEE: "I AM NOW MORE CONTENTED WITH THE SWORD THAN I WAS WITH THE YARDSTICK"---DESCRIBES FORT SNELLING - THE WALLS OF THE FORT ARE "OF SUFFICIENT STRENGTH TO RESIST ANY MEANS INDIANS USE IN WAR - AS THE SAVAGES HAVE NOT LEARNED THE MORE REFINED AND EXPEDITIOUS MANNER OF TAKING THE LIVES OF THEIR FELLOW CREATURES AND THE 'PALE FACES'"--AND MORE COMPARISONS OF WHITE MEN AND THE HABITS OF INDIANS---PRIVATELY OWNED---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N

Year: 1836
Date: 1836-01-17
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Category: MI Covers , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Wisconsin/Michigan Territory , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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