Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893 to "my darling wife and children"

GLC05201.006

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Type
Letters
Date
8 July 1881
Author/Creator
Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893
Title
to "my darling wife and children"
Place Written
Montrose, Colorado
Pagination
6 p. : Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

re: Hartsuff again considers the prospects of trouble with the upcoming relocation of the Uncompahgre Utes to their new reservation in Utah at the junction of the Green and White Rivers. He expresses contempt for the "Civil Authority" which "spend & squander & steal" appropriations while the military looks on and enforces its arbitrary will on the Utes. Hartsuff, concerned about the assassination of Pres. Garfield, worries that the consequences "will convulse the whole country". Written at Cantonment on the Uncompahgre also known as Fort Crawford.

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