Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893 to "my darling little girl"

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GLC05201.012
GLC#
GLC05201.012-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
November 27, 1890
Author/Creator
Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893
Title
to "my darling little girl"
Place Written
Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Pagination
7 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 25.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

re: Hartsuff writes to Florence at boarding school and tells her about the preparations for war which began, without warning, on Sunday, 11/24 with a sudden call to arms. Hartsuff's unit, plus three artillery batteries have been put on standby near the reservation. Most of the trouble, in his opinion, can be traced to "a Messiah dance" [the Ghost Dance] that has taken root particularly among the Sioux. Written at the Pine Ridge Indian Agency

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