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National Anthropological Archives
MS 834 Council at Fort Defiance, N. M. with the Navajos
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS834
- Creators:
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ANONYMOUSPowell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
- Dates:
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November 5, ca. 1869 or 1870
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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9 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Transcript in English of Council meeting, mainly concerning raids being made against Mormon settlers by the Navajo or other Indians. Names of only two speakers are written out: Barboncito [chief of the Navajos, d. 1870] and Captain Bennett [probably Captain F. T. Bennett, Navajo agent in 1869]. Other speakers are indicated only by the initials "H", "Capt. H" and "P".
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
There is no mention of a council in 1870 or 1871 in the Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for those years, but in 1869 Captain F. T. Bennett was the Navajo agent, and there was a council meeting, although it may not be the same one. Before 1869 the Navajos were not at Fort Defiance. (Information from the Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1869, 1870, 1871.)
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm on file. 3/1971.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 834, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 834
Local Note
Local Note
manuscript document
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal-Indian relations -- Navaho | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Diné (Navajo) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Southwest, New | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Barboncito, 1820-1871 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Bennett, Frank T. | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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