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| 1 | 1 | Life of Jesse Hughes. Historical and Traditional, by Lucullus Virgil McWhorter*. 1902. 174 pp holograph. [One cl, The Westo(n Democrat?), West Virginia. First draft of Border Settlers.] |
| 1.1 | The Cozads (Chapter 31 of Border Settlers). 16 pp typescript with handwritten annotations by McWhorter. | |
| 2 | The Continued Crime Against the Yakimas. 1915-1929. [14 pp: "'The Continued Crime Against the Yakimas.' By Lucullus V. McWhorter. 1916." (The story of Louis Mann*, a Yakima Indian, and the difficulties of the Indians in the dispute over the water rights* to Ahtanum Creek.) Note: "May 6, 1929. This is the only copy in my possession at this time, although an edition of 30,000 was published in The American Patriot L.V. McW." "We Yallup Wa Ya Cika, 'Chief of the Ahtanum Clan of the Yakimas, Deceased Dec. 17, 1915.'" With explanatory material. Advertising material for The Continued Crime Against the Yakimas.] | |
| 3 | [Addenda and Emendations.] c1930. In: The Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia from 1768 to 1795. Hamilton, Ohio: The Republican Publishing Co., 1915. [Notes by McW*: "This copy has been corrected for 2nd edition, if ever issued. L.V. McW*. Notice to copyist. Numerous protests from scholars apart from the McWhorter clan, has [sic] decided me that the cancelled item found in the 'McWhorter' narratives be not discarded, but all returned. L.V. McWhorter." 64 pp typescripts and photocopies "to be added to Border Settlers."] Note: A full bibliographic record of McWhorter's annotated copy of Border Settlers, which includes the original editorial material, is available by doing an "author" search on "McWhorter Collection" in the WSU Libraries online catalog. | |
| 4 | Yellow Wolf, His Own Story. 1939. 162 pp, 2pp notes. Revision A, title page- chapter 10. [Includes 2 pp notes by McW*, "To be filed with the 'Yellow Wolf' Manuscript" and "Relative to the 'Yellow Wolf' Manuscript," regarding instructions to be considered and carried out in the examination of the manuscript material and its possible second printing. "These are mostly concerned with language variants and have no bearing on the facts presented in them."] | |
| 5 | Yellow Wolf, His Own Story. 1939. 144 pp: Revision A, chapters 11- 24. | |
| 6 | Yellow Wolf, His Own Story. 1939. 37 pp: Revision A, appendices, bibliography and glossary. | |
| 7 | Yellow Wolf, His Own Story. 1940. 107 pp, 2 pp notes. Revision B, title page- chapter 6. | |
| 8 | Yellow Wolf, His Own Story. 1940. 44 pp: Revision B, chapters 7- 9. | |
| 2 | 9 | [Yellow Wolf.] 1941, nd. 15 pp, notes, cops lets. Corr: F.A. Gross. [Corrections to be included in a possible second edition of YW, and cops lets to Caxton Printers re royalties and other matters.] |
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| 10 | Yellow Wolf, His Own Story. nd. 140 pp: Rough draft, chapters 1- 10, 12, 18, 20. | |
| 11 | Field History. c1941-1944. 182 pp: Original draft, chapters 1- 12, with copy. | |
| 12 | Field History. c1941-1944. 170 pp: Original draft, chapters 13- 24 (with copy). | |
| 3 | 13 | Field History. c1941-1944. 206 pp: Original draft, chapters 25- 37 (with copy). |
| 14 | Field History. c1941-1944. 162 pp: Original draft, chapters 38- 48 (with copy). | |
| 15 | Field History. c1941-1944. 170 pp: Rough draft A, chapter headings, chapters 1- 23. | |
| 4 | 16 | Field History. c1941-1944. 130 pp: Rough draft A, chapters 25- 29. |
| 17 | Field History. c1941-1944. 128 pp: Rough draft A, chapters 30- 36. | |
| 18 | Field History. c1941-1944. 132 pp: Rough draft A, chapters 37- 45. | |
| 19 | Field History. c1941-1944. 27 pp: Rough draft A, chapters 46- 48. | |
| 20 | Field History. c1941-1944. 303 pp: Revision A, chapters 1- 18. | |
| 5 | 21 | Field History. c1941-1944. 259 pp: Revision A, chapter 19- bibliography. |
| 22 | [Hear Me, My Chiefs!: Edited Draft.] 238 pp: Revision A, title- chapter 14. [Note: This revised typescript version based on McWhorter's manuscript variants (the "Field History") dates from c1952; however, it is not part of the original accession.] | |
| 23 | [Hear Me, My Chiefs!: Edited Draft.] 248 pp: Revision A, chapters 15- 29. [Note: This revised typescript version based on McWhorter's manuscript variants (the "Field History") dates from c1952; however, it is not part of the original accession.] | |
| 24 | [Hear Me, My Chiefs!: Edited Draft.] 100 pp: Revision A, chapter 30, appendices 1- 11, bibliography and index. [Note: This revised typescript version based on McWhorter's manuscript variants (the "Field History") dates from c1952; however, it is not part of the original accession.] | |
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| 6 | 25 | [Photostats.] 1849(?). 2 pp statement of David (H) Smith. Draper MS. |
| 26 | Indian Letters. 1903-1934, nd. c130 pp lets, notes. Corrs: Silas D. Whitman, Yellow Wolf*, Peo-peo Tholekt*, Thomas Waters, Thomas Hart, David Williams*, L.W. Wilson, Albert Barnhart, J.R. Walletrie, Sam Lott (Many Wounds)*, J.W. Redington. [McW's early gathering of data for a history of the Nez Perce War. Yellow Wolf expresses willingness to "tell the story." Notes consist of questions McW* asked Yellow Wolf, Many Wounds and other Indians, and their recorded answers. The questions are typed and the Indians wrote their answers on the page. Typical questions: "Was it the map made by Joseph that Whitman saw, or was it the map that Howard made?" "Did Howard make the White Bird Country [sic] map?" "Is Andrew Whitman a reliable man?" "Was Chief White Bird known among the whites as 'Joe Hayes'?" Personal matters.] | |
| 27 | Nez Perce & Other Historical Data. 1905-1930. 65 pp lets, one MS frag. Corrs: Duncan McDonald*, J.W. Redington, J.G. Rowton, Peo-peo Tholekt*, Sam Lott (Many Wounds)*, Listening Coyote, Caesar Williams*, Louis Mann*, Nipo Strongheart, Alma B.B. Walker, Buffalo Ben Olney*, S.M. Brosius, Winfield Scott, Yellow Wolf*, Joseph Latimer, F.W. Hodge, Louis R. Glavis, F.O. Hagie, Paul R. Reynolds, Major O.C. Upchurch, Henry Tashwict, Chow-lah-pum (Mrs. Alma B.B. Walker), B.D. Weeks, W.P. Campbell, S.N.D. North. [Cowan party. Poker Joe. Stage coach captured by Nez Perces. 2 pp. let re Indian killings near Mt. Idaho, J.G. Rowton, September 10, 1930. Cannon captured by Nez Perce in bank at Bitter Root Valley in 1877. Indian citizenship rights and legislation. Personal affairs.] | |
| 28 | Two Moons, Mrs. Olocott* [WeWe-tá-tom-mi (sic)], Red Wolf, E-lah-weh-mah, Eagle Making a Roar*, Red Elk, Ho Sus-ya-ow-yein, Shot-in-the-Head, Other Indians. 1908-1916, nd. c90 pp notes, MSS, corr. Corrs: George Come-down* (Eagle Making a Roar), Thomas H. Lindsley, Tom Waters, White Hawk*, Yellow Wolf*. [Re information given by Mrs. Susie White* about her father, Shot-in-the-Head. Information given and depositions rendered concerning various battles of the war by the Indians listed above and others. Much of this material appears in Yellow Wolf.] | |
| 29 | [Nez Perce History.] 1908-1935, nd. c195 pp notes, rough draft MS pages, lets. Corrs: J.W. Redington, Charles N. Loynes*, Many Wounds*, Yellow Wolf*, H.S. Howard, Nipo Strongheart, Peo-peo Tholekt*, Thomas O'Brien, George H. Himes, Mrs. Anne McDonnell, Harvey K. Meyer, C.R. Whitlock, O.C. Upchurch, W.A. Linklater, Major Alson B. Ostrander, Albert Blumenthal, Inez Lindenberg, Dorothy Prewitt (Mrs. Arthur H.) Pohlman, Olive Burchfield, Mrs. L.V. Ferguson, Ovid McWhorter, Richard Davis, Tom Waters, Camille Williams, John P. Schorr, Mark A. Matthew, Ruth S. Reynolds, Corbett B. Lawyer. [Most of these letters give either eye witness accounts or data related directly to the Yellow Wolf story or to the Nez Perce history. Minor business affairs.] | |
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| 30 | Nez Perce Warrior Names. 1908-1938, nd. c85 pp notes, lets. Corrs: Beth Brenner, Samuel Lott*, Black Eagle*, Thomas L. Broncheau*. [Includes: (a) 7 pp list of 137 Nez Perce warriors and scouts taking part in the war of 1877. "Compiled by Many Wounds and Black Eagle, sons of Wot-to-len." (b) 4 pp "Names of Warriors Mentioned in Narratives, as Spelled and Interpreted by Silas Whitman, 1909." (cop) (c) 1 p "Additional Names of Wounded and Killed, 'Nez Perce War' 1877." (d) 4 pp let, Beth Brenner (Po-gum-bie) re spelling and pronunciation of Sakakawea [Sacajawea] as practiced by Shoshones. (e) 2 pp "Additional Data of the Nez Perce War, 1877; .... List of Warriors and non-combatants wounded during war, by Chief Peo-peo Tholekt*. Oct. 31, 1925." (f) Misc notes and lets re Nez Perce warriors and names. (g) "Height and Weight of Nez Perce Warriors, 1908".] | |
| 31 | Peo-peo Tholekt [Bird Alighting]*. 1908-1940, nd. c90 pp notes, lets. Corrs: Peo-peo Tholekt, Albert Williams, Mrs. Lucy Red-Heart, K.D. Swan. [Bulk of corr is with Peo-peo Tholekt. Material is concerned with various aspects of the war. Includes: (a) 17 pp MS "Peo-peo Tholekt's Narrative." Relates Peo's part in the war and his experiences following the war. (b) 2 pp MS "Origin of the War Bonnet," by Peo, July, 1926. (c) 1 p MS "Lineage of Peo-peo Tholekt, as Given by Himself," 1908.] | |
| 32 | Scout Blewett Correspondence. 1908-1943, nd. c200 pp notes, lets, MSS. Corrs: J.W. Redington, Joseph Bauer, H.C. Rowton, E.W. Morgan, George E. Brown, George W. Webb, Elta M. Arnold, R. Ross Arnold, P.E. Byrne, Joseph Blackeagle, Lois H. Sherman, Mrs. Frances Monteith, Yellow Wolf*, Tom Waters, Caleb Carter, H.R. Findley, Max Harrison, Ovid T. McWhorter, E.W. Morgan, Aaron F. Parker, J. Henry Scattergood, H.C. Schumacher, Camille Williams, Mrs. Lynn A. Wood. [Includes: c25 pp corr with J.W. Redington re Charles Blewett, scout for General Howard killed by the Nez Perce warrior Red Spy. Rest of the material includes: (a) 4 pp MS (incomplete) "Chief Joseph* and the Flatheads." (b) 2 pp MS "Chief Joseph and Col. Edward McConville." (c) 7 pp notes, lets, re question whether Chief Joseph, might have murdered a Mrs. Manuel in a Salmon River raid. (d) 14 pp MS "Narrative of Ha-wow-no Ilp-ilp* (First Red Feather of the Wing)," Nez Perce child during the campaign. (e) Misc notes re missionaries and the Indian religion. (f) Misc notes from Daily Oregonian (1877) re Nez Perce War. (g) 5 pp MS "Captain Radall [sic] [Captain D.B. Randall] Fight near Cottonwood*, Idaho" by Henry C. Johnson. (h) 18 pp MS "The Nez Perce Campaign, a Paper Read Before the Tacoma Research Society, by Eugene T. Wilson." (i) Misc correspondence re Yellow Wolf.] | |
| 7 | 33 | [Chief Joseph*.] 1909-1941. Corrs: Herbert Ingram Priestly. Photostatic copy: The Status of Young Joseph and His Band of Nez Perce Indians under the Treaties between the United States and the Nez Perce Tribe of Indians and the Indian Title to Land, by H. Clay Wood. Portland, Oregon: Assistant Adjutant General's Office, Department of the Columbia, 1876. (Misc notes re Col. Wood's book accompany report). |
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| 34 | Camille Williams. [War Singer, How-lis Won-poon.] 1911-1944, nd. c118 pp notes, lets. Corrs: Camille Williams, Thomas Lindsley. [(a) Material re various phases of the war as witnessed by Williams. Much of the material is incorporated in McW's* two books on the subject. Chiefly concerned with early history of the Nez Perce and events leading up to the war. (b) Notes and corrections on a glossary of Nez Perce words and names prepared by McW for Yellow Wolf. (c) 3 pp MS: fight of Nez Perce with Crow Indians.] | |
| 35 | Excerpts- Report of the General of the Army, 1877. 1913-1930, nd. c100 pp of material. | |
| 36 | Excerpts Reports of Indian Commissioners & Historians, Prior to the 1877 Affair. 1913-1943, nd. V.O. McW note: "And material assembled from father's papers not in file." c195 pp notes, lets, MSS, 3 memo books. Corrs: Adeline Andrews, Beth Brenner, J.W. Emmert, Andrew Garcia*, Flora Hirschy, Harry S. Howard, Dr. Walter S. Johnston, Lucy Laurence, Alonzo Victor Lewis, John L. Rooke, J.C. Ruark, Carl Schurra, C.T. Stranahan, W. Wade Wilson, A.K. Yerkes. [Typescript of telegrams of Nez Perce Campaign, 1877, from General O.O. Howard and Wood [C.E.S.]. 2 pp. Material deals with treatment of Indians by whites, Poncas in Oklahoma, misc. Also material copied from Annual Report of the General of the Army, 1878. Misc corr re various sections of the histories. 12 pp mimeograph Department of Interior Rules Relative to Indian Religious Freedom and Culture., John Collier. Small notebooks, ephemera.] | |
| 37 | [Miscellaneous Sources.] 1914-1930, nd. c100 pp notes. [Chiefly notes from following sources: Edwin J. Stanley, Rambles in Wonderland, or a Trip through the Great Yellowstone National Park, 5th ed. Nashville, Tennessee: 1898. E.S. Topping (Toppin?), Chronicles of the Yellowstone, St. Paul: 1888. Andrew J. Weikert, Journal of the Tour through the Yellowstone National Park in August and September, 1877, copied from Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana, 1900. Robert Vaughan, Then and Now, or 36 Years in the Rockies, Minneapolis: 1900.] | |
| 38 | Story of Mrs. Shot-in-Head*. Adventure with Buffalo Bull. Story of Ow-yén. Pe-nah-we-non-mi. Narrative of Owhi. 1915-1927, nd. c55 MSS, notes, let. [Corr: Tom Waters. (a) 30 pp MS "Harry Owhi's Story of his Father's part in Nez Perce War, 1877." (b) 4 pp MS "Pe-nah-we-nom-mi's Adventure with a Wounded Buffalo Bull." (c) 3 pp MS "Mrs. Shot-in Head (Its-kum-che-lí-li) Sequel to Former Narrative." Re escape to Sitting Bull in Canada, Wot-tó-len* and Chief White Bird. (d) 4 pp MS "The Story of Ow-yén." 1926. Re treatment of Indian women and children by U.S. soldiers in Big Hole fight*. (e) 4 pp MS "The Narrative of Kul-Kul Si-Yakth: 'raven spy' English name: Matthew Whitfield. Sam Lott* Interpreter, Nov 1926." (f) 8 pp MS. First 2 pp entitled "Narrative of Warrior Owhi. Nez Perce War 1877. Given through his son Owhi, May, 1915." Next 6 pp entitled "Story of the Nez Perce War," by Owhi, grandson of Chief Owhi. 12/27/19." Also re Qualchin, son of Chief Owhi.] | |
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| 8 | 39 | [Correspondence: Miscellaneous.] 1915-1944, nd. c100 pp lets, MSS, notes. Corr: McW to Helen Howard (Mrs. Ben Overland), Jessie M. Humble, H.E. Detweler, Camille Williams, A.B. Bowden, Tom Waters. [(a) McW's* writings. (b) Death of Two Moons*. (c) 9 pp rough notes Chapter 49, "Field History." (d) Misc notes. (e) 11 pp from clip on McW desk. (f) Misc notes re meanings of Indian warrior names. (g) 2 pp MS "Concerning my father" by V.O. McW. (h) 7 pp MS "Last written words of L.V. McWhorter, Sept 20, 1944 at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Yakima, Washington." (i) 11 pp Chapter 48 "Field History" draft MS. (j) 9 pp draft MS Chapter 38 "Field History." (k) Folder with notes, 1 sheet of paper pasted of two parts with note by V.O. McW on his father's character.] |
| 40 | [Nez Perce History.] 1916-1930, nd. c200 pp lets, MSS, cls. Corrs: J.W. Redington, Charles N. Loynes*, J.H. Sherburne, W.P. Bonney, Many Wounds*, Don C. Fisher, William S. Clark, H.H. Hedges, H.M. Painter, E.E. Meredith, J.C. (Jack) McWhorter, R.O. Kaufman, W.D. Vincent, A. Wetmore, George R. Callender, W.A. Linklater, Adelia Hawkins, Duncan McDonald, J.H. Horner, Red Heart, Granville Lowther; Nipo Strongheart (re primarily Nez Perce flight to Montana and subsequent battles, personal affairs and minor business matters, Duncan McDonald's visit with Chief White Bird in Canada, Chief Kamiakan*: re map of home and grave*, skull taken by men saying they were from Smithsonian). Flora Hirschy. ["General Howard Warned by Mrs. J.M. Pomroy." 2 pp MS. "Points of Interest at the Big Hole Battlefield*," by Flora Hirschy. (8 pp MS re location of killed or wounded). "Items from Colonel J.W. Redington's Scrapbook": 2 pp MS with 1 p let attached. "Catholics Ordered to Stay Away from the Nez Perce Reservation 1873. From the Jesuit Missions. May, 1927." 2 pp, notes. "Fallacies of History. No Messiah for the Nez Perces." (3 pp MS re Dreamer religion). "Concerning the Passing of the Nez Perces in the Yellow-Stone Valley. Copied from page 10, Billings Gazette, Montana, of June 30, 1927." 2 pp notes. "Did the Nez Perce Drill for War?" 16 pp MS (re General Howard, Indian testimony). "Happenings at the Cochran ranch." "The Nez Perces in the Yellowstone Valley." Copied from page 4, of Billings Gazette, Montana, June 30th. 1927." 4 pp notes. "Old Coulson Deputy Ate Indian's Liver. (Copied from page 10 of Billings Gazette, Montana, of June 30th, 1927, 'Liver Eating' Johnson.)" 2 pp notes. "Mining in the Lewiston Country." Issued by the Lewiston Commercial Club, nd, 3 pp. "Timber Resources of the Lewiston Country." Issued as above, nd, 6 pp. 2 pp cl, The Pacific Northwest, nd, "A Picturesque Burial Ceremony." (Chief Joseph's* internment at the memorial erected to him at Wallowa Lake*. Chief Se-lu-pah-lo-tin's address is recorded.) Five misc. cls, four ns., nd., re Indian fishing* rights: Peacock Spit on Columbia; one, "L.D. McWhorter Laid to Rest," Upshur Record, April 27, 1916. Big Hole Battlefield* stake tabulation. Two pp from The Whitman Alumnus, photos of Marcus Whitman and three adopted daughters of the Whitmans. Cl, The Idaho Sunday Statesman, Dec. 22, 1929, "Admirers of Chief Joseph* Still Plan to Honor His Memory. Western Historian [McW*] Insists Chief Joseph* Is Maligned." Cl frag.] | |
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| 41 | Concerning Yellow Wolf. 1917-1942. c35 pp lets, notes, MS fragments. Corrs: Thomas Broncheau*, Camille Williams*, Yellow Wolf*, D.V. Morthland, H.S. Howard, Many Wounds, Lutz Wahl. [Misc Yellow Wolf material.] | |
| 42 | [Charles N.] Loynes*. 1917-1944, nd. c120 pp lets, notes, cls, MSS. Corrs: Charles N. Loynes, William C. Slaper, Peo-peo Tholekt*, C.O. Howard, H.S. Howard, Lutz Wahl, Andrew Garcia*, Flora Hirschy, Camille Williams, Capt. Russell V. Steele, Granville Lowther. [Includes: (a) 14 pp lets, Charles N. Loynes re his experiences in the Nez Perce campaign. (b) 4 pp notes, material for Peo-peo Tholekt's narrative of his part in the Nez Perce War. (c) Let from C.O. Howard's son, re Gen. John P. Shanks, with bibliography of books and reports dealing with the Nez Perce campaign. (d) 10 pp lets, H.S. Howard, fifth son of Gen. O.O. Howard. (e) 14 pp lets, Andrew Garcia re his experiences with various Indian tribes. (f) Misc anecdotes considered for appendix material and then discarded. (g) Lets with sketches of Indians and soldiers, Russell V. Steele. (h) Misc cls, notes, lets, MS fragments.] | |
| 43 | Incidents Big Hole Battle* and Retreat to Burch Creek. 1918-1942, nd. c195 pp notes, MSS, cls, lets. Corrs: Charles P. Brenner, Mary Narby Cottrell*, Robert W. Condie, Earle R. Forrest, Nathan Hazen, Floyd Henderson, J.H. Horner, Charles Loynes*, W.Y. Pemberton, George Peo-peo [Tholekt]*, T.J. Peterson, Philip Rand, Barnette H. Wilkison, Philip Williams, Charles Erskine Scott Wood*, Yellow Wolf*. [(a) "The Battle of the Big Hole," by Brigadier-General John Gibbon*. 13 pp typescript copy of article in Harper's Weekly, December 28, 1895. (b) Story of the Big Hole Battle, by Camille Williams. 1 p MS. (c) Stories of the Big Hole. 13 pp MS. The Story of Pe-nah-we-non-mi (Mrs. Shot-in-the-Head*). 10 pp MS and notes. (d) White Bird's Narrative. 8 pp MS. (e) 5 cls re Big Hole Battle. (f) Stalking and photographing the Big Hole Battlefield. Photocopy of map by Henderson of the pit where the Nez Perce reputedly captured a howitzer*. Original in Folder 527.] | |
| 44 | [Nez Perce History: Religion.] 1919-1941, nd. (a) Dreamer cult, 6 pp MS 2 copies plus 1 carbon addressed to Mrs. (Grace Boles) Hedge, 1935. (b) 2 pp copy U.S. Grant setting up and revoking Wallowa Reservation. (c) "Christian Missions among American Indians" 2 pp notes from Dept. of Interior Board of Indian Commissioners, Bulletin 280, 1927. (d) 1 p MS notes Christian religion vs. Indian religion. Quotes letter from Agent Monteith*. (e) 2 pp copy "Missionary Spalding's 'title' to 640 acres." (f) Letters from Brininstool, John Frank, C.T. Stranahan, John M. Canse, re Missionaries Whitman and Spalding. (g) 3 pp MS by Camille Williams (How-lis Won-poon, War Singer) note by McW: "Of true historic value." (h) 3 pp notes and let. Mrs. Monteith. "The division of the returned prisoners, Lapwai or Colville Reservations*." (i) 2 lets Elsie Long, Spiritual psychologist. "Number of Christian Denominations." (j) Misc notes by McW* on "Dreamers." Excerpts from letters by Mrs. Frances W. Monteith. (k) 1 p notes "Missionaries." (l) 3 pp MS "Legend of the Spalding Memorial Rock." Erected on | |
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| 44 cont | site of the Spalding Mission, Clear Water, Idaho. By He-yoom-yum-mí: 'woman grizzlybear.' Sam Lott, Interpreter, Oct. 1926." Notes re author by McW. [Legend is coyote story. Notes on origin of name "Lapwai." McW says is corruption of "butterfly wings."] (m) 5 pp MS notes on Dreamer religion. (n) 4 pp MS notes for "Field History" on missionaries. (o) 1 let Jack McWhorter on "Lex Scripta Missionarium." (p) 9 pp MS notes on "Lex Scripta Missionarium." | |
| 9 | 45 | Duncan McDonald*. 1920-1932, nd. c25 pp lets, notes. Corr: Duncan McDonald. Misc information re Indian names, pronunciations, individuals. Cl, "'Sage of the Flathead' [McDonald] Recalls Early Days in Treasure State." Record Herald, Helena, MT, Aug. 1929.] |
| 46 | Fighting Around Cottonwood*. 1920-1942, nd. 32 pp lets and notes. Corrs: John L. Rooke (Postmaster, Cottonwood, ID), Carl Schurra, C.T. Stranahan, Ovid T. McWhorter, J.G. Rowton, Camille Williams. [Re fighting around Cottonwood during Nez Perce War. 8 pp notes and depositions. "Did the Nez Perces Mutilate the Dead?" (at Whitebird Canyon.) Notes by Yellow Wolf* and Camille Williams. Photocopy of map of Cottonwood Creek, drawn by John L. Rooke, 1934. Original in Folder 523.] | |
| 47 | Medicine Tree*. Appendix of Volume. 1921-1945, nd c40 pp lets, notes, cl. Corrs: Mrs. Edward (Laura) Mackay, Herbert Lord, A.G. Lindh, Elers Kock, John W. McClintic, Emil Kopac, James F. Reed, N.E. Wilkerson, Camille Williams. [Material re a tree near the Lolo Trail*, twelve miles south of Darby, Montana, believed by the Indians to have "medicine" powers. At one time, a horn was embedded in the tree. Notes on the mythic origin of the horn, a "Coyote" story. Some information regarding the fight at Rye Creek.] | |
| 48 | Young Chief Joseph*. 1922-1942, nd. c150 pp notes, lets, cls. Corrs: I.D. O'Donnell, Chief White Hawk, C.T. Stranahan, Usher L. Burdick, Camille Williams, Peo-peo Tholekt*, Maurice Fitzgerald, Claudia C. Ross, George W. Fuller, O.B. Sperlin, Harvey K. Meyer, Tom Waters, N.W. Durham, J.H. Sherburne, Ovid T. McWhorter, Many Wounds, Adeline Andrews. [Chief Joseph's life, death, burial, family.] | |
| 49 | [Nez Perce History.] 1924-1930. 21 pp lets. Corrs: Peo-peo Tholekt*, Caleb Carter, Laura G. Rogers, Many Wounds*, P.W. Williams, Mrs. Elijah Red Elk, L. Gertrude Rogers. [Misc corr with publishers' representatives. Corr with Indians re the Nez Perce history and personal matters.] | |
| 50 | Col[onel] Redington. 1924-1935, nd. c120 pp notes, lets. Corrs: J.W. Redington, [General] W.C. Brown, G.L. Curry. [(a) Scouts and couriers in Indian Wars. Redington's attempt to secure government pension for his service as scout with Gen. Howard. (b) Misc information re Sheepeater campaign, Bannock war, etc. (c) 4 pp MS "Honest Chief Egan," by J.W. Redington. (d) Photocopies of two maps: Nez Perce at Yellowstone and Canyon Creek fight*, both by Redington. Originals in Folder 542.] | |
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| 51 | Winners of the West Citations. 1926-1928. c15 pp lets, notes, cls. Corrs: Dean [Guie], George Webb. [Material copied from Report of the General of the Army, 1876, "General Crook on the Efficiency of the Indian as a Scout, and his Powers of Mobilization." Material copied from "Curtis" (Edward S. Curtis, The North American Indian. Norwood, Massachusetts: The Plimpton Press, 1907-1930. Vol. VIII).] | |
| 52 | Many Wounds, Sam Lott*. 1926-1935, nd. 75 pp notes, lets. Corr: Samuel Lott (Many Wounds). [Re Nez Perce War and Nez Perce language. Includes: (a) Biographical sketch of Many Wounds. (b) Cl, un, half-page newspaper biography of Many Wounds by E.V. Kuykendall, Pomeroy, WA. (c) 2 pp MS story "Many Wounds and the Grizzly; Adventure of a Nez Perce Hunter."] | |
| 53 | Wot-tó-len*. [Chief] Lawyer*. [Chief] White Bird. 1926-1935, nd. 40 pp notes, MSS. [Includes: (a) Misc notes re Chief White Bird, Mrs. Chief White Bird (Heyoom Teyat-kekt), and Wot-tó-len. Some mention of Chief Lawyer. (b) 5 pp MS "The Lament of Wot-tó-len. Many Wounds*, Interpreter, July, 1926." Wot-tó-len's account of the Nez Perce War. (c) 7 pp MS "Did Chief White Bird Violate Compact?"] | |
| 54 | Material to be Used in Describing Relics of the Nez Perce War. 1926-1936, nd. 27 pp lets, notes. [Description and background of relics, pics of which exist in other parts of the collection. Photocopy of drawing, "Peo-peo Tholekt's Fight with the Grizzly Bear." Original in Folder 538. See also Folder 519.] | |
| 55 | John P. Schorr, 1st U.S. Cav. 1926-1937, nd. 32 pp notes, lets. Corrs: E.G. Schorr, John P. Schorr. [White Bird Battle, Cottonwood fight*, Clearwater fight and crossing*.] | |
| 56 | The Last Battle. Peo's Duel with Cheyenne. 1926-1937, nd. c130 pp MS, notes, lets. Corrs: Col. William H.C. Bowen, E.A. Brininstool, Dr. W.A. Turner, Black Eagle* (Philip Williams, interpreter?), C.E.S. [Charles Erskine Scott] Wood [General Howard's adjutant], Merrill Jensen, Many Wounds*, George Bird Grinnell, J.W. Redington. [Continuation of Bear's Paw Mountain material. "The Last Battle. Prophetic Dream of Wot-tó-len*." 3 pp MS. "The Status of Chief Yellow Bull*." "Many Wounds* on Chiefs Joseph* and Yellow Bull." "Alien Tribesmen Aiding the Nez Perces." 1 p frag. "Lewis and Clark, Explorers," with notes. Wot-tó-len, interpreter. 1926. 3 pp MS re Capt. William Clark's descendants among the Nez Perce: Yellow Hair. "List of Killed Snake Creek Battle," re General Miles vs. Nez Perces. "Information by Mrs. Ollicot, Wife of Chief Ollicot, War 1877." From letter by Many Wounds, Jan. 12, 1929. "Women and Children Buried by Cannon shell Explosion, Last Battle." 1 p. "Story of Rainbow, Sr. Wounded at the Last Battle." Many Wounds. 1 p MS."Nez Perce Sharp-shooters who Met General Miles' Cavalry Charge Battle of Snake Creek." 2 pp MS. Material re "Point of Rocks*." Personal | |
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| 56 cont | recollections: Black Eagle, son of Wat[sic]-tó-len, Sam Lott, interpreter. Nov. 1926; General Miles. "falacies [sic] of History. The blame for the Bear['s] Paw Mountain Disaster." 3 pp MS. "General Miles' Cheyenne Scouts, Nez Perce Campaign." 1 p. "A River Tragedy." 1 p. frag. "Incidents of the Surrender." 1 p. "Chief Looking Glass and Poker Joe, Leaders. Bear's Paw Battlefield." Aug. 1935. 3 pp. "Peo-peo tholekt's Combat with the Cheyenne of the 'Spotted Horse.'" Peo-peo Tholekt. 2 pp MS. (Two cops.) See also drawing of duel by Peo-peo Tholekt*, Folder 555.] | |
| 57 | [Nez Perce and Yakima History] 1926-1938, nd. 110 pp notes, lets. Part 1. c75 pp notes, annotated: "Used items Nez Perce Many Wounds." [Most of these are in the form of typed questions for which Many Wounds furnished answers, e.g.: "Find what became of the little baby that was born to Chief Joseph's* wife at Tolo Lake ." Answer: "baby died in Indian territory while they was prisoner under U.S. government,. Joseph's wife went with him to the territory. The baby died there. A girl baby."] Part 2. c55 pp notes, lets. Corr: Jack Johnson. [Concerns Nez Perce killed by A.B. Findley, prior to the outbreak of the Nez Perce War; and Gen. Howard's part in the Bannock War of 1878. Alphabetized glossary of Indian names. 32 pp. Some information re Yakima Indian War. Kamiaken. Bannock War.] | |
| 10 | 58 | Wallowa Valley Correspondence. 1926-1941. 24 pp lets. Corrs: J.H. Horner, George W. Fuller, J.A. Harader, W.D. Vincent. [Horner is chief corr. Subject is background of Nez Perce trouble in the Wallowa* vicinity. Horner attempts to answer specific questions raised by McW*.] |
| 59 | Black Eagle [Phillip Andrews]*. 1926-1941, nd. c70 pp notes, lets. Corrs: Phillip Andrews, Adeline Andrews. [Bulk of material supplied by Phillip Andrews, son of Wot-tó-len. Includes: (a) Re Nez Perce warriors who returned with Wot-tó-len from Sitting Bull's camp in Canada. (b) Re wagon train taken after Big Hole Battle. (c) 3 pp MS "Black Eagle's Fight with the Grizzly." (d) Misc.] | |
| 60 | Material for the State College, Pullman, Wn. [WA.] Has Been Culled Through. 1926-1942, nd. 60 pp lets, notes, MSS. Corrs: J.H. Bower, Cash Day, Yellow Wolf*, Lynde S. Catlin, Many Wounds*, Ora B. Hawkins, Dan Freeman. [Misc Indian material; some re Nez Perce War.] | |
| 61 | [Charles N.] Loynes*. 1926-1945. c60 pp notes, lets. Corr: Charles N. Loynes. [Incidents of Nez Perce War. Bannock's scalped Nez Perce dead at Big Hole. Lolo Pass* retreat. Denies U.S. soldiers had "take no prisoner" orders at Big Hole. No reason to doubt legend that two white girls were being held prisoner in Joseph's camp at Big Hole when Col. Gibbon attacked.] | |
| 62 | Incidents of the Last Battle. Sharpshooters at the "Point of Rocks*." Black Eagle's* Story. 1926-1945, nd. 100 pp notes, lets, MS fragments. Corrs: Yellow Wolf*, Camille Williams (War Singer), Sam Lott (Many Wounds)*, C.T. Stranahan, | |
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| 62 cont | Phillip (Philip) Andrews (Black Eagle), Tom Waters, Harry Wheeler, Philip Williams, J.W. Redington, Major O.C. Upchurch. [Includes: let from Black Eagle and 2 pp typed MS re Black Eagle's escape from Bear's Paw Mountain into Canada. Bear's Paw Surrender of Nez Perce.] | |
| 63 | [Nez Perce War Background.] 1927, nd. c75 pp notes, MSS. [Misc material relating to the background and incidents of the Nez Perce War. Material chiefly drawn from official U.S. documents and reports.) | |
| 64 | [Indian Relics*.] 1927-1930. c40 pp lets. Corr: Mrs. F.J. Parker. [Mrs. Parker was the wife of Col. F.J. Parker, veteran of the Nez Perce campaign. McW* was interested in getting historical data. The bulk of the corr concerns a collection of Indian relics made by Parker.] | |
| 65 | Slaper. Doane. [W.C. Slaper.] 1927-1933. c40 pp lets, notes. Corrs: W.C. Slaper, Horace B. Mulkey, W.A. Henry, D.M. Love, Dunbar Rowland, Claude G. Bowers. [McW* is seeking positive identification of a "Lt. Doane," active in the Yellowstone attempt to cut off the Nez Perce. 1 p MS "The Strange Fantasy of Two Nez Perce Boys." Mrs. Caesar Williams. 1917. Re 2 boys who insisted on behaving as women because they were so commanded by their wyakin. Upon being forced to discontinue their masquerade, one of them died.] | |
| 66 | Chapman [Arthur I.]*. 1927-1937, nd. c40 pp notes, MSS. [(a) 11 pp MS and notes "Arthur I. Chapman, squaw-man, Renegade, Scout, Guide, and Interpreter." (b) 6 pp MS dealing with Chapman, by Yellow Wolf*. (c) Misc.] | |
| 67 | Many Wounds* Medley. 1927-1939, nd. c65 pp notes, lets. Corrs: Many Wounds, Lynn J. Frazier. [Corr chiefly re Indian claims and grievances relevant to the Nez Perce Treaty of 1863. Frazier was member of Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate.] | |
| 68 | Causes Leading to War. Lapwai Councils. 1927-1942, nd. Misc notes, cls, lets. Corrs: Charles A. Varnum, Mrs. Frances Monteith, Camille Williams, H.S. Howard. [(a) 7 misc notes on folder. (b) 1 p notes for "Field History." (c) 1 p "Unfounded War Rumours in Chief Moses' Regional Home." Copied from Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 1873, p 313. (d) 8 pp notes from McLaughlin's My Friend the Indian. (James McLaughlin, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910.) (e) 2 pp notes. "Mooney on the Messiah Craze-Nez Perce's Smohalla." (f) 1 p notes, "Corruptness of Indian Agents Antagonism of Agents towards the Military." Quotes Report of the General of the Army, 1877. (g) 6 pp misc notes. (h) 2 pp notes. "Consensus of Old Timers' Relative to Right and Wrong Side of the Nez Perce Imbroglio." (i) 1 p unused notes on causes leading to war. (j) 2 pp notes. "Concerning the Nez Perces in the Yellowstone Valley*." From p 10, Billings Gazette, June 30, 1927. (k) 2 pp notes. "Nez Perces with Colonel Wright*" [as scouts and guides]. Notes from Lawrence Kip, Army Life | |
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| 68 cont | on the Pacific. A Journal of the Expedition against the Northern Indians the Tribes of Coeur d'Alenes, Spokanes and Palouses. New York: np, 1859. (l) 2 pp notes from Lewiston Morning Tribune, Sunday, June 23, 1929. "Footprints of Some Famous People I Have Known," by Mrs. Frances Whitman Monteith. [Re missionaries.] (m) 7 pp lets, 1931. Col. C.A. Varnum [Refutes claim that General Howard held religious services at Pompey's Pillar on the Yellowstone. Mentions "Calamity Jane*" as a nurse for wounded soldiers.] (n) 2 pp lets, 1936. Camille Williams. [Re Cow Island crossing of the Missouri River by Nez Perce.] (o) 13 pp lets, 1936. Frances Whitman Monteith [Re Indian Agent John B. Monteith*.] (p) 1 p notes. [O.O. Howard. Hartford, CT, 1907,] My Life and Personal Experiences among Our hostile Indians. (q) 6 pp lets, 1942. H.S. Howard. [Re above.] 10 pp MS copy 2 copies. "General Howard's Sunday Campaigning." "Compiled by his son, H.S. Howard, Burlington, Vt." "Former private secretary to General Howard, 1894-1909, from War Department Official Records of the Nez Perce campaign."] | |
| 69 | Colonel Sturgis' Canyon Creek Fight, and Some Information Missouri River Crossing. 1927-1945, nd. c100 pp notes, lets, MSS. Corrs: Maj. Thomas A. Reiner, C.T. Stranahan, Peo-peo Tholekt*, Joseph G. Masters, Theodore W. Goldin*, J.W. Redington, W.C. Slaper, Emil Kopac, I.D. O'Donnell. [Lets re question of possible fight between Nez Perce and Crow during Nez Perce retreat. 6 pp handwritten MS: "The Stage Coach Episode, Canyon Creek* Fight. The Stolen Stage Coach. By Colonel J.W. Redington, Volunteer U.S. Scout and Courier in Three Indian Wars." Photocopy of sketch map showing Sturgis' camp and Joseph's* scout position, by I.D. O'Donnell, 1944. Original in Folder 530.] | |
| 11 | 70 | [Nez Perce Historical Expedition.] 1928. c50 pp lets. Corrs: Jennie R. Nichols, Alonzo Lewis, Samuel Lott (Many Wounds)*, Peo-peo Tholekt*, Thomas J. Walsh. [Chiefly an "expedition" to the Nez Perce Reservation to obtain first hand information about the "Nez Perce imbroglio of 1877." Lewis is principal correspondent. Death of Wot-tó-len.] |
| 71 | Nez Perce War. c1928, nd. c70 pp notes, MSS, MS fragments. [Includes: (a) 16 pp MS "Notes to Wonders of Geyserland." (b) 2 pp "Notes to 'Old' Chief Joseph." (c) 34 pp "Excerpts from The Wonders of Geyser Land,' A Trip to the Yellowstone National Park, by F.D. Carpenter*. (d) 11 pp "Handy Citations of Shield's 'Battle of the Big Hole*, Errors To Be Noted." (e) 3 pp "From Annual Report of the General of the Army, 1878. Concerning Return of Members of White Bird's Band/Nez Perces." (f) 4 pp lets from McW* to David Heaton, George Steinbacker re Nez Perce War and Lolo Pass* barricade.] | |
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| 72 | [Nez Perce Scouts.] 1928-1930, nd. c110 pp notes, MSS. [(a) Chiefly re General Howard's Nez Perce scouts. Much of the material concerns claims of various Nez Perce that they served as "scouts, couriers, and messengers." Fifty-three individuals made such claims to the Department of the Interior in 1900. (b) 59 pp MS "General Howard's Nez Perce Scouts, Claims of." (c) 2 pp notes on Indian Missions. (d) 2 pp "List of Indian Agencies Assigned to the Different Religious Bodies." From the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior, 1877. (e) 2 pp notes re this matter. (f) 2 pp MS "Catholic vs Protestant Missionaries on Indian Reservations, Hon. Edwin P. Smith, Commissioner." (g) 6 pp MS "Colonel George White," by Doris Leighton.] | |
| 73 | Bear's Paw Mountain Battlefield Correspondence. 1928-1932. 16 pp lets. Corrs: James Griffin, Ed Fredlund, L.A. Bogy. [McW's project for surveying, staking, and tabulating Bear's Paw Mountain Battlefield.] | |
| 74 | Old Chief Joseph. 1928-1932, nd. c50 pp notes. [Chief Joseph's father (Wel-lá-mot-kin) died c1869-1873.] | |
| 75 | Unused Chap. 17 For Possible Use. 1928-1933, nd. 16 pp MSS, notes. [Includes: 12 pp rough draft, unused chapter re Nez Perce treaties.] | |
| 76 | Returned- Unanswered Letters. Nez Perce History. 1928-1934. 39 pp lets. [c25 lets returned unclaimed and copies of lets not answered.] | |
| 77 | Staking of Bear['s] Paw Mountain Battlefield. 1928-1936. c50 pp lets. Corrs: C.R. Noyes*, Many Wounds*, Emil Kopac, Iona Mulligan, F.W. Graham, Peo-peo Tholekt*, James Griffin, Earl J. Bronson. [Inquiries re McW's* books. A plan to survey the Bear's Paw Battlefield near Chinook, Montana. The Chinook Lion's Club agrees to pay McW's expenses.] | |
| 78 | Big Hole* Correspondence. 1928-1937. 46 pp lets. Corrs: Bob Condie, Flora Hirschy, Ollie Jordan, Mary Narby Cottrell, Camille Williams, M.G. Ramsey. [Chiefly re Big Hole tabulation project. Some misc material.] | |
| 79 | Concerning Escapes From Bear's Paw Mtn. Battle Field to Sitting Bull's Camp in Canada and Treatment of Indians Who Surrendered. 1928-1938, nd. c65 pp notes, lets. Corrs: William S. Lewis, Fred G. Bond, Many Wounds*, Thomas B. Marquis, J.H. Sherburne. [Includes: material noted in folder title. (a) Misc notes re individual Nez Perce. (b) 3 pp list: "Nez Perces who escaped to Canada and were never Captured." (c) 1 p list: "Warriors escaping from Last Battle killed by enemy tribes." (d) 4 pp list of Nez Perce killed and captured. (e) 1 p Nez Perce escaping from Last Stand and subsequently captured. Notes and MS fragments re Indian "refugees" from the battle.] | |
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| 80 | Big Hole [Battlefield]*. 1928-1940, nd. 69 pp notes, cls lets. Corrs: Ralph E. Armstrong, Joseph Joffe, Emil Kopac, John Miller*, J.C. Whitman, Camille Williams. [Re Big Hole Battle. 82 pp notes Nez Perce Indian names. Location of "loud-speaking" gun. Photocopy of map drawn by Floyd A. Henderson, USFS, 1938. Original in Folder 528.] | |
| 12 | 81 | "Field History"- Contains Manuscripts That Have Been Worked Over, or Not to be Used. 1928-1941, nd. c95 pp notes, lets, MSS fragments. Corrs: E.B. Aldrich, Louis R. Glavis, James C. McKay, O.T. McWhorter, J.G. Rowton, C.T. Stranahan. [Includes: 7 pp MS "Captain [John W.] Cullen on the Salmon and Snake Rivers. Captain Cullen's Account of his part in the Nez Perce War. Related by Captain Cullen in September, 1929." 4 pp notes re above MSS. 27 pp alphabetical list of Nez Perce proper names and misc words with definitions. Misc appendix material, considered by McW*. Whitman massacre.] |
| 82 | Items Used and Unused Deemed Worth[y] of Preservation. 1928-1941, nd. c200 pp notes, lets, cls, MSS. Corrs: Angie Burt (Mrs. Edmund) Bowden, Richard H. Wilson, Duncan McDonald*, Flora Hirschy, Joseph Blackeagle, Phillip Andrews (Black Eagle)*, James Rooke, Mrs. Edna L. Jones, Garrett B. Hunt, Byron Defenbach, F.S. Hall, Robert W. (Bob) Condie, Joseph Joffe, Edmund B. Rogers, John Miller (Chief White Hawk)*, Philip T. Fagrie, Lee Howard, Mrs. Fred White, John Kaiser, Col. James(?) Partello, H.S. Coburn, R.E. Thomas, Eva Hunt Dockery, Elta M. Arnold, Louis F. Grill, Camille Williams, J.G. Rowton, Charles M. Gates, George White, Paul E. Ambro, Yellow Wolf*, Clifton B. Worthen, J.P. MacLean, Lew L. Callaway, C.E.S. Wood, Anne McDonnell, Mrs. Ora B. Hawkins. [Cl, "Liver Eating" Johnson. Re various phases of the Nez Perce campaign. Most of these items have been picked over and the important items have been included in the histories. Includes: 8 pp MS "The Spy of Corvallis," re a Nez Perce scout who may have observed General Howard's advance into Montana.] | |
| 83 | [Nez Perce Land Claims and the War.] 1928-1941, nd. c125 pp notes, MSS, lets. [Includes: (a) 5 pp lets, copies, from Indian Agent John Monteith* to Indian Commissioners re settlers entering the Wallowa Valley (1872), and Joseph's demand that they leave the valley (1875). Bears note: "Copied from an old Lapwai Agency 'Copy-Book.'" (b) 18 pp cop of Maj. H. Clay Wood's Supplement to his report, Status of Young Chief Joseph*, and Indian Claims to Lands. January 8, 1876. (c) 29 pp cop Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior on the Operations of the Department for the Year Ended June 30, 1877. (d) 31 pp MS "The Nez Perce War of 1877: The Inside History from Indian Sources, by Duncan McDonald*." McW* note: "Last summer, at the instance of the New Northwest, he made a six weeks' trip to British America, for the purpose of obtaining correct particulars of the campaign at White Bird. The data thus obtained is being presented in these articles, and can be relied upon as authentic from the Nez Perce standpoint."] | |
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| 84 | [Camas Meadows*. Raid on Gen. Howard's Camp.] 1928-1942, nd. Notes, lets. c125 pp. Corrs: Yellow Wolf*, S.L. [Sam Lott] Many Wounds*, General D.L. Brainard, Thomas Ferrell, Llewellyn (Lew) L. Callaway, J.W. Redington, Mrs. George F. Cowan, Camille Williams. [Chiefly re Camas Meadows* skirmish and raid on Gen. Howard's camp, Aug. 18, 1877: (a) Notes and lets refuting idea that the Nez Perce "drilled" for war. (b) Photocopies of three sketch maps of the Camas Meadows terrain. Originals in Folder 529. (c) Notes by Many Wounds on Brady's Northwestern Fights and Fighters. (Cyrus Brady. Northwestern Indian Fights and Fighters. New York: The McClure Company, 1907.) (d) Notes by Camille Williams re Indian veterans* of the fight who were still living at the time. (e) Notes by Peo-peo [Tholekt]* and Yellow Wolf on fording the Yellowstone River* by Indian warriors. (f) Notes on Chief Joseph's* capture of a Yellowstone stagecoach.] | |
| 85 | Loynes*- Big Hole [Battle]*. 1928-1944, nd. c70 pp notes and lets. Corrs: Charles N. Loynes, Lutz Wahl. [Notes for "Field History." Photocopy of sketch map by C.N. Loynes, 1928. Original in Folder 521.] | |
| 86 | General Scott. Indian Scout. [Hugh Lennox Scott.] 1929-1931, nd. c40 pp notes, lets. Corrs: J.W. Redington, H.L. Scott, H.S. Howard. [(a) Only portion of material re Scott, who served with Sturgis in the attempt to intercept the Nez Perce before they reached the Yellowstone country. (b) 7 pp MS "General Howard's Nez Perce Scouts." (c) List of tribes which assisted the U.S. Army against the Nez Perce.] | |
| 87 | [H.S. Howard.] 1929-1932. 6 pp lets. Corrs: H.S. Howard, J.W. Redington. [Supposed council meeting between Chief Joseph* and Gen. O.O. Howard at the end of the Nez Perce War. Proposed memorial for the dead in the war. Role of Col. C.E.S. Wood and Col. Bowen as viewed from the Nez Perce point of view.] | |
| 88 | Loud-Speaking Gun. 1929-1932, nd .[Notes on several scraps of paper on "Loud-Speaking Gun." (An old Indian-owned Sharps rifle of heavy caliber used at the Canyon Creek skirmish.) 2 pp lets. Andrew Garcia*. Re "loud-speaking" gun. 8 pp lets. Lt. Col. H.L. Bailey*, Charles N. Loynes*, Ovid T. McWhorter, William Wells and Charles E. Wood.] | |
| 13 | 89 | Possible Preface Items. 1929-1933, nd. 20 pp notes, MSS. [Notes re Indian and white attitudes collected as possible items to be included in a preface. 5 pp MS "Prelude" worked out as rough draft for possible preface.] |
| 90 | Goldin. 7th. Cav. [Lieut. Theodore W. Goldin*.] 1929-1941. 50 pp notes, lets. Corrs: E.A. Brininstool, Theodore W. Goldin, Mrs. Theodore Goldin. [Nez Perce fight with Crows following Canyon Creek skirmish*. Col. Sturgis' fight. Last battle. Misc.] | |
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| 91 | Garcia. No. II. 1929-1941, nd. c60 pp notes, lets, cls. Corr: Andrew Garcia. [Material chiefly re Canyon Creek*. Garcia was a packer with the army supply train sent from Fort Ellis to the Clark Fork for Howard and Sturgis. He witnessed the Canyon Creek crossing. Cl, The Billings Gazette, Aug. 14, 1932, re Andrew Garcia, "Pioneer as Teamster with Howard and Sturgis Saw Stirring Incidents of Nez Perce Campaign."] | |
| 92 | Colonel Wood. [Charles Erskine Scott (C.E.S.) Wood, Howard's Adjutant.] 1929-1942, nd. 50 pp notes, lets, MSS. Corrs: C.E.S. Wood , Sara B. Wood, Elmo Scott Watson, John A. Rea. [Chiefly re Battle of White Bird, Bear's Paw, and the final surrender. (a) Photostat of article from Century Magazine, May 1884, pp 135-142, by C.E.S. Wood: "Chief Joseph*, the Nez-Perce." (b) 3 pp cl Spokesman Review, 24 October 1965, "Boyhood memories of days with great Indian" article on C.E.S. Wood and Chief Joseph. (c) cl "Admirers of Chief Joseph Still Plan to Honor His Memory." The Idaho Statesman, Dec. 22, 1929.] | |
| 93 | Painter, Horner, and Norwood Letters. 1929-1942, nd. c40 pp notes, lets, cl. Corrs: Harry M. Painter, J.H. Horner, Anne Norwood. [Painter lets (which form the bulk of the material) re disposition of the captured Nez Perce. Cl, Rocky Mountain Husbandman, November 6, 1930, re death of "Cap" J.W. Johnson, "Civil War veteran, scout, and interpreter under General Nelson A. Miles."] | |
| 94 | Unclassified. 1929-1944. c45 pp lets, notes. Corrs: John Collier, Ovid McWhorter, Maurice Fitzgerald, Susan Golden, H. Hamlin, John Stanley, B.F. Manring, [Chiefly re minor points of Nez Perce campaign, misc.] | |
| 95 | Geographical Distribution of Signers of Treaties- Domains of Non-Treaty Chiefs 1877. 1930, nd. [(a) List of Indians surrendering in Red Heart's band written in Many Wound's* handwriting according to Black Eagle's* dictation, 2 pp with notes by McW. (b) 1 p list of signers of treaty with Nez Perce at meeting in Walla Walla Valley, June 11, 1855. Many Wounds furnishes handwritten list of signers. Gives geographical location of the chiefs' tribes at the time of signing. (c) Photocopy of outline map of division of domain among Nez Perce chiefs by Peo-peo Tholekt*, Sept. 1930, and list of "Lower Nez Perces," chiefs who were signers of the Walla Walla treaty, but not of the Nez Perce Treaty of June (9?), 1863. Original in Folder 522. (d) Geographical distribution of Nez Perce chiefs at Walla Walla Treaty, 1855.] | |
| 96 | Lieutenant Jerome*. [Lovell H. Jerome.] 1930-1935, nd. c60 pp notes, lets. Corrs: W.R. Smedberg, Jr., Robert Bruce, R.H. Fletcher, J.W. Redington. [McW* desires information about why Chief Joseph* was detained in Colonel Miles' camp. Reason given p 489 HMMC. Cl "Indian Battle Retold," The Otsego Journal, Otsego County, NY. July 17, 1930, by Jerome. Article is re Bear Paw fight and is used in HMMC, p 448. Cl Otsego Journal, Jan. 24, 1935 re Jerome's death. Corr with Lt. Col. R.H. Fletcher re surrender details. 1 p photographic reproduction of letter of introduction for Cadet Lovell H. Jerome to West Point, May 7, 1866.] | |
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| 97 | Used Material. Field History. 1930-1939, nd. c300 pp notes, rough draft chapters of YW and HMMC. [Includes: (a) 8 pp MS "Pre-White Man. Ancestral names of the Nez Perces Tribe, Headquarters at (now) White Bird, Idaho. Compiled by Many Wounds*, and Black Eagle*, Sons of Wot-tó-len," copy included. (b) 5 pp list of Nez Perce names and their meanings. (c) Lex Scripta Missionariums: re influence of early missionaries. (d) 3 pp bibliography of Nez Perce material. (e) Misc notes and frags re Yellow Wolf.] | |
| 14 | 98 | About Yellow Wolf* and His Narrative. 1930-1940. c30 pp, lets, notes. Corrs: Harvey K. Meyer, John E. Ludlow, Henry Wilson, Thomas L. Broncheau*, Virgil McWhorter, Many Wounds*. [The last days and death of Yellow Wolf.] |
| 99 | [Nez Perce History.] 1930-1941, nd. 6 pp notes and corrs. Corrs: Peo-peo Tholekt*, Stephen B.L. Penrose. [Treaty of 1863.] | |
| 100 | [Treatment of Nez Perce.] 1930-1942, nd. c100 pp notes, lets. Corrs: Maj. Gen. E.S. Adams, Nipo [Strongheart], Fred Dustin, John Keith, Theodore Goldin*, Chas. W. Dietz. [Chiefly re events leading up to the Nez Perce War and re the treatment and disposition of the defeated Nez Perce. The notes are drawn largely from the official reports of various Commissioners of Indian Affairs, 1873-1890.] | |
| 101 | Col. Bailey*...Captain Rawn. [Harry L. Bailey; Charles C. Rawn.] 1930-1943, nd. c130 pp notes, lets. Corrs: Harry L. Bailey, Mrs. Harry B. Longsworth. [(a) Material on White Bird, Clearwater, Salmon River crossing, civilian scouts, misc. (b) 26 pp MS "An Infantry Second Lieutenant in the Nez Perce War of 1877, by Harry Lee Bailey." (c) 5 pp let with additional information for above). (d) 4 pp "Captain Rawn's Report 'Fort Fizzle*.'" Bears notation by McW*: "Copied from Report of the Secretary of War; Vol. I 1877." (e) Photocopy of map of Clearwater Battlefield*. Original in Folder 541.] | |
| 102 | Cowan. Yellowstone Park Incident. 1931-1934, nd. c50 pp lets, MS. Corrs: Mrs. George F. Cowan, Charles F. Cowan, Lew L. Callaway, Albert W. Johnson, Many Wounds*, W.H. Holmes, Mrs. Emma J. Cowan. [The capture of George F. Cowan's party in the Yellowstone area during the Nez Perce uprising. 17 pp MS, "Reminiscences of Early Life in Montana," marked "Dup."] | |
| 103 | Garcia. No. I. 1931-1943, nd. c65 pp notes, lets, MSS. Corr: Andrew Garcia*. [General information re Nez Perce War. Includes: (a) 17 pp MS "Incidents Big Hole Massacre, and Battle*. From Garcia's Manuscript." (b) 2 pp MS "Garcia's Narrative." MSS are chiefly concerned with Garcia's wife, a Nez Perce girl wounded during the battle.] | |
| 104 | War Singer [How-lis Won-poon, Camille Williams], White Hawk*, Wat-tes Kun-nin [Earth-blanket]. 1931-1944, nd. 25 pp notes, lets, MSS. Corr: John Miller* [Chief White Hawk]. [Material re Nez Perce War. Includes: (a) 6 pp MS "Personal Narrative of Chief White Hawk, given in camp, Big Hole Battlefield*, Morning, August 10, 1935." (b) 7 pp MS "Personal Narrative of Wat-tes Kun-nin: 'Earth-blanket' Given October 1-2, 1936, Albert Spancer Interpreter."] | |
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| 105 | James Reuben*. c1934, nd. 40 pp notes, MSS, cl. [Material re James Reuben (Hosius Wap-tes, Head Feathers, or Eagle Head), Interpreter for the Nez Perce Commission in 1876, government scout, served as teacher for Joseph's band in exile. Includes: 1 p let, Sam Morris, 3 pp MS "James Reuben, Nez Perce Gov't Scout. Excerpts from Maj. Charles T. Stranahan before the Lewiston, Idaho, Kiwanis Club, February, 1934." Misc notes re Modoc War.] | |
| 106 | Unused Appendices and Other Manuscripts and Notes. 1934, nd. c80 pp MS notes. [Includes: (a) 3 pp MS "Property Owned by Nez Perce Indians on Salmon River." (b) 1 p MS "Unpublished Incidents in 'Calamity Jane's* Life'," with 2 cls re Calamity Jane. (c) 2 pp note "Cost of the Nez Perce War," from Senate Executive Document #14, 45th Congress, 2nd Session. (d) 1 p note "Chief Peo-Peo Tholekt* Elk Call." (e) 5 pp MS re the destruction of a freight wagon train on Birch Creek, Idaho, by Nez Perces. (f) 2 pp MS re killing of settlers at Montague-Winters ranch, in the Horse Prairie Valley, Mont. (g) 6 pp MS re action by volunteers near Mount Idaho, told by J.G. Rowton, "citizen volunteer." With corr: J.W. Redington, re fighting around Cottonwood*. (h) 1 p MS re wyakin powers (magical powers protecting warriors). (I) 3 pp MS re scouts with Colonel Sturgis. (j) 3 p MS re Battle of Canyon Creek*. (k) 1 p note re capture of two white girls in Bitter Root Valley. (l) 2 pp MS re action of Crow Indians against Nez Perces; also General Howard's Bannock and Shoshone scouts with Captain Brainbridge as directed by General Crook. (m) 1 p MS re General Howard's scouts. (n) 3 pp MS re Howard's claim that Crow Indians guided the Nez Perce across the divide. Theodore Goldin's statement. (n) 4 pp MS re Col. Sturgis' fight.] | |
| 107 | Horner and Other Letters. Nothing to be Used in Nez Perce History. 1934-1943. 11 pp lets. Corrs: J.H. Horner, Ovid McWhorter. [Minutiae of Nez Perce War in Wallowa County, Oregon*.] | |
| 108 | Miscellany Pertaining to the Nez Perce War, 1877. c1935, nd. c130 pp notes, MSS. [Chiefly notes and copied portions from the Report of the General of the Army to the Secretary of War, 1877. Reports by General W.T. Sherman; Colonels Gibbon, S.D. Sturgis, Nelson A. Miles; General O.O. Howard.] | |
| 109 | Mr. Smith. Bull Train. Surrender. [Charles A. Smith, Private, Company A, 7th Cavalry.] 1935-1937, nd. 15 pp lets, notes. Corr: Charles A. Smith. [Chiefly re surrender of Chief Joseph*, at which Smith was present. Some information re battle sites. Destruction of a "Bull Wagon-Train by Nez Perces at Cow Creek* in 1877."] | |
| 15 | 110 | Stake Tabulation. Last Battle. Map of Bear's Paw Mountain. 1935-1937, nd. c70 pp notes. [Includes: field notes made of a stake tabulation of the Bear's Paw Mountain Battlefield, done by McW*, together with White Hawk and Many Wounds*, Aug. 1935. Their survey marked with stakes and recorded the positions of the various Indian and U.S. Army forces. See also map showing location of various stakes, surveyed by C.R. Noyes, Folder 559.] |
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| 111 | [Chief] Looking Glass Attacked. 1935-1945, nd. c3 pp notes on Chief Looking Glass. 9 pp notes. Re Attack on Chief Looking Glass, his status among the Nez Perce, and his role in the war. 3 pp corr Mrs. F. Monteith. [Photocopy of map of Chief Looking Glass' camp, drawn by Peo-peo Tholekt* (of Lewiston, Kooskia-Whitebird area). Original in Folder 532.] | |
| 112 | Big Hole [Battlefield]* Stake Tabulation. 1937, nd. 61pp notes, cls. [(a) 31 pp notes on staking of Big Hole Battlefield. (b) 9 pp notes re Chief Looking Glass. (c) 20 pp notes re stake tabulation Big Hole Battlefield. Includes: original field notes, 3 cops of tabulation. (d) 2 cls re Big Hole Battlefield. (e) Photocopies of drawings of battlefield by Peo-peo Tholekt*, Charles N. Loynes*, Many Wounds*, and Many Wounds with McW*. Originals in Folder 520.] | |
| 113 | [Nez Perce History.] 1937, nd. 4 pp lets. Corr: Mae Nalder. [Two cops of letter (1937) by McW* regarding publication plans for his Yellow Wolf manuscript and more generally his notes for the Nez Perce "Field History" and a possible visit from President E.O. Holland. Photocopy of map of the Nez Perce Campaign- 1877, by C.A. Badeau, 1935, prepared for Adventures in Geyserland. Original in Folder 525.] | |
| 114 | Journal of Treaty with The Nez Perce, June 17, 1855. Yakimas, Walla Wallas, and Umatillas. 1939-1940, nd. [56 pp cop of the treaty negotiated at the Council Ground, Camp Stevens, Walla Walla Valley, WA Territory, June 14, 1855. Notes and lets re the treaty.] | |
| 115 | Otis Half-Moon Correspondence. 1943. 4 pp lets, notes. Corrs: Otis Half-Moon, Camille Williams. [Re cache of flour hidden by Nez Perce during the war; re Yellow Wolf*.] | |
| 116 | [Notes and Fragments.] 1944, nd. 20 pp notes, MS fragments. [Misc Nez Perce material. Includes: "The True Story of the Nez Perce War," by H.B. Norton. Copy of an article sent McW* by J.W. Redington. Article is from Recreation Magazine, pp 99-100, not further identified.] | |
| 117 | Geographical Distribution of Nez Perce Chiefs. nd. 16 pp notes. [Geographical distribution of the Nez Perce chiefs at time of the Walla Walla treaty of 1855.] | |
| 118 | [Nez Perce History.] nd. c60 pp lets, notes, maps. Corrs: E.O. Holland, E.V. Kuykendall, Damon A. Spencer, all to Virgil O. McWhorter. [List of captions for photograph illustrations to be used in Hear Me, My Chiefs! The Nez Perce Indian Reservation boundaries as of the treaties of 1855 and 1863. Certified photostatic copy of the "Treaty with the Nez Perces, 1855." (U.S. Dept. Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. March 13, 1950). Three maps, Clearwater. Description of Nez Perce Indian Reservation boundaries. Material chiefly from 1950 not part of original accession.] | |
| 119 | To Be Examined in Proofing Glossary. nd. 230 pp notes, eighteen envelopes. [Notes re Indian words and names. Information supplied by Indian corrs, chiefly Yellow Wolf* and Camille Williams. Envelopes contain groups of Indian words and names to be checked against the glossary of Yellow Wolf.] | |
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| 120 | Contains Historical Data from Many Sources but Chiefly Wash. State. V.O. McW 2/20-1945. 1880-1940, nd. c185 pp MSS, notes, lets, cls. Corrs: Tom Waters*, William Charley*, W.E. Johnson, Major C.H. Bridges, Mary M. Crawford, G. Stephenson, J.L. Sharon, Louis Mann*, Yellow Wolf* (with Thomas B. Andrews, Indian interpreter), W.P. Bonney. [(1) "Adjourned Meeting Held on November 29th, 1913, at the Agency, Fort Simcoe*, Washington, in Reference to Grazing of Indian Sheep on the Yakima Indian Reservation." Carbon of 11 pp transcript of meeting, by Nealy N. Olney*. (2) "March 25th 1880. Yakima Indian Reservation Wash a History life of bad Injun [sic]." School notebook with 14 pp autobiographical material by Louis Mann. (3) "Louis Mann's Comment on Splawn's Kamiakin*." 8 pp notes and let. (4) "The First Cabinet Organ Brought to Oregon." 1 p MS copy with 1939 let, W.P. Bonney. (5) "Death of Chief Umtoch." 7 pp MS copy with 9 pp notes. (6) Notes. Modocs and Bannocks. 6 pp. (7) Louis Mann. Indian land grievances. 32 pp. (8) Yellow Wolf. Yellow Wolf's protestation of truth telling. 12 pp. (9) "The Personal Narrative of Chief Spencer." 11 pp MS. (10) "Chief William Spencer's Foray against the Rogue River Tribe." (3 pp MS). (11) "History of Chief Spencer." 10 pp handwritten MS. (12) Notes, cls, let frags, MS frags: Prohibition, Chief Joseph*, Indian agents, William Wheeler, misc. c30 pp.] | |
| 121 | Indian Vocabulary. 1909-1938, nd. Notes, corrs. MSS, printed material. Corrs: Louis Mann*, William Charley*, Listening Coyote, Judith McWhorter. [(1) Envelope containing c145 notes on Indian names, words, phrases. Many are place names in the Yakima Valley. Some Nez Perce and Okanogan words. (2) c130 MS pp. List of Indian place names, words, and phrases. Chiefly Yakima. (3) "Yakima Indian Names of Objects and places in the Moxee Valley and Vicinity of Yakima, Wash., as Obtained from Chief Sluskin* and Ho-lite, better known as Billie Captain; September 25, 1917." 7 pp MS.] | |
| 16 | 122 | Papers Pertaining to Yakima Indian History and Other Matters. 1910-1931. c110 pp lets, notes, MSS. Corrs: W.F. Clarke, Lt. Col. C.W. Thomas, Jr., J. Bertram, J.H. Nelson, Julia Thompson, Ovid McWhorter, Robert Hitchman, (L.V.V.F.?). [Corr: Request for into re Louis Shuster, scout in Bannack War, 1877. Name for Yakima Park on Mt. Rainier*. Cannon lost by Major Granville O. Haller, Battle of Thappanish, Yakima War; information given by Louis Andy, April 3, 1938. Copy of Report of the Secretary of War, 1855, 11 pp MS, Nov. 30, 1935. Three notes re history Senator W.L. Jones' testimony, Ahtanum Water Division, Louis Bastian. "Kansas or Bust," 4 pp poem. One Pin. Copy of let, Perrin(?), B. Whitman, July 1, 1848. Two cls re Perkins murders, Big Hole* Battle. Data re stolen horse of One Pin. (1) "Mid Stream." 6 pp MS with revisions. Re Indian welfare; sent to Mrs. Leah Segers. (2) "The Feast Given by Chi-mischa* (sinue [sic] bow) the Successor of Chief Yoom-tee-bee*. A Yakima Ceremony. July 7, 1910." 3 pp MS with cl. (3) "Yakima Indian History." Smith Luc-ie, Indian Police, Nov. 24, 1908. Re Yakima War, 1855. 3 pp MS. McW* note: "Never been used.". (4) |
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| 122 cont | "Captain Frank Selatzee, Indian Police, Yakima Indian Reservation." 2 pp MS with note and let. (5) "Specimen of Police-Court Justice to the Indian." 3 pp MS. (6) Let and note re story by William Charley*. (7) "Chief, We-yallup Wa-ya-saka's Views on the Ahtanum Canal Ownership." 2 pp MS. (8) "Early Irrigation* on the Ahtanum Creek, Washington." Re Tom Smartlowit*. 1 p. (9) "Saved from the Stake by Supposed Dementia." 1 p. (10) Lets with maps, compass markings. 2 pp. (11) "Chief Meninock's* Request." Aug. 1922. (12) Cl re Chief Meninock, May 25, 1921. (13) "Autobiography of Chief Meninock. Dictated by Himself." Aug. 17, 1922. 2 pp MS with notes and cl. (14) "Ghue-Ghue and Pedt-jum." Klickitat. Jan. 1919. 5 pp MS and copy. (15) "Natural History." Eli "Rimfire" Hamrick. 3 pp MS. (16) Notes on natural history. 3 pp. (17) Cl "Indians Refuse Inaugural Invitations," Feb. 17, 1929. (18) Notes re history, land allotments. 11 pp frags.] | |
| 123 | [Handwritten Ledger. Inscribed:] By Jan. 22 1912 Louis Mann*/Full Blood/ Yakima Indian/ Dictionary of the Yakima Indian/ Language and Translation into English Language. 1912. [Contains 60 leaves of MS text on: Indian genealogy Indian vocabulary and English equivalents. Short discussion of Chief Owhi, his sons Qual-chan Owhi and Lash-high-hit [Lesh-hi-hit], and father of Chief Owhi "Story of Coyote." (Coyote cheats on his trip around the "ocean bank.") "Coyote and a Great Prophet." "Coyote Went Back East." "A Story of the King." "Coon Story." "The King Story." "Story of a Warrior the Qual-chan Ouhi." "Story of Two Indian Girls." "Mr. Eagle the King and Mr. Skunk His Cousin." "Life History of the Bad Indian Mr. Mann." Misc frags.] | |
| 124 | Hembree* Tragedies. Kulalas Story of Toppenish Battle. Abe Lincoln's Falls [Falling] in Glacier Caves. 1915-1927. c60 pp MS, MS frags, notes, lets. Corrs: John T. Osborne, Mrs. George Garner, William Charley*, Caesar Williams*, L.V. Eberhardt, W.P.Bonney. [(1) [Four MSS re Capt. Hambree (Hembree?), a soldier killed by Indians near where Toppenish now stands.] a) "Captain Hambree (?) Killed by Pah-Oú-Nee." 3 pp MS. b) "Location of Place where Fell Capt. Hembree, Yakima War, 1855." L.V. McWhorter. 3 pp MS. c) "Data on the Death of Captain Hambree." Wm. D. Stillwell. 3 pp MS. d) "Death of Capt. Hambree (?)." Chief Meninockt* [sic]. 1 p MS. (2) [Six notes and MSS re Battle of Thappanish.] a) "Participants in Yakima Indian Troubles." L.V. McWhorter*. 1 p note. b) "Incident in Battle of Toppenish." George Olney. 2 pp MS. c) "Yakima Indian War, 1855-1856. Battle of Thappanish (Toppenish)." Snah-Tupsh, Ku-Lala. (1917). 4 pp MS. d) "Battle(?) of Pah-Qy-Ti-Koot." Wm. Adams and Louie Mann*, interpreters. 3 pp MS. e) "Brief Narrative of Snatups Ka-Lula in the Sound War." Wm. Adams, interpreter, May 6, 1917. 1 p MS with 1 p note. (3) "A Thrilling Adventure on the Glaciers of Mount Adams (Pót-to)." Charley Olney*, May 12, 1923. 11 pp MS with notes re Abraham Lincoln, a Shaster Indian. (4) "The Meaning of Yakima." 1 p MS. (5) "Items Concerning the Sliding Place of Coyote, Klickitat County, Wash. Sometimes called: 'The Death Slide.'" 1 p MS. (6) "Yakima Indian War. (Satas Mountain) William D. Stillwell's account of the fight, on April 10, 1856, during the | |
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| 124 cont | Yakima Indian War, on the Yakima River*, where Captain Hembree was killed." William D. Stillwell*, May 24, 1918. 9 pp MS. (7) "Location of Battle of Thoppanish." L.V. McWhorter. 1 p MS. (8) "Corrections to Tash-wenit's story, as given by Mits-e-ya-wah Spelye: 'Listening Coyote.' January 1924." 1 p MS. (9) Story given by Tásh-wenit (After the Thunder), Dec. 1923. 4 pp MS with note: "This story is to be checked up with that of 'Owhi's Only Crime'...and also with another story pertaining to the scalping of the girl...same story."] | |
| 125 | Tribal Wars. Biographical Sketches Yakima Indians. 1916-1923, nd. c60 pp MSS, notes, let. [(1) "Pauite-Wasco Indian Warfare." Wasco Jim, July 7, 1918. 3 pp MS with notes. (2) The Piute and Wasco Indian Warfare." Mrs. Caesar Williams*. 6 pp MS. (3) Incidents in Tribal Indian Warfare. Captain Dry-Creek Billie." Caesar Williams*. 3 pp MS. (4) Biographical sketches various Yakima Indians. c45 pp notes: "Chief We-yal-lup Wa-ya-cika." 7 pp MS. "Tyee [Chief] Yum-tee-bee." 8 pp MS. The Tragedy of Po-ki-wan-ee (Short Fingers). 3 pp MS. "Biography of John Etwamish, or No Stink*." 1 p MS. (5) Cop of let by Louis Mann*, May 24, 1916, denouncing Walla Walla Treaty of 1855. McW* notes that this let was published in the Yakima Herald.] | |
| 126 | Maj. Bowlen [Bolon, Bolen] Manuscript. 1916-1935. c75 pp MS, notes, lets, cl. Corrs: William Charley*, T.C. Elliott, W.P. Bonney, Jay Lynch*, Inez Filloon (Mrs. J.M. Filloon). [Bolen's murder. c50 pp MS, the murder, by Indians, of Special Indian Agent Andrew J. Bolen in the Wah-soom Mountains in 1855: "The Bolen Tragedy" as narrated by Sul-el-il, John Billie and William Charley, interpreters.] McW* considers this part of the prelude to the Yakima War. Part of the story is narrated by Sul-el-il, also known as Yakima George. Notes and a cl, as well as photocopies of two handdrawn maps of Bolon Monument* and Marker accompany this material. Originals in Folder 535.] | |
| 127 | Concerning Chief Kamiakun*, and Tribal Affiliations of Chiefs Signing Treaty of 1855. 1918-1939, nd. c35 pp MSS, notes, lets, cls. Corrs: Tes-pa-loose, H.M. Painter, L.V. McWhorter* to Arthur Tomio Kamiakun* re family name, and to Chief Cleveland Kamiakun*. [(1) "Early Conditions among the Yakimas in Kamiakin's Time." 1 p MS. (2) "Data concerning Chief Kamiakun." Chief Waters. 2 pp notes. (3) "Chief Kamiakun. By his oldest living son Tomio Kamiakun." 1 p MS. (4) "Domain of the Yakima Chiefs, Signers of the 1855 Treaty." Louis Mann* (chiefly), June 9 (year?). 1 p MS. (5) 1 p notes on Kamiakin. Louis Mann, Nov. 15, 1922. (McW's note: "In Yakima parlance, Kamiakun was termed a Paloos tribesman, notwithstanding his mother was a full blood Yakima. The Yakimas blamed him for all their troubles growing out of the war."). (6) "Incidents of the Yakima War, 1855-1856." 1 p MS. (7) 1 p notes on Kamiakun: "By Tom Smartlowit, Yakima War." (8) "Tribal Affiliations of the Yakima Signers to the Treaty of June 9, 1855. (Given by Louis Mann and other old tribesmen.)" 1 p MS. (9) "Clans of the Yakimas Who Were Present at the Treaty of Walla Walla 1855, and Who Met Col. Wright* in a Treaty of Peace later in the Nachese. As Given by Chief We-yallup Wa-ya-cika*." 1 p MS. (10) "The Chiefs of Some of the Columbia River Tribes." Wasco Jim, July, 1918. 1 p MS. (11) "Tribal Warfare." | |
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| 127 cont | Lo-páh-hin*, March 30, 1922. 1 p MS. (12) "A Tragedy in Indian Tribal Life." Simon Goudy*, Dec., 1918. 1 p MS. (13) "The Story of Chief Wy-cas One-pi-née, or Shee-ah-cotte. The Tenth Signer to the Treaty of Walla Walla, 1855. Narrated by His Son: Sat-kat, known as One Pin; corrupted from One-pin-nee, or One-pine." 3 pp MS with cl. (14) "Incidents in Indian Tribal Warfare. (Payute Indian Wars.)" Mrs. Caesar Williams. 2 pp MS. (15) 6 pp lets. (16) 2 pp notes on Kamiakun from Life, Letters, and Travels of Father Peter [Pierre] Jean De Smet, Sr. 1801-1813, Hiram Martin Chittenden and Alfred Talbot Richardson, New York: Francis P. Harper, 1905. Vol. III. (17) "Statement by Warrior Twi-was Tokia-kun." 1 p MS. (18) "Note to Story of Koo-Tiakun." 1 p MS. (19) Miscellaneous notes re Yakima Treaty, Chief White Swan*, Kamiakun*.] | |
| 128 | Concerning Chief Moses*. Folder Containing a Medley of Manuscripts. 1919-1939. c65 lets, notes, MSS, MS frags, cls. Corrs: Louis Mann*, Arthur E. Griffin, H.B. Miller, Harry Lee Bailey*, Dr. and Mrs. White Elk*, Ruth C. Beelie, George H. Himes, William D. Heaton, Edward M. Miller (re Chief Umtoch). [Corr, with notes, cls, and frags: Battle at Union Gap*, The Yakima Daily Republic, nd. Chief Moses. Sales of Indian allotments. Minor business matters and personal affairs. (1) "An Extensive Village Site on the Columbia. Ruins on Cold Creek, Benton County, Wash. L.V. McWhorter* and Earl O. Roberts. August 25-26, 1923." 3 pp MS. (2) "The Sokulks of Priest Rapids, Washington." 4 pp MS. (3) "Character of Chief Moses." 1 p MS. See also Folder 560 for sketch map: "Trail supposedly travelled by Chief Moses going to the Sound Country."] | |
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| 129 | Tribal Wars: Histo* Modoc and Bannock. 1909-1916, nd. c60 pp MSS, notes, lets. [(1) Two cops "Story of the Bannock War." a) One marked: "Histo's Narrative. Duplicate." 16 pp MS with note and cl announcement of Histo's death. b) Original of the story. Wm. Charley*, interpreter. 16 pp MS. Two lets, appended McW and J.L. Davenport, 1909, re pension for Histo. With note: "Histo now draws pension of $20.00 per month and rec'd back pay. Oct. 30, 1925." 3 pp. (2) "Histo's Narrative of the Modoc War." Wm. Charley, interpreter, July 8, 1910. 12 pp MS. (3) Notes and additions for Histo's story: "An Incident of the Modoc War"; "The Headless Warrior." 2 pp. (4) "Histo's Narrative of his Father." Wm. Charley, interpreter. 4 pp MS with 1 p note. (5) "Note to Go with Histo's Narrative of the Modoc War." Caesar Williams*. 2 pp. (6) "Topplish: 'White Earth.' Warmsprings tribe. (7) "Personality of Histo." Histo, Sept. 4, 1916. 1 p MS. (8) "The Source of Histo's Power as a Warrior." Wm. Charley, interpreter, Sept. 3, 1916. 1 p MS.] | |
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| 130 | [Lieutenant Mitchell. Rogue River Indian War.] 1913-1923, nd. c110 pp MSS, notes. [(1) "Pit River Indian War, 1855, as told by Capt. John Mitchell (1913)," 14 pp handwritten MS. (2) "Lieut. Mitchell." 8 pp MS with 2 pp notes. (3) "Narration of Corporal John Mitchell, Oregon Volunteer, 2nd Reg. Mounted Dragoons, Rogue River Indian War, 1856 (1913)." 31 pp handwritten MS with note and 1913 cl on Mitchell. (4) "Lieut. Mitchell." 32 pp MS. (5) Two cops let (to Mitchell from Frank D. Brown, Phillipsburg, Montana. March 7, [19]14.) (6) "Private Hanley's Story." 8 pp, MS and notes.] | |
| 131 | Historic Bannock War, 1878. 1916-1926, nd. c35 pp MSS, lets, cl, notes. [(1) "The Perkins Murder." John M. Edwards*. 9 pp MS with 1922 McW* let and cl. (McW notes that this is dup of paper written for the Washington State Historical Society.) (2) "Incidents of Piute War and the Perkins Murder." William Charley, interpreter. 6 pp MS. (3) "An Incident of Piute War and the Perkins' [sic] Murder." Mrs. Caesar Williams, Sept. 1916. 2 pp MS. (4) "Concerning the 'Gunboat' on the Columbia, and the Perkins Murder." Jim Sch-yowit; Louis Mann*, interpreter, June 26, 1917. 1 p MS with 1925-1926 lets, W.C. Burgen, cl, and notes. (5) "Mr. W.Z. York's statement of his fight with the Indians in Yakima City jail. Given personally to L.V.McWhorter, Dec. 14, 1917." 2 pp MS with cl. (6) Notes from General Howard's report in the Annual Report of the Secretary of War, 1878, Vol. 1, pp 209-210. 4 pp.] | |
| 132 | Pertaining to Bannack [sic] War. Lieut. Farror's [William T. Farrar?] Tukurika Campaign. Colonel W.C. Brown. 1921-1942, nd. 96 pp lets, MSS, notes, cls. Corrs: Wilbur Fisk Brock, J.W. Redington, Gen. W.C. Brown, Harry Lee Bailey, Ollie Jordan, Mrs. C. Brenner (Po-gum-bie, Chokecherry). [Re Chief Egan, Bannock War, Pauite War, Chief Winnemucca, Sarah Winnemucca, Father Wilbur, Lieut. Farrow [Farror]. (1) "The Story of Julia Bannock; Nez Perce Allottee, 982." (2) "Incident of the Piute War 1878." (3) "Death of Chief Egan, Bannack, 1878." (4) "Personal Observations and Opinions of W.F. Brock ... ." (5) " copy of letter written by Mr. Wilbur F. Brock, Summerville P.O., Oregon, June 7, 1932; to Mr. J. Harley Horner, President of the Wallowa County (Oregon)* Historical Society, Beaverton, Oregon. Carbon copies furnished T.C. Elliott, and Col. J.W. Redinkton [Redington]." (6) Let, J.W. Redington, 1932, re Lieut. Farrow [Farror] and Gen. W.C. Brown. (7 pp). (7) Lets, Gen. W.C. Brown, 1932, re "Sheepeater Indian Campaign, 1879." (13 pp). (8) Notes. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1878; and Annual Report of the General of the Army, 1878. (11 pp). (9) Cop of item appearing in Folder1540, #1. (10) Lets. Harry L. Bailey*, 1932. (Bailey's experiences with Indians and related matters). (11) Cl The Idaho Statesman, August 27, 1933. (Col. Redington tells of the severing and boiling of Chief Egan's head). (12) Cl. Blue Mountain Eagle, Canyon City, Oregon, August 26, 1932. (Gen. W.C. Brown on the Bannock War). (13) "Tribal Warfare." Tokiaken Twiwash. Aug. 5, 1921. (1 p MS).] | |
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| 17 | 133 | Fitzgerald and Modoc War. 1929-1934, nd. c50 pp MSS, notes, lets. Corrs: Maurice Fitzgerald, Mrs. Jeanette Parker, W.D. Vincent, Clark A. Brown. [Corr: (1) "The Bannacks [sic] A Warlike tribe of Savages in Eastern Idaho/ Their History and Traditions ... by J.W. Redington." 10 pp MS. (2) "Major W.V. Rinehart An Indian Agent in Troublous [sic] Times: A personal reminiscence." Maurice Fitzgerald. 5 pp MS. (3) c30 pp misc notes, lets, frags, re Modocs, Bannocks, Chief Egan, "random notes Yakima Indians."] |
| 134 | Col[onel] Redington on Bannock War. 1930-1934. 52 pp lets, notes, MSS. Corr: J.W. Redington. [Includes: 17 pp MS "Scouting in Montana. By Col. J.W. Redington Montana Volunteer U.S. Scout and Courier in Nez Perce and Bannack Indian Wars, and Assistant Adjutant General in Oregon, 1879-1883." Corr re Bannocks and their fight with Miles in 1878. Some misc material.] | |
| 135 | [Tribal Wars: Miscellaneous.] nd. c118 pp MS. [29 pp MS: "Some Corrections of 'Life on the Plains.'" W. Babcock Hazen. Concerns an article by General Custer published in Galaxy of February 1874, which Hazen says "treats him in a manner which cannot be overlooked." 89 pp MS:The Dismissal of Major Granville O. Haller of the Regular Army, of the United States by order of the Secretary of War, in Special Orders, No. 332 331, of July 25th, 1863. Also a "Brief Memoir of his Military Services and a Few Observations," printed 1863.] | |
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| 136 | Interesting Copy of Old Letters Pertaining to Western Va. Border History. Kindness of Mr. G.W. Beattie, Highland, California Possibly send to West Va. Archives and History. 1848-1932. c150 lets, cops of lets, notes, MSS, MS frags. Corrs: William S. O'Brien, J. W. Hancock, H.H. Meyer, Edmund J. James, J.K.P. Maxson, G.W. Beattie, Virgil A. Lewis, L.D. Wilmoth, Captain John Sommerville, M.M. Quaife. [Ohio Indian song. Data for Border Settlers. 16 pp MS frag "Old Manuscript Border Settlers*." 12 pp handwritten "Notes given by Wesley Molyhan, Charleston, W. Va." WV local history Four cls, 1900, "Jessie Hughes." McW* notes: "Ravenswood, WV newspaper," c100 pp cops lets apparently all from Draper MS.] | |
| 137 | [West Virginia History.] 1889-1942, nd. c20 pp lets, MS, cl. Corrs: C.S. Wilcox, W.G. Hacker, W.H. Holmes, W.F. Ray, Roy A. West, H.C. McWhorter, W. Robert Murray. [The "Haynes Cave" and other WV data. Jesse Hughes. Follow-up data on WV pioneers. Full p cl, "Judge McWhorter Outlines the Great Epic of the Monongahella Valley," Wheeling Intelligencer, January, 27, 1925.] | |
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| 138 | Old Letters and Manuscripts Gathered When Writing Border Settlers*. All Noted and Obsolete. L.V.M*. 1891-1914, nd. c300 pp lets, MSS, MS frags. Corrs: Mary S. Hall, Gideon M. Heavner, J.T. Hacker, Annie A. Nunns, J.G. Jackson, W.W. Hughes, J.S. Gandee, W.C. Brake, Mrs. Jacob W. Heavner, J.S. Hall, M.M. Quaife, W.B. Cutright, W[illiam] E. Connelley, W.G. Hacker. [Genealogical material. "In the Days of Our Ancestors / A Name / by John Strange Hall." 13 pp handwritten MS. 13 pp MS frag. in same hand. "In the Days of Our Ancestors by John Strange Hall." 11 pp MS. The Times of Our Ancestors, The School House, by John Strange Hall." 7 pp MS. MS and MS frag, cops of "Draper MS, Wisconsin State Historical Society," and other Wisconsin archives material. Photostat pages of Draper MS. "Licking County Pioneer Pamphlets, 1869-1874 ... Our Pioneers. Capt. Elias Hughes and John Ratliff. 1789." 24 pp handwritten copy.] | |
| 139 | [West Virginia History.] 1892-1910, nd. c100 pp lets, cls, MS. Corrs: J.H. Mitchell, J.S. Gandee, T.B. Straley, J.S. Hall, G.F. Queen, Edmund J. James, W.B. Morrison, C.S. Wilcox, J.M. McWhorter, Theodore Boyd, Reuben G. Thwaites, M.De Hurst, G.H. Bennett, W.C. Carper, Mamie Hall, Ernest Phillips, E.H. Blair, Sam Atkins. [Re data used by McW in his Border Settlers. Two cls, 1892, Busy Bee, not otherwise ident: "Rock Shelters," by L.V. McWhorter*. Hu Maxwell, "The Native Tribes of West Virginia." Clipped from the West Virginia School Journal. 18.7 (Oct. 1898) Cl, un. "Jesse Hughes." "In the Times of Our Ancestors, by John Strange Hall." 2 pp handwritten MS.] | |
| 140 | [West Virginia History.] 1900-1917, nd. c200 pp lets, cops documents, war department records, notes. Corrs: Anna McWhorter Thomas, B.R. McWhorter, B.O. McWhorter, John McWhorter, E.H. McWhorter, L. McWhorter, Hu Maxwell, V. Warner, Beverly, L. Rogers, Ira L. Peters, L.G. Rogers, Virgil A. Lewis, J.L. Davenport, F.C. Anisworth, J.P. Pfelt. [McWhorter family genealogy. "Descendants of John McWhorter. Son of Hugh and Jean McWhorter." 6 pp MS WV local history. Hughes family of Virginia and other families of concern for Border Settlers*.] | |
| 141 | [West Virginia History.] 1900-1938, nd. c60 pp notes, corr. Corrs: J.S. Gandee, W.A. Proctor. [Corr re West Virginia pioneers.] Part 1. Envelope entitled: "Pertains to the pioneer Hughes families of Northwestern Virginia, now central West Virginia." c20 cls. Part 2. Envelope entitled: "Some of the original notes used in Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia. Also a few newspaper clippings and letters." [Two notebooks with interleaved newsprint. One notebook bears stamped sticker: "L.V. McWhorter* / Dealer in / Scientific / & Indian Historical Books / Berlin, Lewis Co., W.Va" Folder: "McWhorter's Clearance Sale List of Curios and Books L.V. McWhorter, Mason, Ohio."] | |
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| 18 | 142 | [West Virginia History.] 1901-1932, nd. cl20 pp lets, notes, cops of docs, war department records, MS rough drafts. Corrs: H.F. Wallace, Jeanette C. Alter, Victor H. Paltsits, V. Warner, William E. Connelley, Roy B. Cook, J.M. McWhorter, H.R. McIlwaine, Henry Haymond, W.H. Peterson, A.M. Beck, A.D. Hiller, F.C. Anisworth, Joseph L. Miller, H. Clay Evans. [McWhorter family genealogy. Family data for Border Settlers: Jesse Hughes, West family, etc. Heads of Families at the First Census. "Introduction." Reprint by Director of Census. 4 pp, nd. Personal and family matters.] |
| 143 | "Connelley's* Letters." 1902-1915, nd. c60 pp lets. Corr: William E. Connelley, A.L. Keith, R.G. Thwaites. [Indian artifacts. Writing projects of mutual interest. WV and KY local history.] | |
| 144 | [West Virginia History.] 1902-1922, nd. c200 pp lets, cops documents, war department records, pension records, notes. Corrs: S.M. Price, Henry Haymond, H.R. McIlwaine, H.H.B. Meyer, J.L. Farnum, V. Warner, X.P. Bent, Katherine C. Ricks, F.C. Anisworth. [Data on individuals and families for Border Settlers*.] | |