Letter signed C.J. Atkins, Cando, North Dakota, to Mary Louise Dalton, Librarian, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, July 5, 1906
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- Steamboats and River History Collection | Letter signed C.J. Atkins, Cando, North Dakota, to Mary Louise Dalton, librarian, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, describing his experiences as a steamboat man on the Missouri River in the 1860s. Includes an account of the killing of one of the crew by a mate named Miller on the steamboat <span class="italic emph">Robert Campbell</span> on the Missouri River in 1863. Also includes an account of Atkins being shot by Sioux Indians on May 19, 1865, while on board a steamboat near Fort Rice. (11 pages) (1 item), 1906 July 5
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