Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed Frost, Fort Lookout, to Lily. I am growing impatient with the delay in establishing the new posts. Promises of living differently when I return home, knowing you will say this is an old song of mine. High praise for Fr. DeSmet and the work he is doing in the missionary field; the veneration of Flat Heads have for him. I hope he will be appointed bishop for all this country. Gen. Harney is awaiting new assignment; the Sioux war is ended; Harney has accomplished a great deal. Our Indian trade has turned out well, having already shipped to Col. Campbell $25 to $27,000 worth of skins and furs. Maj. Graham is encamped here., 1856 June 13
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection comprises papers of the Kennett and Frost families, including notes and receipts of the Kennett, White and Company, circa 1840; letters of D.M. Frost to his wife from Texas in 1852 regarding Indian wars and letters dated 1856 regarding the Sioux War; diary of Edwin Harrison, 1858, which concerns the social life of St. Louis; and Civil War letters of Ferdinand Kennett, Jr. (Confederate) to his parents, 1864. (The Kennett family left Selma Hall and moved to St. Louis during...
Dates:
1856 June 13