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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05201.020 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters of Army doctor under McCook, McKenzie & Miles re: Indian Wars |
| Title | Arthur Hartstuff to Alice and Mable Hartstuff reporting that the war commenced without warning |
| Date | 31 December 1890 |
| Author | Hartsuff, Arthur (fl. 1870-1893) |
| Recipient | Hartstuff, Alice |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | re: Hartsuff reports that the war commenced almost without warning. Four companies of Infantry had already struck their tents and gotten ready to leave and another four were under orders to strike their tents when the fight broke upon them. Hartsuff reports that his hospital is full of the dead and dying, that upwards of one hundred Indian women and children have sought refuge at the Agency and that the hostiles are now less than twelve miles away. |
| Subjects | American West Military History Health and Medical Soldier's Letter Westward Expansion American Indian History Military Camp Hospital Women's History Children and Family Injury or Wound Death |
| People | Hartstuff, Arthur (fl. 1870-1893) |
| Place written | Pine Ridge Indian Agency, South Dakota |
| Theme | Native Americans; Westward Expansion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Wife Daughter |