Arthur Hartstuff to unknown reporting that his hospital is full of wounded Indians - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC05201.017
From Archive Folder	Letters of Army doctor under McCook, McKenzie & Miles re: Indian Wars
Title	Arthur Hartstuff to unknown reporting that his hospital is full of wounded Indians
Date	[15 December-29 December 1890]
Author	Hartsuff, Arthur (fl. 1870-1893)
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	re: letter fragment in which Hartsuff claims that nothing has changed, although a "burial party" has been sent out to bury dead Indians and his own hospital is full of wounded. Claims that General Miles has sent a Peace Party out to the Indians to give them one last chance. "Peace if we can - war if we must."
Subjects	American West Military History Health and Medical Soldier's Letter Westward Expansion American Indian History Peace Injury or Wound Death Hospital
People	Hartstuff, Arthur (fl. 1870-1893)
Place written	Pine River 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