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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05201.011 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters of Army doctor under McCook, McKenzie & Miles re: Indian Wars |
| Title | Arthur Hartstuff to unknown reporting various visits within the Pine Ridge reservation |
| Date | 27 November 1890 |
| Author | Hartsuff, Arthur (fl. 1870-1893) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | re: Hartsuff reports on various visit within the Pine Ridge reservation including a call on the Agency Doctor -- "a full-blooded Sioux, . . . a full graduate of Dartmouth and Harvard College, of course speaks English perfectly is bright & polished in his manner & deportment as any young man in polite society" - and the local Episcopal minister ("an educated half-breed") and his wife. Hartsuff also makes reference to a new "messiah religion" among the Sioux and Utes. Although he doesn't know what it is called, he is referring to the Ghost Dance religion. |
| Subjects | American West Military History Health and Medical Soldier's Letter Westward Expansion American Indian History Education Religion |
| People | Hartstuff, Arthur (fl. 1870-1893) |
| Place written | Pine River Indian Agency, South Dakota |
| Theme | Religion; Westward Expansion; Native Americans |
| 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 |