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John Erasmus Pyle papers, 1875-1878.
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Title:

John Erasmus Pyle papers, 1875-1878

Creator/Contributor:

Pyle, John Erasmus, -1879, creator

Abstract:

Volume 1-2, diaries, 1876-1877, as Special Indian Agent, Cimarron, New Mexico; volume 3, diary, January-November 1878, as Farmer-in-Charge of the Jicarilla Apache Agency at Cimarron and as Navajo Indian Agent at Fort Defiance, Arizona, April-November 1878, with miscellaneous accounts and memoranda at the end; volume 4, commissions and notices of appointment, and correspondence, September-October 1878, with the U.S. Dept. of the Interior concerning issue of beef.
Diary reflecting life in the Indian service, with its isolation, boredom, illness, and red tape. Pyle also describes life at Santa Fe and Fort Wingate and a visit to Cañon de Chelly. At end are miscellaneous accounts and memoranda, January, 1878-January, 1879.

Date:

1875 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-az -- n-us-nm -- n-us---
Indians of North America -- Arizona
Indians of North America -- New Mexico
Peuples autochtones -- Arizona
Peuples autochtones -- Nouveau-Mexique
Indians of North America
Manners and customs
Fort Defiance (Ariz.)
Cimarron (N.M.)
Cimarron (N.M.) -- Social life and customs
Santa Fe (N.M.) -- Social life and customs
Fort Wingate (N.M.)
Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)
Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)
Arizona
Arizona -- Canyon de Chelly
Arizona -- Fort Defiance
New Mexico
New Mexico -- Cimarron
New Mexico -- Fort Wingate
New Mexico -- Santa Fe
United States. -- Office of Indian Affairs.
Jicarilla Apache Agency (Cimarron, N.M.)
United States. -- Department of the Interior.
United States. -- Office of Indian Affairs. -- Jicarilla Agency.
United States. -- Department of the Interior.
United States. -- Office of Indian Affairs.
United States. -- Office of Indian Affairs. -- Jicarilla Agency.
Pyle, John Erasmus -- -1879 -- Archives

Note:

Volume 3 also available on microfilm. Paper copy from microfilm also available as BANC MSS P-D 110 v.3 phot.
In English.
Preferred citation: John Erasmus Pyle papers, 1875-1878, BANC MSS P-D 110, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

Archives.
Diaries.

Physical Description:

print
4 volumes
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 109:19) and positive

Language:

English

Origin:

United States