William Clark's Letter to Meriwether Lewis Clark, Mentioning Trouble Between the Delaware, Kickapoo, and Osage Indians


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Description: ALS William Clark, St. Louis, to Meriwether Lewis Clark. Mentions trouble and war between the Delaware, Kickapoo, and Osage Indians. He also remakes upon plans to hold a treaty with the Chickasaw Nation and the Choctaw tribe which will keep his away for about two months.




William Clark's Letter to Meriwether Lewis Clark, Concerning His Negotiations with the Osage and Kansas Indians


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Description: ALS William Clark, St. Louis, to Meriwether Lewis Clark. Notifies his son that the Indians have relinquished their claim on c certain lands "to make room for other tribes". He also remarks on how much Meriwether is missed by the family: "The anxieties of the family about you is greater than I could have supposed any large family could have shown in the separation of one of it's members".













William Clark's Letter to Meriwether Lewis Clark, Mentioning Indian Attacks Upon Two Women


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Description: ALS William Clark, St. Louis, to Meriwether Lewis Clark. Mentions two women taken prisoner by the Sacs and returned by the Winnebago. Two other prisoners seem to have been killed. "60 kickapoo's of Oswago River have just arrived". William Preston Clark is also noted to have expressed interest in "going to the army".