Letter from Jacob Forney to General J.W. Denver dated October 26, 1857;
Subject
Indians of North America; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Mormons; Whites--Relations with Indians;
Place names
Salt Lake City (Utah); Fort Laramie (Wyo.); Wyoming; Utah;
Keyword
Indians of North America; Correspondence; Indian/White Relations; Brigham Young; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Mormons; Snake Indians; Mormons; Young, Brigham; Mormon Indians; Green River;
Tribe
Shoshone;
Creator
Forney, Jacob;
Description
Jacob Forney informs General J.W. Denver about his plans to meet with Utah Indians, including those suspected to be Mormon sympathizers;
Publisher
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah;
Contributors
Denver, J. W. (James William), 1817-1892;
Date.original
1857-10-26;
Type
Text;
Format
application/pdf;
File name
1of2-1850s-SS013.pdf
Language
eng;
Coverage
Salt Lake City (Utah); Fort Laramie (Wyo.); Wyoming; Utah;
Rights
Digital image copyright 2011, University of Utah. All rights reserved;
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Jacob Forney to
J.W. Dyuyuu {V)
Oct. 26, 1857
RG 75
Microcopy 234
Reel 898
Fort Laramie. Oct. 26 1857
Genl. J. W. Denver,
Dear Sir.
I arrived here last Friday evening the troops
got here Friday morning, & will leave this evening. Our party
will leave to morrow morning. We met with no hostile Indians
between this 'Sc Ft. Kearney.
I have availed my self of every opportunity to obtain information
of the Indians & their condition, in Utah-have obtained some
useful information. My present intention is to leave the
main road, several hundred miles from here, to have an interview
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with the "Snake Indians." I have assertained^that I can have
an interview with the Utahs. I am informed that a portion of
this Tribe are Mormons--Brigham Young boasts that he has several
Indian tribes in his service & ready to take up arms against the
U. States. I will know the truth of this report in a few weeks.
Any thing,I may need for the Indians, can be got afe Green River,
from a train, belonging to a merchant in S.L. City.
Truly & Respectfully your
J. Forney
Superintendent Indian A. Utah
