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Title: Letter from Redick McKee to Luke Lea, 1851
Creator: McKee, Redick
Contributor: Lea, Luke, 1783-1851
Date Created and/or Issued: 1851
1851-07-29
2008
Publication Information: County of Los Angeles Public Library
Contributing Institution: LA County Library
Collection: Letters of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1849-1880, California Superintendency
Rights Information: This material is in the public domain. COLAPL's microfilm version of this material was obtained from the United States National Archives and Records Administration, which also possesses the original documents.
Description: Reports the first treaty with the Indians is very gratifying. Populations is filling up the Indian country between Los Angeles and the San Joaquin. Estimates that the amount the treaties require may be two to three hundred thousand dollars for the first year. Reports being delayed due to limited number of troops and need to wait for the arrival of another military division from Oregon.
Type: image
Format: Letters
application/pdf
Identifier: MF1323.1197 Reel 32_0375.pdf
http://cdm15952.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15952coll4/id/559
Language: English
Subject: United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Indians of North America--California--Government relations--Sources
Source: 35 mm microfilm, MFL 323.1197, Reel 32
Relation: Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881, California Superintendency, 1849-1880

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