Home Page 1

Reference URL

Add tags

Comment

Rate

To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or document

To embed the entire object, paste this HTML in website

To link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or document

To embed this page, paste this HTML in website

No law here (Utah Territory), Indians treated shamefully

Page 1

1 of 4

View Description

View Image & Text

Download

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

This page

All

Subset

Image
Text

Text Search...

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

Submit

Cancel

...

Rating
Title	No law here (Utah Territory), Indians treated shamefully
Creator	Chandler, N. A. (1818-1880)
Description	Chandler describes his new prospects in Nevada near the Carson and Truckee Rivers. He describes the Mormons in the area as an “awful looking set of people” who “look nearly as bad off as the Piute [sic] Indians which are our neighbors.” He writes about Mormon women, one of which said “she would marry any poor good looking young man who would take her to Cala [California].” He also writes about the Piute [sic], who “are a very civil but numerous tribe” and their agent, Col. Dodge. Chandler writes that the settlers “have had a convention of people for making a new Territory called Nevada Territory.” Chandler visited the Washoe Tribe of Indians, mentioning that “they committed some depredations this past winter” but he thinks “the whites are more to blame than the Indians, they use them shamefully very often.” Notations in pencil on the first page at the top read: “No law here (Utah Territory) – Convention held for making a new territory to be called Nevada Territory. Hardships of Mormons + other Emigrants. Indians treated ‘shamefully.’” Pencil marks highlight certain parts of the text pertaining to the title.
Date	1859-08-22
Subject	Gold miners Gold mines and mining West (U.S.) History 1848-1860 Pioneers Correspondence Virginia City (Nev.) Utah Paiute Indians Dodge, Richard Irving, 1827-1895 Mormons West (U.S.)
Coverage Spatial	Utah Territory
Coverage Temporal	1855-1872
Publisher	Ella Strong Denison Library
Language	eng
Source	Autograph letter signed, 4 pages; N. A. Chandler Gold Rush Era Letters, D1942.1, box 1, folder 23
Collection	N.A. Chandler California Gold Rush Era Letters - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/cng
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://libraries.claremont.edu/denison
Type	Text
Format	image/jp2
Object ID	cng00023

Title	Page 1
Publisher	Ella Strong Denison Library
Language	eng
Collection	N.A. Chandler California Gold Rush Era Letters - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/cng
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://libraries.claremont.edu/denison
Type	Text
Format	image/jp2
Object ID	cng00023

Find results with:

Searching collections:

Home Page 1

No law here (Utah Territory), Indians treated shamefully

Object Description

Description

Tags

Comments

No law here (Utah Territory), Indians treated shamefully

No law here (Utah Territory), Indians treated shamefully

	All
	Pages Enter page numbers or page ranges separated by commas. For example: 1,3,5-12