Hamblin, Jacob

File — Box: 14, Folder: 2

Identifier: XII

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

To the Department of Interior, Indian Affairs, February 23, 1871. Refers to a letter from Colonel John W. Powell requesting that Jacob Hamblin be appointed as special agent for the Indians.
To Brigham Young, May 18, 1863. Tells of his trip to the Moquis.
To Brigham Young, February 11, 1871. Suggests MoenKopi as the best place for a settlement.
To Brigham Young, March 19, 1873. Gives attitudes of Oraibis and Moquis toward Mormons.
To W. F. M. Arny, Navajo agent. Several letters between Hamblin and Arny.
To W. F. M. Arny, March 7, 1874. Relates to the killing of three Navajos by White men. Arny wants the settlement mae at and by the agency.
To superintendent of Indian affairs from Arny, March 28, 1874. Tells of the incident of the killing of the Navajos.
To the Indian agency, April 20, 1874. An appeal from members of the Indian Mission headed by Jacob Hamblin for consideration.
To the chiefs of the Navajo Nation from a committee headed by Jacob Hamblin, May 3, 1874. In answer to the demand for four hundred head of cattle in payment for killing of three Navajos (not by Mormons).
To Colonel J. Irvin Gregg from W. F. M. Arny, agent of the Navajo Indians, Commanding District of New Mexico, June 3, 1874. Asks for a company of troops to accompany him for a meeting between Gentiles, Mormons, and Indians over the killing of three Navajos.

Dates

1857-1986

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