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Journal Article

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Coates, Lawrence G.

George Catlin, Brigham Young, and the Plains Indians

BYU Studies

Autumn 1976

17

1976

114-18

Angered by Federal Government policies of repression, Catlin writes Brigham Young requesting that the Mormons intervene on behalf of the Indians. In turn, while Young predicted that 'our country must answer for their bad faith, broken treaties, and great crimes in Indian matters,' Young refused to intervene with armed force.

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Catlin, George
Young, Brigham, Native Americans and
Young, Brigham, correspondence
Sources, letters
Letters
Native Americans, 19th century
U.S. government, Indian policy

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