Spotted Tail Agency Correspondence, 1875-1878.

Spotted Tail Agency Correspondence, 1875-1878.

Arranged chronologically by date of correspondence. This series primarily includes correspondence received by the Spotted Tail Agency. (Spotted Tail Agency was an early [1874-1878] name for the Rosebud Agency) There is also correspondence received by the acting Indian Agent at Camp Sheridan, Nebraska and the commander of the District of the Black Hills at Camp Robinson. The correspondents include the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, military officers, other Indian agents, businesses, employees, and Indian traders. Subjects discussed are change of location of the agency, transfer of Indians between agencies, rations, supplies, finances, estates, crimes, education, and proceedings of boards of survey. Some of the correspondence mentions various Sioux chiefs, among them Spotted Tail, Crazy Horse, and Red Cloud.