| 2 | Author: | Wilbur, Rueben Augustine. | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Rueben Augustine Wilbur Letter Book
1871-1874 ead | | | Date(s): | 1871-1874 | | | Abstract: | Rueben Augustine Wilbur was a U.S. Indian Agent for the Papago Reservation in Arizona Territory in the 1870s.
The collection contains chiefly letters, from Oct. 2, 1871 to Dec. 8, 1874, addressed to his superiors in the
Bureau of Indian Affairs concerning the administration of the agency and his relationships with the Indians around
San Xavier Mission. Topics include the Camp Grant Massacre, farming and food conditions, education, church influence,
Apache Indians, and appeals for the establishment of an official reservation. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Apache Indians -- Government relations. | Camp Grant Massacre, Ariz., 1871. | Indian agents -- Arizona. | Tohono O'odham Indians -- Government relations. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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