Letter to Peter Bradt from Solomon Brown
Abstract
Letter to Peter Bradt from Solomon Brown, dated at Yellow Medicine, Minnesota,
4 March 1859. The letter describes life on the Indian Reserve where Brown
is located. The government had a station here under the name of Indian
Department. There was an uprising here in 1862 by the Sioux Indians which
destroyed the department, missions and several white settlements. Also contains
a list of inhabitants of Yellow Medicine in 1860. Solomon Brown is listed as the
Supt. of Schools.