Box 1
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Correspondence, Office of Indian Affairs, bulk: 1885, 1886
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The Rachel Walcott papers represent a bureaucratic dialogue between various government agencies concerning the murder of Samuel T. Walcott and James McNally, allegedly by two Navajo Indians on March 31, 1884, in the Territory of Arizona. The Indians, Osh-ka-ni-ne and Ten-nai-tso-si were pursued and arrested on July 10, and July 18, 1884. Interestingly, McNalley's remains were never recovered and this has led to the rise of local folk tales. The collection is comprised of...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1885, 1886
letter and envelope addressed to Fred Fickey from Office of Indian Affairs Commissioner H. Price stating that a grand jury in Apache County Arizona failed to indict the alleged murderers., Feb 16, 1885
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The Rachel Walcott papers represent a bureaucratic dialogue between various government agencies concerning the murder of Samuel T. Walcott and James McNally, allegedly by two Navajo Indians on March 31, 1884, in the Territory of Arizona. The Indians, Osh-ka-ni-ne and Ten-nai-tso-si were pursued and arrested on July 10, and July 18, 1884. Interestingly, McNalley's remains were never recovered and this has led to the rise of local folk tales. The collection is comprised of...
Dates:
Feb 16, 1885
letter and envelope to Fred Fickey from Acting Commissioner A.B. Upshaw concerning claim of depredations., July 19, 1886
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The Rachel Walcott papers represent a bureaucratic dialogue between various government agencies concerning the murder of Samuel T. Walcott and James McNally, allegedly by two Navajo Indians on March 31, 1884, in the Territory of Arizona. The Indians, Osh-ka-ni-ne and Ten-nai-tso-si were pursued and arrested on July 10, and July 18, 1884. Interestingly, McNalley's remains were never recovered and this has led to the rise of local folk tales. The collection is comprised of...
Dates:
July 19, 1886