Box 1
Container
Contains 2 Results:
Correspondence, U.S. War Department, July 1884
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
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 1884
letter (3279B) with one handwritten copy, from Secretary Lincoln to the Honorable John V.L. Findlay, concerning recovery of bodies of Messrs. McNalley and Walcott., July 12, 1884
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
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 12, 1884