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Henry B. Carrington manuscript, circa 1900
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Carrington, Henry Beebee, 1824-1912
- Title
- Henry B. Carrington manuscript
- Dates
- circa 1900 (inclusive)18911912
- Quantity
- 1 item
- Collection Number
- Mss 147
- Summary
- This collection consists of a photocopy of Henry B. Carrington's manuscript reminiscence, The Exodus of the Flatheads from Their Ancestral Home in the Garden Valley, Montana to the Jocko Reservation, Montana, which describes his account of the 1891 removal of the Salish from the Bitterroot Valley to the Jocko Valley on the Flathead Reservation.
- Repository
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University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu - Access Restrictions
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Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana--Missoula.
- Languages
- English.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Henry Beebee Carrington was born in Wallingford, Connecticut on March 2, 1824. He graduated from Yale University in 1845 (B.A.) and attended Yale University Law School in 1847. He practiced law in Ohio. During the Civil War he was appointed colonel of the 18th U.S. Infantry (May, 1861) and brigadier general of volunteers (Nov, 1862). Carrington supervised military tribunals in Indiana and Ohio, trials later ruled "illegal" by the Supreme Court. He was mustered out of volunteer service in 1865. He joined his regiment in 1866 and established Fort Philip Kearney in the Dakota Territory. He led military campaigns against the Sioux Indians, negotiated the 1872 treaty with the Salish People of Montana and was in charge of their removal to the Flathead Reservation in 1891, and conducted relocation and census studies of other tribes. Carrington wrote several popular American history texts. He died in Hyde Park, Massachusetts on October 26, 1912.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of a photocopy of Carrington’s undated typescript reminiscence,The Exodus of the Flatheads from Their Ancestral Home in the Garden Valley, Montana to the Jocko Reservation, Montana, which describes his perspective of the 1891 removal of Salish people from the Bitterroot Valley to the Jocko Valley, where a portion of the tribe had already been settled. There are handwritten corrections and other annotations that vary through several copies of each sub-section of the manuscript. He gives a summary of Western settlement and Indian removal, a description of the Bitterroot Valley including its early white settlement, and describes the attempt to remove the Salish in 1889 that was resumed in 1891. He gives an extensive account of his negotiations with Chief Charlo and other parties. There is a typescript copy of the 1872 treaty that he negotiated with the Flatheads, and several appendixes concerned with sources and value of reservation land.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyrigth not transferred to The University of Montana--Missoula.
Preferred Citation
Henry B. Carrington manuscript, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Flathead Indians
- Indian reservations--Montana
- Indians of North America--Missions
- Indians of North America--Montana
- Salish Indians--Relocations--Montana
- Salish Indians--Government policy
Geographical Names
- Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)
Finding aid prepared by Jodi
Allison-Bunnell
1999
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
