Letters Received: Indian and Military Affairs,

1 folder.

Letters, reports, and orders relating to Indian and military affairs, from the commanding officers at Fort Snelling and Fort Ridgely; from legislative district representatives about the Winnebago treaty, with a copy of Governor Gorman's reply (January 1854); and petitions and requests for defense against the Indians.

Includes a letter written by Henry B. Smythe on behalf of the Winnebago Indians (8 Jan. 1856) requesting the transfer of $806 from tribal funds to the superintendent of the Winnebago School. It may refer to funds available to the tribe under the 1855 U.S. Treaty with the Winnebago; it is signed by many of the Winnebago signatories to that treaty.