Reproduction of a work by Seth Eastman from a sketch by J. H. Eaton. Depicts Fort Defiance as built in 1851-1852. In the foreground, Native Americans approach the fort in a line on horseback; within the fort, U.S. Army soldiers drill. The fort is at t...
A manuscript map of the region that Ten Broeck traveled through and described, drawn by Ernest Backus and inscribed to his wife, accompanies the report. The map also displays the route finally settled on for the wagon route.
Description:
Peter G. Stuyvesant Ten Broeck was a surgeon in the United States Army, and was stationed at Fort Defiance in Arizona. In 1852 he was ordered by Major Ernest Backus to investigate a practicable wagon route to the Moqui (Hopi) village, and to report on...
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Defiance (Ariz.)
Subject (Name):
Backus, Ernest and Ten Broeck, Peter G. Stuyvesant
Subject (Topic):
Hopi dance, Hopi Indians--Agriculture, Hopi Indians--Arizona--Social life and customs, Hopi Indians--Government relations, Hopi Indians--Politics and government, Hopi Indians--Religion, Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies, Hopi language, Hopi mythology, Kachinas, and Navajo Indians--Religion and mythology
ALS relating news of the Navajo attack on Fort Defiance, Arizona Territory, April 30, 1860, and discussing Donaldson's views on relations between the United States and the Navajos. The letter is bound with a typed transcript.
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke, 1960.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Defiance (Ariz.)
Subject (Name):
Donaldson, James Lowry, 1814-1885 and Mayer, Brantz, 1809-1879
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Arizona--Government relations, Indians of North America--New Mexico--Government relations, Indians of North America--Wars--Arizona, Navajo Indians--Government relations, and Navajo Indians--Wars
Photograph album with photographs taken by J. Alfred Moll of students, teachers, and grounds of the Fort Defiance Indian School, a Navajo boarding school at Fort Defiance, Apache County, Arizona, circa 1898
Description:
J. Alfred Moll (1870-1931) of Topton, Pennsylvania, began his position as superintendent of the Fort Defiance Indian School at Fort Defiance, Arizona, in 1897.
Subject (Geographic):
Arizona, Fort Defiance, Arizona., Apache County (Ariz.), and Fort Defiance (Ariz.)
Subject (Name):
Moll, J. Alfred, 1870-1931 and Fort Defiance Indian School
Subject (Topic):
Boarding school students, Boarding schools, Education, Indian school children, Indians of North America, Navajo children, and Navajo Indians
