This compilation ofDale Morgan'shistorical work on Indians in the Intermountain West focuses primarily on the Shoshone who lived near the Oregon and California trails. Three connected works by Morgan are included: First is his classic article on the history of the Utah Superintendency of Indian Affairs. This is followed by an important set of government reports and correspondence from the National Archives concerning the Eastern Shoshone and their leader Washakie. Morgan heavily annotated these for serial publication in the Annals of Wyoming. He also wrote a previously unpublished history of early relations among the Western Shoshone, emigrants, and the government along the California Trail. Morgan biographer Richard L. Saunders introduced, edited, and further annotated this collection. His introduction includes an intellectual biography of Morgan that focuses on the place of the anthologized pieces in Morgan's corpus. Gregory E. Smoak, a leading historian of the Shoshone, contributed an ethnohistorical essay as additional context for Morgan's work.
Table of Contents:
Contents Illustrations Editorial Note and Acknowledgements Introduction Dale L. Morgan and the Study of Indian Affairs by Richard L. Saunders The Newe (The "People") and the Utah Superintendency by Gregory E. Smoak; The Administration of Indian Affairs in Utah, 1851-1858 (1948); Indian Affairs on the California Trail, 1849-1860 (1949); Washakie and the Shoshoni: A Selection of Documents from the Records of the Utah Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1850-1869 [originally in ten parts] (1953-1957); Appendix: Selected Notes Index
