John Sibley letter, Natchitoches, Louisiana, to William Dunbar, 1805 April 2 : manuscript.

Natchitoches, Louisiana, 1805 April 2.

1 item (10 pages)

English

Purchased from William Reese Co. (Christie’s (New York) Jay Snider sale, 2005 June 21, lot 170) on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2005.

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John Sibley (1757-1837) of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, worked as a contract surgeon in Natchitoches, Louisiana, after the Louisiana Purchase.

Manuscript letter, signed, from John Sibley to scientist and explorer William Dunbar, concerning the Red River, 1805 April 2. Sibley provides a description of the lands surrounding the Red River in Louisiana Territory as well as a history of nearby populations, including Kadohadacho (“Caddoquies”)--also called Caddo--and Pawnee (“Panis”) tribes.

July 01, 2019

John Sibley Letter to William Dunbar. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

John Sibley Letter to William Dunbar. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.