SETTLEMENT TO CA-MAN-HA OF THE UMATILLA RESERVATION SIGNED BY "POET SCOUT" CAPT. JOHN CRAWFORD

Partly printed document completed in manuscript. Signed by Captain John Crawford (1847-1917), as U.S. Indian Agent. Mission, Oregon, 17 August 1892. 1 page, 4to. Bears several stamps and signatures recording transmission, reception, payment, etc. 

Stamped on 23 August 1892 by the Union Pacific Ry. General Clam Agent's Office, Omaha, Nebraska

A receipt of settlement issued by the Union Pacific Railway Company to a Native American named Ca-man-ha of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, near Pendleton, Oregon. 

The claim submitted by Ca-man-ha against the Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway Company was for "one '1' five year old American horse Branded [symbol] killed April 5, 1892 five miles East Cayuse, Or., train unknown" and "'1' eight year old Cayuse mare [symbol] killed April 4/92 four miles East Cayuse, Or." 

John Crawford was an American adventurer and storyteller of the Wild West. He first gained popularity after he rode 350 miles in 6 days to carry dispatches regarding General George Crook's victory at the Battle of Slim Buttes to Fort Laramie for the New York Herald.

An Irish immigrant, he first moved west during the Black Hills Gold Rush. He found work as a journalist, a politician, and a civilian scout, notably with the 5th Cavalry during the Great Sioux War of 1876, later joining General Crook's command. In 1877, he first performed in one of Buffalo Bill Cody's shows to great acclaim. He continued his exploits out West, and became gained a national reputation as a writer, earning the sobriquet "Poet Scout." The document dates from his late career as an agent for the U.S. Department of Justice.

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