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Day in the Life

Feb 5, 1863

Journal Entry

February 05, 1863 ~ Thursday

Feb 5 1863
I went to the office & took the Moquis Indians to Brother
Savages Picture gallery & got their likenesses taken which
they were Much Pleased with we also raised a subscription
to get them some Hoes & Axes. G A S gave $5 WW $5 A. O. S
$3. They were taken to the Paper Mill, &c I received a
[FIGURE] Letter from I F. Carter. The Funeral of all the soldiers
[FIGURE] who were brought in dead from the Indian Battle
Field were buried at Camp Douglass this Afternoon under
catholic crosses 16 were buried, 49 were wounded in the
Hospital, & 74 badly frozen

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
555 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
27 mentions
Missionary
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1376 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
394 mentions
Family

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Feb 5, 1863