Mormon and Federal Indian Policy in the 1850s: A Portfolio of Primary Documents
Here we offer faithful reproductions of some of the primary documents Rogers used to construct his analysis of Indian policy in “A ‘distinction between Mormons and Americans’: Mormon Indian Missionaries, Federal Indian Policy, and the Utah War,” published in the fall 2014 issue of the Utah Historical Quarterly. These records—acts of Congress, letters, speeches, etc.—reveal the tension between Indian agents and LDS church leaders over compliance with federal Indian policy.