Capt. Edward Collins issues to William Badger
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A Sales of Clothing Voucher signed by Capt. Edward Collins of the 17th Infantry, 1st quarter 1877, for a pair of trousers for 1st Lieut. William Badger, 6th Infantry, at Standing Rock, Dakota Territory.
Collins is known for his 1876 post Little Big Horn (Sept) report on the conditions of the Indians at Standing Rock. In part…” In making this report it may not be improper to remark that I have been stationed at this
Agency for several years and have had the Indian camps more or less under observation since. Without wishing to reflect on the administration of affairs by the different Agents during that time, who, so far as I know
have done the best they could under the system prescribed, I must say the Indians appear poorer in almost every way, with the exception of horses, than when I first came to the Agency. They are badly sheltered, and badly clothed, with an insufficient supply of blankets for protection and bedding. They have scarcely any Buffalo robes, or furs of any kind. They are not advanced so far as I can’t see a single step toward civilization, nor have they acquired any habits of self-support. As an offset to some extent to the unfavorable outlook they appear to have been well fed, and their morals do not appear to have suffered to any great extent in the camps about the Agency, nor do they
appear to have been reduced in any numbers by any disease introduced among them here. In fact the families are certainly larger than formerly having many more children than before collection at the Agency. The
Indian population here is evidently on the increase.”
William Badger attended Gilmanton Academy and Graduated from Dartmouth College in 1848. Badger worked in manufacturing and milling until the Civil War, when he enlisted in the army at age 35 as a captain of the 4th New Hampshire Infantry, Co. D. After the war, he became captain of the Gilmanton Artillery Company and a state recruiting officer with the 10th New Hampshire Militia. In 1866, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 6th US Infantry and became a quartermaster. During the height of the Indian Wars, Badger was stationed at Fort Buford and Fort Lincoln, Dakota Territory, becoming its quartermaster when Custer's 7th Cavalry was stationed there. He was personally associated with General Custer. Badger remained with the 6th until he retired in 1889. He died in Massachusetts in 1897.
Collins is known for his 1876 post Little Big Horn (Sept) report on the conditions of the Indians at Standing Rock. In part…” In making this report it may not be improper to remark that I have been stationed at this
Agency for several years and have had the Indian camps more or less under observation since. Without wishing to reflect on the administration of affairs by the different Agents during that time, who, so far as I know
have done the best they could under the system prescribed, I must say the Indians appear poorer in almost every way, with the exception of horses, than when I first came to the Agency. They are badly sheltered, and badly clothed, with an insufficient supply of blankets for protection and bedding. They have scarcely any Buffalo robes, or furs of any kind. They are not advanced so far as I can’t see a single step toward civilization, nor have they acquired any habits of self-support. As an offset to some extent to the unfavorable outlook they appear to have been well fed, and their morals do not appear to have suffered to any great extent in the camps about the Agency, nor do they
appear to have been reduced in any numbers by any disease introduced among them here. In fact the families are certainly larger than formerly having many more children than before collection at the Agency. The
Indian population here is evidently on the increase.”
William Badger attended Gilmanton Academy and Graduated from Dartmouth College in 1848. Badger worked in manufacturing and milling until the Civil War, when he enlisted in the army at age 35 as a captain of the 4th New Hampshire Infantry, Co. D. After the war, he became captain of the Gilmanton Artillery Company and a state recruiting officer with the 10th New Hampshire Militia. In 1866, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 6th US Infantry and became a quartermaster. During the height of the Indian Wars, Badger was stationed at Fort Buford and Fort Lincoln, Dakota Territory, becoming its quartermaster when Custer's 7th Cavalry was stationed there. He was personally associated with General Custer. Badger remained with the 6th until he retired in 1889. He died in Massachusetts in 1897.
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