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Article Title: Cousin Laman in the Wilderness: The Beginnings of Brigham Young’s Indian Policy

Full Citation: Richard Edmond Bennett, “Cousin Laman in the Wilderness: The Beginnings of Brigham Young’s Indian Policy,” Nebraska History 67 (1986): 69-82

URL of article: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH1986BrighamYoung.pdf Date: 2/15/2012

Article Summary: Patience and restraint generally characterized Brigham Young’s dealings with the Plains Indians and later with the Great Basin Indians. Both in Nebraska and in Utah other Mormons were more confrontational than their leader.

Cataloging Information:

Names: Brigham Young, Joseph Smith Jr, Hyrum Smith, Big Elk, Hosea Stout, Orson Hyde

Place Names: Great Basin, Utah; Winter Quarters, North Omaha, Nebraska; Nauvoo, Illinois

Keywords: Brigham Young, Mormons (Latter-Day Saints), Oto and Omaha Indians, Sioux, Joseph Smith Jr, Hyrum Smith, Winter Quarters, Lamanites, Big Elk, Hosea Stout, Orson Hyde

Photographs / Images: Brigham Young, 1853; Hosea Stout; Orson Hyde

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