Nebraska History posts materials online for your personal use. Please remember that the contents of Nebraska History are copyrighted by the Nebraska State Historical Society (except for materials credited to other institutions). The NSHS retains its copyrights even to materials it posts on the web. For permission to re-use materials or for photo ordering information, please see: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/magazine/permission.htm Nebraska State Historical Society members receive four issues of Nebraska History and four issues of Nebraska History News annually. For membership information, see: http://nebraskahistory.org/admin/members/index.htm Article Title: The Letters of Peter Wilson, First Resident Agent Among the Teton Sioux Full Citation: Harry H Anderson, ed., “The Letters of Peter Wilson, First Resident Agent Among the Teton Sioux,” Nebraska History 42 (1961): 237-264 URL of article: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH1961PeterWilson.pdf Date: 12/02/2011 Article Summary: In 1824 Peter Wilson assumed his post as sub-agent for the upper Missouri. He was to lay the ground work for an expedition the following summer among the tribes of that region and to keep the Missouri River Sioux friendly to the United States. The article includes both official and personal letters from Wilson. Cataloging Information: Names: Peter Wilson, William Clark, Joshua Pilcher, Henry Leavenworth, Duke Paul of Wuerttemberg, Josiah Snelling, Benjamin O’Fallon, Little Soldier Place Names: Fort Atkinson, Nebraska; Liberty, Missouri; L’eau qui coure [Niobrara River], Nebraska; Grand Bend of Missouri, near Chamberlain, South Dakota; Council Bluffs, Iowa Keywords: Peter Wilson, William Clark, Joshua Pilcher, Henry Leavenworth, Josiah Snelling, Benjamin O’Fallon, Little Soldier, Teton Sioux, Ricaras [Arikara], Yankton Sioux, Mandan, Poncas, Mahars [Omahas], Ogllallas (sic), Mandan Photographs / Images: tents of the Poncas on the Bank of the Missouri (based on Charles Bodmer painting) ------'-~_."~------------------------------- " --- --------------- ------------ .