Editor’s Note: For those following these previously unpublished letters between Nathan Meeker and officials in Washington, D.C., it’s worth pointing out that the letters below were written just a few months before the uprising of the White River Utes and Meeker’s death.
White River Agency, Colorado
July 7, 1879
Sir: During this month the office of this agency has been moved to the new location in Powell Valley, along with two log houses, and a…