George H. Salter papers, circa 1896-1913, 1965

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Salter, George H., 1826-approximately 1906

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Photocopied material providing different versions of the life of "Daddy" Salter of Juneau County, Wis. who is said to have killed many Native Americans in retaliation for his wife's murder at their...

Photocopied material providing different versions of the life of "Daddy" Salter of Juneau County, Wis. who is said to have killed many Native Americans in retaliation for his wife's murder at their Town of Clearfield tavern. Included is a 34-page typewritten description by Salter of his departure from England; travels (1843-1864) in Wisconsin to Portage, Reedsburg, and Kilbourn City, and down the Mississippi River to New Orleans; life in Wisconsin; and an account of his brutal slaying of two Native Americans suspected of murdering his wife. Also included is a 4-page typewritten obituary (circa 1906) of Salter in which he is said to have admitted to murdering eighteen Native Americans, and two newspaper articles (1913, 1965) about the Salter story and markers placed north of New Lisbon to identify the site.

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