Talk:Louisa Hawkins Canby
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I have set up this page and hope that anyone interested in this remarkable woman will add information. I have tried to separate information about her from information about her husband, but this is difficult since most information about her comes from books and other materials about her husband and other people that she knew. Milesnfowler 21:22, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
It should be noted that one source, Max Heyman, makes a mistake in his biography of ERS Canby when he says that Lew Wallace wrote an article about Mrs. Canby for the New York Times in 1873. As I note in the article, the tribute was written by Mrs. Wallace, and though I do not note that it appeared in the Indianapolis daily, I leave out Heyman's claim that it appeared in the Times. Goes to show that even good sources make mistakes. Milesnfowler 16:16, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 1860 Navajo Campaign
Very interesting article. Heyman's book "A Prudent Soldier..." recounts the history of the 1860 campaign against the Navajos, where the US troops were commanded by ERS Canby. Has your research, by any chance, uncovered more information about this campaign? I'm researching an incident during the 1860 campaign, where a small group of Mormon missionaries heading for the Hopis were intercepted by a hostile band of Navajo men, and a young missionary (George A. Smith, Jr.) was killed. Several 19th century Mormon accounts allege that the Navajos were hostile because while the men were away, their village (allegedly "250" old men, women and children, plus "40,000" sheep) were "massacred" by US troops. I can't find such as massacre in Heyman's history. If there were at least rumors of a massacre at the time, might the compassionate Luisa Hawkins Canby have said something about it?
Krbeesley (talk) 17:25, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
