Letters

Editor:

Reference is made to the article entitled "Frederick Benteen and Fort Damn Shame" in the Summer 1998 (Volume 66, Number 3) edition of the Utah Historical Quarterly.

The sheriff referred to in that article was my grandfather, Sterling Driggs Colton, not Sterling Cotton as stated in the article. I would appreciate your bringing this to the attention of the author, Harold Schindler, and seeing that appropriate action is taken to prevent the error from becoming perpetuated

I enjoy your publication. Thank you for your consideration.

STERLING D COLTON Bethesda, Maryland

Editor's note: The error came from Schindler's source, Harvest of Barren Regrets: The Army Career of Frederick William Benteen, 1834-1898, by Charles K. Mills.