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President Roosevelt defends James H. Monteath, George H. Bingenheimer, and Charles E. Burton against C. Hart Merriam’s doubts regarding their fitness to hold office.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-19
President Roosevelt believes that Charles Fletcher Lummis and the Sequoya League receive credit for the Charles E. Burton investigation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-05
President Roosevelt has reviewed the evidence in the Charles E. Burton case. Burton will be reprimanded for his actions and for not removing the teacher, but no further action will be taken.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-10
The charges of the Sequoya League against Charles E. Burton “fall absolutely flat” and he will not be removed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-02
Charles Fletcher Lummis, David Starr Jordan, and others have accused Charles E. Burton, Superintendent and Special Distributing Agent of the Moquis and Navajos at Keams Canyon, Arizona, of incompetence and cruel treatment of Native Americans. President Roosevelt supports Burton’s removal and asks that Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock take up the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-22
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has released its report on the Moqui investigation. Mr. Kampmeyer was dismissed and Mr. Ballenger was deemed unfit for his position and transferred to a less responsible place. Charles E. Burton was reprimanded for neglect of duty and for the improper hair cutting order. The Sequoya League is satisfied with the report and believes that Burton can complete his term without further injustice to the Hopi Indians of Moqui.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10
Charles Fletcher Lummis reviews the evidence and is satisfied with the investigation of the Moqui (Hopi) Indian Reservation. He is not opposed to Charles E. Burton but against Burton’s administration. The card catalog is now interested in snakes and Lummis mentions a book from before 1590 on the subject.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-26
Charles Fletcher Lummis apologizes for using harsh language to describe the Burton case. Lummis finds Charles E. Burton to be a “nice and respectable person” but his administration of the Moqui (Hopi) Indians deserves harsh language; Burton employed “brutes” and maintained the haircut order for eighteen months. Lummis supports Ms. Gates and the evidence she collected and he is not asking for Burton’s removal but insists that changes need to occur at the reservation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-26
Charles Fletcher Lummis reports on the Moqui Indian investigation. According to Lummis, his report is less partisan, more judicial, and more truthful than the report by Inspector James E. Jenkins.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-19
A Sequoya League investigation of Charles E. Burton, superintendent and special distributing agent of the Navajo and Moqui (Hopi) Indians, has found that Burton has “repeatedly and flagrantly violated” service rules by flogging Native Americans. Burton also forced Native American men to cut their hair. An official government investigation found wrongdoing but could not substantiate all of the Sequoya League’s findings.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock forwards to President Roosevelt correspondence between him, John W. Davis, and Susan LaFlesche Picotte, with reference to the Winnebago Indian situation. Hitchcock also sends a report by Special Inspector James E. Jenkins that exonerates Charles E. Burton, superintendent and disbursing agent of the Moqui Indian agency in Arizona. Edward W. Davis’s commission is on its way to Roosevelt for signature, and Dr. William A. White’s appointment as Superintendent of the Government Hospital for the Insane is being sent to him. Finally, Hitchcock encloses a copy of a telegram he sent to William H. Pope.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-25