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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank C. Frantz

President Roosevelt laments Governor Frantz’s defeat but notes that he made a gallant fight. Roosevelt wants to appoint a Choctaw man named Samuel Downing to succeed George K. Prichard as US Marshal for the central judicial district of Indian Territory. Roosevelt had to remove another man, a Chickasaw named Benjamin H. Colbert, so he would like to appoint another Native American.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Curtis

President Roosevelt informs Senator Curtis that he already had plans to appoint Samuel Downing, a Choctaw man, to the position of U.S. Marshal. Roosevelt asks if Curtis thinks that the United States will have to admit Oklahoma in light of the “overwhelming vote in favor of the constitution.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Kermit Roosevelt to say he loves Kermit’s letters but hardly has time to answer them. He describes seeing a Choctaw Indian and a cowboy riding horses bareback and says he is going to get on his horse, Texas, and drill two squadrons.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-05-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to V. A. Kemp

Theodore Roosevelt thanks V. A. Kemp for the letter and was pleased to receive a letter from a Choctaw Indian.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-10-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Adam Monroe Byrd

President Roosevelt forwards Representative Byrd a letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp regarding the Choctaw in Mississippi. Roosevelt asks Byrd to meet with Leupp to come to an agreement regarding the best way to help bring relief to the Choctaw.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

President Roosevelt assures Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock that he sympathizes with his view on the benefits of the Act of March 3, 1901 towards the operations of the Department of the Interior and the Native American communities they oversee. Roosevelt believes that reserves of coal, asphalt, oil, and gas found on Native American lands must not be sold “to the highest bidder,” but should be leased or worked by a corporation formed for their benefit. Roosevelt supports Hitchcock’s actions towards the preservation of the nation’s timber.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Francis E. Leupp to Theodore Roosevelt

Francis E. Leupp, commissioner of Indian affairs, writes to President Roosevelt regarding Colonel Cecil Andrew Lyon and the purchase of coal lands owned by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-23

Creator(s)

Leupp, Francis E. (Francis Ellington), 1849-1918

Letter from Cecil Andrew Lyon to Theodore Roosevelt

Cecil Andrew Lyon asks President Roosevelt to not take any adverse action on the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians matter until he can be heard on the subject. Lyon claims the Native Americans are unsatisfied and the Interior Department failed in its objectives.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-15

Creator(s)

Lyon, Cecil Andrew, 1869-1916

Letter from Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Theodore Roosevelt

In response to a request from President Roosevelt for Tams Bixby to be called to Washington, D.C., Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock reports on his communications with Bixby. As a member of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory, Bixby was in Washington, D.C., for an extended period of time in February and March to negotiate agreements with the tribes. He was to return to Indian Territory immediately following, but Hitchcock has learned by telegraph that he has not yet returned. Given his long absence and the important work to be done there, Hitchcock has instructed Bixby to remain where he is until further instructions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-15

Creator(s)

Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835-1909