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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 returns the papers on the investigation into the affairs of the Moqui and Navajo Indian Reservation. Roosevelt agrees with Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock that the Sequoya League and Charles Fletcher Lummis should retract their charges.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-29
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 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
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