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Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1892 to December 1898. Notable events include the death of Elliott Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt is appointed New York City Police Commissioner, his tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, the Spanish-American War, and Roosevelt’s gubernatorial campaign.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Record of a treaty between the United States government and the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Sioux Indians dividing reservation land into allotments and issuing plots to those over twenty-one. The treaty additionally addresses several other questions of land rights, payments, and the rights and obligations of the Native Americans.
White Horse Hill
1858-06-19
This treaty between the United States, as represented by Commissioner of Indian Affairs Lea and Governor Ramsey of Minnesota, and the Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands of Sioux, cedes native control of a substantial portion of territory in Iowa and Minnesota in exchange for a payment of $1,665,000, to be paid out over several decades, and which will be put toward several purposes, which the treaty enumerates. The Native American bands further agree to remove themselves to reservations designated for them by the United States government.
White Horse Hill
1851-07-23
Record of a treaty between the United States and deputations of the Confederated Tribes of the Sacs and Foxes; the Medaway-Kanton, Wahpacoota, Wahpeton and Sisseton Bands of Sioux; Omahas, Ioways, Oitoes, and Missourias. The various tribes cede their titles to their lands in exchange for annual payments, physical supplies, and confirmed rights to reserved portions of their territory for continued settlement.
White Horse Hill
1830
Map of Minnesota, showing the boundaries of Indian Reservation land, ceded and not ceded, boundaries of land districts, and forest reserves. On the verso is written “Lake Commission.” The map may have been consulted with reference to the International Waterways Commission, which was formed in 1903.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-1909
Permit issued to Vice President Roosevelt for “visiting and hunting” on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Signed by John R. Brennan, Indian Agent.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1901
An excerpt from the Warner Ranch Commission on Indians.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-27
This bulletin includes preliminary census data regarding Oklahoma agriculture, livestock, and Indian reservations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-03
President Roosevelt is worried about his son Kermit’s boils. He also writes about how Congress will vote on his big battleships. Roosevelt also mentions the poor “Tartar” tribe, saying that all they want is to live on a Sioux reservation and have the government supply them. Roosevelt closes the letter with updates on the family.
1907-01-26
President Roosevelt approves of the way Captain Harry O. Williard handled the conflict on the Navajo Reservation in a response to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Leupp.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-06
President Roosevelt sends Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock an order regarding the sale of public lands and special cases thereof. This order overrides Roosevelt’s order of January 25.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-12
President Roosevelt expresses concern about his son Kermit Roosevelt’s health. He mentions the Brownsville matter, the opposition from the Senate over the battleships and offers his view on Native Americans. Roosevelt is pleased that Kermit has been reading and studying, and updates Kermit on recent family activities.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-26
President Roosevelt instructs Captain Johnson to proceed to the Uintah Agency to investigate why the Ute Indians left their reservation and the basis of their complaints.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-21
President Roosevelt disagrees with Mr. Lighton’s article concerning the opening of Indian reservations to settlement by white Americans. Roosevelt argues that people concerned with Native Americans’ best interest will support the sale of the “surplus” lands in their reservations. Lands valued at $10 per acre or more will be made available to homesteaders, while cattle ranchers will come into possession of lands worth far less. Roosevelt argues that many settlers in the Dakotas and Montana are eager to claim lands within the Indian reservations in their states.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-11
Theodore Roosevelt asks Ethan Allen Hitchcock to allow Frank Mead to use a financial clerk during his work in the southwest and to direct the Indian agents to report to Mead as general supervisor on the condition of the tribes. These reports will include the condition of the tribes and “their proposed industrial plans.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-23
President Roosevelt will sign the bill if he can. The land on the Rosebud Agency has been raised from $3 to $4, which the agent, Assistant Secretary Ryan, and Commissioner Richards believe is enough.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-21
President Roosevelt is further encouraged by Alice Robertson to reappoint J. George Wright as an Indian reservation Inspector.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-04
President Roosevelt trusts Alice M. Robertson’s recommendation to reappoint J. George Wright as an Inspector.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-04
President Roosevelt is concerned that a bill regarding land sales on the Chippewa Reservation encourages potential buyers to conspire and not place initial bids. Before signing, Roosevelt requests an interpretation of the bill from the Department of Justice.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-16
President Roosevelt would like every opportunity to be given to Natalie Curtis Burlin to travel through all Native American reservations and report on all matters “pertaining to the well-being, the education, the artistic development, and the industries of the Indians.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-22