Indian reservations

Reverend Sole thanks President Roosevelt for his unexpected graciousness when Father Ketcham introduced them last October. He requests permission to repeat Roosevelt’s words from their meeting, and summarizes the points Roosevelt made about the treatment of Catholics. He was particularly heartened by Roosevelt’s antagonism towards the anti-Catholic American Protective Society. Sole assures Roosevelt that in the future, Catholics will be grateful for his policy decisions on “Catholic rights” issues.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-04

Creator(s)

Sole, Samuel H. (Samuel Heydon), 1846-1920

Commissioner Francis E. Leupp informs William Loeb about a trader in the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota who has been taking advantage of Native Americans through his trading. Leupp asks Loeb to speak to President Roosevelt informally about the situation, especially because Egbert J. DeBell has spoken to South Dakota Senator Robert J. Gamble. Leupp requests that Roosevelt not interfere, or at the very least, reach out to Leupp for a report. Thus far, Leupp has informed DeBell that his trading license will be revoked in the coming months and has tasked two men, including Charles L. Davis, with looking into the DeBell situation and traders’ accounts in general.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-12

Creator(s)

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

As per President Roosevelt’s request, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Leupp encloses a letter that presents the facts about the conflict on a Navajo Reservation in New Mexico. Leupp wrote the letter in response to a complaint from Edward J. Wilcox about how the situation was handled by Captain Harry O. Williard and William T. Shelton, the Superintendent of the San Juan Indian Agency. He knows that Roosevelt feels similarly that there are times “when it is necessary to enforce some salutary lesson by painful methods.” Leupp defends Williard’s and Shelton’s character and their actions in the conflict.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-05

Creator(s)

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

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Leupp responds to a letter that Edward J. Wilcox sent to President Roosevelt criticizing the way that Captain Harry O. Williard handled a conflict on a Navajo Reservation. Leupp provides context for the situation and argues that Captain Williard was justified in his actions, adding that other Navajo on the Reservation are pleased with the outcome.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-03

Creator(s)

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

Captain Williard writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Leupp about an issue that came to his attention recently. Father Anselm Weber notified him that the Indian Rights Association was protesting about Leupp and Superintendent William T. Shelton about their actions against Navajos that resulted in several being killed. Williard explains that he has become involved because he believes that he is responsible for the matter, and he defends the choices he made that resulted in the deaths.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-29

Creator(s)

Williard, Harry O. (Harry Ormiston), 1871-1939

New York Representative Parsons asks President Roosevelt if the postmaster situation could be resolved before the second week of September, in the event that Edward M. Morgan is not appointed. Parsons and his wife have been planning to travel West and have been putting it off; however, if the matter of the postmastership is “acute,” Parsons will not undertake the trip.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-25

Creator(s)

Parsons, Herbert, 1869-1925

Max Pracht reports on corruption in the land office that he witnessed while a special agent in Colorado. Pracht details the misuse of government funds by William A. Richards, Commissioner of the General Land Office, and his report of it to Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock and Hitchcock’s private secretary W. Scott Smith. The final two pages detail Pracht and Smith’s relationship.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-22

Creator(s)

Pracht, Max, 1846-1918

John Campbell Greenway reports to Chief of the United States Forest Service Gifford Pinchot that J. B. White has been appointed to act as the representative of President Roosevelt in the Cass Lake Indian Reservation investigation. Roosevelt also continues to collect unbiased information on the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-28

Creator(s)

Greenway, John Campbell, 1872-1926

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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Creator(s)

Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association

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.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1830

Creator(s)

Unknown

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.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1851-07-23

Creator(s)

Sisseton Band of Sioux Indians; Wahpeton Band of Sioux Indians; Lea, Luke, 1879-1945; Ramsey, Alexander, 1815-1903

Language

English

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.

Collection

White Horse Hill

Creation Date

1858-06-19

Creator(s)

Unknown

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-1909

Creator(s)

Unknown

Thomas Carter asks William Loeb to relay to President Roosevelt that his appointment of William N. Smead as agent of the Flathead Indians was a mistake. Carter believes that Smead has used his position for personal gain, has generated much anger in the Flathead Indian community, and should be removed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-05

Creator(s)

Carter, Thomas Henry, 1854-1911

George Kennan informs President Roosevelt of his plans to travel to the Far East for a year after recovering from surgery. He commends Roosevelt’s decision to have the competitive sale of Indian lands, which he says is the “only fair way” to dispose of the lands and will help pay the costs of the Indian Administration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-01

Creator(s)

Kennan, George, 1845-1924

Permit issued to Vice President Roosevelt for “visiting and hunting” on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Signed by John R. Brennan, Indian Agent.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1901

Creator(s)

Brennan, John R.

An excerpt from the Warner Ranch Commission on Indians.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-27

Creator(s)

Unknown

Commissioner Jones writes to President Roosevelt to inform Roosevelt that Jones met with Frank Mead regarding Indian reservations, and Jones decided to give Mead a position at Fort McDowell.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-05

Creator(s)

Jones, William A. (William Arthur), 1844-1912

Senator Kearns requests that Indian agent James McLaughlin contact him so that he can accompany McLaughlin to a reservation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-14

Creator(s)

Kearns, Thomas, 1862-1918