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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.
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1907-01-26
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
Theodore Roosevelt notes that the Indian Bill seems to be dying and that he was interested in the enclosures Captain Bullock sent. Roosevelt would like to visit South Dakota but it is not possible.
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1912-05-23
Theodore Roosevelt wants Richard E. Plunkett to let the Osage Indians know that he is their friend, but not in a position to be of service to them. Roosevelt thanks Plunkett for his support.
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1916-06-23
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.
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1903-09-05
Charles Fletcher Lummis writes to President Roosevelt about the Bureau of Indian Affairs investigation of its inspectors and the Moqui matter.
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1903-09-04
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock writes to John W. Davis regarding the appeal made to President Roosevelt by Susan LaFlesche Picotte on the subject of Indian affairs.
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1903-08-25
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.
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1903-08-25
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock writes to William H. Pope to inform Pope that he has been approved for the position by President Roosevelt, and Hitchcock writes that Pope will investigate charges involving officials in the Indian Territory.
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1903-08-26
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock writes to President Roosevelt to inform Roosevelt that Hitchcock has returned to work, and will think about Natalie Curtis’ suggestion regarding Native Americans. Hitchcock encloses a clipping and gives his regards to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1903-08-07
Eugene A. Philbin writes to Benjamin F. Barnes to discuss the Indian rations matter. He has received a letter from Charles J. Bonaparte, and Bishop Dougherty will meet President Roosevelt tomorrow in Oyster Bay, New York.
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1903-08-03
Charles J. Bonaparte informs President Roosevelt that he has sought copies of the files about Seymour Wilcox Tulloch’s charges against the postal administration; he and Holmes Conrad will report to Roosevelt about it as soon as possible. Per a conversation with Darwin R. James of the Board of Indian Commissioners, Bonaparte shares that Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock “finally consented” to publish unchanged a report from the Board, and Bonaparte has urged James to ask Roosevelt that these reports always be printed as their “subjection to a censorship” by the Interior Department is “more objectionable than their entire suppression.” Bonaparte also reports that Hitchcock refused, as was the custom, to publish with the Board’s report the proceedings of the last “Mohawk Conference of the Friends of the Indian,” a decision Bonaparte finds regrettable as the precedent is clear, the expense negligible, and the discussions of the Conference considerable. He feels the incident will place the Department in “a position of needless antagonism.” Bonaparte concludes by noting the enclosure of his letter to Archbishop P. J. Ryan of Philadelphia regarding the withdrawal of rations the previous autumn from Native American children attending religious schools. Bonaparte will try to obtain a copy of a pamphlet circulated among Catholics on this subject.
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1903-07-22