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Jenkins, James E. (James Edgar), 1864-1951

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock if John B. O’Neill could be promoted to United States Indian Inspector as successor to James E. Jenkins. O’Neill is a brother of Roosevelt’s old Rough Rider comrade William Owen O’Neill, and because Roosevelt has heard good things about him he would like to help him if he is fit for the position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-29

Letter from Charles Fletcher Lummis to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

Charles Fletcher Lummis reports on the Moqui Indian investigation. According to Lummis, his report is less partisan, more judicial, and more truthful than the report by Inspector James E. Jenkins.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-19

Letter from Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-25

Telegram from Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Charles Fletcher Lummis

Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock would like to avoid using the Army during the transfer of Native Americans from Warner’s Ranch, California. Inspector James E. Jenkins is on his way to oversee the transfer.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-22

Letter from Ethan Allen Hitchcock to William A. Jones

Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock approves the instructions for Indian Agent Lucius A. Wright to transfer the Indians of Warner’s Ranch, California, to the lands purchased for them at Pala. Indian Inspector James A. Jenkins has been sent to supervise the transfer.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-13