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Theodore Roosevelt accepts Meyer Lissner’s invitation and discusses the schedule for Roosevelt’s visit to Los Angeles, California.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-20
President Roosevelt defends James H. Monteath, George H. Bingenheimer, and Charles E. Burton against C. Hart Merriam’s doubts regarding their fitness to hold office.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-19
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.
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1903-08-29
Charles Fletcher Lummis, David Starr Jordan, and others have accused Charles E. Burton, Superintendent and Special Distributing Agent of the Moquis and Navajos at Keams Canyon, Arizona, of incompetence and cruel treatment of Native Americans. President Roosevelt supports Burton’s removal and asks that Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock take up the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-22
James A. B. Scherer and Meyer Lissner send Theodore Roosevelt their suggested itinerary for his upcoming visit to Los Angeles and Pasadena, California.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-01
Brander Matthews updates President Roosevelt on news of the Simplified Spelling Board, noting that Charles Fletcher Lummis is planning to publish a piece criticizing the organization and that Board member Nicholas Murray Butler seems to be overworking himself. The general attitude of the Board is cheerful.
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1907-11-25
Responding to a request from President Roosevelt for a report regarding James H. Monteath’s service as an Indian agent, C. Hart Merriam encloses a letter and expresses his deep concern that Monteath and others like him are unfit for such service. Merriam appeals to the president’s sense of “justice and good government” to remove such men. He also expresses concern that George Bird Grinnell’s report regarding the Standing Rock Reservation was suppressed and not published.
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1904-03-19
Charles Fletcher Lummis reviews the evidence and is satisfied with the investigation of the Moqui (Hopi) Indian Reservation. He is not opposed to Charles E. Burton but against Burton’s administration. The card catalog is now interested in snakes and Lummis mentions a book from before 1590 on the subject.
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1903-09-26
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 elaborates on orders telegraphed to Inspector Jenkins regarding the transfer of the Native Americans at Warner’s Ranch, California.
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1903-04-21
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock sends an update on efforts to transfer the Native Americans at Warner’s Ranch, California, to the Pala Indian Reservation. He requests that the matter be left under the authority of the Department of the Interior, even in the face of appeals for military intervention from Charles Fletcher Lummis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-24
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock relays to Inspector Jenkins the content of his communications with Charles Fletcher Lummis concerning the possible use of soldiers during the transfer of Native Americans from Warner’s Ranch, California.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-22