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President Roosevelt requests that Francis E. Leupp visit the Blackfeet Reservation to investigate certain matters pertaining to the Native Americans as indicated by Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-14
Representative Dixon writes to the Secretary of the Interior regarding allegations about James H. Monteath, Agent of the Blackfeet in Montana.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-23
George Bird Grinnell tells President Roosevelt that James H. Monteath is “not a fit man” for Indian Agent of the Blackfeet tribe due to his “slackness and inefficiency.” Grinnell references affidavits he sent to Roosevelt last summer that contain complaints from people on the reservation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-16