Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Davis Long, E. H. Clement, and John S. Lockwood
President Roosevelt received the letter of the Boston Indian Citizenship Committee through Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and responds to their appeal on behalf of a group of Navajo, led by Ba’álílee, who are currently imprisoned for their actions attacking United States soldiers on Navajo land. Roosevelt defends the actions that Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis Henry Leupp took in this case, and gives him the benefit of the doubt in regards to a recent speech that Leupp made. Roosevelt has had charges made against Leupp investigated, and never found merit to any of them.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-12-29
