Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft
President Roosevelt directs Secretary of War Taft to order Colonel Hugh Lenox Scott to Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico to investigate charges made by Howard R. Antes against troops serving under Captain Harry O. Williard and William T. Shelton, superintendent of the San Juan Indian School. The troops recently arrested By-a-lil-le, a Navajo medicine man and leader and ten of his followers. Shelton played a part in the affair. En route, Scott should stop in Oklahoma to secure the services of “one or two” Native Americans to accompany and assist him.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-04-01
