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Letter from Francis E. Leupp to Theodore Roosevelt

As per President Roosevelt’s request, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Leupp encloses a letter that presents the facts about the conflict on a Navajo Reservation in New Mexico. Leupp wrote the letter in response to a complaint from Edward J. Wilcox about how the situation was handled by Captain Harry O. Williard and William T. Shelton, the Superintendent of the San Juan Indian Agency. He knows that Roosevelt feels similarly that there are times “when it is necessary to enforce some salutary lesson by painful methods.” Leupp defends Williard’s and Shelton’s character and their actions in the conflict.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-05

Creator(s)

Leupp, Francis E. (Francis Ellington), 1849-1918

Letter from Francis E. Leupp to Edward J. Wilcox

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Leupp responds to a letter that Edward J. Wilcox sent to President Roosevelt criticizing the way that Captain Harry O. Williard handled a conflict on a Navajo Reservation. Leupp provides context for the situation and argues that Captain Williard was justified in his actions, adding that other Navajo on the Reservation are pleased with the outcome.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-03

Creator(s)

Leupp, Francis E. (Francis Ellington), 1849-1918

Letter from J. Sloat Fassett to William Loeb

J. Sloat Fassett asks William Loeb to write a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs about John C. Bostelmann, a lawyer who is “an honest, capable fellow.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-16

Creator(s)

Fassett, J. Sloat (Jacob Sloat), 1853-1924

Proposed amendment to H. R. 12684

Text of a proposed amendment to H. R. 12684. The bill makes appropriations for the Indian Department and the amendment allows Delaware Indians who have settled and improved land in the Cherokee Nation to first select from these lands for their allotments. This copy includes minor handwritten edits, seemingly in President Roosevelt’s hand.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-08

Creator(s)

Quay, Matthew Stanley, 1833-1904

Proposed amendment to H. R. 12684

Text of a proposed amendment to H. R. 12684. The bill makes appropriations for the Indian Department and the amendment allows Delaware Indians that have settled and improved land in the Cherokee Nation to first select from these lands for their allotments. Record includes an earlier draft.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-08

Creator(s)

Quay, Matthew Stanley, 1833-1904

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Dudley Foulke

President Roosevelt denies using his office to influence the nomination of any presidential candidate. He provides a detailed list of the appointments he has made in the last eleven months to show that all of these appointments would have been made even if there were not an upcoming election.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1908-02-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Charles Fletcher Lummis to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

Charles Fletcher Lummis appreciates Secretary Hitchcock’s courtesy in removing the Warner Ranch paragraph from the Jenkins report. However, his complaint against the paragraph was not that it was offensive but that it was false. Lummis has attempted to work with Inspector Jenkins but if Jenkins continues to scandalize the local Office of Indian Affairs and its employees he will take action.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-23

Creator(s)

Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928

Letter from George Bird Grinnell to Theodore Roosevelt

George Bird Grinnell writes to Theodore Roosevelt to propose a new position of Field Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs. He believes that such a person, visiting the Indian agencies and making recommendations both to the agents in the field and back to the Indian Bureau in Washington, would improve conditions greatly. He discusses the qualifications of Mr. Mead, who has written a paper on the Mojave Apaches, for such a position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-14

Creator(s)

Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938