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Collection Reference Number GLC07733.01
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1910s 
Title Theodore Roosevelt to Walter S. Field regarding being trustee of the "Kickapoo Indian Wah-nah-ka"
Date 10 March 1910
Author Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)  
Recipient Field. Walter S.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Roosevelt discusses a suit in Oklahoma against him "as trustee for the Kickapoo Indian Wah-nah-ka" and how to proceed so that the Indian's rights were protected. Wants Field, a Washington Attorney, to appear on his behalf. Also indicates that he wants a new trustee appointed, because he was in Africa. The letter was written from the White Nile River.
Subjects Progressive Era  President  Law  American Indian History  Africa  Boundary or Property Dispute  Land Transaction  
People Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)  Field, Walter S. (b. 1855)  
Place written White Nile River, Sudan
Theme Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics; Native Americans
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
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