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- GLC#
- GLC07733.01
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 10 March 1910
- Author/Creator
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Title
- to Walter S. Field
- Place Written
- White Nile River, Sudan
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 28 cm, Width: 22.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
- Sub-Era
- Native Americans
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.
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