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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Related documents | Theodore Roosevelt to Walter S. Field re: asking Field to appear for Roosevelt in suits in Oklahoma Robert M. La Follete to Theodore Roosevelt regarding the Native American suit in Oklahoma Walter S. Field to Theodore Roosevelt regarding protecting the Kickapoo H.M. Teller to Theodore Roosevelt regarding protecting the Kickapoo |