Letter from Pine Ridge Agents to Commissioner of Indian Affairs, July 28, 1913 Johnston, Jeremy Christianson, Frank Seefeldt, Douglas, 1964- 2011 William F. Cody Archive University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
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Letter from Pine Ridge Agents to Commissioner of Indian Affairs July 28, 1913 1 page National Archives and Records, Central Plains Region, Kansas City, Fairs and Expositions BBWW Contracts, 1912-1913, Folder 047, Box 162

Texts Correspondence Lakota Performers United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs Contracts Legal documents Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.) Weakly, Laura K. Initial encoding Miller, Ben Transcription Buffalo Bill's Show Indians.
Pine Ridge Agency, S. D.
July 28, 1913 Hon. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C. Sir:—

I am enclosing herewith letter, addressed to me, William Cody; at statement of amounts due Indians (statement handed to me by one of the show Indians, which he said had been given him by one of the men in charge, after attachment) a newspaper clipping, which is self-explanatory, and copies of contracts with Pine Ridge Indians.

I would respectfully request that your Office take up, with the Department of Justice, the matter of having the proper U. S. Attorney look after the Indians' interests in the settlement of the affairs of the disbanded show. The contracts are not covered by bond and it is probable that some legal action will be necessary to secure to the Indians their rights in the settlement of the affairs of the show company.