Title: Letter from Francis Belford-Wayne, for Frederick Gilmer Bonfils & William F. Cody, to Franklin Knight Lane

Date: August 27, 1913

Author: Belford-Wayne, Francis

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Colorado Springs, Colo.

August 27th, 1913

Hon. Franklin K. Lane [1] ,

Antlers Hotel, City.

My dear Mr. Secretary, —

Mr. Bonfils [2] of the Denver Post, and Col. Cody, have requested me to ask you to forward to them, care of The Post at Denver, your decision in reference to their request to reproduce in moving pictures the events of the Wounded Knee Mission at Pine Ridge Agency, supplimenting Col. Cody's interview with you, he desires me to say that the Reunion between the Indians and their old time enemies will be as amiable as the recent reunion at Gettysburg, in which opposing factions once engaged in bitterest hatred were brought to gether in a spirit of fine friendliness. The Indians will not have to step off their reservation; they will be well cared for in every way by Col. Cody and the friends who are backing him in this his last history making venture, and everything will be done to insure the future generation a most worthy document of a great event, which has few of its distinguished participants left to tell the story.

Thanking you for your unfailing courtesy,
Very respectfully yours,

Francis Belford-Wayne [3]

For Mr. Bonfils & Col. Cody

Note 1: Franklin Knight Lane (1864-1921) served as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1913 to 1920. [back]

Note 2: Frederick Gilmer Bonfils (1860-1933) was co-owner, along with Harry Heye Tammen, of the Denver Post and the Kansas City Post. Bonfils and Tammen also co-owned the Sells-Floto Circus. [back]

Note 3: Francis Belford-Wayne appears to have been an agent or representative for Frederick Gilmer Bonfils. [back]

Title: Letter from Francis Belford-Wayne, for Frederick Gilmer Bonfils & William F. Cody, to Franklin Knight Lane

Source: National Archives and Records Administration: Record Group 48, Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary, Central Classified File 1907-1936, 5-2 Indians, Moving Pictures

Date: August 27, 1913

Author: Belford-Wayne, Francis

Topics: Buffalo Bill on Film

People: Bonfils, Frederick Gilmer, 1860-1933 Lane, Franklin Knight, 1864-1921 Belford-Wayne, Francis Tammen, Harry Heye, 1856-1924

Places: Colorado Springs (Colo.) Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)

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