Charles C. Painter was an agent of the Indian Rights Association, headquartered in Philadelphia. The condition of affairs in Indian Territory and California (1888) reports Painter's findings at the Seger Colony and Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Anadarko, Iowa, Comanche, Wichita, and Ponca agencies and reservations in the Indian Territory. He also visited Chilocco Indian School. In California, he reports on Indian settlements and reservations at Cohuilla, Agua Caliente, San Ysabel, Mesa Grande, Captain Grande, and San Jacinto. He examines incursions on Indian lands and schools for the Mission Indians and legal actions on behalf of the San Fernando Indians.
Excerpt from The Condition of Affairs in Indian Territory and California: A Report The letters furnished me by the Secretary of War secured from Col. Sumner, of Reno; Col. Pierson, of Ft. Sill; and Gen. Miles, of Los Angeles, all the aid that could be given me in furtherance of the objects of my visit, and the hospitalities of the first two were unstinted and most generous. A similar letter was given me by the Secretary of the Interior, requiring of the officials of the several Agencies visited by me all the assistance they could give consistent with the discharge of their duties. Excepting at one Agency, this did not secure to me any very special attention, possibly all that could be given consistently with more urgent duties. Stopping at Arkansas City, in Kansas, to visit the Indian School at Chilocco, near that city, I found the Senate Committee appointed to investigate certain scandals in connection with Indian Traderships, in semion at that point. A large number of traders, ear-traders, Agents, Ex-agents and others acquainted with the condition of things were gathered here, affording unusual Opportunities for picking up information such as I was seeking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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