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Open book Report Navajo Agency, Fort Defiance, Ariz., 1883 Aug. 14

Title Report Navajo Agency, Fort Defiance, Ariz., 1883 Aug. 14

Creator Riordan, D. M. (Denis Matthew), 1848-1928

Date 1883

Place Arizona--Fort Defiance

Language English

Subjects Indian agents, Indians of North America, Navajo Indians, United States

Description Typescript (carbon copy)
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Spine title: Report on the Navajo Indians.
Published in: U.S. Bureeau of Indian Affairs. Annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Washington : GPO, 1883, p. 119-123.

Summary Annual report by Navajo agent D.M. Riordan to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Hiram Price, written Aug. 14, 1883 after Riordan had submitted his resignations. The blunt report outlines the "gross wrongs perpetrated by the government on the Navajos and on the Navajo Agency." Riordan complains that there was little government aid for the sick, helpless, and indigent; no provisions, transport, or decent shelter; no clerk or police; no proper implements to work the farm; inadequate school facilities; and a sawmill with no protection from the elements. In addition the agent notes that he made numerous trips around the reservation, freed slaves, and attempted to stop horse and sheep theft.

Biographical/Historical Note Navajo Indian agent, Jan. 1, 1883-Aug., 1883. Hired in 1883 by Edward E. Ayer to manage his Flagstaff, Ariz. sawmill, which Riordan purchased in 1886 and carried on as the Arizona Lumber Company.

Extent 1 v. (16 leaves) ; 28 cm

Format Manuscripts, American, Records and correspondence, Reports

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Call Number Ayer MS 768

BibID 146674

Size 2556px × 3401px 24.89 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Filename 991466748805867_Ayer_MS_768_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11ICNZ