Letter from President Theodore Roosevelt to Secretary of the Interior E. A. Hitchcock

This item includes a letter enclosed a letter from Senator Morgan to the Secretary of the Interior. In this letter President Roosevelt also called for an investigation on Dr. Perrin and the running of the reservation.

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destroyed, and seemingly no redress afforded him. What the faults are on his side or the side of his opponents I know not ; but 1 wish a special investigation made of the charge that he has been discriminated against as compared with other men. 1 desire that Col. Alexander Q. Brodie, of Crown Point, Arizona, be communicated with by the Department and if possible be employed as a special agent to report upon the matter, or, if this be not done, that you yourself, Mr. Secretary, personally appoint some man in whom you have entire trust to personally look into this matter, and report thereon at the earliest pos- sible moment. I'll explain ulay 9 ask this personal attention to, lee matter. Sincerely yours, Herdore Rousehal si Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior. Enc losure.