In 1928
Blackfeet Agency Superintendent Forrest Stone became concerned enough about public
exposure of the allotted Indian land fraud conspiracy to write to Commissioner
of Indian Affairs Charles H. Burke a year prior to the pending investigations
by the Subcommittee of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the United States
Senate scheduled for 1929: “Enclosed herewith is a clipping from the Great
Falls Tribune entitled-Senator Wheeler Informs Indians at Browning of Measures
for Their Good-The Senator spoke at Browning last night, and while I did not
attend the meeting, it appears that the enclosed is a fair synopsis of his
remarks. He mentioned in his address that the Indians had been denied the
privilege of presenting their claims before the Senate, and also commended very
highly the efforts of Robert J. Hamilton in behalf of the Blackfeet Indians.
The investigation that the Senator referred to is doubtless Mr. W.W. Liggitt
who came to our reservation in the early part of August and spent three weeks
with Robert Hamilton, and his particular faction, before coming to the Agency
for any information. In this connection, I desire to enclose herewith a copy of
a letter addressed to me by Dr. George S. Martin, former superintendent of live
stock, and my answer Dr. Martin’s letter.
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.138-139
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