The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau pg.126

Liggitt reported the patent-in-fee lands stolen by whites “consists of the most valuable acreage in the Blackfeet reservation; that scores of patent fees were issued to the Indians without the Indians having made application for the same in clear defiance of the law. There is no doubt at all that scores of these patents were issued illegally to Indians incompetent in fact as well as in the eyes of the law. In nearly every case the issuance of the patent meant that the Indian was defrauded of his land. It would seem that in all of these cases where it is not possible to cancel the patent and restore the land to the Indians, that lieu allotments be made. Every step of these transactions were conceived in fraud and carried out by men who were paid on the supposition they were guardians of the government wards. Many of these Indians were ignorant old savages, unable to read or write or even to understand English. I refer to the case of Peter Tail Feathers, who was given a patent on June 15, 1920. At that time there was on file in the office of Superintendent Wilson, a report signed by the agency physician that showed Peter Tail Feathers was crippled in one hand, partly paralyzed, had tuberculosis, was a chronic sufferer from epilepsy, and was officially classified on the reservation as an imbecile. This unfortunate youth had land which had been appraised at $3,200. Soon after his patent was issued, he sold this land which was believed to contain oil for $1,100 and of this amount he received only $300. This whole deal smells to high heaven and steps should be taken to prosecute those responsible for defrauding this youth.”
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.126