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Identified Persons

Horace R. Chase; Major Edmond Mallet; Secretary of the Interior

Identified Places

Genoa Indian Industrial School; Genoa, Nebraska

Author

Major Edmond Mallet

Recipient

Secretary of the Interior

Date

3-29-1889

Approximate Date

March 29, 1889

Original Item Medium

Correspondence; Telegram

Accession Number

2013.001.159

Folder Name

Genoa-Indian-Training-School,-Genoa,-Nebraska

Language

English

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Scanned from a photograph at 400 dpi in TIFF format using a Nikon D800, and imported as JPEG2000 using CONTENTdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2015

Transcription

Telegram

Genoa, Nebraska
March 29 [188]9

The Secretary of the Interior
Washington D.C.

Chase, of Indian School will leave on next
Monday. If the Department intends securing his
arrest for defrauding the pupils, selling public
property and applying the proceeds to his own use,
presenting, and receiving money on false vouchers, and
other fraudulent practices it should act without delay.
[?] of his bonds insufficient to cover frauds.

Mallet Indian Inspector

Official [?]

Handwritten copy of telegram from Major Mallet to Secretary of the Interior

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Keywords

Government Relations with Native Americans, Native American Reservations, Agency supplies, Native American Employees at Reservations