Report on Spalding Investigation,

Report on Spalding Investigation

Report on Spalding Investigation

Geary, Edward R., 1811-1886
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In early 1872, H. H. Spalding and H. T. Cowley sent letters of complaint against J. B. Monteith, the Indian agent at the Lapwai Agency. In March 1872, E. R. Geary made an inspection trip to Lapwai and had a number of people answer questions in writing. This collection contains eight letters and the report that Geary wrote concerning those accusations in April 1872. Letters are present from Geary to the Commission of Indian Affairs (a copy) and original letters from Greenleaf, Wesley Mulkey, Navid Noggle, Alonzo Leland, H. Adams. The first page of Geary' report is missing. Geary's report stated that he found no evidence of the charges of "debauchery, gross profanity, and habitual intemperance" that had been made against Perrin Whitman, interpreter at Lapwai, and that Monteith was administering the agency with "integrity and efficiency."

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Geary, Edward R., 1811-1886
Format: Kit
Language:English
Subjects:
Spalding, Henry Harmon, > 1803-1874 > Correspondence.
Monteith, John B. > Sources.
Whitman, Perrin > Sources.
Nez Percé Indians > Missions > Sources.
Presbyterian Church > Oregon > Clergy > Correspondence.
Reports.
Correspondence.

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520 0 |a In early 1872, H. H. Spalding and H. T. Cowley sent letters of complaint against J. B. Monteith, the Indian agent at the Lapwai Agency. In March 1872, E. R. Geary made an inspection trip to Lapwai and had a number of people answer questions in writing. This collection contains eight letters and the report that Geary wrote concerning those accusations in April 1872. Letters are present from Geary to the Commission of Indian Affairs (a copy) and original letters from Greenleaf, Wesley Mulkey, Navid Noggle, Alonzo Leland, H. Adams. The first page of Geary' report is missing. Geary's report stated that he found no evidence of the charges of "debauchery, gross profanity, and habitual intemperance" that had been made against Perrin Whitman, interpreter at Lapwai, and that Monteith was administering the agency with "integrity and efficiency." 
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541 |a Donated by Clifford M. Drury, who got them from Frances Monteith in 1942. 
545 0 |a Edward R. Geary (1811-1886), pioneer missionary and educator, was born in Boonsboro, Maryland on April 30, 1811. He arrived in Oregon in 1851 as a Presbyterian missionary, preaching at Brownsville, Pleasant Grove and Albany, before settling in Eugene in 1875. In 1866, Geary co-founded Albany College, and in 1876 became a regent of the University of Oregon. He served as Oregon Superintendent of Indian Affairs, 1859-1861. 
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