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Indian Territory Agent Dew Moore Wisdom Letter

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Indian Territory Agent Dew Moore Wisdom Letter
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Letter pertains to miners striking over unfair conditions, and alleged corruption by Dew Moore. Dew is asking for Judge Henry Woods McCorry to prevent any news of his wrongdoings from surfacing on a national stage. Dew also discusses his overthrowing of the Pawnee tribal council and his placement of Charles Bluejacket. Transcribed below: United States Indian Service Union Agency Muskogee I.T. July 5th 1894 Dear McCorry, I ought to have written to you before this time, but I have been so managed with putting out drillers in the mines that I have hardly had time to get a square meal for about 2 months. I however sent a reliable man to Vinita to see Ironsides, who said he was all right, and would give you the contract for the Shawnees, as you know a ? committee has been appointed for the Shawnees, which does away with the Shawnee Chiefs, a majority of the committee is for Bluejacket and I understand Bluejacket is for you as Counsel. I will go to ? in the next 3 or 4 days for certain, and inquire into the situation personally and make immediate report from there. I send you a paper by todays mail (The Phoenix) which will show that I am having some rough sailing because I expected a lot of lawless miner. I think I led right and my statement is a correct and true me, that will stand all convictions of my enemies want to investigate me, but I do not fear it, but I hope no investigation will be made on account of the worry and hard-work incident to it, and if you can put in a word to prevent it, I wish you would do so. Unless the strikers are put down, the whole country is going to anarchy and "the dogs". I believe firmness in officials is our only salvation. General Wisdom has been quite sick with fever, and is just now recovering, and his sickness for over 2 weeks has delayed me in office work. The balance of us are well, and I am just getting stout once more, and by no means alarmed at the stories set afloat about my expulsion of the miners. Yours very truly, D.W. Wisdom Agent