From Supt. McKean to Commissioner of Indian Affairs June 25, 1923
Subject
Allotment; Children; Education; Agriculture; Housing; Farming; Indian/White Relations; Federal Government
Place names
Allen Canyon; San Juan County; Utah
Tribe
White Mesa
Description
Letter from Superintendent E.E. McKean to Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding allottment, education, farming, and land improvement for the Indians living in the Allen Canyon area.
Publisher
Digitized by: J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
From Supt. McKean to C.I.A. June 25, 1923 - Page 1
Description
UNITED STATES INDIAN SERVICE
Consolidated Ute Agencies,
Ignacio, Colorado. Juno 25, ' 1925.
The Honorable
Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
Washington, D. 0.
My dear llr. Commissioner :
I have the honor to acknowledge
receipt of office l e t t e r dated June 15, r e l a t i v e to the
school s i t e for the day schools for the Polk and Posey
bands. The allottment of the Posey band of Indians will
he completed about July 10th, as far as- the field work is
concerned. It is the intention of ; ir. Siminston and myself
to s t a r t the allottment of the folk Indians alon.^: the
Ikmtesuma Creek and around Yellow jacket.
Regarding the s i t e for the day
school in Allen Canyon, I would advise that a plot of
firroui'id has been selected which seems suitable for a day
school, and which i s centrally located in the Allen Canyon
d i s t r i c t . There is also a spring located about a quarter
p3 a mile from the school s i t e , which can be piped to the
school by gravity. The Indians advise me that this String
has not run dry for many years, sad I believe that
will be adequate for day school purposes. 1 w i l l be <
within the next few days to submit a legal description
the land selected.
u K, W • 1
Regarding the construction of the
day school buildings in Allen Canyon, I would recommend f i r st
of a l l , that quarters he provided for the day school teacher
and the farmer; these employees to be husband emd wife, the
wife as teacher and the husband as. farmer. ' Jhen his time
is not ta.- zen up farming among the Indians, ' he will be of
assistance at the school and insure better order among the
pupils than the teacher alone. I have thought ' over the
matter of building stone., buildings, on account of the fact
that there is rock handy and sand; hut after securing estimates
from two different maeons, I believe tnat the stone , hiiilai?> gs
are too costly, and that frame buildings can be eonst'- r- ucted
comfortable and s i g h t l y.
I give below a p r i c e - l i s t of building
material p . 0 . 3 . 3 land in*?, Utah, which is about 25, ; miles from
Allen Canyon.
