APPENDIX B Signers of Navaho Treaty of 1868
W. T. Sherman
Lieutenant General
Indian Peace Commissioner
S. F. Tappan
Indian Peace Commissioner
Names of chiefs
signing the treaty
each with an x mark. Spelling of Spanish names has sometimes
been corrected and where possible a translation given:
Barboncito: principal chief Armijo (name of a Spanish
governor of New Mexico)
Delgado (thin)
Manuelito Largo (tall)
Herrero (smith)
Chiqueto (chiquito-small)
Muerto de Hombre (muerto de hambre
dead of hunger or very thin; name still
remembered)
Hombre (hombro—shoulder; the man is still remembered by
this name) Narbono (Narbona—name of former Spanish colonel)
Ganado Mucho (many cattle)
Narbono Segundo (Narbona the second)
Council
Riquo (Rico—rich or noble)
Juan Martin
Serginto (Sargento?—sergeant)
Grande (large)
Inoetenito
Muchachos Mucho (Many Boys)
Chiqueto (Chiquito)
Segundo (Little Ma n the Second)
Cabello Amarillo (Yellow Hair)
Francisco Torivio Desdendado (Desdentado?—teeth drawn
or toothless) Juan
Guero (Guerrero?—warrior)
Gugadore (Jugador—gambler)
Cabason (Cabezon—head)
Barbon Segundo (Moustache
or Beard the Second)
Cabares (Caballos) Colorado (Red Horses
ATTEST
Geo. W. G. Getty
Colonel Thirty-seventh Infantry
Brevet Major-General U. S. Army
B. S. Roberts
Brevet Brigadier-General U.S. Army
Lieutenant-Colonel Third Cavalry
J. Cooper McKee
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Surgeon U. S. Army
Theo. H. Dodd
United States Indian Agent for Navahos.
Cahs. McClure
Brevet Major and Commissary of Subsistence
U. S. Army
James F. Weeds
Brevet Major and Assistant Surgeon U. S. Army
J. C. Sutherland
Interpreter
William Vaux Chaplain U. S. Army
APPENDIX C Agents and Superintendents in charge of the Navaho Agency,
1851-1951
Term of Service
Name Title Began Ended
R. H. Weightman, Agent3-12-51—
S. M. Baird, Agent7-22-52—
H. S. Dodge, Agent 4-11-5311-15-56
(Killed by Apaches)
W. R. Harley, Agent_6-25-57—
R. J. Cowart, Agent 9-11-58—
S. F. Kendrick, Agent7-1-59—
John Ward, Agent4-30-61—
Theodore H. Dodd, Agent5-24-65
J. C. French, Agent 7-16-68—
F. T. Bennett, Agent 7-1-69—
3ames Y\. MV»\er, Agent W-11-70—
Thomas Varker Keam, Agent6-4-72—
William F. M. Amy, Agent 6-18-73—
Alexander G. Irvine, Agent9-23-75—
John E. Pyle, Agent 4-1-784-26-79
Galen Eastman, Agent 4-27-796-30-80
F. T. Bennett, Acting Agent7-1-806-30-81
Galen Eastman, Agent 7-1-8112-31-82
Dennis M. Riordan, Agent 1-1-836-30-84
John H. Bowman, Agent7-1-843-31-86
S. S. Patterson, Agent 4-1-861-16-89
Charles E. Vandever, Agent 1-17-8912-18-90
David L Shipley, Agent12-19-903-31-93
Edward H. Plummer, Acting Agent4-1-9311-14-94
Constant Williams, Agent 11-15-9410-14-98
George W. Hayzlett, Agent 10-15-989-30-03
Reuben Perry, Superintendent10-1-0310-16-06
Sam B. Daire, Supt. in Charge10-17-0611-8-06
William H. Harrison, Superintendent1 1-9-069-30-08
Peter Paquette, Superintendent 10-1-081-24-19
S. A. M. Young, Supt. in Charge-1-25-197-16-19
Peter Paquette, Superintendent7-17-1911-15-24
Chester L. Walker, Traveling Auditor in Charge11-16-2412-31-24
August F. Duclos, Superintendent1-1-2512-31-26
Western Navaho (Established as a separate agency in 1901)
Term of Service
Name Title Began Ended
Milton J. Needham Superintendent,8-27-01, 1 1-30-04,
Matthew M. Murphy Superintendent, 12-1-04, 11-22-07,
Stephen Janus Superintendent, 11-23-07, 5-16-10,
Clarence R. Jeffries Superintendent, 5-17-10, 8-8-12,
Claude C. Early Special Agent in Charge, 8-9-12,10-16-12,
William T. Sullivan Superintenden,t10-17-12, 7-6-14,
Walter Runke Superintendent, 7-7-14, 4-30-20,
Robert E. Burn's Superintendent, 5-1-20, 2-22-21,
Charles E. Coe Special Supervisor in Charge,2-1-21 ,4-8-21,
Charles L. Ellis, Special Agent in Charge, 2-23-21 ,4-18-23,
Byron A. Sharp Superintendent,4-9-21 ,5-31-23,
Harvey K. Meyer Superintendent,6-1-23, 3-31-26,
Chester L. Walker Superintendent, 4-1-30, 2-15-33,
John E. Balmer Superintendent,2-16-33, 9-30-34,
Francis J. Scott Superintendent,10-1-34, 6-30-35,
Absorbed into Navaho Agency, 7-1-35
(Established as a separate agency in 1908),
Leupp Agency
Term of Service
Name TitleBeganEnded
Joseph E. Maxwell Superintendent, 8-14-08,2-28-11,
Charles H. Dickson Supervisor in Charge, 3-1-1 1, 3-31-1 1,
Charles H. Dickson, Superintendent, 4-1-11, 10-11-14,
Thomas K. Adreon Special Agent, 10-12-14, 3-31-15,
Stephen Janus Superintendent, 4-1-15, 3-31-24,
Harmond P. Marble Superintendent, 4-1-24, 4-30-26,
William O. Roberts Superintendent, 5-1-26, 6-30-27,
John G. Hunter Superintendent, 7-1-27, 12-31-28,
John E. Balmer Superintendent, 1-1-29, 2-15-33,
Ernest H. Hammond District Supt. in Charge, 2-16-33, 10-31-33,
Theodore B. Hall Superintendent 11-1-33, 8-31-34,
Francis J. Scott Superintendent, 9-1-34, 9-30-34,
Gordon J. Baber Senior Clerk, 10-1-34, 6-30-35,
William H. Zeh Acting Administrator in Charge, 10-1-34, 6-30-35,
Absorbed into Navaho Agency 7-1-35
Name BeginEnded
Northern Navaho
Albert H. Kneale Superintendent 1-1-27 12-31-28
Billie P. Six Superintendent 10-1-29 1-31-31
Ernest H. Hammond Dist. Supt. in Charge 2-1-31 6-30-31
Ernest R. McCray Superintendent7-1-31 6-30-35
Eastern Navaho
Samuel F. Stacher Superintendent 1-1-27 6-30-35
Southern Navaho
August F. Duclos Superintendent1-1-27 12-31-28
John G. Hunter Superintendent 1-1-29 9-30-34
William H. Zeh Acting Adm. in Charge 10-1-34 6-30-35
Consolidated Navaho Agency formed in July 11935
Chester E. Faris Superintendent 7-1-354-15-36
E. Reeseman Fryer General Superintendent4-16-365-31-42
James M. Stewart General Superintendent6-1-426-30-49
Allan G. Harper General Superintendent7-1-4911-12-49
Window Rock Area Office Including Navaho and Hopi Agencies
Allan G. Harper Area Director11-13-49sheet stops here.
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