James M. Haworth
James Mahlon Haworth (November 19, 1831 – March 12, 1885) was a United States Army major,[1] an Indian agent, and the first Superintendent of Indian Schools in the United States.[2]
Biography
Haworth, a Quaker,[3] was born in Wilmington, Ohio, and studied at Earlham School in Richmond, Indiana and Haverford College. He died in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Career
Haworth took over as Indian agent at Fort Gibson in 1873 after Lawrie Tatum resigned as the Indian agent for the Comanche, Kiowa, and Wichita Reservation on March 31, 1873.[4][5] He was a U.S. Indian Inspector from 1879, and was made the first Indian School Superintendent when the 47th U.S. Congress created the position in 1883 (Session II, Chap. 61). Mathew Brady's photographic studio in Washington D.C. captured an image of Haworth.
He selected the site for the Chilocco Indian School during the administration of president James Garfield and its Haworth Hall was named for him.[6]
References
- ^ (Va.), Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute; Institute, Hampton (25 October 2018). "The Southern Workman". Hampton Institute Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Arkansas City Traveler, March 18, 1885
- ^ "Red River Indian War - Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
- ^ Cook, Roy. "Plains Indian View of the 'Buffalo' Soldier". AmericanIndianSource.com.
- ^ Tatum, Lawrie (1899). "V. Arrest of Quahada Indians - White Captives". Our Red Brothers and The Peace Policy of President Ulysses S. Grant. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John C. Winston & Co. pp. 132–133. LCCN 31000591. OCLC 1313582653 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Chilocco Indian School. ca. 1883-9/17/1947" [Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Chilocco Indian School. 9/17/1947-1980]. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
Further reading
- Battey, Thomas C. (1875). "The Life and Adventures of a Quaker Among the Indians". Internet Archive. Boston, Massachusetts: Lee and Shepard, Publishers. OCLC 2689237.
- A Memorial of James M. Haworth, Superintendent of United States Indian Schools (1886) by Rev. A.L. Vail.
- Genealogical presentation on Haworth including image from Brady Gallery in Washington D.C.
- Buntin, Martha (1932). "The Quaker Indian Agents of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Indian Reservation" [The Chronicles of Oklahoma ~ Vol. 10, No. 2 - June 1932]. Chronicles of Oklahoma. 10 (2). Oklahoma Historical Society: 204–218. LCCN 23027299. OCLC 655582328.
- Steele, Aubrey L. (1939). "The Beginning of Quaker Administration of Indian Affairs in Oklahoma" [The Chronicles of Oklahoma ~ Vol. 17, No. 4 - December 1939]. Chronicles of Oklahoma. 17 (4). Oklahoma Historical Society: 364–392. LCCN 23027299. OCLC 655582328.
- Hiatt, Burritt M. (1958). "James M. Haworth, Quaker Indian Agent". Bulletin of Friends Historical Association. 47 (2). Friends Historical Association: 80–93. doi:10.1353/qkh.1958.a395361. JSTOR 41944670.
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