Law Enforcement Case Files, 1913-1925.
Arranged alphabetically by last name of person or name of company and thereunder
chronologically by date of correspondence. There is a U.S. attorney's file at the beginning
of the series. Most of the files are those of people accused of crimes; the remainders
pertain to the stock detectives, superintendent, district farmer, other agencies, and
businesses with interests in crimes committed by Indians. The type of crimes were usually of
the following nature: horse or cattle stealing, selling cattle that they did not own, using
pasture land without permission, selling liquor to Indians, and drunkenness.
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