As It Was: Indian agent sees reservation improvements in 1897

In condescending, racially tinged language typical of the times, the San Francisco Chronicle reported in 1897 how the federal agent in charge of the Klamath Indian Reservation, Maj. C.E. Worden, was encouraging Indians to establish homes, raise cattle and grow crops. The newspaper said Worden had reported on the “remarkable improvement” in the heart of the Klamath Basin in the condition of the Klamath, Modoc and “Pa-Ute” (Paiute) Indians, which he credited [...]