Statement regarding the removal of a telephone line

Abstract

CONTENT: Statement made by Phil Emerson before U.S. Commissioner, Samuel E. Day, Sr., dated August 8, 1922, regarding incident when he removed the telephone lines between Gallup, New Mexico, and St. Michaels, District of Arizona, on the orders of Peter Paquette. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: The Day Family were anglo Indian traders, on the Navajo Reservation in eastern Arizona. The collection includes the personal and business papers of Sam Day, Sr. (1845-1925) surveyor, Indian trader, legislator and United States Indian Commissioner; Anna Day, Sam Sr.'s wife (1872-1932); and of their children, Charles L. Day (1879-1918), Samuel Day, Jr. (1889-1944), United States deputy Marshall. The collection includes information on Navajo culture, stories and legends; the looting of Canyon del Muerta, and the Frank Dugan murder.