UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

204 Hightower Building
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
November 30, 1944

Dr. Forrest C. Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

My dear Dr. Allen:

You will no doubt recall our meeting at the Rotary Club luncheon at
Lawrence, Kansas on November 13, 1944 at which time I asked if you would
be so kind as to help correct certain statements printed in the October
19, 1944 issue of the Kansas City Star, copy of which is attached hereto,
concerning my fether William M. Baine, now deceased.

While I have never had the pleasure of meeting Mr. C. E. McBride of
the Kansas City Star, I understand he is a very fine gentleman whose
sportsmanship and integrity is beyond reproach. I am sure had he known
the facts about my father he would not have permitted certain statements
to be printed in the article in question.

For your information, my father was graduated from the first
Commercial Class of Haskell Institute during June, 1902 and thereafter
ettended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Wisconsin where he
played. football and worked in the State Senate as a Senate stenographer
under the sponsership of the late Senator LeFollete, then Govehor of
the State of Wisconsin. He was the Football Coach of the-Sotbkh Dakota
Agricultural College of Brookings, South Dakota at the is
untimely death at Sisseton, South Dakota during December\ 1906,due to
a gunshot wound accidentally inflicted upon him by another party who
was his personal friend.

I am enclosing herewith certain documents which should be returned
after they have served their purpose since our family will always treasure
the memories of our father who, in our opinion, was not only an outstending
football player but a gentleman respected by his fellow workers and friends.
In the event I ever have the pleasure of meeting you again, I shall be
glad to relate more about his personal life which I know you would
appreciate, knowing him as you did.

You asked me to tell you something about myself. Well Dr. Alien
there is little to tell about myself. Since I did not have a father, it
was necessary for me to obtain a greater part of my education as many
others have done under similar circumstances. I was graduated from