Indian agent
Noun
Meaning
a representative of the federal government to American Indian tribes (especially on Indian reservations)
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As an Indian agent, he saw to it that those under his watch were treated with honesty, fairness, and clothed and fed properly.
He became Indian agent in 1819, but, as historian Griswold noted, due to failing health, Dr. Turner was relieved of his duties and his office turned over to John Hay.
In the 1850s, he was appointed as the Indian agent to the Ute Indians and the Jicarilla Apaches.
In the nearly two weeks that he spent in the vicinity of Dardanelle, Nuttall spoke with a number of the leading citizens of the area, including Rueben Lewis, the brother of Meriwether Lewis, who was serving as the local Indian agent.