John Mastin

John was a Klamath man of the Hoppa (Hupa) Valley Tribe

The Klamath Tribes- the Klamath (Hoppa Valley, Yurok, and Karuk tribes), the Modoc, and the Yahooskin-Paiute, live in the Klamath Basin of Oregon.

Scene on the Klamath, Date: Unknown, Collection: Ericson Photograph Collection, Owning Institution: Cal Poly Humboldt, Library Special Collections and Archives Source: Calisphere, The Online Archive of California: https://cdn.calisphere.org/affiliates/images/humboldt/erickson/hi-r...

The six tribes of the Klamaths were bound together by ties of loyalty and family, they lived along the Klamath Marsh, on the banks of Agency Lake, near the mouth of the Lower Williamson River, on Pelican Bay, beside the Link River, and in the uplands of the Sprague River Valley. The Modoc’s lands included the Lower Lost River, around Clear Lake, and the territory that extended south as far as the mountains beyond Goose Lake. The Yahooskin Bands occupied the area east of the Yamsay Mountain, south of Lakeview, and north of Fort Rock.

It was unusual, but the Hoopa Tribe was never forced by the U.S. Government to move off of their native lands.

Biography:
Born c. 1892 to Catherine Mastin (widow) and an unknown father, John was the middle of three brothers. According to Carla Joinson in her book Vanished in Hiawatha, John was committed from the Hoopa Valley Agency on an unknown date, but censuses show him at Canton as early as June 30, 1918. There is no admission diagnosis recorded.

The letter dated February 17, 1934, from Dr. L.L. Culp to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shows that he was a Klamath Indian who died at the Asylum on April 4, 1922, and was buried there in tier 2 plot 51.

His profile is part of the The Canton Asylum One Place Study.

Research Notes:
-between the censuses of 1917 and 1918 the family moved off the "connecting strip"
-Early censuses identify Catherine as Kitty (both have the same DOB)
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Sources:

1915 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll183unit/page/n47/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 48/824, line 287, census of the Klamath River Indians on the connecting strip, Hoppa Indian Agency, Cal.

1916 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll183unit/page/n139/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 140/824, line 322, census of the Klamath River Indians on the connecting strip, Hoppa Indian Agency, Cal.

1917 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll183unit/page/n170/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 171/824, line 319, census of the Klamath River Indians on the connecting strip, Hoppa Indian Agency, Cal.

1917 Oct 1 - Camp Verde School: 1910-27; Canton Insane Asylum: 1910-22, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155854182?objectPage=774, line 25, census of the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians School

1918 Feb 2 - Camp Verde School: 1910-27; Canton Insane Asylum: 1910-22, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155854182?objectPage=879, line 25, letter HR Hummer to Commissioner of Indian Affairs, list of patients in the asylum June 30, 1917

1918 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll183unit/page/n295/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 296/824 line 313 (noted Insane Asylum Canton S.D.), Klamath River Indians, Hoppa Valley Agency

1918 Jun 30 - Camp Verde School: 1910-27; Canton Insane Asylum: 1910-22, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155854182?objectPage=886, line 28, Canton Asylum male census

1917-1918 Sep 12 - "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6Z6-6W7 : 24 December 2021), John Masten, 1917-1918, pg. 1122/1143, Local Board, marked Insane by Harry R Hummer, Lincoln County, South Dakota

1919 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll183unit/page/n434/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 435/824 line 300, Klamath River Indians, Hoppa Valley Agency

1920 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll183unit/page/n498/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 499/824 line 294 (noted "in Canton Asylum"), Klamath River Indians, Hoppa Valley Agency

1920 Jun 30 - Camp Verde School: 1910-27; Canton Insane Asylum: 1910-22, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155854182?objectPage=898, line 22, Canton Asylum male census

1920 Jan 30 - "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6J7-FFX : Sun Mar 10 07:40:48 UTC 2024), Entry for John Masten, 1920, pg. 651/1130, line 47 (age 26), census of the Asylum for Indians, Canton Township, Lincoln County, South Dakota

1921 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll183unit/page/n627/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 628/824 line 299 (noted "in Canton Asylum"), Klamath River Indians, Hoppa Valley Agency

1921 Jun 30 - (Probably taken from the 1921 Narrative Report from Canton but images are NOT included in the NARA version, referred to by Carla Joinson in her book:) Camp Verde School: 1910-27; Canton Insane Asylum: 1910-22, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155854182?objectPage=unknown, line 23,

1922 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll183unit/page/n771/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 772/824 line 300 (noted "in Canton Asylum"), Klamath River Indians, Hoppa Valley Agency