Images

Portrait of three unidentified male students standing behind a row of eight seated students in native dress, presumably shortly after their arrival. The group is posed on the school grounds behind the large boys' dormitory.

View of a bedroom, presumably of a person at the school. It is likely that it was the room of a female teacher or matron, probably Mary Hyde. 

Male students, not in uniform, posed in a line, many holding baskets or buckets and forked sticks. At right are white men and women, posed next to and on the porches of a dormitory building. 

It has been suggested the forked sticks were used for some kind of harvesting, perhaps of apples. 

Studio portrait of ten male students and one female student.

The handwritten note reads: Students at Government School at Carlisle, Pa.

Based on enrollment information and a few other photographs of the individuals pictured, we believe the students are as follows:

Younger boys seated in front, left to right - Charles Damon, George Williams. Seated, left to right - Manuelito Choni, Charlie, Tom Torlino, Manuelito Chiquito, Antoinette Williams. Standing, left to right - Saahtlie (George Watchman), Benjamin Damon, Francisco, Stailey Norcross.

This same group of Navajo students appear in a photograph with Richard Henry Pratt upon their arrival at the school on October 21, 1882. See the "Twelve Navajo students" link below. 

We believe the photo dates from the spring or early summer of 1883 since there are only ten male students pictured here, although eleven arrived together. (Antoinette Williams arrived a year earlier.) John Bitzclay died in March of 1883, and three of the others left Carlisle in July and August of 1883 due to poor health.

The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: BS-CH-052. 

Portrait of twenty-four male students upon arrival. The Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging identifies them as from the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Comanche, Pawnee, and Nez Perce nations and that the photo was taken on the date of their arrival, October 22, 1883. Twenty-three male students arrived on that date from those nations.

They are: Percy Kable, Charley White Shield, Andrew Kuhns, Frank Yates, Wilkie Sharp, Frankie Bear, Darwin Peters, Luther Kuhns, Mark Evarts, Robert Mathews, William Morgan, Stacy Matlock, Amich, De Bett Cheyenne Chief, Smith Long Owl, Benajah Miles, Charley Wolf, William Eyewat, Alexander Yellow Man, Ernest Left Hand, Paul Boynton (Red Feather), Francis Lee, and Clarence Powder Face. 

Portrait of twenty-five female students posed on the school grounds, some in native clothing. One of the students appears to be Rose White Thunder who arrived on November 14, 1883 with a large group from the Sioux nation (Rosebud reservation). 

Studio portrait of Wounded Yellow Robe (also known as Richard Yellow Robe), Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe), and Henry Standing Bear on November 15, 1883. Wounded Yellow Robe is seated at left, Henry Standing Bear is standing in the center, and Chauncey Yellow Robe is seated at right.

Studio portrait of Wounded Yellow Robe (also known as Richard Yellow Robe), Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe), and Henry Standing Bear on November 15, 1883. Wounded Yellow Robe is seated at left, Henry Standing Bear is standing in the center, and Chauncey Yellow Robe is seated at right.

The handwritten note reads: Taken upon their arrival in Carlisle.

Note: The Dickinson College Archives has another copy of this image (CIS-P-0024). That copy has a handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Wounded Yellow Robe, 3  Timber Yellow Robe, and 2  Henry Standing Bear.

Studio portrait of Wounded Yellow Robe (also known as Richard Yellow Robe), Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe), and Henry Standing Bear the day after they entered the school on November 15, 1883.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: 1  Wounded Yellow Robe, 3  Timber Yellow Robe, and 2  Henry Standing Bear.

Photograph of a stereograph of Chauncy Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe) taken shortly after his arrival. He is wearing native clothing.

Photograph of a double image of a studio portrait of Wounded Yellow Robe (also known as Richard Yellow Robe), Henry Standing Bear, Chauncey Yellow Robe (Timber Yellow Robe) taken shortly after their arrival, wearing native clothing. Wounded Yellow Robe is seated at left, Henry standing bear is seated in the middle, and Chauncey Yellow Robe is seated at right. In the more commonly seen version of this grouping [seen in version 1 and 2], Henry Standing Bear is standing rather than seated. 

Studio portrait of Henry Standing Bear, shortly after his arrival, wearing native clothing.

Studio portrait of Timber Yellow Robe (also known as Chauncey Yellow Robe), Henry Standing Bear, and Wounded Yellow Robe (also known as Richard Yellow Robe taken shortly after their arrival. They are wearing native clothing.

Studio portrait of Levi Levering.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-020b and CS-CH-013. 

Studio portrait of Adelia Lowe, probably wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Frank Yates wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Mabel Kelcusay, possibly wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of John Menual Chaves.

Studio portrait of Paul Lovejoy wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of instructor Mary Hyde and the Indian School choir, including male and female students in school uniforms.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society assigns a date of April 30, 1884 to their copy of this image. They also identified several students by comparison with other images: Luke Phillips (back row, second from the left), Luther Standing Bear (front row, far left), and Joshua Given (back row, third from left). 

Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf, Levi Levering, and Harvey Warner.

Studio portrait of Julia Old Camp possibly wearing school uniform. 

Studio portrait of Silas Childers wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Victoria Standing Bear (left) and Martha Bordeaux (right). 

Studio portrait of seven female and eleven male students. The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image identifies them as  Miss Coats' class. School records show Carrie W. Coats taught at the school in 1884.