Little Wolf

Student file of Lincoln, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on March 11, 1881 and departed on February 20, 1882. The file contains a student information card.

In school documentation Lincoln is also known as Lincoln Little Wolf.

Student information card of Lincoln, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on March 11, 1881 and departed on February 20, 1882.

Student file of William Little Wolf, a member of Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on February 28, 1907 and departed on July 24, 1909. The file contains a student information card, a trade/position record card, a medical/physical record, an outing record, an application for enrollment, progress/conduct card, a certificate of promotion,…

Studio portrait of five Arapho chiefs with their interpeter. 

Based on comparison with other photographs, the Cumberland County Historical Society has identifeid these chiefs as: Iron Chief (back row left), Sharp Nose (back row right), Black Coal (front row center), and Little Wolf (front row right). The interpreter and the chief at…

Studio portrait of Little Wolf, a visiting chief.

Studio portrait of Little Wolf, a visiting chief.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-077c and BS-CH-002. 

James Patten, a former U.S. Indian Agent, records the Arapaho Council of Chiefs meeting on the occasion of them sending their children to the Carlisle School. Chief Sharp Nose noted that he looked forward to be granted permission to visit his son at Carlisle a sentiment echoed by Chief Little Wolf. White Horse also indicated that he did not…

Charles Hatton, U.S. Indian Agent for the Northern Arapaho Agency, seeks authority to bring five Northern Arapaho Chiefs to Carlisle and Washington D.C. to visit their children. The Chiefs were promised when they sent their children that they would be allowed to visit and are seeking to have this promised fulfilled.

Richard Henry Pratt seeks authorization for his actions in allowing Lincoln to return with his father due to his health and covering the expense of the return trip.

Charles Hatton, U.S. Indian Agent, seeks authority to cover the additional fare incurred by the return of Lincoln from Carlisle along with the Arapaho Chiefs.