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Lieutenant General R. H. Sheridan writes that 21 Navajo women and children have been taken prisoner and are being held at Fort Wingate. He notes that General Pope proposes sending the children to the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt writes that the initial delegation of students from the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Agencies terms of enrollment are set to expire and requests authorization for funds to return them. Pratt notes that many of the students wish to remain but that their parents desire them to return home. He writes that many of the older students…

Richard Henry Pratt refers to his previous letter informing the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that only 25 students will stay on at Carlisle. As a result Pratt seeks approval for the expense of returning the remaining students to their homes in the current fiscal year.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Standing Bear after his arrival at the Carlisle Indian School. In the letter Pratt notes that Standing Bear believes that the school should return the children for the summer but that many of the younger ones are likely to be back in the fall. He also notes that Standing Bear wishes for the government…

Richard Henry Pratt writes that the terms of enrollment are up for students from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency,  the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, the Sisseton Agency, the Pawnee Agency, the Ponca Agency, and the Green Bay Agency. 

Pratt notes that half of the students whose terms are set to expire desire to remain at…

Richard Henry Pratt notes that with the upcoming return of 86 students to their homes the school will be able to accommodate 175 new students in the fall. Pratt notes that there are already 20 students from the Osage Nation and 25 from the Omaha Nation. He believes that many the remaining students could be brought in from the Sioux Nation or…

Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority for his actions in returning Mary, a member of the Sioux Nation, to her home in Rosebud due to her ill health.

Julia E. Remington inquires if the Carlisle Indian School has room for a member of the Onondaga Nation. Pratt notes when forwarding the letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that due to limited appropriations the father of the prospective student should be required to pay for travel expenses.

Richard Henry Pratt notes that his office has no record of receiving a telegram authorizing the return of Mary to her home.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a copy of a telegram that Osage children were going to arrive at Martinsburg on June 8, 1882. Pratt writes that he met the children at Martinsburg and due to the lack of a train back to Carlisle they were forced to stay the night at Martinsburg incurring an additional expense which Pratt asks to cover on his…

Richard Henry Pratt provides notification that he has arranged a special car to bring around 35 students from the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Agencies to their homes. He notes that his arrangements bring the students to Chamberlain where he hopes the Agent will have their parents meet them at Chamberlain which would save the Government some expense…

Due to the composition of the returning delegation of Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux students, Richard Henry Pratt, requests that Alice C. Fletcher accompany the delegation back to their homes. Fletcher would then be able to bring back the Omaha students she was already set to accompany back to the Carlisle Indian School

Long Face requests the money that was appropriated to educate his two daughters Rose and Mary who were unable to fulfill their three year terms due to ill health and subsequently death.

U.S. Indian Agent for the Rosebud Agency, John Cook, notifies the Indian Affairs Office that he has received the telegram informing him to send the parents of the returned students from Carlisle to Chamberlain, South Dakota to pick up their children.

Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $524.90 for areas covering the farm and traveling expenses.

Richard Henry Pratt notes that Two Crows and La Flesche have requested to visit the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt writes that any time is satisfactory for Carlisle that suits Two Crows, La Flesche, and the Office of Indian Affairs.

U.S. Indian Agent, Benjamin M. Thomas inquires of the Indian Affairs Office when a Juan de Jesus Paucha can be sent to Carlisle as his enrollment was promised during a visit of Pueblo to Washington D.C. Richard Henry Pratt notes that it is possible for Paucha to come on his own since the Navajo delegation he was suppose to come with is no…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from a John M. Watson, a missionary in the Bluejacket Indian Territory asking how to enroll a number of students from that area. Pratt forwarded the letter along with additional information on inquires he has received for enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School that application should be made to the Indian…

A request is made by Richard Henry Pratt to secure traveling expenses for a Navajo Nation Carlisle student to travel back to the Navajo Nation to bring back twenty students for the Carlisle Indian School.

Percy Smith of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad provides rates of tickets from Carlisle, Pennsylvania to Wichita, Kansas.

Estimate of Funds for the third quarter of 1882 amounting to $15,450.00 for the support of the school and transportation of Indian supplies.

Richard Henry Pratt writes a letter to inform the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he underestimated the cost of clothing on the previous Estimate of Funds. He will need to spend $35 to $40 per pupil instead of $17. 

Richard Henry Pratt details the number of students he is able to accept from various Indian Agencies including the Rosebud, Pine Ridge, Kiowa and Comanche, Pawnee and Ponca, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho. Pratt provides instructions as to the preferred age and gender composition of the students and notes that he has already arranged for…

Richard Henry Pratt requests to replace the gutters on older buildings to prevent further damage to the structures. Pratt outlines the cost of the tin to update the gutters as well as hiring an additional mechanic on the irregular rolls.

Samuel C. Armstrong writes that the Hampton Normal Institute is willing to educate three married Omaha couples along with three girls and one boy as government students if Alice C. Fletcher is able to bring them with the Sioux delegation going to the Carlisle Indian School. Richard Henry Pratt notes that he would be willing to accept married…