Request for Enrollment

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding enrolling Katie, a member of the Apache Nation, who is a prisoner of the U.S. Government.

C. H. Grover requests to have Peter Curley, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation, enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Grover notes that Curley was previously a student at the Haskell Institute and was considered an excellent shoe maker.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the request to the Office of Indian Affairs with a note that he favors…

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of a request from the Oneida Agency to enroll six students at the Carlisle Indian Schools. Pratt requests that transportation be arranged for six from De Pere, Wisconsin to Carlisle.

Jesse Knox requests to have children from the Mille Lac and Sandy Lake Agencies enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.

Anna L. Dawes informs the Office of Indian that she has received a request from a member of the Cherokee Nation to continue her education at either the Carlisle Indian School or the Hampton Institute. Dawes asks if this can be accomplished through Government expense or if not through private charity.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request from Colonel Loomis Langdon, commanding officer at Fort Langdon, regarding enrolling two Apache students at Carlisle. Pratt notes that he would be more than willing to accept the students but that Carlisle already has a disproportionate amount of Apache…

The Department of War informs the Interior Department of two telegrams that the Secretary of the War has approved the transfer of the Crow Indian prisoners at Fort Snelling to the Carlisle Indian School.

William Endicott, Secretary of War, informs the Secretary of the Interior that orders have been issued to transfer Geronimo and the Prisoners of War being held at Fort Pickens, Florida to Mount Vernon Barracks, Alabama along with five children to the Carlisle Indian School.

Thomas H. Breen, the Superintendent of the Grand Junction Industrial School, requests that Henry E. Harris a student at his school be transferred to the Carlisle Indian School in order to become a teacher.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the enrollment of the Henry Harris at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he would be happy to accept Harris at Carlisle to further his desire to become a teacher.

Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to arrange transportation for two Sioux boys currently under the care of Bishop Whipple in Minnesota. Pratt states that Whipple believes the boys would benefit from the discipline at Carlisle.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has received letters from Quapaw Agency and the Sac and Fox Agency that they would like to attend the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt asks if the Office can add these two points to their authority of September 8, 1888.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has just received a letter from the Sac and Fox Agency requesting to enroll 10 or 12 students. The Agency asks simply that the students be allowed to return to their homes for vacation after two or three years before returning to finish their terms. Pratt requests that his request…

A. G. Miller requests the Office of Indian Affairs provide an order to Richard Henry Pratt to enroll Little Bear at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt had informed him that he could only enroll Little Bear with an order from the Office.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request by A. G. Miller to enroll Little Bear. Pratt notes that his school physician examined Little Bear when he visited the school with his parents. Pratt ends by saying that he notified Miller that Carlisle will accept Little Bear on the authority of the Office.…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Almon B. Coe, Superintendent of the Blackfeet Schools, to have a party of students from his school enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt in his note to the Office of Indian Affairs states that he would be willing to take a party of students from the Agency as long as they are in proper health…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from H. Heth, Special Agent in Charge of the Nez Perce Agency, to enroll 6 boys from that agency in the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that in his letter to the Office of Indian Affairs that he would be willing to accept the students as long they were accompanied by at least four girls and they passed…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from M. D. Baldwin, U.S. Indian Agent for the Blackfeet Agency, regarding a request from Baldwin for students from the Blackfeet Agency to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt requests from the Office of Indian Affairs information on what the Office desires for the 25 pupils from the Navajo Agency and the parties from the Nez Perce and Blackfeet Agencies.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards request of Lone Star through the Kiowa, Comanche and Wichita Agent for the enrollment of an adopted member of the Kiowa Nation. The letter states that the proposed student was captured as a child in New Mexico.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from A. R. Boyer, a Mission Teacher at a Creek school to enroll three Creek students at the Carlisle Indian School. Boyer provides some details about the students and requests more information about the school.

Pratt in his letter to the Office of the Indian Affairs comments on the ruling of the…

John L. Bullis, Acting Indian Agent for the San Carlos Indian Agency, informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has six members of the White Mountain band of the Apache Nation who wish to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. He asks for further instructions from the Office.

Richard Henry Pratt returns to the Office of Indian Affairs a letter from Henry Kendall requesting to have his nephew transferred from the Albuquerque Indian School to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that after talking further with Kendall that he has decided to let the matter rest until this summer when a party may come from that…

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request from George E. Gerowe, Superintendent of the Fort Stevenson Indian School, to enroll six students at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he has little transportation funds left but would be willing to bring the students to Carlisle as long as two…

Alfred John Standing forwards a letter from E. A. Wheeler requesting Lizzie Griffiths be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Standing notes that Griffths is likely too old to be enrolled at Carlisle but might find a position as an employee in another school.