Students Being Expelled

Richard H. Pratt submits this Monthly School Report for September 1895.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a list of students who he recommends not be accepted at any other Government school.

Request for the approval of the dismissal of Ida La Fromboise (here Ida La Frumboise) from the Carlisle Indian School.

William A. Mercer requests his action in dismissing William White and Josephine Williams be approved by the Office of Indian Affairs.

William A. Mercer requests that his dismissal of Jennie Boyd be approved by the Office of Indian Affairs.

William A. Mercer requests approval of his dismissal of George Brown.

William A. Mercer requests approval of his action in dismissing Margaret Bigwalker from the Carlisle Indian School.

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has sent Frank Keshena home and requests approval of his action.

William A. Mercer reports the dismissal of Wallace Tyndall and requests approval of his action.

William A. Mercer responds to an inquiry from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the request of Charles H. Dickson, Supervisor in Charge of the Chamberlain Indian School, to enroll Wallace Tyndall as a student. Tyndall had been dismissed from Carlisle for bad behavior.

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has expelled Charles Lydick and requests approval.

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has dismissed Duffia Smith and Louise Langer and requests approval of his action.

William A. Mercer requests approval of his action to dismiss William Pappan.

Correspondence between William A. Mercer and C. F. Larrabee regarding the dismissal of Joseph Favle, Belt Short Bear, and Simon Hemlock.

This document contains correspondence concerning the return home of Nicodemus Billy. 

These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by the school for authority to return Dick Quip to his home.

A typed transcript of Henry Broker's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Broker was a student at Carlisle.

Broker testifies about unfair expulsion during Superintendent Friedman's administration especially as it related to complaints about school staff reading student correspondence.

In…

The typed transcript of Hiram Chase's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Chase was a student at Carlisle.

In his testimony Chase critiques Superintendent Friedman's arbitrary expulsion of students. He also answers questions regarding student acts of insubordination and alcohol consumption at…

The typed transcript of Montreville Yuda's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Yuda was working in Chambersburg, having enrolled at Carlisle in September 8, 1908 and been discharged from the school under uncertain circumstances on May 19, 1913.

Yuda first testifies regarding the circumstances…

The typed transcript of Louis Schweigman's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Schweigman was not a student at the school, but had attended from October 7, 1910 to January 9, 1914. His last name is spelled Schwiegman in this transcript.

In his testimony Schweigman recounts his discharge from…

Principal teacher John Whitwell compiles evidence that the Carlisle administration incorrectly marked the reason for certain students' departure from the school. As explained in the opening letter from Whitwell to Inspector Linnen, Whitwell believes that a number of students were actually expelled. The remaining documents are the exhibits he…

Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman requests that he be given permission to expel Charles Kelsey from Carlisle.

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit W-1. 

These materials contain correspondence regarding the return home of Irwin Sherman from Carlisle, and payment of his transportation to Sioux City, Iowa.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the circumstances surrounding the return home of Newton Robinson to the Omaha Reservation.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the return home of George Clifford and the expenses resulting from the transportation cost to send him home.