Letters/Correspondence

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay the expenses associated in the capture and return of four runaway pupils from Wittenberg, Wisconsin.

Robert J. Hamilton inquires of W. A. Jones if Richard Henry Pratt has the authority to intercept any letter sent to the students of the Carlisle Indian School.

Charles Low Cloud and Samuel Decora (here Samuel Decorah) request help from Richard Henry Pratt in order to receive their annuity payments.

Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for July and August 1897. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month, and he notes that all the irregular employees will be student workers.

Acting Secretary of the Interior Thomas Ryan informs Clinton C. Duncan that his resignation from the Indian Service is modified to take effect on June 30, 1897.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request to return Marguerite Provost and Louise Provost to their home. Pratt also encloses two letters from Marianna Burgess regarding the case.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the new and old lease for the Hocker Farm and requests that it be approved. Pratt provides information on the purchase of the farm as well as the possibility that it will be sold and further notes that the lease goes into improvements with any remainder going into the Charity Fund.

Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with additional information on decisions made in regards to irregular labor mentioned in the May and June 1897 report. He informs the Commissioner that the unauthorized labor was paid for through charitable funds and not by the federal government. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant printer Levi St. Cyr's application for a 30-day leave of absence. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards O. H. Bakeless' application for a 15-day annual leave of absence.  Bakeless works as a principal teacher. 

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Mark Wolfe (Cherokee) be appointed as an industrial teacher in the Indian Service. Pratt forwards Wolf's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, endorses them in his cover letter, and includes a transcription of Wolf's degree.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant cook Laura A. Dandridge's application for a 14-day annual leave of absence. 

Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his letters of July 24, 1897 requesting if the Office of Indian Affairs has taken on those applications.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards government request for transportation on account of the Carlisle Indian School for Hosea Locke and ten students from Blackfoot, Idaho to Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs instruct the U.S. Indian Agent at the Pine Ridge Agency assist Nellie Robertson in bringing a party of students from the agency to Carlisle.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Maxie and Charley Frizzle Head who request to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs direct the Superintendent of the Oneida Boarding and Day Schools to send 10 or 12 students be sent to Carlisle.

W. H. Clapp, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency forwards a request of Hand for the return of his daughter Julia Hand from the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt replies to a circular from the Office of Indian Affairs by providing his estimate for the 1899 fiscal year. Pratt requests authority to have 1,000 students at Carlisle and on outing in addition to various plans to improve the physical plant of the school.

Richard Henry Pratt requests the transfer of Bessie H. Cummins to a position as clerk and a promotion for Mary Bailey. In addition, he requests a teacher be assigned from the Civil Service lists to replace Bailey's old position.

Richard Henry Pratt requests permission for one month's leave following his examination for promotion at Leavenworth, Kansas.

Richard Henry Pratt provides information to W. N. Hailmann on Julia Williams and provides a recommendation for her to serve as an assistant matron in a small school in the Indian School Service.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards J. L. Dandridge's application for a 7-day annual leave of absence. Dandridge works as a cook. 

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay students for various tasks as well as purchasing supplies.

Richard Henry Pratt informs Antonio Apache that he should travel to the Carlisle Indian School to obtain instructions on a recruiting trip for the Fort Apache and San Carlos Agencies. Pratt notes that he will be in Leavenworth, Kansas taking his examinations for promotion to Major.