Date
September 5, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt reports on the death of Gertrude Spotted Tail while living in Andalusia, Pennsylvania with a Carlisle Indian School teacher during the summer. Pratt also notes the health and death differences between the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agency students.
Pratt concludes with a request for authority to pay for the expense of having his physician travel to the outing home and for the burial of Spotted Tail.
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Standard Forms & Transactions
Repository
National Archives and Records Administration
Location
RG 75, Entry 91, box 153, 1883-#16425
