Fort Belknap Agency Agent Responds to Request to Send Students to Carlisle

Archer O. Simons, U.S. Indian Agent for the Fort Belknap Agency, responds to the Office of Indian Service regarding sending students from the agency to the Carlisle Indian School. Simons notes that he never received the first letter asking him to send 25 students and indicates that a mistake has likely been made as it would be difficult to secure any students on the reservation with no previous notice.

Simons further states that the boarding school on the agency along with a mission school could accommodate all children at the agency. In addition, the parents on the reservation do not want to be separated from their children for any length of time making it difficult to send students away from the agency.