Mary Kennedy Requests Return of her Granddaughter from Carlisle

Date
January 5, 1893

Mary M. Kennedy requests the return of her granddaughter from the Carlisle Indian School. Kennedy notes that the students like the school but they do not have enough to eat and that the students are sick despite Richard Henry Pratt claiming otherwise. Kennedy further states that her granddaughter is homesick because Pratt is scolding the New York Indians and that they have no business at Carlisle.

Time Period
Year
Repository
National Archives and Records Administration
Location
RG 75, Entry 91, box 940, 1893-#682
Mary Kennedy Requests Return of her Granddaughter from Carlisle