Request for Body of Adam McCarty to be Returned

Date
June 11, 1883

The U.S. Indian Agent at the Arapaho Agency requests the return of the body of Adam McCarty, a member of the Modoc Nation, who is a student at the Carlisle Indian School. The Agent notes that McCarty is dying and the Modoc Nation is greatly distressed.

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Repository
National Archives and Records Administration
Location
RG 75, Entry 91, box 141, 1883-#10605
Request for Body of Adam McCarty to be Returned