Requests Telegram Regarding Sending Apache Students Home as Interpreters

Date
March 22, 1888

Richard Henry Pratt requests a telegram regarding a promise that the President and Secretary gave to a group of visiting Apache chiefs to send home two students at the Carlisle Indian School with them to serve as interpreters. Pratt recommends that the telegram say that the students will be sent at a future date.

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Time Period
1880-1889
Year
1888
People
Pratt, Richard Henry
Format
Letters/Correspondence
Topics
Native Americans Visiting the School
Requests From Tribal Leaders to Send Students Home
Students Serving as Interpreters
Repository
National Archives and Records Administration
Location
RG 75, Entry 91, box 454, 1888-#7808
Requests Telegram Regarding Sending Apache Students Home as Interpreters
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