Sioux Chiefs Protest Deaths of their Children and Ask President Garfield for Local School

Date
May 23, 1881

A Council of Sioux Chiefs including Spotted Tail, Two Strike, White Thunder, and Swift Bear from the Rosebud Agency writes to President James A. Garfield to protest the deaths of their children at Carlisle and asks for a local school in order to educate their children along with teachers. U.S. Indian Agent John Cook notes that he is agreement with the sentiment expressed and that it is in the best interest of the Agency to comply with the request.

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Repository
National Archives and Records Administration
Location
RG 75, Entry 91, box 24, 1881-#10258
Sioux Chiefs Protest Deaths of their Children and Ask President Garfield for Local School