Date
October 3, 1879
Telegram to Richard Henry Pratt from Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. J. Brooks while Pratt is out recruiting students to attend the Carlisle Indian School that reads, "had better wait for [Charles] Crissey. If he does not arrive by fifth without telegraph". Charles Crissey was the Indian Agent who was recruiting students for the Hampton Institute. There had been an intended meeting for Crissey and another party of students to meet with Pratt at Rosebud Landing before Pratt headed back to Carlisle.
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RG75, Entry 96, Medical and Educational, Volume 6A, page 184