Telegram Regarding Recruitment from Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency

Date
October 7, 1879

Telegram from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt to Richard Henry Pratt informing him that Hayt has given permission for an increased recruitment quota from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency. The new number of young people will be 25. 

Hayt also tells Pratt that the party of young people from Indian Territory will be meeting him at Winfield, Kansas on October 15th.

 

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External Groups & Institutions
Repository
National Archives and Records Administration
Location
RG 75, Entry 96, volume 27a, page 60
Hand-written transcript of telegram on Office of Indian Affairs form