An excerpt from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year ending 1884, containing the annual report of the Carlisle Indian School. The report includes discussions of enrollment statistics, transfers, educational and industrial progress, student health, the school farm, donations…
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The first page opened with a poem titled “Smile Whenever You Can," followed by a lesson titled, "What Is Polite?" and a description of the life cycles of certain mammals. Page two featured the "Forty-Ninth Congress" civics lesson comparing government to the Indian school’s debating clubs in which Congress would be debating the question of…
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The first page opened with the poem, "You Conquer Me, Me Conquer You" followed by a letter from Rev. Edward F. Wilson of the Shingwauk Home titled "An Indian School in Canada," which described Wilson’s report to the Indian Department of Canada on his visit to Carlisle, the Lincoln Institute and the Hampton Institute. It continued on the last…
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Page one opened with the poem, "The Child's Mission," followed by a report called "Rev. Peter Owaha Matthews Speaks to Our School," which was continued on the fourth page. It was the account of an assimilated Indian and the trials he overcame to become a successful, educated professional. Page two contained news of the literary and…
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The first page opened with the poem, " A Proverb," followed by Jemima Wheelock's (Oneida) report of "Our Wilmington Trip," about a group of students traveling to Delaware where they stayed with families before they headed to Philadelphia with Capt. Pratt and Miss Leverett. They visited John Wannamaker's Store, the zoo, an iron factory and…
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The first page opened with a poem "Legend of the 'Forget-Me-Not, '" "From the Scrap-book of a subscriber;" followed by an article called "Happy Accidents," about the importance of self-help. Next came a piece that continued on the fourth page entitled "How Boys Can Make Money." Page two began with the news of the death of Etahdleuh Doanmoe,…
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The first page opened with a poem selected “by Mrs. Pettinos,” titled “The Sun and the Wind,” followed by a conversation about the meaning of the 4th of July and how an Indian School student might be influenced to extend his time at the school instead of returning to the reservation. Page two included letters from Frank Lock (Sioux) on outing,…
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The first page opened with an untitled poem by J. W. Burgess reprinted from Sunshine, followed by “Our Walnut Tree” about the Man-On-the-Band-Stand’s efforts to keep students from picking green walnuts. The second page began with “The Captain,” which described the speech Capt. Pratt made during the student assembly explaining his work…
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The first page opened with a notice that there were no Indian Helper newspapers published for December 28 and January 3rd. A notice followed: “A Novel Christmas Present: Our Superintendent Made with his own Hands a tin Cup for Each Employee.” Next was a poem, by “E.G.“dated Dec. 25, ’89 titled “The School Poet Again Stirred” about…
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Richard Henry Pratt writes regarding a promise made by Laban J. Miles, U.S. Indian Agent, that three students would be returned with the party of the Osage students being sent home. Pratt writes that this promise should be fulfilled and asks that Peliza who is at the Lincoln Institute be transferred back to Carlisle and along with Edward…
![Request from O. P. Goodwin for His Daughters to be Enrolled at Carlisle or Lincoln Request from O. P. Goodwin for His Daughters to be Enrolled at Carlisle or Lincoln](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0225_02375_0002.jpg?itok=Lp7don0R)
O. P. Goodwin requests from the Wyoming Congressional Representative Morton Everel Post for his daughters to be enrolled either at the Carlisle Indian School or the Lincoln Institute. Post forwarded the letter to the Bureau of Indian Affairs asking the request be considered favorably.
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Notice of intent by Richard Henry Pratt that either he or the Carlisle Indian School physician Obadiah G. Given is set to visit the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agencies to enroll 75 students. Pratt notes that due to students at Rosebud being sent to Genoa and Lincoln, in addition to the opposition to the Catholic Church, they are unlikely to enroll…
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Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter forwarding a letter from Agent T. J. Sheehan requesting the return of Charles Martin and Henry Hudson to the White Earth Agency. Pratt responds that Martin is a student at Carlisle while Hudson is a student at the Lincoln Institute (the Educational Home in Philadelphia). In…
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Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs inquiry regarding Raymond Stewart's request to return home. Pratt notes that Stewart did not want to go home in January and so was placed in the outing program, which he was eventually forced to leave. After being returned to Carlisle he was put on trial and sentenced to remain at…
![St. Regis Band Requests to Allow Children to Enroll at Lincoln and Carlisle St. Regis Band Requests to Allow Children to Enroll at Lincoln and Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0391_11047_0005_combined.jpg?itok=BtiFP4XY)
A group of members from the St. Regis band request from President Grover Cleveland to allow their children to be enrolled at the Lincoln Institute and the Carlisle Indian School. They cite that those schools will allow their children to better learn to speak English as well as a trade.
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Alfred John Standing responds to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding Peter Snow and his sister. Standing provides information on the two students and notes that their father is listed on the annuity roll as Long Tail in addition to noting that Snow's sister is enrolled at the Lincoln Institute.
![Descriptive Statements of Pupils from Omaha and Winnebago Agency to Grant, Carlisle, and Lincoln Schools, 1891 Descriptive Statements of Pupils from Omaha and Winnebago Agency to Grant, Carlisle, and Lincoln Schools, 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0783_35579_c1599_combined.jpg?itok=wUS4NL1g)
These materials include descriptive statements of students for individuals transferred from the Omaha and Winnebago Agency to the Grant Institute in Genoa, Nebraska; the Lincoln Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the Carlisle Indian School.
![White Earth Agency Eligible Students for an Annuity Payment White Earth Agency Eligible Students for an Annuity Payment](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0838_10866_c1727.jpg?itok=JcVLil2Z)
Correspondence and reports related to students attending the Carlisle Indian School and Lincoln Institute from the White Earth Agency eligible to receive an annuity from the Agency.
![Pratt Responds to Request to Transfer Lettie Connolly Pratt Responds to Request to Transfer Lettie Connolly](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1123_35604_0002.jpg?itok=SbMRCB_1)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request to transfer Lettie Connolly to the Lincoln Institute.
![Correspondence Regarding the Transfer of Fred Smith Correspondence Regarding the Transfer of Fred Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1601_53379_0003.jpg?itok=y2KWjwXu)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards correspondence regarding the transfer of Fred Smith from the Lincoln Institute to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt also includes a statement that he believes the Lincoln Institute should be ended.
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William Hugg writes to W. A. Jones of a letter from Richard Henry Pratt regarding the discharge and transfer of Abraham Smith.
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Alfred John Standing requests the Office of Indian Affairs send the official discharge papers for Abram Smith at the Lincoln Institute in order to complete his transfer to Carlisle.
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Alfred John Standing informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the transfer of Abraham Smith from the Lincoln Institute has been accomplished.
![Hugg Confirming Transfer of Seven Students to Carlisle Hugg Confirming Transfer of Seven Students to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1642_15383_0001.jpg?itok=s50pbQIQ)
William Hugg of the Lincoln Institution informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he will comply with the order to transfer seven students to the Carlisle Indian School. He adds that most of the students are in the school band and that they expect after the transfer they will go to Paris with Carlisle's band. Hugg requests that the transfer of…