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Report on First Three Parties of Students Brought to the Carlisle Indian School

November 13, 1879

Captain Richard Henry Pratt writes to Ezra H. Hayt, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, regarding the first groups of Sioux, Menominee Ponca, Pawnee, Kiowa, Comanche, Wichita, Seminole, Cheyenne, and Arapaho children and young adults brought to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt offers a detailed description of the journey, and then lists each…

Format:

Letters/Correspondence, Reports

Topics:

Recruitment of Students, Enrollment Lists, Prisoners from Ft. Marion (1875-1878), Student Travel to Enroll

Repository:

National Archives and Records Administration

Full Report on Pratt's Trip to Recruit Students from Sisseton, Green Bay, and Lapointe Agencies

November 9, 1880

Richard Henry Pratt provides a report on his trip to Wisconsin and Dakota to recruit new students. Pratt notes that he first went to the Green Bay Agency and secured five students, but the enthusiasm among the parents was so strong that he could have easily recruited 25. Second, he visited the La Pointe Agency and instructed Green Bay Agent…

Format:

Letters/Correspondence

Topics:

Recruitment of Students, Recruitment of Students for Other Schools, Factors Affecting Student Recruitment

Repository:

National Archives and Records Administration