Richard Henry Pratt outlines a proposal for sending students from the Carlisle Indian School to local families in the Cumberland Valley and Bucks County. Pratt justifies the program by noting that any cost will be offset by savings in food as families will be required to board the students. He notes that students will benefit from English…
Letters/Correspondence
![Initial Proposal for Local Outing Program Initial Proposal for Local Outing Program](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0021_08960_0001.jpg?itok=yby90k9m)
![Letters Sent to Pratt from the Rosebud Agency Regarding Return of Children Letters Sent to Pratt from the Rosebud Agency Regarding Return of Children](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0023_09836_0001.jpg?itok=iJo_Z8h_)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs two letters he received from the Rosebud Agency. One concerns the deaths of Rosebud students while at Carlisle and the desire of the Rosebud Sioux Chiefs to educate their children closer to home. The second from Black Crow protesting the actions of Spotted Tail and others who…
![Sioux Chiefs Protest Deaths of their Children and Ask for Local School Sioux Chiefs Protest Deaths of their Children and Ask for Local School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0022_09443_0001.jpg?itok=5aioBfSj)
A Council of Sioux Chiefs including Spotted Tail, Two Strike, White Thunder, and Swift Bear from the Rosebud Agency writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs 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…
![Sioux Chiefs Protest Deaths of their Children and Ask President Garfield for Local School Sioux Chiefs Protest Deaths of their Children and Ask President Garfield for Local School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0024_10258_0003.jpg?itok=dNn0FnUS)
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…
![Sioux Chiefs Protest Deaths of their Children to Interior and Ask for Local School Sioux Chiefs Protest Deaths of their Children to Interior and Ask for Local School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0022_09493_0001.jpg?itok=Rk3QIiui)
A council of Sioux Chiefs including Spotted Tail, Two Strike, White Thunder, and Swift Bear from the Rosebud Agency writes to the Secretary of the Interior 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…
![Request to Return Tsaitkopeta Home Request to Return Tsaitkopeta Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0022_09224_0001.jpg?itok=QWsrqff5)
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the former Kiowa prisoner Tsaitkopeta who has been living in Tarrytown, New York with Dr. H. Caruthers wishes to return home to the Kiowa and Comanche Agency. Pratt notes that he is entitled to have the government pay this expense and ends by saying that the only remaining…
![Cook Writes to his Daughter Grace at Carlisle Cook Writes to his Daughter Grace at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0025_10661_0003.jpg?itok=xk4omzZh)
Cook, a member of the Sioux Nation, writes to his daughter Grace at the Carlisle Indian School. He writes that others in the Rosebud Agency are attempting to have their children returned from Carlisle but he does not think they will succeed. If they do though he would like Grace to return although he would also be happy with her staying and…
![Enrollment Status of William Snake and Fred Smith Enrollment Status of William Snake and Fred Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0027_11381_0001.jpg?itok=5z-vRh_y)
Richard Henry Pratt provides an update on the enrollment status of William Snake and Fred Smith. Pratt notes that William Snake and White Rabbit are the same individual. He also writes that the money for the two students would be better served if invested in cattle or another area rather than sent to the students directly.
![Request Telegraph Authority to Return Eight Sick Students Home Request Telegraph Authority to Return Eight Sick Students Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0025_10482_0001.jpg?itok=4Kd2ocYE)
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to return eight students home due to measles and scarlet fever outbreaks. To allow them to travel more comfortably, Pratt requests a response via telegraph allowing him to send them on a through car to Kansas City.
![Notification of Change in Nation Enrollment Status of Three Students Notification of Change in Nation Enrollment Status of Three Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0027_11060_0001.jpg?itok=tenroFz0)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Isaiah Lightner, U.S. Indian Agent at the Santee Agency, regarding the enrollment of William Snake, White Rabbit, and White Mouse as members of the Ponca Nation by Standing Bear. As a result of the enrollment they are entitled to a payment being distributed by the Nation.
Pratt forwarded the…
![Special Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 1881 Special Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 1881](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0025_10659_c0001.jpg?itok=6eeJqqq_)
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $1,610.80 for travel expenses and pay of irregular employees.
![Estimate of Funds, Third Quarter 1881 Estimate of Funds, Third Quarter 1881](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0026_10960_c2021.jpg?itok=P4qmwWrl)
Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1881 amounting to $13,959.81 for areas covering subsistence, pay of employees, clothing, the farm, supplies, contingencies, and special allowance.
![Recommendation for Destruction of Mattresses due to Scarlet Fever Recommendation for Destruction of Mattresses due to Scarlet Fever](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0028_11484_0001.jpg?itok=dFVd9Tcx)
C. H. Hepburn, Carlisle Indian School Physician, informs Richard Henry Pratt that some mattresses should be destroyed due to scarlet fever contamination.
![Black Bear Requests Son Visit Him in Washington D.C. Black Bear Requests Son Visit Him in Washington D.C.](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0030_12475_0002.jpg?itok=PzkFlo-2)
Black Bear writes to Richard Henry Pratt asking for him to write to the Department of Indian Affairs to allow his son Paul Black Bear to visit him during his trip to Washington D.C. Black Bear notes that he has not been allowed permission to visit Carlisle and he was also the first Head Man to allow his son to attend school at Carlisle.
![Blue Teeth Desires to be Included in Sioux Delegation Blue Teeth Desires to be Included in Sioux Delegation](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0033_13723_0001.jpg?itok=9McrGWmW)
Blue Teeth writes to Richard Henry Pratt seeking his help in order to be included in Spotted Tail's delegation. Blue Teeth writes that he would like to go east in order to get a set of false teeth as well as visiting his children at Carlisle.
![Kihega Requests Funds to Visit Carlisle Kihega Requests Funds to Visit Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0032_13254_0001.jpg?itok=r4cX1b6E)
Kihega, a chief of the Iowa Nation, requests funds to allow him, his wife, and an interpreter to visit the Carlisle Indian School to see their children through the U.S. Indian Agent at the Great Nemaha Agency, A. Brosius.
![Proposal for Extended Outings Proposal for Extended Outings](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0032_13129_0001.jpg?itok=Jn8M9lJ6)
Richard Henry Pratt requests that he be allowed to extend the outings of certain students until the winter in order to allow them to attend the country schools located near their patrons.
![Recommendation of Returning Children of Spotted Tail to Carlisle Recommendation of Returning Children of Spotted Tail to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0034_14139_0001.jpg?itok=d7nprmDf)
Richard Henry Pratt recommends the return of Pollock, Max, and Oliver Spotted Tail to Carlisle if an opportunity presents itself rather than having the cost born by their family.
![Sisseton Agency Request to Send Students to Carlisle Sisseton Agency Request to Send Students to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0035_14361_0001.jpg?itok=xoCyuyjX)
Richard Henry Pratt endorsees a request from the Sisseton Agency U.S. Indian Agent that a number of men be allowed to enroll at Carlisle as they offer to pay their own transportation. Pratt notes that despite the school having more than enough male pupils the spirit evident by the willingness to pay their own way should be fostered. Pratt ends…
![Report on Various Dissatisfactions in the Pueblo Agency Report on Various Dissatisfactions in the Pueblo Agency](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0036_14915_0001.jpg?itok=lkJt0DDM)
J. M. Haworth, Inspector, details various events in the Pueblo Agency including opposition to the schooling at the agency. Haworth reports that much of the opposition is a result of the religious nature of the schooling. He also notes that parents who had sent children to Carlisle have yet to visit them despite promises made at the time they…
![Request of Pueblo Indians to Visit Carlisle and Washington Request of Pueblo Indians to Visit Carlisle and Washington](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0036_14820_0001.jpg?itok=PXVYRwqB)
Benjamin M. Thomas, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pueblo Indian Agency, requests on behalf of the Pueblo Nation to take a delegation of eight individuals to visit their children at Carlisle and also to visit Washington D.C. Thomas also requests authority to bring two students to replace a Pueblo student who died at Carlisle and one who was returned…
![Inquiry into Number of Visitors to Expect at Carlisle Inquiry into Number of Visitors to Expect at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0036_14868_0003.jpg?itok=CTjrschA)
Richard Henry Pratt inquires into the number of visitors to expect from the delegation currently in Washington D.C. He also suggests that the delegation along with their children take a picnic to Luray Caverns in Virginia.
![Request to Send Gilbert and Norman Home Request to Send Gilbert and Norman Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0037_15481_0001.jpg?itok=xkm72QxJ)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the expenses of returning to their homes Gilbert and Norman due to their poor health.
![Requests Authority to Send James Home Requests Authority to Send James Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0037_15532_0001.jpg?itok=5NJx5Nrz)
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to send James, a member of the Sioux Nation, back to his home.
![Attention Called to the Account of Dr. Faulkner Attention Called to the Account of Dr. Faulkner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0038_15702_0001.jpg?itok=jbtuHPc2)
Richard Henry Pratt, brings to attention the account of Carlisle School physician Dr. W. H. Faulkner who was advanced two hundred dollars to accompany two sick students to their homes. According to Pratt this transaction was approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs but the official transaction has not yet received official departmental…