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…
Reports
![Report on First Three Parties of Students Brought to the Carlisle Indian School Report on First Three Parties of Students Brought to the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_79_b571_1879_P1182_0006.jpg?itok=F-IrEbtm)
![Monthly School Report for January 1880 Monthly School Report for January 1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_79_b574_1880_P0186_0003.jpg?itok=Zel_5I7f)
Two duplicate copies of the monthly school report for January 1880, submitted by the Carlisle Indian Training School to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The report includes a list of employees, a count of students by Nation/Tribe, descriptions of the educational program, and Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt's remarks about developments and…
![Description of the Grounds, Buildings, Industries and Aims of the Carlisle Indian Training School Description of the Grounds, Buildings, Industries and Aims of the Carlisle Indian Training School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_79_b574_1880_P0269_0007.jpg?itok=XAWue6sh)
Richard Henry Pratt reports on the buildings, grounds, industrial curriculum, and overall aims of the Carlisle Indian Training School. The report includes descriptions of building sizes and purposes, industrial capabilities, and the efforts then underway to establish Congressional approval for the school's continuation. Also included are…
![Copy of Descriptive Statement of Pupils from the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, 1880 Copy of Descriptive Statement of Pupils from the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, 1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0142_11339_0002_0.jpg?itok=4AXe0n3A)
Richard Henry Pratt provides a copy of the Description of Party brought to the Carlisle Indian School by A. J. Standing on April 1, 1880.
![Sanitary Inspection, April 1880 Sanitary Inspection, April 1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_m234_r485_0085.jpg?itok=YL23LU-Y)
George Kellogg of the Medical Division of the Bureau of Indian Affairs provides a sanitary report on the buildings, appliances, and children at the Carlisle Indian School. He recommends replacing some old brick drains with terra cotta pipes. He finds the buildings to be of a satisfactory condition, particularly commending the hospital - though…
![Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Tullahassee Mission, 1881 Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Tullahassee Mission, 1881](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0004_01376_c0004.jpg?itok=mF04kQSD)
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 25 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Tullahassee Mission in Muscogee Indian Territory.
![Report on the Teaching Methods Employed at Carlisle Report on the Teaching Methods Employed at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0060_01725_0004.jpg?itok=7ZRwgzRc)
C. M. Semple, the Principal of the Education Department at the Carlisle Indian School provides a report on the teaching methods, educational foundations, and principles guiding the teachers at Carlisle.
![Third Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School Third Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0099_18027_c3500.jpg?itok=T5qy_nUi)
Third annual report of the Carlisle Indian School providing statistics of the number of students from various nations during the school year. Pratt notes that the outing system has been highly successful and comments on the progress of the first group of students from the Sioux Nation along with other groups of students from the Cheyenne,…
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, September 1882 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, September 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0099_18193_c3602.jpg?itok=GFqNeUck)
Thomas Stewart Jr., school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for September 1882.
![Monthly School Report for September 1882 Monthly School Report for September 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0099_18192_c3587_combined.jpg?itok=itT1BHnd)
Richard Henry Pratt submits this Monthly School Report for September 1882.
![Report of Irregular Employees, September 1882 Report of Irregular Employees, September 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0099_18160_c3548.jpg?itok=-Pl4HzoX)
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during September 1882. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Monthly School Report for October 1882 Monthly School Report for October 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0109_21229_0001.jpg?itok=zTntZX-Z)
Richard H. Pratt submits this Monthly School Report for October 1882.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, October 1882 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, October 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0109_21228_c2166.jpg?itok=cuxftFfH)
Thomas Stewarts Jr, school physician compiles the monthly sanitary report for October 1882.
![Report of Irregular Employees, October 1882 Report of Irregular Employees, October 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0108_20709_0001.jpg?itok=N7YUbvdi)
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during October 1882. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Monthly School Report for November 1882 Monthly School Report for November 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0112_22155_0003.jpg?itok=KFK68g--)
Richard Henry Pratt submits this Monthly School Report for November 1882, which includes a list of text books used for the academic education, industrial trades taught, information on the arrival of students from Pine Ridge and Rosebud Agencies, and enrollment by nation.
![Report of Irregular Employees, November 1882 Report of Irregular Employees, November 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0112_22012_c2046.jpg?itok=zeFiO3M_)
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during November 1882. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, November 1882 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, November 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0112_22156_c2068.jpg?itok=CPHlQcow)
O. G. Given, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for November 1882.
![Report on the Northern Arapaho Students from Wyoming Report on the Northern Arapaho Students from Wyoming](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0123_02707_0006.jpg?itok=E6rjecj6)
Carlisle School physician O. G. Given provides a report on the health of some of the remaining Northern Arapaho students at Carlisle and recommends returning four boys to their homes. Richard Henry Pratt endorses this recommendation and asks for authority to cover the expense for returning the students to their homes.
![Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Crow Agency, February 1883 Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Crow Agency, February 1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0126_04082_c2084_combined.jpg?itok=aetC9EE1)
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 8 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Crow Agency in Montana. The Descriptive Statement indicates that two female children initially intended for transfer refused to go with the rest of the group.
![Estimate of Supplies, Regular Employee Pay, and Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1883 Estimate of Supplies, Regular Employee Pay, and Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0155_17575_0001.jpg?itok=FIq6UJIq)
Richard H. Pratt requests funds for regular employee pay, and he encloses an estimate of supplies amounting to $1,050. He also sends an estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1883 amounting to $10,295.00 for support of the school.
![Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Crow Agency, November 1883 Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Crow Agency, November 1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0164_21545_0004_combined.jpg?itok=HAE8vrAq)
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 11 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Crow Agency in Montana.
![Estimate of Funds, Regular Employee Pay, and Estimate of Supplies, First Quarter 1884 Estimate of Funds, Regular Employee Pay, and Estimate of Supplies, First Quarter 1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0166_22537_0002.jpg?itok=kgb1DSlg)
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1884 amounting to $14,401.00 for support of the school and estimate of supplies ammounting to $1,196. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $5,510.00 for regular employee pay.
![Descriptive Statement of Pupils Transferred to Lincoln Institute, 1884 Descriptive Statement of Pupils Transferred to Lincoln Institute, 1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0170_00469_c2241_combined.jpg?itok=l8FzM8v3)
These materials include a cover letter and Descriptive Statements of Pupils regarding 27 children transferred to the Lincoln Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from the Carlisle Indian School. Those children, from a variety of Nations, had previously been sent to Carlisle.
![Forwards Board of Survey Proceedings Convened in February 1884 Forwards Board of Survey Proceedings Convened in February 1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0179_04582_c2316.jpg?itok=nuJjuKa9)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the proceedings of a Board of Survey convened on February 29, 1884 to dispose of worn out and otherwise unserviceable property and drop them from his property returns.
![Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Pine Ridge Agency, 1885 Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Pine Ridge Agency, 1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0262_21274_c2463_combined.jpg?itok=x1bbIgny)
These materials include a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 13 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency.