Letter Authorizing Recruitment of (Apache) Mescalero Students

Date
January 2, 1880

Instructions from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt sent to Indian Agent S. A. Russell at the Mescalaro Agency to pursue gathering "six to ten boys" from the (Apache) Mescalero Tribe to send to the Carlisle Indian School or Hampton, "provided you can obtain the consent of the parents." Hayt instructed Russell to focus on selecting children from "the leading families in the tribe, especially the chiefs" so as to guarantee "their loyalty and goodwill to the Govt and white people." 

 

Time Period
Year
External Groups & Institutions
Repository
National Archives and Records Administration
Location
RG75, Entry 96, Medical and Educational, Volume 6A, page 342
Hand-written letter on onion-skin paper