Letter Authorizing Recruitment of Young People at Great Nemaha Agency

Letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt to Indian Agent M. B. Kent at the Great Nemaha Agency that authorized the selection of "6 or 7 promising children" to undergo health screenings and to be brought by Agent Kent to the Carlisle Indian School. Hayt stated that some recruits should be from the Sac & Fox Tribe and the Iowa Tribe as "they are especially in need of just such a stimulus to their interest in the education of their children." Hayt mentions that Kent should ensure he is not absent from the reservation during the spring farming season.