Letter Discussing Increasing Number of Young People Sent from the Pine Ridge Reservation

Date
October 9, 1879

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt informs Indian Agent V. T. McGillycuddy that there is no need to send more young people from the Pine Ridge Agency to the Carlisle Indian School. Hayt states that the quota from other agencies has been increased to meet the original estimate of students.

 

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External Groups & Institutions
Repository
National Archives and Records Administration
Location
RG75, Entry 96, Medical and Educational, Volume 6A, page 209
Hand-written letter on onion-skin paper