Telegram Regarding Party of Young People from Indian Territory

Date
October 13, 1879

Telegram from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt to Richard Henry Pratt which informs Pratt that sixty people are expected to come to Carlisle from Indian Territory. 

Hayt asks if Pratt will be able to meet this party on October 15th (in Winfield) or if Alfred J. Standing should be telegraphed instead. He promises that he will telegraph the party's tickets the next day. 

 

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Repository
National Archives and Records Administration
Location
RG 75, Entry 96, volume 27a, page 111
Hand-written transcription of telegram on standardized form from the Office of Indian Affairs