La Pointe Agency

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Request to Recruit Students from the SisseRequest to Recruit Students from the Sisseton, Green Bay, and La Pointe Agencieston, Green Bay, and Lapointe Agencies
October 8, 1880

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to travel to the Sisseton, Green Bay, and La Pointe agencies in order to recruit 25 new students. As he would like more than half to be girls, he also requests to bring a female assistant on the trip.

Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed…

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Pratt to be Absent From the School for Recruiting
October 14, 1880

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he will be absent from the school from October 14 to November 6, 1880 to recruit students from the Sisseton, Green Bay, and La Pointe agencies. While absent, Alfred John Standing will serve as Acting Superintendent.

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Full Report on Pratt's Trip to Recruit Students from Sisseton, Green Bay, and La Pointe Agencies
November 9, 1880

Richard Henry Pratt provides a report on his trip to Wisconsin and Dakota to recruit new students. Pratt notes that he first went to the Green Bay Agency and secured five students, but the enthusiasm among the parents was so strong that he could have easily recruited 25. Second, he visited the La Pointe Agency and instructed Green Bay Agent…

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Guidance Sought for Escort for Henry and Frank Blatchford
January 3, 1887

J. T. Gregory, U.S. Indian Agent for the La Pointe Agency, seeks guidance from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the transfer of Henry and Frank (here Francis) Blatchford from Odanah, Wisconsin to the Carlisle Indian School. The students' grandfather, Henry Blatchford, had written Gregory regarding an escort for his grandsons to which…

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T. S. Ansley Writes that Students from La Pointe Agency Appear to be Doing Well
June 21, 1892

T. S. Ansley writes to Thomas J. Morgan that he has arrived at the La Pointe Agency and that a number of Carlisle students are from that agency. As the students seem contented and doing well, and writing home in ways to induce others to attend Carlisle. 

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Transfer of Lydia Kaup Under Consideration
January 17, 1906

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has taken the transfer of Lydia E. Kaup from the La Pointe Agency to Carlisle under consideration.

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