Telegram from Richard Henry Pratt, at the Yankton Agency, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs informing him that 47 boys and 17 girls from Rosebud as well as 12 boys and 6 girls from Pine Ridge have been recruited. Pratt notes that he will proceed on to Carlisle. The note suggests that Pratt was due to rendezvous with "C" (probably agent…
Pine Ridge Agency
![Update on Recruitment from Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agencies Update on Recruitment from Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agencies](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_79_b571_1879_P0986_0002.jpg?itok=Rg1XK9pr)
![Letter Discussing Increasing Number of Young People Sent from the Pine Ridge Reservation Hand-written letter on onion-skin paper](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_0096_MEED__006a_p209.jpg?itok=o_-HA6ft)
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.
![Letter Discussing Recruitment at Pine Ridge Agency and in Winfield, OK Hand-written letter on onion-skin paper](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_0096_MEED__006a_p206.jpg?itok=x0S98rzz)
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt's letter to Richard Henry Pratt communicating that it is unnecessary to recruit more children from the Pine Ridge Agency to attend the Carlisle Indian School. Hayt says that he does not think it best to take more young people from their home at present time. Hayt also lets Pratt know that he…
![Report on First Three Parties of Students Brought to the Carlisle Indian School Report on First Three Parties of Students Brought to the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_79_b571_1879_P1182_0006.jpg?itok=F-IrEbtm)
Captain Richard Henry Pratt writes to Ezra H. Hayt, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, regarding the first groups of Sioux, Menominee Ponca, Pawnee, Kiowa, Comanche, Wichita, Seminole, Cheyenne, and Arapaho children and young adults brought to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt offers a detailed description of the journey, and then lists each…
![Death of Gertrude Spotted Tail Death of Gertrude Spotted Tail](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0153_16425_0001.jpg?itok=K6VFOFWP)
Richard Henry Pratt reports on the death of Gertrude Spotted Tail while living in Andalusia, Pennsylvania with a Carlisle Indian School teacher during the summer. Pratt also notes the health and death differences between the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agency students.
Pratt concludes with a request for authority to pay for the expense of…
![Carlisle Student Recruitment in the Fall of 1883 Carlisle Student Recruitment in the Fall of 1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0158_18716_0001.jpg?itok=nzL5AUop)
Richard Henry Pratt provides an update to the Secretary of the Interior on his recruitment of students for the Carlisle Indian School in the fall of 1883. Pratt notes that he can acquire some students from the Ponca and Nez Perce Agency, the Kiowa Agency, and the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agencies. He also provides an update on the Pawnee Agency…
![Opposition of Local Priest to Government Schools Recruiting Students Opposition of Local Priest to Government Schools Recruiting Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0209_18875_0004.jpg?itok=J6wcrpcR)
Marianna Burgess sends a report to Richard Henry Pratt regarding a recruiting trip at the Menominee Agency. Burgess details the difficulties resulting from opposition from the local Catholic Priest. Pratt notes that he has experienced similar opposition at the Rosebud, Pine Ridge, and in a number of the Pueblo Agencies.
![Notice of Upcoming Recruitment Trip to Sioux Agencies Notice of Upcoming Recruitment Trip to Sioux Agencies](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0254_16871_0002.jpg?itok=gznf0yKI)
Notice of intent by Richard Henry Pratt that either he or the Carlisle Indian School physician Obadiah G. Given is set to visit the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agencies to enroll 75 students. Pratt notes that due to students at Rosebud being sent to Genoa and Lincoln, in addition to the opposition to the Catholic Church, they are unlikely to enroll…
![Pratt Reports on State of Indian School Education to Interior Secretary Pratt Reports on State of Indian School Education to Interior Secretary](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0429_29929_0003.jpg?itok=L6OKT0Za)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Secretary of the Interior, with information about two Nez Perce students, Luke Phillips and Samuel Johns, who became ill during their second term of enrollment. Pratt notes that he believes in many cases it is better to retain students at Carlisle then send them home where he…
![Reply to Office Letter Concerning Lizzie Hill Reply to Office Letter Concerning Lizzie Hill](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0496_00338_0002.jpg?itok=Np7cxZBb)
H. D. Gallagher, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency, replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding Lizzie Hill. Gallagher states that Hill was sent to the Carlisle Indian School and that the school is the perfect place for her at the moment.
![Pratt Informs Office of Upcoming Recruiting Trip to Pine Ridge Pratt Informs Office of Upcoming Recruiting Trip to Pine Ridge](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0740_20915_0003_0.jpg?itok=XnM0EJuK)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he is leaving for the Pine Ridge Agency to recruit students for the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt requests that the office inform the agent to forward students from schools and to give assistance.
![Pratt Requests Assistance in Recruiting Pine Ridge Students Pratt Requests Assistance in Recruiting Pine Ridge Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0741_21116_0002.jpg?itok=Z7ZePf9S)
Richard Henry Pratt follows up his telegraph earlier in the day to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding his recruiting trip to the Pine Ridge Agency. Pratt notes that agencies have a tendency to hold back students due to opening up of camp schools. As a result, Pratt asks for a more emphatic request from the office to the agency in…
![Request for Position as Master of Transportation at Pine Ridge Request for Position as Master of Transportation at Pine Ridge](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0791_38823_0002.jpg?itok=qi_wa4QD)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from George Means requesting a position as a Master of Transportation at the Pine Ridge Agency. Pratt in his letter states that while he does not want to interfere with the agent's selection that Means has the ability and integrity for the place.
![Pratt Writes to Recommend Pine Ridge Agent be in Charge of Troops Pratt Writes to Recommend Pine Ridge Agent be in Charge of Troops](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0990_21476_0001.jpg?itok=bOz0nVBo)
Richard Henry Pratt writes to Thomas J. Morgan on behalf of Captain Brown of the Pine Ridge Agency. Brown seeks to enlist and command his own company of Indian soldiers at the agency which Pratt approves of in order to create no disharmony between the Indian agent and an officer in charge of troops.
![Agency Update on Former Students Living at the Pine Ridge Agency Agency Update on Former Students Living at the Pine Ridge Agency](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0811_00345_0004.jpg?itok=VgqBQSXX)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a copy of a letter from George LeRoy Brown, Acting U.S. Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency, to the Office of Indian Affairs. In Brown's letter he provides an update and a character assessment on former Carlisle Indian School students he has met.
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Richard Henry Pratt requests that Jennie Dubray be allowed to take the examination to qualify for a teaching position in the Indian Service.
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Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his request to have Jennie Dubray take the examination for a teaching position in the Indian Service. Pratt notes that Captain Brown of the Pine Ridge Agency desires to have Dubray and her future husband Clarence Three Stars take charge of one of the day schools on the Pine Ridge Agency.
![Pratt Responds to Request to Return Josephine Smith Pratt Responds to Request to Return Josephine Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1100_24835_0001.jpg?itok=0ZILSLVU)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Charles G. Penney, Acting Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency, for the return of Josephine Smith in order to employ her as a teacher.
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Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Thomas Black Bear to W. N. Hailmann requesting that he be reinstated as a school teacher on the Pine Ridge Agency.
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Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs instruct the U.S. Indian Agent at the Pine Ridge Agency assist Nellie Robertson in bringing a party of students from the agency to Carlisle.
![Pratt Responds to Request to Return Alice and Sophia American Horse Pratt Responds to Request to Return Alice and Sophia American Horse](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1546_25726_0001.jpg?itok=uQx2RraK)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request to return Alice and Sophia American Horse.
![Pratt Provides Information and Recommendation for George Means Pratt Provides Information and Recommendation for George Means](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1827_43650_0004.jpg?itok=1eFW9i5m)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from George Means and further provides information and recommendation for him in his application for a position as an assistant clerk in the Pine Ridge Agency.
![Student Recruitment Not Working for Non-Reservation Boarding Schools Student Recruitment Not Working for Non-Reservation Boarding Schools](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1865_62554_0002.jpg?itok=EdNBEP5N)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the current system of student recruitment for non-reservation boarding schools is not working. Pratt forwards two letters detailing the difficulties of his employees in gathering parties of students as well as the reluctance of reservation superintendents to forward students to…
![Pratt Requests Office Wire Sanction to Allow Former Students to Travel to Commencement Pratt Requests Office Wire Sanction to Allow Former Students to Travel to Commencement](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2227_06508_0001.jpg?itok=4LDNKeLY)
Richard Henry Pratt requests Commissioner W. A. Jones wire the Pine Ridge agent his sanction for former Carlisle students to be made available to travel to Carlisle for commencement exercises if able.
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William A. Mercer provides the names of Hawley Pierce, Edwin Smith, and Jacob Horne for the position of assistant engineer at the Pine Ridge Agency.