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…
Sisseton Agency
![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)
November 13, 1879
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![Full Report on Pratt's Trip to Recruit Students from Sisseton, Green Bay, and Lapointe Agencies Full Report on Pratt's Trip to Recruit Students from Sisseton, Green Bay, and Lapointe Agencies](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_m234_r486_0096.jpg?itok=FoX3feyN)
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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Letters/Correspondence
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