First group of female students [version 1], 1879


Group portrait of the first female students, taken on the morning after their arrival on October 6, 1879. Matron Sarah Mather is standing at left and interpreter Charles Tackett is standing at right. 

This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).

The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center also has a print of this image.

Nation
Time Period
Location
CCHS PA-CH2-012a
Photographer
John N. Choate, Carlisle, PA