Excerpt from Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1881

An excerpt from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year ending 1881, containing the second annual report of the Carlisle Indian School. The lengthy report includes discussions of curriculum, student recruitment, the school's campus, the success of the sending students on outings, a report of the school's first Annual Examination, and the donation of funds to cover school expenses. Included in the report are correspondence regarding the behavior of former prisoners of war from St. Augustine who have returned home, as well as the school's participation in the local county fair.