Date
October 7, 1879
Telegram from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt to the Agent of Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency John D. Miles which tells Miles that he has permission to recruit 25 young people to be sent to Carlisle.
Hayt orders Miles to have a physician certify these young people's health then send them to Winfield, Kansas to meet Pratt on October 15.
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Repository
National Archives and Records Administration
Location
RG 75, Entry 96, volume 27a, page 61
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