Blue Horse, Baldwin

Student file of Baldwin Blue Horse, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and ultimately departed on July 6, 1885. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and re-entered. The file contains student information cards and a report after leaving indicating that Blue Horse was working as a…

Student information card of Baldwin Blue Horse (Takes his Own), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and departed on July 6, 1885.

Note: Baldwin Blue Horse is probably the father of student Joseph Blue Horse.

Student information card of Joseph Blue Horse, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1916 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates Blue Horse was transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Note: Blue Horse is probably the son of former…

Student information cards of Joseph Blue Horse, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1916 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates that Blue Horse transferred to the Haskell Indian School upon departing from Carlisle.

Note: Blue Horse is probably the son of former student Baldwin Blue Horse.…

Portrait of Andrew (His Shield), Paul Black Bear (Makes Himself Run), and Baldwin Blue Horse (Takes His Own) posed on the bandstand on the school grounds. One student is wearing a school uniform; the other two are in non-native dress. 

Portrait of Andrew (His Shield), Paul Black Bear (Makes Himself Run), and Baldwin Blue Horse (Takes His Own) posed on the bandstand on the school grounds. One student is wearing a school uniform; the other two are in in non-native clothing. 

Descriptive Statement of young people recruited for the Carlisle Indian School from Pine Ridge Agency, as prepared by the acting Indian Agent for Pine Ridge J. W. Alder. Of the 27 names on this list, only 18 ultimately traveled to Carlisle, the parents perhaps having changed their minds about sending their children. The names of the other 9 do…

Blue Horse writes to Richard Henry Pratt regarding his son who is studying at the school, stating that his son can be sent home when he is skillful enough to carry out the trade he is learning. He also inquires about getting a one horse buggy.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a statement from the Second Auditor of the Treasury in settlement of his accounts from the fourth quarter of 1884 to and including the fourth quarter of 1885. Pratt goes through a list of transportation costs that were disallowed due to a portion of the road being subsidized by bond.

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.