Ditoen, Elmer

Student information card of Elmer Ditoen, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886 and departed on August 10, 1892. The file indicates Ditoen enlisted in the army upon departing from Carlisle.

In school documentation Elmer Ditoen is also known as Dit-o-en.

Student information card of Elmer Ditoen, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886 and departed on August 10, 1892. The file indicates Ditoen joined the army upon leaving Carlisle.

The first page opens with a poem titled "A Happy New Year to You," followed by a poem called "Santa Claus at Home," about his return to the North Pole. The next article, "The Cold Water Man," is about the dangers of drinking beer, reprinted from Maryland Bulletin. Also on the page is a piece titled "Mr. Causes-the-Wind, a Dakota says:" that…

These materials include a cover letter and Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 37 Chiricahua Apache prisoners-of-war transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida, where a larger group of Geronimo's band remained imprisoned. The 37 individuals transferred to Carlisle represented a portion of all…