Ekarden, Basil

Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Basil Ekarden, a member of the Apache Nation.

Student information card of Basil Ekarden (E-kard-en), a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886 and died on March 20, 1888 while attending the school. He was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

Student information card of Basil Ekarden, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886 and died on March 20, 1888. Ekarden was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

In school documentation Basil Ekarden is also known as E-kar-den.

The handwritten note reads: Chiricahua Apaches as they arrived at Carlisle from Fort Marion, Florida, November 4th, 1886.

Humphrey Eseharzay, Samson Noran, Hugh Chee, Bishop Eatennah, Basil Ekarden, Ernest Hogee, Clement Seanilzay, [Beatrice?] Kiahtel, Janette Pahgastatum, Margaret Y. Nadasthilah, Kredk […

Studio portrait of eight male students and three female students, all wearing school uniforms. 

These have been identified as the Chiricahua Apache students who arrived at Carlisle from Fort Marion, Florida, November 4th, 1886, taken at an unknown later date.

A researcher has identified them as: back row, left to right, …

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…