Student file of Suffye Hill, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 22, 1888, and departed on July 29, 1890. The file contains a student information card, and a report after leaving indicating she was living in Wittenberg, Missouri, in 1912.
In school documentation Suffye Hill is also known as Suffie Hill and…
Student information card of Suffye Hill, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 22, 1888 and departed July 29, 1890.
Note: While this card says Suffye Hill married Adam Metoxen, other documentation indicates she married Herbert Pope. We believe that the person who created this student confused Suffye Hill and…
Richard Henry Pratt provides an account of transferring students from the Martinsburg Indian School to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he and P. H. Bridenbaugh told the group of students of the benefit of staying in the East and continuing their education but that it was up to them if they wanted to stay. After a discussion in…
Alfred John Standing responds to the Office of Indian School regarding a letter from Cornelius Hill. Standing indicates the three students mentioned were transferred from the Martinsburg Indian School. Two of the students are on the outing program and the oldest is in the fourth grade. Due to their age, Standing recommends that they remain at…