Student file of Beatrice Morton, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886, and departed on November 4, 1895. The file contains student information cards and a report after leaving indicating Morton was a housewife living in Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 1910.
In school documentation Beatrice Morton is also known…
Student information card of Beatrice Morton (Ki-ah-tel), a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886 and departed on November 4, 1895.
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 […
![Eleven Chiricahua Apaches Students [version 1], c.1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/NAA_74352.jpg?itok=YkTux-gI "Eleven Chiricahua Apaches Students [version 1], c.1887")
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, …
Studio portrait of Jason Betzinez (seated right), Caleb Kechjolay (seated left), Beatrice Morton (standing right), and Maggie Iahanetha (standing left), all wearing school uniforms.
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…
Correspondence regarding a request from Apache prisoners of war for the return of their children from the Carlisle Indian School. Included in the correspondence are various recommendations for the students as well as Richard Henry Pratt's philosophy in educating the Apache students and his views on interpreters.
Richard Henry Pratt provides Daniel M. Browning of the decisions of the Apache students at the Carlisle Indian School relative to returning to their homes or staying at Carlisle.