North, Theodore

Student information card of Theodore North, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on February 3, 1881 and departed on July 8, 1889.

In school documentation Theodore North is also known as Hair and Theodore.

The first page opened with a notice that there were no Indian Helper newspapers published for December 28 and January 3rd. A notice followed: “A Novel Christmas Present: Our Superintendent Made with his own Hands a tin Cup for Each Employee.” Next was a poem, by “E.G.“dated Dec. 25, ’89 titled “The School Poet Again Stirred” about…

Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth and Theodore North, both wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth and three unidentified male students, all in school uniforms. Woolworth is standing at the left in the back row. Based on other photographs, Theodore North may be the student sitting in the right of the front row.

There is an almost undecipherable handwritten caption along the side of the image, which…

Studio portrait of two male students, one in school uniform. 

Note: Based on other images and the handwritten caption, that the student on the left is Theodore North. The student on the right is currently unidentified.

Studio portrait of Theodore North. 

The handwritten caption contains the date December 1888.

Studio portrait of Paul Boynton (seated at left), Casper Edson (standing in center), and Theodore North (seated at right).

John D. Miles, Agent for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, tells Richard Henry Pratt that his agency gave students cattle to take care of over vacation. As students did not know about the money and effort involved in caring for the animals, Miles relays a suggestion from John Holmes Seger (from the Arapaho school) that male students sell their…