Richard Henry Pratt forwards copy of letter outlining requirements for enrollment to the Santee Agency. Pratt notes that he has funds remaining in his transportation funds to cover the costs.
Pratt, Richard Henry
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![Corrected Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, 1889 Corrected Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b565_30963_c0367_combined.jpg?itok=VmNJynU-)
These materials include a cover letter and descriptive statements of students regarding 12 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency.
One of the descriptive statements is a copy of the original received from the Indian Agent, and the other is a version corrected by the physician at the…
![Inquiry into Appointment of Superintendent of the Grand Junction School Inquiry into Appointment of Superintendent of the Grand Junction School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0571_33294_0002.jpg?itok=Vm9bjpJc)
Richard Henry Pratt inquires if Captain J. E. Quentin is being appointed as Superintendent of the Grand Junction school. Pratt also notes that the Chilocco appointment will be one of the best.
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Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that Alfred John Standing is declining the position at Grand Junction.
![Update on Students Being Brought to Carlisle for 1889-1890 School Year Update on Students Being Brought to Carlisle for 1889-1890 School Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0568_31828_0002.jpg?itok=jCQoB1yd)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he is bringing a party of ten girls from the Cheyenne Agency and a small party from Michigan. He further states that he has not heard from U.S. Indian Agent Charles Hill about a party of students from Flandreau. As a result he asks for an additional $2,000 in travel appropriations.…
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Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter noting that has received no communication from U.S. Indian Agent Charles Hill regarding students from the Flandreau Agency.
![Report of Irregular Employees, October 1889 Report of Irregular Employees, October 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0570_32899_c0396.jpg?itok=Mpv63Hqs)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in October 1889. Pratt distinguishes between the employees, whose names appear on the first page, and the "Indian Apprentices" listed on the subsequent pages of…
![Forwards Board of Survey Proceedings Convened in December 1889 Forwards Board of Survey Proceedings Convened in December 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0575_34851_0004_combined.jpg?itok=trov2pYo)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a Board of Survey to the Office of Indian Affairs convened on December 3, 1889 to dispose of broken or otherwise unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School.
Also included is T. J. Morgan's authorization to convene the Board of Survey.
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Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding statements made by a public official on returned students from the Carlisle Indian School and others. Pratt also includes a letter from T. W. Potter, former Issue Clerk at the Cantonment Agency, on the same issue. The issue concerned former students in polygamous…
![Pratt Follows Up on Request for Transportation Authority Pratt Follows Up on Request for Transportation Authority](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0575_34931_0002_0.jpg?itok=OdkbgUC2)
Richard Henry Pratt follows up his request from November 16, 1889 asking for authority to cover transportation as he needs it.
![Report of Irregular Employees, November 1889 Report of Irregular Employees, November 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0576_35291_c3900.jpg?itok=LTfCTeo6)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during November 1889. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Request to Board Sioux Delegation During Visit to Washington D.C. Request to Board Sioux Delegation During Visit to Washington D.C.](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0578_35736_0003.jpg?itok=MUvkq1hW)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Louise M. Beveridge requesting Pratt to have the Office of Indian Affairs board the Sioux Delegation with her.
Pratt in forwarding the letter notes that he quartered a part of the Sioux Delegation with her previously and that her entertainment was cheap and satisfactory.
![Estimate of Supplies, December 1889 Estimate of Supplies, December 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0580_36500_c0077.jpg?itok=B6MF6g3l)
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the third quarter of fiscal year 1890 amounting to $495.65 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost, and how the item will be used at the school.
![Pratt Returns Letter from Henry Kendall Requesting Transfer of Nephew Pratt Returns Letter from Henry Kendall Requesting Transfer of Nephew](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0580_36689_0002.jpg?itok=LeSPSvlX)
Richard Henry Pratt returns to the Office of Indian Affairs a letter from Henry Kendall requesting to have his nephew transferred from the Albuquerque Indian School to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that after talking further with Kendall that he has decided to let the matter rest until this summer when a party may come from that…
![Pratt Informs Office of the Death of Principal Clerk Pratt Informs Office of the Death of Principal Clerk](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0581_37131_0003.jpg?itok=fTRKXgWr)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Samuel H. Gould, Principal Clerk of the Carlisle Indian School for the last ten years, died suddenly earlier in the day.
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Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request from George E. Gerowe, Superintendent of the Fort Stevenson Indian School, to enroll six students at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he has little transportation funds left but would be willing to bring the students to Carlisle as long as two…
![Recruiting Students from the Crow and Piegan Agencies and Outing Pupils Recruiting Students from the Crow and Piegan Agencies and Outing Pupils](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0582_37430_0002.jpg?itok=xt33pd-d)
Richard Henry Pratt details how various incoming student parties have diminished and he is therefore able to receive additional students from the Crow Agency in Montana as well as the Piegan Agency. Pratt notes that if the Crow and Piegan funds could be used to transport students then they could take as many students as possible.
Pratt…
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Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter noting Office approval of Jennie Dubray, Rosa Bourassa, Nellie Robertson, and Lydia Flint as cadet sergeants. Pratt writes that he requested to have the students listed be approved as pupil teachers and not as cadet sergeants.
![Enrollment Figures for January 1890 and Previous Quarter Enrollment Figures for January 1890 and Previous Quarter](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0583_00110_0003.jpg?itok=8_cecHDw)
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with the attendance figures for the Carlisle Indian School in January 1890 and for the last quarter.
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Richard Henry Pratt responds to the visiting Sioux delegation claims of thirty to seventy per cent death rate of returned students dying within four years. Pratt writes that Carlisle has returned 101 students to the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Agencies and 82 are living today.
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Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he understands the opposition of the visiting Sioux delegation to Eastern Schools. Pratt notes that when they come to the East they could see that assertions are incorrect.
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Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that it would be best to allow the Sioux Delegation to visit the Carlisle Indian School.
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Richard Henry Pratt replies to the Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request by Dr. A. B. McCandless to enter the Indian Service.
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Richard Henry Pratt asks the Office of Indian Affairs how many individuals are in the new Sioux delegation.
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Richard Henry Pratt requests from the Office of Indian Affairs information on if and when to expect the Sioux delegation at the Carlisle Indian School.