Student information card of Jaah Seger, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on February 3, 1881 and departed on September 18, 1883.
In school documentation Jaah Seger is also known as Ja-ah and Metal.
Student information card of Jaah Seger, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on February 3, 1881 and departed on September 18, 1883.
In school documentation Jaah Seger is also known as Ja-ah and Metal.
The first page had two articles on it. The first was by Johnson Lane about George Washington. The second was about various lost people and animals that the writer had met. Page two opens with Charles Kihega (Iowa) describing his tribe before and after coming under control of the agency. Another article talked about the Northern Arapahoe chief…
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…
A series of fifteen letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.
Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.