Wind, Modoc

Student file of Modoc Wind (He has no wind), a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on February 2, 1884, and departed on July 8, 1889.  The student file containsa student information card, a returned student survey, a former student survey postcard, correspondence, and a report after leaving that indicates that he moved…

Student information card of Modoc (here Madoc) Wind, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on February 2, 1884 and departed on July 8, 1889 The file indicates Wind was living in Roy, Arizona in 1913 and Globe, Arizona in 1914.

The first page opened with a poem titled "Found in the Path," followed by an article called "Are You His Equal?" that described an incident in which the Man-on-the-Band-Stand criticized a Carlisle student's letter home because it complained about having to work with a man with darker skin. There were a few more small news items on the page.…

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…

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 15).

Studio portrait of Jonas Place, Justin Shedee, and Modoc Wind.

Studio portrait of Modoc Wind and Jonas Place. 

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption contains the date October 1888.

Richard Henry Pratt provides a response to the report of Inspector Junkin regarding former Carlisle students at the San Carlos Agency.