L. D. Davis, the Superintendent of the Pawnee Boarding School, writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding sending additional boys to the Carlisle Indian School. Davis includes a number of written requests from students asking to attend the Carlisle Indian School.
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May 28 - June 4, 1883
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June 1, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to return Fanny Morning and Kaha Kuh to their homes as a precautionary measure due to their health.
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June 2, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt notes that while he does not think it in the best of interest of the students he will comply with the wishes of the parents of the Pueblo students and return them to their homes. He believes it should be done as soon as possible in case they want to return for the Fall in order to allow them more time to visit.
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June 4, 1883
Lewellyn E. Woodin, U.S. Indian Agent for the Ponca, Pawnee, and Otoe Agency, requests that Luke Phillips a student at the Carlisle Indian be sent home immediately to serve as an interpreter for the agency.
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June 4, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to return students whose terms of enrollment have expired to their homes.
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June 5, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Indian Affairs Office that he has received word regarding a wagon the school is selling to Big Horse. Big Horse asks if the government will pay for the transportation of the wagon which Pratt recommends. Pratt also notes that Wolf Face has asking for a wagon and was notified that Big Horse was paying for his.…
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June 6, 1883
Richard Pratt requests to omit 10 reams of notepaper and 10 reams of foolscap paper because a Massachusetts papermaker sent him 400 pounds of writing paper as a gift.
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June 6, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt writes in regards to an inquiry from the U.S. Indian Agent of the Colorado River Agency to sending students to Carlisle. Pratt notes that Samuel C. Armstrong of the Hampton Institute is going to be visiting agencies in Arizona and recommends that the students from the agency instead be sent to Hampton via Armstrong's return…
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June 9, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $1,579.29 to purchase fresh beef.
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June 11, 1883
The U.S. Indian Agent at the Arapaho Agency requests the return of the body of Adam McCarty, a member of the Modoc Nation, who is a student at the Carlisle Indian School. The Agent notes that McCarty is dying and the Modoc Nation is greatly distressed.
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June 14, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority for allowing Joshua Given to serve as an interpreter for three chiefs Kiowa Agency while they visit Washington D.C.
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June 19, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $80, to cover the expense of the Spring Wagon shipped to Captian Saukadota and to purchase fresh beef.
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June 21, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt replies to a letter received from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding small girls to be sent to the Lincoln Institute in Philadelphia. Pratt notes that he would be willing to send a number of young girls at Carlisle to be sent to the Lincoln Institute along with young boys if it does not impact his budget.
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June 25 - July 3, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from C. L. Hall regarding the appointment of the Superintendent of the Fort Stevenson Indian School. Pratt notes that he agrees with Hall that the Superintendent should be subject to the whims of the Agent.
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July 5-22, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from former student William B. Peery regarding the state of the Peoria Agency. Peery states that the Indian Department is withholding money meant to educate students as well as preventing students from being sent out to school. In addition the Agent is preventing an agreement that if a member of the Nation…
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July 9, 1883
Charles E. Monteith, U.S. Indian Agent for the Nez Perce agency, requests authority to purchase a new wagon due to the unsafe and unfit wagon the agency recently received from the Carlisle Indian School. Monteith provides details of how the wagon is unfit and criticizes the foreman in charge at Carlisle.
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July 9, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his earlier letter emphasizing his request to return Manuelito Chou as soon as possible due to his poor health.
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July 9, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return and pay expenses for Manuelito Chou, Francisco, Eva Rufina, and Edward Myers to be returned to their homes due to their health. In addition, Pratt requests authority to return John Bull to be returned to his home due to the expiration of his term.
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July 10, 1883
Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1883 amounting to $19.116.40 for support of the school and transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds for regular employee pay.
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July 13, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt reports on the death of Taylor Ealy, a member of the Pueblo Nation, while vacationing with Dr. T. F. Ealy in Schellsburg, Pennsylvania. Pratt notes that he instructed Dr. Ealy to have Taylor Ealy be buried in Schellsburg and to forward the bill to Carlisle.
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July 13, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from John Harris, the U.S. Indian Agent for the Lemhi Agency, in regards to sending a delegation of students from the Agency to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt also comments on the current number of students currently enrolled at Carlisle and the ability of the school to take additional pupils. Pratt…
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July 15, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to visit students on outing in order to determine how students are doing and whether they should be able to remain during the winter in order to attend local public schools. Pratt also requests authority to pay for the transportation expenses of certain students on outing to return to the school. …
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July 25, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority for his actions in returning the Mary Ealy, the last member of the Pueblo (Zuni) Nation at Carlisle, with the party of ill Navajo students being led home by Dr. Lippincott.
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July 28 - August 6, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt inquires from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs what action to pursue as he has not heard from the Secretary of the Interior regarding a proposed course of action to use Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania as a school for training Native women in a manner similar to the Carlisle Indian School.
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August 10-17, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Julia E. Remington, a missionary at the Church of the Good Shepherd, to enroll Moses Cole, Martin Hill, and Stephen Webster at the Carlisle Indian School.
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