George King requests the return of his daughter Louise King from the Carlisle Indian School due to her mother's illness and the length of Louise's term at Carlisle having expired.
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![Request for Return Home of Louise King Request for Return Home of Louise King](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0819_03653_c1897.jpg?itok=nZ4wJzU5)
![Confirmation of Worn Out and Unserviceable Property Report, February 1892 Confirmation of Worn Out and Unserviceable Property Report, February 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0831_8343__0003.jpg?itok=CICnuVZ9)
Special and Disbursing Indian Agent Charles H. Thompson writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding the Board of Survey's report on worn out and unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School. Thompson confirms that the property that was designated to be destroyed has been destroyed, and he pleads his case for mercifully…
![Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, January 1892 Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, January 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0820_04045_c1904.jpg?itok=xoLJU8Jq)
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (T. S. Reighter, W. R. Claudy, Carrie Cory, Catherine Caryl, and Phebe Howell) and those who have left the school (Laura N. Meredith and Maud B. Cummins). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Pratt…
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Injured, January 1892 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Injured, January 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0820_04046_c1921_A.jpg?itok=zNoZgPtj)
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for January 1892.
![Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Louise King Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Louise King](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0821_04462_0001.jpg?itok=6ptZ1oL4)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to George King's request for the return of Louise King that was forwarded to him by the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt refers to his letter from August 18, 1891 on the same request in which he noted that he has nothing to add. As a result if Louise is returned he would be forced to return her two younger sisters…
![Pratt Letter regarding Band at World's Columbian Exposition Pratt Letter regarding Band at World's Columbian Exposition](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0822_04711_0001.jpg?itok=yqsXsm37)
Ricahrd H. Pratt writes to Thomas J. Morgan, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, about plans for having the Carlisle Indian School Band perform in the inaugural parade to open the Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition, planned for October 1892.
![Pratt Requests Transfer Ambrose Guruz Pratt Requests Transfer Ambrose Guruz](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0824_05830_0002.jpg?itok=K9GE4anK)
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to transfer Ambrose Guruz, a member of the Apache Nation, to the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Pratt provides a background of Guruz's time at Carlisle and notes that if the Government is willing to pay his tuition he will likely be able to learn a trade that will enable him to…
![Pratt Informs Morgan of 1892 Commencement Planning Pratt Informs Morgan of 1892 Commencement Planning](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0823_05053_0001.jpg?itok=iXC8jJuq)
Richard Henry Pratt informs Thomas J. Morgan that with despite the three outbreaks of measles he is hopeful to hold graduation ceremonies on February 24, 1892. He has arranged for a train from Washington D.C. to Carlisle and its return and hopes that individuals will be able to stay for a full day.
![Pratt Forwards Claim Inquiry Letter to Office Pratt Forwards Claim Inquiry Letter to Office](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0824_05829_0002.jpg?itok=l5mEO6MZ)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from an Indian Depredation Claim law firm to the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt states that this is the fifth letter of this type he has received for a claim he had in 1869 and that was paid out in the early 1870s. He concludes that if other claims against the government are treated in a similar manner…
![Report of Irregular Employees, January 1892 Report of Irregular Employees, January 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0824_05586_c1971.jpg?itok=BnwYBvew)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during January 1892. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Request to Transfer Three Chilocco Students to Carlisle Request to Transfer Three Chilocco Students to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0824_05834_0002.jpg?itok=WTEvFU-U)
Benjamin S. Coppock, Superintendent of the Chilocco Industrial School, forwards a request to transfer Delos Lone Wolf, Ned Brace, and James Ahatone to the Carlisle Indian School.
![Correspondence Regarding the Children of Edward Gordon Correspondence Regarding the Children of Edward Gordon](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0824_05828_0002.jpg?itok=6GBQxTDc)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the sons of Edward Gordon. Pratt encloses the correspondence between him and Gordon to show that the claims of the Catholic priest, who claimed the family wanted the children returned, were false and that Gordon was willing to keep his children at Carlisle.
![Fort Apache Request for Carlisle Student as a Translator Fort Apache Request for Carlisle Student as a Translator](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0825_06138_0002_0.jpg?itok=-gJNYJY-)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letters regarding an inquiry from Lieutenant W. H. Bean regarding the need for an Apache translator for Fort Apache. Pratt notes that all of the Apache students have noted that while they have forgotten some of their language that they can likely pick it up again quickly. The students…
![Informing Office of Transfer of Student to Huntingdon Reformatory Informing Office of Transfer of Student to Huntingdon Reformatory](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0825_06137_0002.jpg?itok=iR9xfGOz)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has sent a student in consultation with a local judge to the Huntingdon Reformatory.
![Pratt Responds to San Carlos Agency Inquiry Pratt Responds to San Carlos Agency Inquiry](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0825_06139_0002.jpg?itok=VpXN4jdb)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter enclosing a letter from Acting Agent Captain Lewis Johnson regarding students from the San Carlos Agency at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt provides a list of the students who remain at Carlisle and notes that they have all consented to remain at Carlisle beyond their initial…
![Worn Out and Unserviceable Property Report, February 1892 Worn Out and Unserviceable Property Report, February 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0831_8281__0002.jpg?itok=Hi6YylaO)
Richard H. Pratt forwards a report of worn out and unserviceable property at the school. An appointed Board of Survey conducts the report, and Special and Disbursing Indian Agent Charles H. Thompson certifies the report.
![Response to Request to Enroll Zuni Student in 1892 Response to Request to Enroll Zuni Student in 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0827_06792_0001.jpg?itok=bIxMZrjr)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a letter from Matilda C. Stevenson to Otis Mason. Pratt notes that the Zuni student referenced in the letter can be enrolled at Carlisle but that the school cannot cover the transportation costs to bring them to Carlisle.
![Information Related to Abner St. Cyr Information Related to Abner St. Cyr](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0827_06979_0001.jpg?itok=K6mz1D2g)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Abner St. Cyr, who was sent to the Pennsylvania State Reformatory, is from the Omaha and Winnebago Agency.
![Request for Proper Blanks for Student Transfer to Institution of the Blind Request for Proper Blanks for Student Transfer to Institution of the Blind](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0828_07244_0001.jpg?itok=p34KwNSl)
Edward E. Allen, Principal of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, requests voucher blanks for a student being transferred from the Carlisle Indian School.
![Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Pine Ridge Agency, February 1892 Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Pine Ridge Agency, February 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0829_07724_c1985_combined.jpg?itok=cyFIDogu)
These materials include a descriptive statement of students for 10 individuals transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota.
![Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, February 1892 Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, February 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0829_07661_0001.jpg?itok=4-uqe-9D)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Anna M. True), those who have left the school (J. Brainerd Wolf), and those who have changed positions (Dennison Wheelock). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. An explanatory cover letter is…
![White Earth Agency Eligible Students for an Annuity Payment White Earth Agency Eligible Students for an Annuity Payment](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0838_10866_c1727.jpg?itok=JcVLil2Z)
Correspondence and reports related to students attending the Carlisle Indian School and Lincoln Institute from the White Earth Agency eligible to receive an annuity from the Agency.
![Inspection Report of Charles H. Thompson Inspection Report of Charles H. Thompson](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0831_8387__0001.jpg?itok=FvmoLr6c)
Charles H. Thompson forwards an inspection report of the Carlisle Indian School on March 2, 1892. Thompson's report examines a wide range of topics related to the school including the buildings, health of students, food, student's social lives, industrial training, outings, and academic training.
Thompson also includes a number of…
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Injured, February 1892 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Injured, February 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0831_8256_c1638_B.jpg?itok=vlJeQvsq)
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for February 1892.
![Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, March 1892 (1) Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, March 1892 (1)](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0832_08572_c1996.jpg?itok=x9HIovcO)
Major Richard Henry Pratt submits report that lists employee who changed positions (Dennison Wheelock). The report includes position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.
This is the first of two descriptive statements from March 1892.