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Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that in order to have 1000 students for the upcoming academic year that they will need to be brought to Carlisle in the current fiscal year. This will require the students to be selected while the agency schools are in session in order to get the best students. Pratt requests that…

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during December 1891. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.

Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1892 amounting to $11,792.50 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies.

Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the third quarter of fiscal year 1892 amounting to $339.60 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.

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.

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…

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…

C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for January 1892.

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…

Richard 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.

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…

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…