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Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his letters of July 24, 1897 requesting if the Office of Indian Affairs has taken on those applications.

Form indicating to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Howard R. Blanchard is recognized as an agent to represent claims before the department and the bureau.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards government request for transportation on account of the Carlisle Indian School for Hosea Locke and ten students from Blackfoot, Idaho to Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs instruct the U.S. Indian Agent at the Pine Ridge Agency assist Nellie Robertson in bringing a party of students from the agency to Carlisle.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Maxie and Charley Frizzle Head who request to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs direct the Superintendent of the Oneida Boarding and Day Schools to send 10 or 12 students be sent to Carlisle.

W. H. Clapp, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency forwards a request of Hand for the return of his daughter Julia Hand from the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt replies to a circular from the Office of Indian Affairs by providing his estimate for the 1899 fiscal year. Pratt requests authority to have 1,000 students at Carlisle and on outing in addition to various plans to improve the physical plant of the school.

Richard Henry Pratt requests the transfer of Bessie H. Cummins to a position as clerk and a promotion for Mary Bailey. In addition, he requests a teacher be assigned from the Civil Service lists to replace Bailey's old position.

Richard Henry Pratt requests permission for one month's leave following his examination for promotion at Leavenworth, Kansas.

These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils regarding 3 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Santee Agency.

Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa. 

These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils regarding 7 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Yankton Agency in South Dakota.

Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa. 

Richard Henry Pratt provides information to W. N. Hailmann on Julia Williams and provides a recommendation for her to serve as an assistant matron in a small school in the Indian School Service.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards J. L. Dandridge's application for a 7-day annual leave of absence. Dandridge works as a cook. 

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay students for various tasks as well as purchasing supplies.

Richard Henry Pratt replies to a letter from W. N. Hailmann regarding a position for Timothy Henry in the Indian Service.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request to return Julia Hand to her home.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards fireman Joseph N. Jordan's application for a 15-day annual leave of absence. 

Henry Doxtator requests the return of his son Andrew Doxtator (here Andrew Doxtater) who he claims was kidnapped.

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Ella Rikert be appointed "no higher" than an assistant matron in the Indian Service at South Dakota. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing forwards Rikert's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Pratt also informs the Commissioner that Rikert is currently employed…

School Statistics accompanying the 1897 Annual Report.

S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for August 1897.

Alfred John Standing responds to the claim of Henry Doxtator that his son Andrew was kidnapped and taken to the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt requests that various vacant positions be filled by assignment from the Civil Service lists and that he has filled one teaching position temporarily. Pratt further requests that he be allowed to fill any other position temporarily.

Alfred John Standing responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the lease of the Hocker Farm. Standing forwards the lease in triplicate with the signatures of all three members of the Board of Trustees as directed.