Anzi W. Thomas, U. S. Indian Agent, forwards letter from Richard Henry Pratt regarding a request from Strikes Enemy for the return of his son Clair Everett from the Carlisle Indian School.
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![Thomas Forwards Letter Regarding Denial of Request to Return Clair Everett Thomas Forwards Letter Regarding Denial of Request to Return Clair Everett](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2153_53437_0002.jpg?itok=rbt5JR7I)
![Decision to No Longer Enroll Students from Puerto Rico Decision to No Longer Enroll Students from Puerto Rico](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2146_50839_0005.jpg?itok=gmi4DVZk)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Samuel M. Lindsay regarding the decision that students from Puerto Rico no longer be admitted to the Carlisle Indian School.
![Pratt Forwards Letter from Jemima Webster Requesting Reinstatement Pratt Forwards Letter from Jemima Webster Requesting Reinstatement](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2143_49599_0004.jpg?itok=3XS8roA4)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards letter from Jemima Webster seeking reinstatement to the Indian Service referenced in his previous letter on August 11, 1902.
![Request to Create Assistant Principal Position Request to Create Assistant Principal Position](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2143_49597_0002.jpg?itok=XRlQKCLX)
Richard Henry Pratt requests the creation of an assistant principal teacher position and abolishing a Normal teacher position. Pratt notes that the position is needed to create continuity following the resignation of O. H. Bakeless as Principal.
![Request for Creation of Assistant Superintendent and Principal Teacher Position Request for Creation of Assistant Superintendent and Principal Teacher Position](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2143_49785_0002.jpg?itok=00c7brjG)
Richard Henry Pratt proposes abolishing the position of principal teacher following the resignation of O. H. Bakeless and requests the creation of Assistant Superintendent and Principal Teacher positions.
![Shell Threatens to Prevent Transfers to Carlisle Shell Threatens to Prevent Transfers to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2144_50046_0002.jpg?itok=XxC_RsFa)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Charles E. Shell, Superintendent of the Greenville School, regarding Pratt's pending enrollment of a student from that area who wishes to come to Carlisle.
![Request for Promotion of Etta Knickerbacker Request for Promotion of Etta Knickerbacker](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2144_50040_0002.jpg?itok=tHIP-T8P)
Richard Henry Pratt requests the promotion of Etta Knickerbacker to the position of outing manager at the Carlisle Indian School from her position as matron in Morris, Minnesota.
![Pratt Confirms Conversation Authorizing Transfer of Foster to Carlisle Pratt Confirms Conversation Authorizing Transfer of Foster to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2145_50382_0002.jpg?itok=kHivoxiI)
Telegram from Richard Henry Pratt confirming his confirmation his telephone conversation with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting transfer of Mrs. Foster of the Klamath School to the assistant matron position at Carlisle.
![Pratt Requests Karl Enteman's be Dropped from Carlisle Assignments Pratt Requests Karl Enteman's be Dropped from Carlisle Assignments](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2146_50838_0004.jpg?itok=VLcNAnOm)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Karl E. Enteman and requests that he be dropped from the assignments to Carlisle due to his request to delay his appointment. Pratt also requests additional names from the Civil Service Commission of individuals who can report by September 1, 1902.
![Mercer Responds to Request to Return Noel Hodgkiss and Ida Sawyer Mercer Responds to Request to Return Noel Hodgkiss and Ida Sawyer](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3024_05834_0005.jpg?itok=XB6p2rXZ)
William A. Mercer responds to the request of Oscar Hodgkiss for the return of his two children, Noel Hodgkiss and Ida May Sawyer, due to their health from the Carlisle Indian School.
![Pratt Informs Office of Knickerbacker's Acceptance of Outing Matron Position Pratt Informs Office of Knickerbacker's Acceptance of Outing Matron Position](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2146_50837_0002.jpg?itok=Urn_iZ3Y)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Etta Knickerbacker has accepted the position of Outing Matron. Pratt also forwards a request of Superintendent Brown in replacing Knickerbacker with Mrs. Pierson of Petoskey, Michigan.
![Application for Employment from Delia Webster Application for Employment from Delia Webster](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2151_52427_0003.jpg?itok=p4m7X_0n)
Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Delia Webster be appointed as the assistant matron at the Greenwood School in South Dakota. Pratt forwards Webster's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses her in his cover letter.
![Information on Earl Jennings Related to Admission Information on Earl Jennings Related to Admission](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2148_51345_0002.jpg?itok=E-5xGbky)
Richard Henry Pratt provides information on Earl Jennings (referred to here as Earl Sweeney) to the Office of Indian Affairs.
![Pratt Proposes Reverting Outing Matron Title to Matron Pratt Proposes Reverting Outing Matron Title to Matron](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2150_52041_0001.jpg?itok=uzIqtNzE)
Richard Henry Pratt proposes to the Office of Indian Affairs to revert the Outing Matron title back to Matron with the appointment of Etta Knickerbacker. Pratt states that an assistant matron will take on the outing duties.
![Office Informed of Two Appointees Failing to Report as Ordered Office Informed of Two Appointees Failing to Report as Ordered](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2151_52478_0002.jpg?itok=MJDpi9x9)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Enoch M. Sherry and Amos R. Frank have not reported to the Carlisle Indian School as ordered.
![Office Informed Amos Frank Reported for Duty Office Informed Amos Frank Reported for Duty](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2152_52711_0002.jpg?itok=ZXvnuLLe)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Amos Frank has reported for duty.
![Pratt Forwards Letter Regarding Position for Dahney George Pratt Forwards Letter Regarding Position for Dahney George](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2155_54095_0003.jpg?itok=2C37EPMu)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from G. M. Philips regarding former student Dahney George finding a position as an Assistant Teacher in the Indian Service.
![Pratt Informs Office that Sherry is Leaving for Carlisle Shortly Pratt Informs Office that Sherry is Leaving for Carlisle Shortly](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2152_52774_0002.jpg?itok=D5EAn9s3)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has received a message from Enoch M. Sherry that he will leave for Carlisle shortly.
![Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignations, September 1902 Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignations, September 1902](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2156_54539_c6282_A.jpg?itok=rkIhO2El)
Lt. Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report thats lists new employees (Frank T. Reising, Frances R. Scales, William Davies, Emma H. Foster, Genus E. Baird, Amos R. Frank, and Enoch M. Sherry), those that have left the school (Samuel J. Brown, Flora Laird, O. H. Bakeless, and Jessie W. Cook), those who have changed positions and/or been…
![Pratt Protests Three Former Students Enrolling at Flandreau Pratt Protests Three Former Students Enrolling at Flandreau](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2158_55725_0002.jpg?itok=czIVeKK0)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Joseph C. Hart, Superintendent of the Oneida Indian School, regarding three former Carlisle students who desire to enroll at Flandreau.
![Etta Knickerbacker Declines to Travel to Carlisle Etta Knickerbacker Declines to Travel to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2161_56934_0001.jpg?itok=v47QkZok)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Etta Knickerbacker's letter declining to come to Carlisle.
![Request to Have Dr. O. O. Benson Reinstated to Indian Service Request to Have Dr. O. O. Benson Reinstated to Indian Service](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2159_55906_0001.jpg?itok=6vHh8ekk)
Richard Henry Pratt requests to have Dr. O. O. Benson reinstated to the Indian Service and appointed as a physician to the Carlisle Indian School.
![Update on Filling Matron Position and Request to Search Outside Civil Service List Update on Filling Matron Position and Request to Search Outside Civil Service List](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2159_55977_0001.jpg?itok=8bDMqdxL)
Richard Henry Pratt updates the Office of Indian Affairs that Etta Knickerbacker is unable to report to the Carlisle Indian School to fill the matron position. Pratt requests to search outside the Civil Service list to fill the position.
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, September 1902 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, September 1902](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2161_56744_0001.jpg?itok=y_aRm8tc)
Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
![Corrected Report of Irregular Employees, August 1902 Corrected Report of Irregular Employees, August 1902](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2161_57109_0001.jpg?itok=4Y7uZGP_)
Richard H. Pratt submits the corrected report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during August 1902. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month. Pratt also includes irregular employee George White who was omitted on the previous report.