Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request by A. G. Miller to enroll Little Bear. Pratt notes that his school physician examined Little Bear when he visited the school with his parents. Pratt ends by saying that he notified Miller that Carlisle will accept Little Bear on the authority of the Office.…
1880-1889
![Response to Request to Enroll Little Bear Response to Request to Enroll Little Bear](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0499_02155_0002.jpg?itok=ZeL-5IXX)
![Student Recruitment in the Navajo Agency and Request to Visit the East Student Recruitment in the Navajo Agency and Request to Visit the East](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0500_02874_0002.jpg?itok=wuzAYTJS)
C. E. Vandever, U.S. Indian Agent for the Navajo Agency, responds to an Office of Indian Affairs telegram to have him secure 50 Navajo students for the Carlisle Indian School. Vandever notes that it is difficult to secure Navajo students in normal times but at present the snow makes travel impossible and that he hopes to be able to secure 25…
![Changes of Employment of Carrie E. Morse and Mabel Crane Changes of Employment of Carrie E. Morse and Mabel Crane](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0505_05652_0011.jpg?itok=oUbZLxRK)
Richard H. Pratt recommends that Carrie E. Morse be appointed to replace Mabel Crane as a teacher at the school. Pratt forwards Crane's resignation, Morse's application, and four references.
Crane cites her "approaching marriage" as the reason for leaving the school.
![Request to Return Mark Penoi Home Request to Return Mark Penoi Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0499_02348_0002.jpg?itok=-aI4j5vs)
Richard Henry Pratt requests to return Mark Penoi to his home in Laguna, New Mexico due to the death of his parents. Pratt states that officials from Laguna have requested his return in order to look over his family's property and the children who depend on it.
![Request to Return Zippa Metoxen Home Request to Return Zippa Metoxen Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0501_03166_0001.jpg?itok=OVlA3RCi)
Richard Henry Pratt requests to return Zippa Metoxen to her home due to the health of her parents and be provided with transportation for her to De Pere, Wisconsin.
![Pratt Requests Information on Appointment of Mr. and Mrs. Pollinger Pratt Requests Information on Appointment of Mr. and Mrs. Pollinger](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0501_03654_0002.jpg?itok=9ACoFyP5)
Richard Henry Pratt inquires when he will be informed of action on his application to appoint Mr. and Mrs. Pollinger to the positions at the school farm of the Carlisle Indian School.
![Request to Employ Special Singing Teacher and Purchase Song Books Request to Employ Special Singing Teacher and Purchase Song Books](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0501_03367_0001.jpg?itok=1KOgEqSM)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to employ a singing teacher as well as purchasing 400 song books.
![Sioux Commission Unexpended Balance Sioux Commission Unexpended Balance](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0501_03204_0001.jpg?itok=-iE5BT2c)
Richard Henry Pratt as the head of the Sioux Commission provides the Treasury Department with the unexpended balance due to negotiations with the Sioux.
![Pratt Informs Office of Proposed Group of Students from Mescalero Agency Pratt Informs Office of Proposed Group of Students from Mescalero Agency](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0503_04742_0001.jpg?itok=1JHETSiV)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has received word from Fletcher J. Cowart that Cowart has 15 students he would like to enroll at Carlisle. Pratt notes that he has written to Cowart that he wants to maintain the gender ratio at the school.
![Irregular Employees Required for March 1889 Irregular Employees Required for March 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0504_04999_0001.jpg?itok=verX2tqt)
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for March 1889. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
![Request to Enroll Party of Piegan Students at Carlisle Request to Enroll Party of Piegan Students at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0506_06244_0001.jpg?itok=VXCQJKFO)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Almon B. Coe, Superintendent of the Blackfeet Schools, to have a party of students from his school enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt in his note to the Office of Indian Affairs states that he would be willing to take a party of students from the Agency as long as they are in proper health…
![Pratt Follows Up on Request to Employ Music Teacher Pratt Follows Up on Request to Employ Music Teacher](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0505_05537_0002.jpg?itok=uu14NqIy)
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his request to employ Professor Brown of Pittsburg as a music teacher and purchase song books.
![Charles Wheelock Requests to be Returned Home Charles Wheelock Requests to be Returned Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0509_07535_0001.jpg?itok=Zjzd_dme)
Charles D. Wheelock informs Richard Henry Pratt that his father is retiring as a farmer and has offered him the option to take over his farm. Wheelock notes that to accept would require him to leave Carlisle early. Pratt in forwarding the letter to the Office of Indian Affairs notes that Wheelock's case warrants an exception to having students…
![Leave of Absence Granted to Richard Henry Pratt in 1889 Leave of Absence Granted to Richard Henry Pratt in 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0506_06141_0001.jpg?itok=mMXb6gpA)
H. L. Muldrew, 1st Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior, grants two weeks leave of absence to Richard Henry Pratt.
![Irregular Employees Required for April 1889 Irregular Employees Required for April 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0508_07045_0001.jpg?itok=GFZaS-jY)
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for April 1889. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
![Request to Enroll Six Nez Perce Students at Carlisle Request to Enroll Six Nez Perce Students at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0509_07919_0001.jpg?itok=WwX74Q0a)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from H. Heth, Special Agent in Charge of the Nez Perce Agency, to enroll 6 boys from that agency in the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that in his letter to the Office of Indian Affairs that he would be willing to accept the students as long they were accompanied by at least four girls and they passed…
![Request for Blackfeet Students to Enroll at Carlisle Request for Blackfeet Students to Enroll at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0509_07537_0001.jpg?itok=WHWggFDO)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from M. D. Baldwin, U.S. Indian Agent for the Blackfeet Agency, regarding a request from Baldwin for students from the Blackfeet Agency to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Request to Return Four Students from Pine Ridge to Their Home in 1889 Request to Return Four Students from Pine Ridge to Their Home in 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0509_07538_0001.jpg?itok=Emy3B4Zr)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return four students from the Pine Ridge Agency due to health and character. He notes that the school physician has diagnosed three students with scrofula and incipient consumption. Pratt asks that he be provided with four tickets from Carlisle to Rushville, Nebraska for the students and one ticket for…
![Pratt Forwards Letter and Recommends Isaac N. Cundall Pratt Forwards Letter and Recommends Isaac N. Cundall](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0524_14407_0005.jpg?itok=QS1xCj_a)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Isaac N. Cundall and recommends him for a position in the Indian Service.
![Blackfeet Agency Response to Obtaining Students for Carlisle Blackfeet Agency Response to Obtaining Students for Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0512_09287_0001.jpg?itok=ZKds4ZU7)
M. D. Baldwin, U.S. Indian Agent for the Blackfeet Agency, replies in response to an Office of Indian Affairs letter that he can obtain 14 students for the Carlisle Indian School. He further requests to be able to send one of the student's parents as an escort. Baldwin ends by asking to be advised on traveling and incidental expenses.
![Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Fourth Quarter 1889 Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Fourth Quarter 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0510_08021_c3229.jpg?itok=kZ3aHzDm)
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1889 amounting to $10,931.80 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $7,795.00 for regular employee pay. There are also math equations relating to the amount of money that Pratt has on hand and an unpaid beef account.
![Estimate of Supplies, March 1889 Estimate of Supplies, March 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0510_08020_c3225.jpg?itok=nYTK1F78)
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1889 amounting to $189.30 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.
![Pratt Forwards Account Covering Expense Returning Henry Standing Bear Pratt Forwards Account Covering Expense Returning Henry Standing Bear](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0510_08019_0001.jpg?itok=damgfbDf)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards account covering the expense of returning Henry Standing Bear and requests approval.
![Request to Return Elliott, William Short Nose, and Robert Left Hand Request to Return Elliott, William Short Nose, and Robert Left Hand](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0511_08591_0001.jpg?itok=YRcNl-SE)
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to return Elliott, William Short Nose, and Robert Left Hand to their homes due to their ill health. Pratt further requests transportation to various locations for the three students.
![Response to Thomas Metoxen's Request to Return Home Response to Thomas Metoxen's Request to Return Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0511_08664_0001.jpg?itok=jcBO4Gke)
Richard Henry Pratt returns a letter from Thomas A. Metoxen who had requested to be returned home. Pratt also encloses an endorsement from Marianna Burgess disputing his statement. Pratt further states that it has been the policy of Carlisle to only accept students on a five year term and that Metoxen only has one more year left on his…