Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Andrew Good Thunder for the return of his grandson William Good Thunder. Pratt notes that he receives a number of applications of this kind that are false but that he would be willing to return Good Thunder if the Office advises him to.
1890-1899
![Pratt Responds to Request to Return William Good Thunder Pratt Responds to Request to Return William Good Thunder](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0735_18768_0001.jpg?itok=_wSjME0f)
![Plans and Specifications for Addition to Girls Building Plans and Specifications for Addition to Girls Building](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0736_19247_c1320.jpg?itok=f4rBwain)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards sends plans and specifications for adding on to the girls dormitory due to only receiving half of the appropriation for the building. Pratt also discusses the need for the new building in order to eliminate crowding. Included are seven enclosures including blueprints for the building, plan for the water closets, and…
![Report of Irregular Employees, May 1891 Report of Irregular Employees, May 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0737_19807_c1377.jpg?itok=w9cb9tUH)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during April 1891. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Pratt Responds to Outing Dispute About Genoa Indian School Students Pratt Responds to Outing Dispute About Genoa Indian School Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0740_21037_0003.jpg?itok=AEv4WrPi)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to correspondence regarding complaints made by labor organizations of Genoa Indian School students being used as laborers on a beet farm. Pratt suggests that the Genoa Superintendent is right but that he should focus on individual outing patrons rather than corporate patrons.
![Request to Increase Assistant Music Teacher Salary Request to Increase Assistant Music Teacher Salary](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0738_20147_0002_0.jpg?itok=tlw6SMIB)
Request by Richard Henry Pratt to increase the salary of the assistant music teacher to $540.
![Pratt Provides Recommendations to Fort Totten School Pratt Provides Recommendations to Fort Totten School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0741_21269_0002.jpg?itok=LGxvdCVu)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter to the Office of Indian Affairs' he wrote to W. F. Canfield, Superintendent of the Fort Totten Training School, regarding his opinion on filling teaching positions with former students.
![Request to Cover Expenses Incurred in Treating Johnson Spencer Request to Cover Expenses Incurred in Treating Johnson Spencer](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0738_20266_0003.jpg?itok=9kaoj6Bx)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards voucher covering the cost of treating Johnson Spencer while on outing from an attack of pneumonia.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, May 1891 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, May 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0739_20591_c1412.jpg?itok=_4T9_cso)
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for May 1891.
![Request for Industrial Tin Smith Training for Wah-go-osh Request for Industrial Tin Smith Training for Wah-go-osh](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0746_22835_0004.jpg?itok=JO3hOM1i)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs regarding a letter from Henry M. Rice who discusses placing a Mille Lac Nation member in an industrial training program. Rice indicates that Wah-go-osh is quite adept at the tin smith trade but has had no formal training and would greatly benefit both himself and the reservation by…
![Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Pine Ridge Agency, 1891 Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Pine Ridge Agency, 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0745_22675_c1644_combined.jpg?itok=rVzC67C7)
These materials include telegrams and a descriptive statement of students regarding 3 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency of South Dakota. The telegrams indicate that Carlisle's superintendent, Richard Henry Pratt, travelled to Pine Ridge to select students and escort them back East.
![Pratt Informs Office of Upcoming Recruiting Trip to Pine Ridge Pratt Informs Office of Upcoming Recruiting Trip to Pine Ridge](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0740_20915_0003_0.jpg?itok=XnM0EJuK)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he is leaving for the Pine Ridge Agency to recruit students for the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt requests that the office inform the agent to forward students from schools and to give assistance.
![Pratt Requests Assistance in Recruiting Pine Ridge Students Pratt Requests Assistance in Recruiting Pine Ridge Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0741_21116_0002.jpg?itok=Z7ZePf9S)
Richard Henry Pratt follows up his telegraph earlier in the day to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding his recruiting trip to the Pine Ridge Agency. Pratt notes that agencies have a tendency to hold back students due to opening up of camp schools. As a result, Pratt asks for a more emphatic request from the office to the agency in…
![Pratt Requests to Increase Music Teacher and Assistant Music Teacher Salaries Pratt Requests to Increase Music Teacher and Assistant Music Teacher Salaries](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0741_21143_0002%5B1%5D.jpg?itok=j6a8Px2v)
Richard Henry Pratt follows up his previous request to increase the assistant music teacher salary by also increasing the salary of the music teacher.
![Delay in Sending Sisseton Students to Carlisle Delay in Sending Sisseton Students to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0749_23951_0003.jpg?itok=YdHQ5t6g)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from J. H. Mateer, Superintendent of the Sisseton Indian Industrial Boarding School regarding three girls who had requested to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Mateer claims that the students now desire to wait until they receive their extra payment from the Government.
![Pratt Forwards Estimated Cost and Specifications for Office Building Pratt Forwards Estimated Cost and Specifications for Office Building](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0745_22709_0003.jpg?itok=tlK4AFzp)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards estimated cost of labor and material required to build a two story office building at the Carlisle Indian School along with the specifications.
![Pratt Submits Plans and Estimates for New Blacksmith and Wagon Shop Pratt Submits Plans and Estimates for New Blacksmith and Wagon Shop](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0745_22710_c1715.jpg?itok=xP5feHgz)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to build a new blacksmith and wagon shop at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt submits specifications, estimate of supplies and labor, and blueprints.
![Forwarding Freight Bills and Correspondence Regarding Brooms from Genoa Forwarding Freight Bills and Correspondence Regarding Brooms from Genoa](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0746_22886_0001.jpg?itok=Jezw89cI)
Richard Henry Pratt transmits freight bills for brooms received from the Genoa School and letters from L. C. Slavens relative to the brooms and asks for instructions.
![James Wolf Requests to be Returned Home James Wolf Requests to be Returned Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0747_23148_0001.jpg?itok=CL7iKUml)
James Wolf requests assistance from Commissioner Thomas J. Morgan to be returned to his home.
![Fort Lapwai Students Should Start for Carlisle at Once Fort Lapwai Students Should Start for Carlisle at Once](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0747_23057_0002.jpg?itok=Khsw-Mkl)
Superintendent McConville of the Fort Lapwai School informs the Office of Indian Affairs that five boys and three girls will see their parents on July 4, 1891. And that the children should start at once for the Carlisle Indian School.
![Request for the Return of Henry Keoke Request for the Return of Henry Keoke](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0748_23513_0002.jpg?itok=i5q-YCmk)
Thomas J. Quinn informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he wants his nephew Henry Keoke returned home from the Carlisle Indian School. Quinn notes that Keoke has spent six years at the School while his term was only for five years and as a result he has sent him money to return home if he is not returned by Richard Henry Pratt.
![Three Pawnee Students Desire to Transfer to Carlisle Three Pawnee Students Desire to Transfer to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0747_23059_0002.jpg?itok=QrHTpi-w)
The Superintendent of the Pawnee School informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that three Pawnee students desire to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Report of Irregular Employees, June 1891 Report of Irregular Employees, June 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0747_23613_c1315.jpg?itok=2OQgAFGT)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during June 1891. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Update on Recruiting Oneida Students and Other Matters Update on Recruiting Oneida Students and Other Matters](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0749_23825_0001.jpg?itok=sW01c65D)
Richard Henry Pratt writes to the Office of Indian Affairs on a number of matters including the continued employment of Alfred John Standing, revisions to the Civil Service Code, and enrolling Dennison Wheelock at Dickinson College. In addition, Pratt forwards a letter of William P. Campbell regarding a recruitment trip among the Oneidas…
![Estimate of Supplies, July 1891 Estimate of Supplies, July 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0751_24636_c1401.jpg?itok=pm_mbxXX)
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1892 amounting to $496.05 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.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, June 1891 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, June 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0748_23415_c1299.jpg?itok=F3LNOmlb)
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1891.