Richard Henry Pratt requests to return Albert Barnett and Henry Eagle Chief to their homes due to their ill health. Pratt notes that he can escort the students back to their homes if he is given permission to visit the Navajo Agency.
Sending Students Home Due to Illness
Do not use for sending students to medical facilities for treatment--use Student Medical Travel for that.
![Request to Return Albert Barnett and Henry Eagle Chief Request to Return Albert Barnett and Henry Eagle Chief](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0097_17334_0001.jpg?itok=xMbl-n7Q)
![Report on the Northern Arapaho Students from Wyoming Report on the Northern Arapaho Students from Wyoming](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0123_02707_0006.jpg?itok=E6rjecj6)
Carlisle School physician O. G. Given provides a report on the health of some of the remaining Northern Arapaho students at Carlisle and recommends returning four boys to their homes. Richard Henry Pratt endorses this recommendation and asks for authority to cover the expense for returning the students to their homes.
![Request to Return Katie La Croix to Her Home Request to Return Katie La Croix to Her Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0129_05637_0003.jpg?itok=UchP-E09)
Request to return Katie La Croix to her home due to a pulmonary illness with the U.S. Indian Agent for the Sisseton Agency when he returns from Washington D.C.
![Request to Return Alfred Brown and Clement Black Deer Home Request to Return Alfred Brown and Clement Black Deer Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0130_05871_0002.jpg?itok=RnJPU0u5)
Richard Henry Pratt writes that the father of Alfred Brown requests his son be sent home in order to see him due to his illness. Pratt also notes that Clement Black Deer is ill and will require some time to recover and may benefit from being sent home as well.
![Request to Return Hears Fire and Steals the Bear Request to Return Hears Fire and Steals the Bear](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0132_06673_0002.jpg?itok=BOeVaUxq)
Richard Henry Pratt returns to the Indian Affairs Office a letter from U.S. Indian Agent H. J. Armstrong from the Crow Agency. Pratt recommends returning Hears Fire and Steals the Bear to their home due to illness.
![Request to Return Tommie McGillycuddy and Oliver Spotted Tail Request to Return Tommie McGillycuddy and Oliver Spotted Tail](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0132_06604_0002.jpg?itok=m3hYOwQp)
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to return to their homes Tommie McGillycuddy and Oliver Spotted Tail due to tuberculous infections. As a result of their conditions Pratt notes that they will need an escort to accompany them on their way home.
![Request to Send Home Fannie Merrick and Mary Tyndall Request to Send Home Fannie Merrick and Mary Tyndall](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0135_08134_0002.jpg?itok=og9yV-ww)
Richard Henry Pratt requests to send home Fannie Merrick and Mary Tyndall. Pratt notes that Alice C. Fletcher is set to visit the Omaha reservation and can escort the two students back.
![Request to Return Jane Freeman to Her Home Request to Return Jane Freeman to Her Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0138_09352_0003.jpg?itok=4BosuADO)
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to return Jane Freeman, a member of the Creek Nation, to her home due to pulmonary trouble.
![Request to Return Fanny Morning and Kaha Kuh Home Request to Return Fanny Morning and Kaha Kuh Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0139_09978_0002.jpg?itok=mkuB6V3b)
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to return Fanny Morning and Kaha Kuh to their homes as a precautionary measure due to their health.
![Repeated Request to Return Manuelito to His Home Repeated Request to Return Manuelito to His Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0145_12421_0001.jpg?itok=KDItfQa6)
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his earlier letter emphasizing his request to return Manuelito Chou as soon as possible due to his poor health.
![Request to Return Five Students to Their Homes Request to Return Five Students to Their Homes](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0145_12382_0002.jpg?itok=ruQFH2r8)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return and pay expenses for Manuelito Chou, Francisco, Eva Rufina, and Edward Myers to be returned to their homes due to their health. In addition, Pratt requests authority to return John Bull to be returned to his home due to the expiration of his term.
![Return of Mary Ealy to Her Home Return of Mary Ealy to Her Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0148_13553_0001.jpg?itok=aAtzF24X)
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority for his actions in returning the Mary Ealy, the last member of the Pueblo (Zuni) Nation at Carlisle, with the party of ill Navajo students being led home by Dr. Lippincott.
![Request to Return Ill Students in 1883 Request to Return Ill Students in 1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0154_16774_0001.jpg?itok=jjgttFzD)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return a number of students to their homes due to ill health in addition to the students who are being returned due to the expiration of their terms.
![Request to Return Students During the 1883 Fiscal Year Request to Return Students During the 1883 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0164_21546_0001.jpg?itok=3yz3mRM0)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the expenses of all students whose terms of enrollment expire and ill health during the remainder of the 1883 fiscal year.
![Request to Return an Additional 20 Students to Their Homes in 1885 Request to Return an Additional 20 Students to Their Homes in 1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0221_00307_0003.jpg?itok=_kyyPJVy)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority for funds to return to their homes an additional 20 students above the appropriation provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on October 1, 1884.
![Request to Return 48 Students and Enroll 70 Request to Return 48 Students and Enroll 70](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0247_13339_0002.jpg?itok=jtH7umWV)
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to return 48 students of the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that of those being returned 23 students are being sent home due to the expiration of their terms and 25 for various reasons. In addition, he requests permission to bring to Carlisle 70 students.
![Standing Requests Authority to Arrange Transportation for Two Students to Kansas Standing Requests Authority to Arrange Transportation for Two Students to Kansas](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0262_21415_0003.jpg?itok=XR0N6R_G)
Alfred John Standing requests authority to arrange transportation for two students to Caldwell, Kansas, due to illness.
![Request to Return Kent Black Bear to His Home Request to Return Kent Black Bear to His Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0270_25674_0001.jpg?itok=RQp0LO-w)
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Kent Black Bear be sent home due to poor health at the request of his father.
![Pratt Requests Authority to Return Olive Shoique and Inez Santiagito Pratt Requests Authority to Return Olive Shoique and Inez Santiagito](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0288_04749_0002.jpg?itok=M9FUJDSA)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return Olive Shoique and Inez Santiagito to their home on account of health.
![Request to Return De Bett Cheyenne Chief and Kise Williams Request to Return De Bett Cheyenne Chief and Kise Williams](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0303_10744_0003.jpg?itok=Pjr0NyN0)
Richard Henry Pratt recommends that De Bett Cheyenne Chief, who the school planned to send home due to illness, be send home sooner in response to a request from the agency. Due to Cheyenne Chief's health Pratt recommends sending Kise Williams, whose time at the school has expired, with him while also noting that Williams is the best harness…
![List of Students to be Returned to their Homes for June 1886 List of Students to be Returned to their Homes for June 1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0312_14162_0003.jpg?itok=MwqPgIIU)
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a list of students whose terms of enrollment are set to expire or for other reasons and requests authority to return them to their homes.
![Request for Return of Three Students due to Poor Health Request for Return of Three Students due to Poor Health](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0346_27694_0001.jpg?itok=AJ8Qt3dw)
Request by Richard Henry Pratt for permission to send Noah Little Eagle (here Noel Little Eagle), Laura Good Nation, and Wamy Oso to their homes due to consumption.
![Request to Return Christine Archiqutte to Her Home Request to Return Christine Archiqutte to Her Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0353_30047_0001.jpg?itok=uzBHu7kx)
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to cover the expense to return Christine Archiquette to her home due to hemorrhages.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, November 1886 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, November 1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0358_32395_c3401.jpg?itok=B1XR9UHF)
O. G. Given, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for November 1886. Given also includes a note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
![Request to Return Lena Black Bear and Thomas Kester Request to Return Lena Black Bear and Thomas Kester](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0378_05359_0002.jpg?itok=TNmAYggQ)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return Thomas Kester and Lena Black Bear to their homes due to ill health. Pratt indicates that the school has carried them through the poor weather but believes that a change will be beneficial.