Correspondence regarding the decision to return Joel Bighead and John Wolfchief to their homes.
Sending Students Home Due to Illness
Do not use for sending students to medical facilities for treatment--use Student Medical Travel for that.
![Correspondence Regarding Return of Bighead and Wolfchief Correspondence Regarding Return of Bighead and Wolfchief](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1700_43982_0002.jpg?itok=gB2aOeiz)
![Correspondence Regarding Emma and Henry St. Pierre Correspondence Regarding Emma and Henry St. Pierre](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1696_42164_0006.jpg?itok=wi--Fo1E)
Correspondence regarding a complaint by Peter St. Pierre regarding his daughter's Emma health while at the Carlisle Indian School and a request for the return of his son Henry.
![Pratt Forwards Health Report of Recent Class of Incoming Students Pratt Forwards Health Report of Recent Class of Incoming Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1768_15115_0001.jpg?itok=ouWj7ge8)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a report from school physician S. L. Diven regarding the health of a recent class of students.
![Office Informed Jesse and Clayton Kirk Have Departed Carlisle Office Informed Jesse and Clayton Kirk Have Departed Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1897_13309_0002.jpg?itok=mx6h3oNr)
Alfred John Standing informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Jesse Kirk has left Carlisle along with his son Clayton Kirk.
![Pratt Responds to Request to Return Seldon Kirk Pratt Responds to Request to Return Seldon Kirk](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1964_44340_0001.jpg?itok=9RuL9-Fj)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request to return Seldon Kirk to his home before he is transferred to a school in Phoenix, Arizona. Also included is the correspondence regarding the request of Rev. Jesse Kirk for the transfer.
![Pratt Requests Return of Joseph Rabbit Pratt Requests Return of Joseph Rabbit](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2449_7540_0002.jpg?itok=HxEb2QZS)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Joseph Rabbit is unable to attend school due to his health and requests his return home.
![Pratt Responds to Request to Return Nicodemus Billy Pratt Responds to Request to Return Nicodemus Billy](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2516_31170_0006.jpg?itok=lCi6BeR1)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request to return Nicodemus Billy to his home.
![Physician Report on the Health of the Carlisle Student Body in 1905 Physician Report on the Health of the Carlisle Student Body in 1905](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2834_52220_0005.jpg?itok=jDqdKwJt)
William A. Mercer forwards report of the Carlisle Indian School physician on the health of the student body focusing on tuberculosis. The report provides several recommendations that Mercer says he has adopted to prevent the spread of tuberculosis.
![Notice of Death of Edward Tompkins Notice of Death of Edward Tompkins](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3070_19796_0002.jpg?itok=Q4372zsF)
William A. Mercer reports the death of Edward Tompkins as he was on his way home due to tuberculosis.
![Mercer Requests to Know More About Appropriation to Return Alaskan Students Mercer Requests to Know More About Appropriation to Return Alaskan Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3184_56676_0001.jpg?itok=Z1bjZ0VI)
William A. Mercer requests to know more about an Act of Congress appropriating money for the return of students from Alaska to their homes. Mercer notes that two students in particular should be sent home as soon as possible due to consumption.
![Cost of Returning Students to Homes in Alaska Cost of Returning Students to Homes in Alaska](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3196_60246_0003.jpg?itok=5aNR7xYk)
William A. Mercer provides the cost of returning 35 students to their homes in Alaska on account of expired terms of enrollment and ill health.
![Inquiry into Modification of Legislation to Enable Return of Alaskan Students Inquiry into Modification of Legislation to Enable Return of Alaskan Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3549_29605_0002.jpg?itok=WWSdop13)
William A. Mercer inquires of the Office of Indian Affairs whether there was a modification of legislation to enable an unlimited number of Alaskan students to their homes. Mercer notes that 12 or 14 students should be returned home due to time or health.
![Requests to Return Home for Three Students Requests to Return Home for Three Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b022_f17_16391_0005.jpg?itok=bK43B9yg)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return Garfield Sitarangok and William King to their respective homes on account of health. A further request to return Samuel Anaruk to his home along with Sitrangok is included.
![Request for Return Home of Three Sick Students Request for Return Home of Three Sick Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b022_f32_69543_0002.jpg?itok=7fAnxzbQ)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School Moses Friedman to return three pupils with pulmonary tuberculosis to their homes.
![Correspondence and Reports on Tuberculosis Among Students in 1909 Correspondence and Reports on Tuberculosis Among Students in 1909](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b019_f02_17189_0009.jpg?itok=sJ9cdETu)
Correspondence and reports regarding examinations of students for tuberculosis along with the recommendation to return two students to their homes in 1909.
![Request to Return Lizzie Rowland Request to Return Lizzie Rowland](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b033_f36_11783_0002.jpg?itok=7CQRYOmU)
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return Lizzie Rowland to her home in Forsythe, Montana from Carlisle.
![Tuberculosis Investigation by Joseph Murphy for February 1909 Tuberculosis Investigation by Joseph Murphy for February 1909](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b005_f02_14955_0001.jpg?itok=57MOhRAf)
This material includes a forwarded press copy report detailing the findings of Medical Supervisor Joseph A. Murphy's investigation of tuberculosis at the Carlisle Indian School in 1909. This report includes a list of pupils diagnosed with tuberculosis and recommended to be sent home, as well as recommendations for changes to the dormitories.…
![Report on the Effectiveness of Open-Air Balcony Treatments on Tuberculosis Report on the Effectiveness of Open-Air Balcony Treatments on Tuberculosis](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b019_f29_21262_0003.jpg?itok=SdFEjOL3)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $500 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1910" account for special medical treatment of students, to send students to Philadelphia for treatment, and for medicine and food for the school hospital. Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G . Valentine approves Friedman's…
![Request for Return Home of James Henry Request for Return Home of James Henry](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b019_f03_26063_0002.jpg?itok=mB920lCv)
This document contains correspondence concerning James Henry. The student had been diagnosed with tuberculosis, and was returned to his home in Sweet Water, Idaho.
![Request for Return Home of Noble Thompson Request for Return Home of Noble Thompson](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b023_f07_27408_0001_0.jpg?itok=ufyVbLft)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return Noble Thompson to his home in Laguna, New Mexico.
![Notice of Death of Henry Buffalo Notice of Death of Henry Buffalo](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b019_f42_82093_0001.jpg?itok=I6b_zDZG)
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Henry Buffalo.
![Report of Return Home of Six Tubercular Students to Pine Ridge Report of Return Home of Six Tubercular Students to Pine Ridge](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b018_f36_123829_0006.jpg?itok=f89gadhE)
This document contains correspondence requesting the return home of six students from the Pine Ridge Agency who were diagnosed with tuberculosis.
![Health Reports of Walter Winsborough Health Reports of Walter Winsborough](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b029_f43_15770_0008.jpg?itok=WXgqbJa4)
These materials include correspondence regarding reports on the health of Walter Winsborough to his mother Mary Wells. Additionally, a request from Winsborough's parents was sent through Senator Harry Lane to return him to his home.