The parents of Ernest White Thunder and Maud Swift Bear request that their bodies be returned to them in order to have them buried near their homes. They note that while Richard Henry Pratt sent them frequent letters they were not aware that their children were near death and are now unable to fulfill their hope of returning home to help their…
Student Deaths
![Request to Return the Bodies of Ernest White Thunder and Maud Swift Bear Request to Return the Bodies of Ernest White Thunder and Maud Swift Bear](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0001_00339_0003.jpg?itok=cGZ9p2c3)
![Report on the Death of Dennis (Strikes First) Report on the Death of Dennis (Strikes First)](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0004_01524_0004.jpg?itok=pjSj2Tii)
Carlisle Indian School physician, C. H. Hepburn, reports on the death of Dennis Strikes First due to typhoid pneumonia on January 19, 1881.
Note: In this record the student is identified as Denis.
![Proposal to Send Industrial Articles to Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agencies Proposal to Send Industrial Articles to Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agencies](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0004_01573_0002.jpg?itok=uQ0BIrPZ)
Richard Henry Pratt notes that when he spoke to American Horse and other Sioux Chiefs in 1880 as they returned home they were promised a light wagon produced at Carlisle. According to Pratt sending the wagons along with some tinware would be a good method to show the work being done by the students of the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agency as well…
![Report on the Deaths of Three Students Report on the Deaths of Three Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0018_07521_0001.jpg?itok=yZupk6t8)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the reports of school physician C. H. Hepburn on the deaths of Dora (Her Pipe), Rose (Red Rose), and Albert. Hepburn provides details on the treatment and condition of each student as well as their illnesses including measles, bronchopneumonia or bronchitis, and pneumonia.
![Report on the Deaths of Edward Upright and Giles Report on the Deaths of Edward Upright and Giles](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0018_07859_0001.jpg?itok=LCGGNYUd)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the report of the Carlisle School physician C. H. Hepburn on the deaths of Edward Upright and Giles. Hepburn notes the cause of death resulting from scarlet fever as well as pneumonia while recovering from measles.
![Letters Sent to Pratt from the Rosebud Agency Regarding Return of Children Letters Sent to Pratt from the Rosebud Agency Regarding Return of Children](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0023_09836_0001.jpg?itok=iJo_Z8h_)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs two letters he received from the Rosebud Agency. One concerns the deaths of Rosebud students while at Carlisle and the desire of the Rosebud Sioux Chiefs to educate their children closer to home. The second from Black Crow protesting the actions of Spotted Tail and others who…
![Sioux Chiefs Protest Deaths of their Children and Ask for Local School Sioux Chiefs Protest Deaths of their Children and Ask for Local School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0022_09443_0001.jpg?itok=5aioBfSj)
A Council of Sioux Chiefs including Spotted Tail, Two Strike, White Thunder, and Swift Bear from the Rosebud Agency writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to protest the deaths of their children at Carlisle and asks for a local school in order to educate their children along with teachers. U.S. Indian Agent John Cook notes that he is…
![Sioux Chiefs Protest Deaths of their Children and Ask President Garfield for Local School Sioux Chiefs Protest Deaths of their Children and Ask President Garfield for Local School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0024_10258_0003.jpg?itok=dNn0FnUS)
A Council of Sioux Chiefs including Spotted Tail, Two Strike, White Thunder, and Swift Bear from the Rosebud Agency writes to President James A. Garfield to protest the deaths of their children at Carlisle and asks for a local school in order to educate their children along with teachers. U.S. Indian Agent John Cook notes that he is agreement…
![Sioux Chiefs Protest Deaths of their Children to Interior and Ask for Local School Sioux Chiefs Protest Deaths of their Children to Interior and Ask for Local School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0022_09493_0001.jpg?itok=Rk3QIiui)
A council of Sioux Chiefs including Spotted Tail, Two Strike, White Thunder, and Swift Bear from the Rosebud Agency writes to the Secretary of the Interior to protest the deaths of their children at Carlisle and asks for a local school in order to educate their children along with teachers. U.S. Indian agent John Cook notes that he is agreement…
![Request to Repatriate of Frank Cushing's Body to Zuni Request to Repatriate of Frank Cushing's Body to Zuni](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0045_18374_0003.jpg?itok=YsSJIyy5)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter that was originally sent to Benjamin M. Thomas, U.S. Indian Agent at the Pueblo Agency, from S. A. Bentley a teacher in the Indian Service. Bentley's letter concerns the wishes of Frank Cushing's parents to have his body repatriated to Zuni. Pratt comments that this is not a simple matter and references the…
![Unaccounted Expenses from Dr. Faulkner Unaccounted Expenses from Dr. Faulkner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0076_08504_0004.jpg?itok=TmuQue9a)
Richard Henry Pratt relays a copy of the last message he received from former Carlisle Indian School physician Dr. W. H. Faulkner regarding expenses accrued by Dr. Faulkner while returning two students to their homes at the Rosebud Agency. Due to delays Dr. Faulkner was stuck at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin where one student died. Pratt notes…
![Pratt Policy of Returning Sick Students Pratt Policy of Returning Sick Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0069_05744_0002.jpg?itok=OLkCW72N)
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Department of Indian Affairs letter concerning the failure to return sick students back to their homes before their deaths. Pratt details two cases where students were too ill to be sent back to their homes. He further states that the initial students from the Osage Agency be returned at the end of the school…
![Long Face Requests Money Appropriated for Educating Two Deceased Daughters Long Face Requests Money Appropriated for Educating Two Deceased Daughters](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0084_11764_0003.jpg?itok=iBul9gQZ)
Long Face requests the money that was appropriated to educate his two daughters Rose and Mary who were unable to fulfill their three year terms due to ill health and subsequently death.
![Request for Body of Adam McCarty to be Returned Request for Body of Adam McCarty to be Returned](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0141_10605_0002.jpg?itok=3IJrxBgr)
The U.S. Indian Agent at the Arapaho Agency requests the return of the body of Adam McCarty, a member of the Modoc Nation, who is a student at the Carlisle Indian School. The Agent notes that McCarty is dying and the Modoc Nation is greatly distressed.
![Report on the Death of Taylor Ealy Report on the Death of Taylor Ealy](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0145_12683_0002.jpg?itok=bmrC5mZp)
Richard Henry Pratt reports on the death of Taylor Ealy, a member of the Pueblo Nation, while vacationing with Dr. T. F. Ealy in Schellsburg, Pennsylvania. Pratt notes that he instructed Dr. Ealy to have Taylor Ealy be buried in Schellsburg and to forward the bill to Carlisle.
![Death of Gertrude Spotted Tail Death of Gertrude Spotted Tail](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0153_16425_0001.jpg?itok=K6VFOFWP)
Richard Henry Pratt reports on the death of Gertrude Spotted Tail while living in Andalusia, Pennsylvania with a Carlisle Indian School teacher during the summer. Pratt also notes the health and death differences between the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agency students.
Pratt concludes with a request for authority to pay for the expense of…
![Long Face Requests a Wagon Long Face Requests a Wagon](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0225_02242_0001.jpg?itok=vRDedBmV)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request of Long Face for a wagon to assist him in his farming.
![Report on the Death of Jose Kowseah Report on the Death of Jose Kowseah](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0301_10221_0002.jpg?itok=Fyg1abFO)
Report made by Richard Henry Pratt of the death of Jose Kowseah while returning from an outing in Rupert, Pennsylvania.
![Report on the Hampton Institute and the Carlisle Indian School Report on the Hampton Institute and the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0440_01014_0003.jpg?itok=_tcXa8y6)
T. S. Childs makes a report to the Office of Indian Affairs on Carlisle Indian School and the Indian Training School at the Hampton Institute. Childs report was prompted by complaints made against the Hampton Institute related to the health and discipline of students. Childs report focuses mostly on Hampton while examining Carlisle in order to…
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, August 1886 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, August, September, October 1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0352_29863_c3290.jpg?itok=u_X8SIpM)
O. G. Given, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary reports for August, September, and October 1886. Given also includes a short note about a case in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section of the September report.
![Voucher Covering Expenses of Burying Student in Millville, PA Voucher Covering Expenses of Burying Student in Millville, PA](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0428_29398_0003.jpg?itok=ZljP88Z0)
Forwarded voucher for the expenses incurred by L. A. Bender in burying Bruce Hayman, a student at the Carlisle Indian School, in Millville, Pennsylvania.
![Request to Return Apache Prisoners to Mount Vernon Barracks Request to Return Apache Prisoners to Mount Vernon Barracks](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0523_13860_0001.jpg?itok=6rxFddPI)
Richard Henry Pratt provides an update on the Apache prisoners brought from the Mount Vernon Barracks in the winter and spring of 1886-1887. Pratt notes that of the 106 students, 27 have died and two others will likely die within a few days. Pratt describes the generally downward trend of the party of students and requests to return the party…
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, May 1889 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, May 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0524_14506_c3441.jpg?itok=Ni8VtIYR)
Thomas Stewart Jr., school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for May 1889.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, July 1889 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, July 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0545_22733_c0095.jpg?itok=b9bNW7qb)
F. L. Barnum, the acting school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for July 1889. Barnum also includes a note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
![Tenth Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School Tenth Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0555_26855_0006.jpg?itok=nFk5NOdk)
Richard Henry Pratt submits his tenth Annual Report for the Carlisle Indian School on September 1, 1889 to the Office of Indian Affairs. Included are statistics related to the school followed up a report from Pratt that provides a brief history followed by the enrollment statistics for the school year as well as an outline of the outing program…