Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that none of the party of seven students from Red Lake have arrived, but the one from the White Earth Agency who was to accompany them has arrived at Carlisle. Pratt further states that this student, upon his medical examination, was found unfit. As a result, he recommends that the…
1891
![Update on Red Lake Party and Proposal to Send School Employee for Students Update on Red Lake Party and Proposal to Send School Employee for Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0799_42178_0003.jpg?itok=nq8J9qyx)
![Request of Festus Pelone to be Returned Home Request of Festus Pelone to be Returned Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0801_42822_0004.jpg?itok=pZLvagjk)
Festus Pelone requests permission from Thomas J. Morgan to be returned to his home during the winter. Pelone writes that he has no money in the bank due to being unfairly punished by Richard Henry Pratt for leaving his outing.
![Report Responding to Questions on the Carlisle Indian School Report Responding to Questions on the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0810_45991_c1695.jpg?itok=4zgUV8F0)
Richard Henry Pratt provides a report responding to questions from the Office of Indian Affairs on the needs of the Carlisle Indian School. Included are discussions on the need for more land, additional educational needs, and industrial training including the limitations of the industrial instruction received at Carlisle.
Pratt also…
![Scobey Objects to Letter from Pratt to Uncle of Student Scobey Objects to Letter from Pratt to Uncle of Student](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0804_43790_0002.jpg?itok=FLEJEK0x)
C. R. A. Scobey, U.S. Indian Agent for the Fort Peck Agency, writes to the Office of Indian Affairs letter objecting to a letter from Richard Henry Pratt to Smoker. Scobey claims that the agency has sent sixty students to Carlisle and that all of the students were selected with care by the agency physician and superintendent and that is not the…
![Comptroller Opinion on Osage Fund Paying for Students at Carlisle Comptroller Opinion on Osage Fund Paying for Students at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0802_43167_0002.jpg?itok=IoBUfJTO)
B. F. Gilkeson, Comptroller in the Second Comptroller's Office, responds to Thomas J. Morgan's letter regarding using interest generated from the Osage Fund to pay for Osage students at the Carlisle Indian School. Gilkeson writes that his interpretation of the treaty holds that only uses which were mentioned are valid and so funds cannot be…
![Response to Office Letters Regarding Boiler House and Nellie Carey Response to Office Letters Regarding Boiler House and Nellie Carey](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0802_43145_0002.jpg?itok=SGT5Fi0V)
Richard Henry Pratt replies to two Office of Indian Affairs letters regarding the construction of the Boiler House and the pay of student Nellie Carey as a matron.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, November 1891 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, November 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0802_43281_c1545.jpg?itok=hDK6pTFR)
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for November 1891.
![Pratt Forwards Below Co-zed's Letter Requesting Shop Pratt Forwards Below Co-zed's Letter Requesting Shop](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0806_44706_0002.jpg?itok=-XAYbSxg)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from former student Co-zed (Below) requesting assistance in obtaining a shop at the Kiowa Agency.
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, December 1891 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, December 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0803_43642_c1553.jpg?itok=aM-UG4AN)
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
![Report of Irregular Employees, November 1891 Report of Irregular Employees, November 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0804_43793_c1596.jpg?itok=3EIylMKw)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during November 1891. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Green Bay Agency Sending Eight Students to Carlisle Green Bay Agency Sending Eight Students to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0805_44300_0002.jpg?itok=ImmKhI1u)
Charles S. Kelsey, U.S. Indian agent for the Green Bay Agency, informs the Office of Indian Affairs that eight students have departed the agency for the Carlisle Indian School.
![Return of Report of Irregular Employees, October 1891 Return of Report of Irregular Employees, October 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0804_44006_0002.jpg?itok=7Msl7Amr)
Captain Richard H. Pratt returns corrected report of irregular employees who worked at the school during October 1891. Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the changes made in the amount paid to A. Smith and George Work.
![Request to be Informed if Piegan Chiefs Decide to Visit Carlisle Request to be Informed if Piegan Chiefs Decide to Visit Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0805_44273_0002.jpg?itok=PmFaX2BS)
Richard Henry Pratt requests from the Office of Indian Affairs to be informed if a group of Piegan chiefs decide to visit the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt writes that he was informed that the chiefs are visiting Washington D.C. from his students and that if they decide to visit he would like to bring some students back from outing in order to…
![Explanation to Report of Irregular Employees, October 1891 Explanation to Report of Irregular Employees, October 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0806_44620_0002.jpg?itok=XwczCn1j)
Captain Richard H. Pratt replies to a letter from the Commission of Indian Affairs questioning the report of irregular employees during October 1891. Pratt explains why some regular employees were submitted as irregular, why irregular employees performed work that regular employees should do, and failure to identify each authorized item. Also,…
![Pratt Responds to Request to Return Festus Pelone Pratt Responds to Request to Return Festus Pelone](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0806_44708_0002.jpg?itok=lfxaou3h)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request to be returned home by Festus Pelone. Pratt includes a copy of Pelone's disciplinary record while at Carlisle and notes that his punishment of being on "no pay" is deserved. Because of the pattern of bad behavior, Pratt is willing to send Pelone home but…
![Pratt Responds to Scobey's Letter Regarding Student Sent by Agency Pratt Responds to Scobey's Letter Regarding Student Sent by Agency](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0806_44709_0002.jpg?itok=ajF2eeNL)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding a letter from C. R. A. Scobey, U.S. Indian Agent for the Fort Peck Agency. Pratt writes that he was mistaken in his letter to Smoker of the identity of the student who has rarely been in school since her arrival. Pratt details the treatment he has undertaken to…
![Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Fanny Bird Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Fanny Bird](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0807_44829_0002.jpg?itok=caTULDta)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request from James Bird for the return of his daughter Fanny Bird due to his illness. Pratt notes that Fanny is only 11 but has been at the school three years and both her health and conduct are constantly improving. As a result Pratt notes that if she returns home…
![Agent Responds to Office Letter Regarding Return of Fanny Bird Agent Responds to Office Letter Regarding Return of Fanny Bird](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0808_45517_0002.jpg?itok=8SfD4XG9)
Robert H. Ashley, U.S. Indian Agent for the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the return of Fanny Bird. Ashley states that her father has been getting better and that Fanny would be better off at Carlisle.
![Agency Update on Former Students Living at the Pine Ridge Agency Agency Update on Former Students Living at the Pine Ridge Agency](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0811_00345_0004.jpg?itok=VgqBQSXX)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a copy of a letter from George LeRoy Brown, Acting U.S. Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency, to the Office of Indian Affairs. In Brown's letter he provides an update and a character assessment on former Carlisle Indian School students he has met.
![Pelone Reiterates Desire to be Returned Home Pelone Reiterates Desire to be Returned Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0810_46180_0003.jpg?itok=-sp1zY8o)
Festus Pelone responds to letter from Thomas J. Morgan again requesting him to be allowed to return home. Pelone states that he has only ever gotten into trouble while on outing and that he has been at Carlisle eight years and now desires to return home.
![Pratt Forwards Expense Voucher in Return of Three Runaway Students Pratt Forwards Expense Voucher in Return of Three Runaway Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0810_46066_0002.jpg?itok=N87S0ey5)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards expense voucher of W. P. Campbell incurred in the return of three runaway students.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Injured, December 1891 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Injured, December 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0812_00398_c1755_B.jpg?itok=w8VJorlI)
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for December 1891. Dixon also includes a note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.
![Report of Irregular Employees, December 1891 Report of Irregular Employees, December 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0813_01051_c1771.jpg?itok=shHZleGG)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during December 1891. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, January 1892 Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, January 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0820_04045_c1904.jpg?itok=xoLJU8Jq)
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (T. S. Reighter, W. R. Claudy, Carrie Cory, Catherine Caryl, and Phebe Howell) and those who have left the school (Laura N. Meredith and Maud B. Cummins). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Pratt…
![Audit of the Financial Transactions of Richard Henry Pratt Audit of the Financial Transactions of Richard Henry Pratt](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2694_04139_0001.jpg?itok=2u9UWO3d)
This audit and report, which concerns the finances of the Carlisle Indian School as administered by Richard Henry Pratt, was prepared immediately following his retirement as superintendent of the school. The report focuses on the use of non-governmental funds - charitable donations to the school, as well as income earned through athletics and…