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              November 7, 1879
          Richard Henry Pratt informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt that, at the request of Hampton Institute director General Samuel Armstrong, six Sisseton Sioux children and two Menominee boys from Green Bay, Wisconsin will be retained at Carlisle. Their addition increases the school's population to 158.
Note: The two Menominee students were Joseph Wisecoby and Moses Nonway. The six Sisseton students were Amos LaFromboise, Edward Upright, George Walker, John Renville, Justine LaFromboise, and Nancy Renville.
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              National Archives and Records Administration
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              RG 75, Series 79, box 571, Miscellaneous-1879-P-#1137
          
