Correspondence Regarding Allegations towards the Outing System

Date
July 11, 1892 - August 17, 1892

Correspondence from Daniel Dorchester, the Superintendent of Indian Schools, and Richard Henry Pratt to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding allegations from Pratt that Dorchester was set to attack the Carlisle outing system on the grounds that thirteen students had become pregnant. Pratt calls the allegation false and that only one such case has occurred during the early part of the outing system when students were grouped together. Dorchester goes on to deny the claim and calls for transparency on Pratt's claims.

Time Period
Year
Repository
National Archives and Records Administration
Location
RG 75, Entry 91, box 888, 1892-#26682
Correspondence Regarding Allegations towards the Outing System