Bayhylle, Louis

Student file of Louis Bayhylle, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school August 31, 1882, and departed May 10, 1887. The file contains a position record card, former student response postcards, a returned student survey, a student information card, correspondence, and a report after leaving that indicates Bayhylle was a farmer and…

Student information card of Louis Bayhylle, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school on August 31, 1882 and departed on May 10, 1887. The file indicates Bayhylle was living in Pawnee City, Oklahoma in 1913.

Student information card of Maud Echo Hawk, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school on October 22, 1883 and departed on January 3, 1884.

In school documentation Maud Echo Hawk's married name is Maud Bayhylle (Mrs. Louis Bayhylle).

The first page opened with a poem "Bear It in Mind” followed by the third installment of the series titled “How An Indian Girl Might Tell Her Own Story if She Had the Chance: All Founded on Actual Observations of the Man-on-the-band-stand’s Chief Clerk” which continued on the fourth page. Page two offered news from students who were home at…

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 28).

Studio portarit of Baptiste Bayhylle and his son, Louis Bayhylle. Louis is wearing a school uniform. There apperas to be an illegible caption written along the top of the image. 

Studio portrait of Baptiste Bayhylle and his son Louis Bayhylle. Louis is in a school uniform.

Studio portrait captioned as "Pawnee Indian group that entered the Carlisle Indian School in 1882." If that is accurate, then the sitters include: Louis Bayhylle, Frank West, Chalkley Stafford, Abram Platt, Thomas Kester, Bruce Hayman, Henry Eagle Chief, Minnie Topa, and Nellie Aspenall. Those are the nine students from the Pawnee nation who…

Charles Robinson, the Superintendent of the Haskell Institute, forwards a copy of a letter he sent to Richard Henry Pratt regarding a request to return Louis Bayhylle due to his father's illness. Robinson states that Baptiste Bayhylle is essential for him to recruit students for Haskell at the Pawnee Agency but he will only assist if his son is…

Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the return of Louis Bayhylle and his transfer to the Haskell Institute. Pratt notes that Bayhylle may return to his Agency at the end of the year but should likely remain at school for an additional period due to his young age. In addition, Pratt writes that Carlisle would…

Request from Richard Henry Pratt to permit Louis Bayhylle to return home with his father, Baptiste Bayhylle, with travel provided to Arkansas City via the Pennsylvania Railroad.

These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding two individuals discharged from the Carlisle Indian School and transferred back to the Pawnee Agency.