Student information card of Hubbell Big Horse, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on October 27, 1879 and departed on July 1, 1882.
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Student information card of Hubbell Big Horse (here Bighorse), a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on October 27, 1879 and departed on July 1, 1882.

Student file of Fred Big Horse (Big Horse), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1883 and ultimately graduated in 1893 and departed on March 6, 1893. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, correspondence, a returned student survey,…

Page one opened with the discovery of a Cherokee tribe in the mountains of South Carolina and how they begged for teaches when the white travelers passed through their village. The Indian bow and white man musket were also compared on page one, with the bow being determined to be the superior weapon. It also described an Indian Buffalo hunt,…

A souvenir booklet from the Carlisle Indian School, published for their 23rd year. A short description of the aims and goals of the school is presented. Images of students as they first arrived, as well as important visiting chiefs, are given, as are before and after images including those of Tom Torlino. Extracurricular groups, school staff…
![Chief Big Horse and Hubbell Big Horse [version 1], c.1880 Chief Big Horse and Hubbell Big Horse [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_028b.jpg?itok=OU3f_8zR)
Studio portrait of Chief Big Horse and his son, Hubbell Big Horse. Chief Big Horse wears traditional clothes and Hubbell is in a school uniform.
![Chief Big Horse and Hubbell Big Horse [version 2], c.1880 Chief Big Horse and Hubbell Big Horse [version 2], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/0321.f.0005_alt.jpg?itok=KY6S8vEd)
Studio portrait of Chief Big Horse and his son, Hubbell Big Horse. Chief Big Horse wears traditional clothing and Hubbell is wearing a school uniform.
![Indian Chiefs who visited the Carlisle Indian School [version 1], c.1881 Indian Chiefs who visited the Carlisle Indian School [version 1], c.1881](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0012.jpg?itok=oK5ZPG8S)
The caption reads: Noted Indian Chiefs.
The printed note on the reverse side reads: NOTED INDIAN CHIEFS Who have visited the Indian Training School, Carlisle, Pa.
1. Spotted Tail, Sioux Chief, Rosebud Agency, Dakota.
2. Iron Wing, Sioux Chief, Rosebud Agency, Dakota…
![Indian Chiefs who visited the Carlisle Indian School [version 2] c.1881 Indian Chiefs who visited the Carlisle Indian School [version 2] c.1881](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/CIS-P-0053.jpg?itok=E1Q2IFtN)
The printed note on the reverse side reads: NOTED INDIAN CHIEFS Who have visited the Indian Training School, Carlisle, Pa.
1. Spotted Tail, Sioux Chief, Rosebud Agency, Dakota.
2. Iron Wing, Sioux Chief, Rosebud Agency, Dakota.
3. American Horse, Sioux Chief, Pine…

Richard Henry Pratt requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs authorize Agent Miles' expenses incurred while transporting a party of six Cheyenne and Arapaho chiefs and their children as well as Daniel Tucker from the Carlisle Indian School to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Tucker and the chiefs' children are all Carlisle students.…

Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Indian Affairs Office that he has received word regarding a wagon the school is selling to Big Horse. Big Horse asks if the government will pay for the transportation of the wagon which Pratt recommends. Pratt also notes that Wolf Face has asking for a wagon and was notified that Big Horse was paying for his.…