Chawip, Howard

Student file of Howard Chawip, a member of the Comanche Nation who entered the school on October 27, 1879 and departed on October 6, 1884. The file contains former student response postcards and a report after leaving indicating that, in 1913, Chawip was working as an interpreter at the Reformed Church Mission of Lawton, Oklahoma.

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Student information card of Howard Chawip, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on October 27, 1879 and departed on October 6, 1884. The file indicates Chawip was living in Lawton, Oklahoma in 1913.

In school documentation Howard Chawip is also known as Cha-wip and Howard Whitewolf.

Page one reprinted Van Horn's letter to friend, in which he described his train ride into Trenton, New Jersey, and a drunken old man who disturbed him on the ride.  Howard Chawhip also retold a story of an old drunkard who only went to church to hear the singing, but later became a good man after a fly caused him to uncover his ears during…

Group portrait of Pankin, Albert (seated in the center), Howard Chawip (standing back left), and Peter Charko (seated on the left) posed outside a school building. 

Portrait of Pankin, Albert (seated in the center), Howard Chawip (standing back left), and Peter Charko (seated on the left) posed outside a school building. This image was probably taken shortly after their arrival at the school. 

Portrait of twelve male students, all wearing uniforms and holding instruments, in front of the bandstand on the school grounds. In the glass plate negative version of this image [version 1] a white woman, also holding an instrument, can be seen at the far right. In the print versions of this image she is almost entirely cropped out,…

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