In school documentation this student's name is only spelled Bertha Chips, but family of the student has indicated that the correct spelling is Bertha Chipps.
Student information card of Bertha Chips (Keeps Cane), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1883 and departed on December 15, 1884.
Note: Although the spelling on this card shows the last name as Chips, family members indicate that the proper spelling is Chipps.
Student information card of Bertha Chips, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1883 and departed on December 15, 1884.
In school documentation Bertha Chipps’ name is spelled Bertha Chips, but family of the student have said that Chipps is the correct spelling. She is also known as Keeps Cane.
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![Bertha Chips [version 1], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/NAA_73397.jpg?itok=h7ilvvZI "Bertha Chips [version 1], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Bertha Chips probably wearing school uniform.
Note: Although the spelling on school materials shows the last name as Chips, family members indicate that the proper spelling is Chipps.…
![Bertha Chips [version 2], c.1883](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_032d.jpg?itok=6GZc3tPm "Bertha Chips [version 2], c.1883")
Studio portrait of Bertha Chips probably wearing school uniform.
Note: Although the spelling on school materials shows the last name as Chips, family members indicate that the proper spelling is Chipps.…
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a statement from the Second Auditor of the Treasury in settlement of his accounts from the fourth quarter of 1884 to and including the fourth quarter of 1885. Pratt goes through a list of transportation costs that were disallowed due to a portion of the road being subsidized by bond.