Chouteau, Edward

Student information card of Edward Chouteau, a member of the Osage Nation, who entered the school on June 9, 1882 and departed on June 17, 1884.

In school documentation Edward Chouteau's name is also spelled Edward Choteau.

Student information card of Edward Chouteau (here Choteau), a member of the Osage Nation, who entered the school on June 9, 1882 and departed on June 17, 1884.

Student file of Augustine Eaken, a member of the Osage Nation, who entered the school on September 26, 1884 and departed on August 17, 1885. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving indicating she was living in Pawhuska, Oklahoma in 1910.

In school documentation Augustine Eaken has two married names. One is…

Student information card of Augustine Eaken, a member of the Osage Nation, who entered the school on September 26, 1884 and departed on August 17, 1885.

Studio portrait of Peliza, Paul Big Horse, and Edward Chouteau, all wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Peliza, Paul Big Horse, and Edward Chouteau, all wearing school uniforms.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has several copies of this image: PA-CH1-037a, CS-CH-056, and CS-CH-075. 

Complying with Indian Office orders, Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students brought to the Carlisle Indian School by Special Agent E. B. Townsend for the fall of 1882. Students were from the Osage, Kaw, and Nez Perce Nations.

Richard Henry Pratt writes regarding a promise made by Laban J. Miles, U.S. Indian Agent, that three students would be returned with the party of the Osage students being sent home. Pratt writes that this promise should be fulfilled and asks that Peliza who is at the Lincoln Institute be transferred back to Carlisle and along with Edward…