Student file of Tonkin Davis, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on November 25, 1899, and departed on July 3, 1902. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving indicating that, in 1910, Davis was farming in L'Anse, Michigan.
In school documentation Tonkin Davis is also known as…
Student information card of Tonkin Davis, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on November 25, 1899 and departed on July 3, 1902.
Note: Although the school documents consistently use the name "Thompkins," family members have indicated that his name was properly spelled "Tonkin."
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request from Eliza Davis for the return of her two children, Sarah and Tonkin, from the Carlisle Indian School.