Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Eric Gatay (Gat-ay), a member of the Apache Nation.
Gatay, Eric
Student information card of Eric Gatay, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886. He died on October 3, 1887 and was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.
In school documentation Eric Gatay's also known as Eric Yatay. He is also known as Gat-ay (also spelled Yat-ay).
Student information card of Eric Gatay, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886 and died on October 3, 1887 while attending the school. He was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.
These materials include a cover letter and Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 37 Chiricahua Apache prisoners-of-war transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida, where a larger group of Geronimo's band remained imprisoned. The 37 individuals transferred to Carlisle represented a portion of all…