Student file of Edward Hears Fire (Hears Fire), a member of the Crow Nation, who entered the school on February 28, 1883, and departed on January 30, 1884. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, correspondence, and a report after leaving indicating that, in 1910, Hears Fire was working as a policeman in…
Hears Fire, Edward
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Student information card of Edward Hears Fire (Hears Fire), a member of the Crow Nation, who entered the school on February 28, 1883 and departed on January 30, 1884.
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February 22-28, 1883
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 8 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Crow Agency in Montana. The Descriptive Statement indicates that two female children initially intended for transfer refused to go with the rest of the group.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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March 13, 1883 - March 14, 1883
Carlisle Indian School physician O. G. Given provides a report on the recently arrived Crow students from Carlisle, several of whom should be sent back. As a result of the report Pratt recommends including additional agency health examinations.
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Letters/Correspondence
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April 9, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt returns to the Indian Affairs Office a letter from U.S. Indian Agent H. J. Armstrong from the Crow Agency. Pratt recommends returning Hears Fire and Steals the Bear to their home due to illness.
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Letters/Correspondence
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September 10, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt requests delaying returning four students from the Crow Nation until the other party comes to Carlisle. He further requests that the return of the students does not come from the School's appropriation.
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Letters/Correspondence
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