Student file of Adam Metoxen, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on November 25, 1885 and departed on July 15, 1890. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving that indicate Metoxen was married to Sophia Metoxen (formerly Sophia Hill) and farming in West DePere,…
Hill, Sophia
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Student information card of Adam Metoxen, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on November 25, 1885 and departed on July 15, 1890. The file indicates Metoxen was married and living in West DePere, Wisconsin in 1913.
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Student file of Sophia Hill, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 22, 1888, and departed on July 4, 1893. The file contains a student information card, a report after leaving, and a returned student survey indicating that she was married to Adam Metoxen and living in West De Pere, Wisconsin, in 1910.
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Student information card of Sophia Hill, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 22, 1888 and departed on July 4, 1893.
Note: While this card says Sophia Hill married Herbert Pope, other documentation indicates she married Adam Metoxen. We believe that the person who created this student confused Suffye Hill and…
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Studio portrait of John Hill and Sophia Hill.
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
June 23, 1888
Richard Henry Pratt provides an account of transferring students from the Martinsburg Indian School to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he and P. H. Bridenbaugh told the group of students of the benefit of staying in the East and continuing their education but that it was up to them if they wanted to stay. After a discussion in…
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March 22, 1890
Alfred John Standing responds to the Office of Indian School regarding a letter from Cornelius Hill. Standing indicates the three students mentioned were transferred from the Martinsburg Indian School. Two of the students are on the outing program and the oldest is in the fourth grade. Due to their age, Standing recommends that they remain at…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration