Student file of Morgan Kah-ka-neth-la, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886 and departed on November 7, 1895. The file contains student information cards and a report after leaving indicating Kah-ka-neth-la was working as a teamster in Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 1910.
Kah-ka-neth-la, Morgan


Student information card of Morgan Koh-ka-netha-la (here Kah-ka-neh-la), a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886 and departed on November 7, 1895.

Student portrait of Morgan Kah-ka-neth-la.

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…

Correspondence regarding a request from Apache prisoners of war for the return of their children from the Carlisle Indian School. Included in the correspondence are various recommendations for the students as well as Richard Henry Pratt's philosophy in educating the Apache students and his views on interpreters.

Richard Henry Pratt provides Daniel M. Browning of the decisions of the Apache students at the Carlisle Indian School relative to returning to their homes or staying at Carlisle.