Lone Wolf

Student information card of Joseph Lone Wolf, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 10, 1886 and departed on July 29, 1890.

In school documentation Joseph Lone Wolf is also known as Sarugmanitu Wakan.

Student file of Delos Lone Wolf, a member of the Kiowa Nation, who entered the school on July 4, 1892 and departed on March 4, 1896. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Lone Wolf was a farmer in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma in 1910 and a farmer in Carnegie, Oklahoma in…

Student information card of Delos Lone Wolf, a member of the Kiowa Nation, who entered the school on July 4, 1892 and departed on March 4, 1896. The information card indicates that Lone Wolf graduated in 1896, married Ida Wasee, and was living in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma in 1914. 

Student file of William Lone Wolf, a member of the Kiowa Nation, who entered the school on July 4, 1892 and departed on September 26, 1895. The file contains a student information card, letters/correspondence, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving indicating that Lone Wolf was farming in Ashton, Kansas in 1913.

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Student information card of William Lone Wolf (Gove-pah-gah), a member of the Kiowa Nation, who entered the school on July 4, 1892 and departed on September 26, 1895. The file indicates Lone Wolf was living in Ashton, Kansas in 1913.

The first page began with an untitled poem that opened with the first line “We can never be too careful,” followed by “Which Would You Rather Be a Spider or a Fly? / The White Man Like a Spider,” an account of Mr. Seger’s description of the idiosyncrasies of language translation. It continued on the fourth page. Page two featured news articles…

Studio portrait of Kiowa Chief Lone Wolf  with his sons, William Lone Wolf (seated left) and Delos Lone Wolf (standing left) and another student (standing right), c.1895. 

Studio portrait of visiting chiefs Quanah Parker (seated in the middle row) and Lone Wolf (standing in the back row, third from the left) with three female students and six male students. The wife of Quanah Parker, Tonarcy, is seated next to him in the center of the photo.

Previous cataloging indicates a date of March 1894 is scratched…

Studio portrait of visiting chiefs Quanah Parker (seated in the middle row) and Lone Wolf (standing in the back row, third from the left) with three female students and six male students. The wife of Quanah Parker, Tonarcy, is seated next to him in the center of the photo.

The National Anthropological Archives version of this image has…

The caption reads: THE INDIAN CENTRE.

Lone Wolf, Centre. B. Pierce, Right Guard. Wheelock, Left Guard. Hudson, Quarter-back.

This image appears in Harper's Weekly vol. 40, no. 2081 (October 1896).

Richard Henry Pratt forwards request of Lone Star through the Kiowa, Comanche and Wichita Agent for the enrollment of an adopted member of the Kiowa Nation. The letter states that the proposed student was captured as a child in New Mexico.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a petition from the Comanche Nation to keep their U.S. Indian Agent George Day.

Also a brief note that a few members of the Agency stopped in Chicago and saw the Carlisle exhibit.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that students from the Kiowa and Comanche Agency as well as the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency have contributed funds to allow one chief from each Nation to attend commencement ceremonies.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards letter requesting his assistance in having Quanah Parker and Lone Wolf come to Washington D. C. to discuss a proposed treaty before Congress.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of a letter he has received from Lone Wolf, Big Tree, and Chaddlekoyke complaining of individuals with some connection to Washington D.C. encouraging the use of Mescal and the Messiah Dance.

Alfred John Standing responds to requests from two local citizens that former student William Lone Wolf  be returned to his home in Oklahoma after sustaining injuries while working in Erie, Pennsylvania.