McCarty, Adam

Note: As of June 2019, the remains of Adam McCarty have been disinterred and repatriated. Adam McCarty was previously interred in plot C-06.

Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Adam McCarty, a member of the Modoc Nation.

Student information card of Adam McCarty, a member of the Modoc Nation, who entered the school on December 20, 1881 and died on July 24, 1883. McCarty was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

Page one is dominated by small vignettes of various day-to-day events that happened at the school, including compliments on students works, stories of gifted flowers and visiting agents. Page two has the beginning of an article titled “A Visit to the Indian Territory – Our Returned Pupils” which included a letter to Capt. R. H. Pratt. Page…

Studio portrait of Adam McCarty wearing school uniform.

The caption reads: Adam McCarty

Studio portrait of Adam McCarty wearing school uniform.

The caption reads: Adam McCarthy

The U.S. Indian Agent at the Arapaho Agency requests the return of the body of Adam McCarty, a member of the Modoc Nation, who is a student at the Carlisle Indian School. The Agent notes that McCarty is dying and the Modoc Nation is greatly distressed.