Morgan

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Morgan (Young Bird) Student Information Card
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Student information card of Morgan, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and departed on February 20, 1882.

In school documentation Morgan is also known as Young Bird and Ze-tkah-lah-che-challah.

 

Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Henry Thigh, Frank Twiss, Morgan (Young Bird), and Rebecca Big Star, 1879

Group portrait of Henry Thigh, Frank Twiss, Morgan (Young Bird), and Rebecca Big Star posed on the steps of a building, presumably on the school grounds. 

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society had previously identified the female sitter as Maud (Little Girl) based on interpretation of the caption. However, since Maud was…

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Format:
Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Students and staff in the harness-making shop, c.1880

Students and staff working in the harness-making shop at the Carlisle Indian School. They are identified as, from left to right: Lorenzo Chapman (instructor), Geoffrey Chips, Cheape Ross, Curtis, Lawrence, Edward Little, William Spotted Tail, Julian, Morgan, Henry Thigh, and Andrew. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has…

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
black and white scan of front of letter
September 30, 1879

Descriptive Statement of young people being sent to the Carlisle Indian School from Rosebud Agency, as sent by the Rosebud Indian Agent Cicero Newell. 

 

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Reports
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Return Home Four Rosebud Students
March 21, 1882

Richard Henry Pratt seeks the authority to return home Horace, Rufus, Morgan, and Austin due to poor health from consumption and scrofula. Although the handwritten letter indicates that the students were from Pine Ridge, they were actually from the Rosebud Agency.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration