John D. Miles, Agent for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt describing efforts to support the recruitment of young people for the Carlisle Indian School. He also refers to the situation having been "somewhat unsettled" recently due to a proposed reduction in rations.
Oakerhater, David P.
October 8, 1879
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October 22, 1879
Charles E. Campbell, the acting agent for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, writes to Richard Henry Pratt praising him for his work educating the Fort Marion prisoners of war, and giving him an update on recruitment efforts for Carlisle.
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Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
November 13, 1879
Captain Richard Henry Pratt writes to Ezra H. Hayt, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, regarding the first groups of Sioux, Menominee Ponca, Pawnee, Kiowa, Comanche, Wichita, Seminole, Cheyenne, and Arapaho children and young adults brought to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt offers a detailed description of the journey, and then lists each…
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May 9, 1881
Richard Henry Pratt writes to seek authority to pay to send home three former prisoners who remained east for their education. The sponsor of Paul Zotom and David Oakerhater had them trained in agriculture as well as being ordained as deacons in the Episcopal Church while studying in Paris Hill, New York and is now proposing to build chapels at…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration