Student file of Festus Pelone, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on February 2, 1884 and departed on December 28, 1894. The file contains correspondence, student information cards, a former student survey, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Pelone was living in San Carlos, Arizona in 1910 and worked as a night…
Pelone, Festus
Student information card of Festus Pelone (Lizard), a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on February 2, 1884 and departed on December 28, 1894. The file indicates Pelone was living in Rice, Arizona in 1912.
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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 7).
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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 15).
Studio portrait of Owen Fire and Festus Pelone, both wearing school uniforms and holding straw boater hats.
Studio portrait of fifteen unidentified male students.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two prints of this image. One identifies them as Apache students and the other as specifically San Carlos Apaches. Records document fewer than fifteen male San Carlos Apache students ever attending the school, and they were not all…
Studio portrait of fifteen unidentified male students.
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two prints of this image. One identifies them as Apache students and the other as specifically San Carlos Apaches.
Records document fewer than fifteen male San Carlos Apache students ever attending the school, and they…
Studio portrait of Festus Pelone holding a large bowler hat.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards travel expenses of Dr. Obadiah G. Given to treat Festus Pelone while on outing. Forwarded document is not attached.
Festus Pelone requests permission from Thomas J. Morgan to be returned to his home during the winter. Pelone writes that he has no money in the bank due to being unfairly punished by Richard Henry Pratt for leaving his outing.
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request to be returned home by Festus Pelone. Pratt includes a copy of Pelone's disciplinary record while at Carlisle and notes that his punishment of being on "no pay" is deserved. Because of the pattern of bad behavior, Pratt is willing to send Pelone home but…
Festus Pelone responds to letter from Thomas J. Morgan again requesting him to be allowed to return home. Pelone states that he has only ever gotten into trouble while on outing and that he has been at Carlisle eight years and now desires to return home.
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter enclosing a letter from Acting Agent Captain Lewis Johnson regarding students from the San Carlos Agency at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt provides a list of the students who remain at Carlisle and notes that they have all consented to remain at Carlisle beyond their initial…