Pierce, Hawley

Student file of Hawley Pierce, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1892 and ultimately departed on December 15, 1904. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, news clippings, a returned student survey, a report after leaving, and a…

Student information card of Hawley Pierce, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1892 and departed on December 15, 1904. The file indicates Pierce was living in Salamanca, New York in 1913.

Student file of Goliath Bigjim, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee who entered the school on June 10, 1894 and ultimately departed on August 19, 1903. The file contains letters/correspondence, photographs, a newspaper clipping, a trade/position record card, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Bigjim was on the track and field…

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 13).

Group portrait of sixteen male students from the 1895 football team. 

In his 1951 book, Fabulous Redmen, John Steckbeck identifies the sitters as: top row (l to r), Lone Wolf, McFarland, Smith, H. Pierce, and Nori; middle row (l to r), Redwater, Cayou, Metoxen, B. Pierce, Seneca and Printup; bottom row (l to r),…

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian School Football Team 1896.

Although this photo is not captioned, John Steckbeck in Fabulous Redmen (1951) lists the 1896 team as: Frank Cayou, Harrison, Frank Hudson, Jacob Jamison, Delos Lonewolf, David McFarland, Jonas Metoxen, Artie Miller,…

Group portrait of the football team, posed with a football labeled '98 and a dog. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has the sitters identified as: back row (l to r): Artie Miller, Jonas Metoxen, Bemus Pierce, Edward Rogers, and Frank Hudson; middle row (l to r) Chauncey Archiquette, Thaddeus Redwater, Edwin Smith, Isaac…

Studio portrait of Hawley Pierce.

Studio portrait of Hawley Pierce.

The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a glass plate negative of this image (00327B). 

William A. Mercer provides the names of Hawley Pierce, Edwin Smith, and Jacob Horne for the position of assistant engineer at the Pine Ridge Agency.

William A. Mercer forwards a New York Times article covering the arrest for desertion from the U.S. Army of four members of the Seneca Nation. Mercer comments the article is full of falsehoods and that only two of the men were former Carlisle students and did not have good records as students.

In a separate note Francis E. Leupp asks…