Powlas, Peter

Student information card of Peter J. Powlas, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 30, 1885 and departed on June 27, 1887. The file indicates Powlas was living in West De Pere, Wisconsin in 1913.

Student information card of Ophelia Powlas, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 16, 1889 and died on February 1, 1891. She was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

Note: Although this card shows an arrival year of 1887, other school documentation confirms that Ophelia Powlas actually arrived in 1889…

Student information card of Ophelia Powlas, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 16, 1889 and died on February 1, 1891. Powlas was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

Student information card of Emanuel Powless, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 30, 1889 and departed on March 12, 1900. The file indicates Powless was married and living in West De Pere, Wisconsin 1913.

Note: In various school documents, this student is referred to by the given names Emanuel and Emmanuel,…

This issue opened with a poem titled “STAND FOR THE RIGHT,” followed by “AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM PETER POWLAS (Oneida), A RETURNED PUPIL.” Mr. Standing gave a report on the crop conditions in Indian Territory and a piece called “Home Politeness,” about the importance of good manners which continued on the fourth page. Page two included short…

Much of this issue of the newspaper was focused on the Outing Program, since many students were returning to the school from their country homes. The first page opened with the poem, "The Road to Wealth and Happiness," followed by an article entitled, "Is the Farming Which Our Boys Learn In the East of any Benefit to Them?," which compared East…

The first page opens with an untitled poem. The next article titled “Peter Powlass,” contains a letter with news about events at the Oneida, Wisconsin Reservation written by former student, Peter Powlass. It is followed by “U.S. Congress,” that reported the schedule of the Fiftieth Congress. Page two contains news from the YMCA, the boys’…

The first page began with a poem titled “My Kingdom,” followed by a story told by the Man-on-the-band-stand called “An Indian Boy in Ohio Whispers His Story of a Hard Row on the River.” The story described how an Indian student survived a dangerous storm in a boat with his companions. Page two opened with a letter “From Peter Powlas, Oneida,”…

Peter J. Powlas requests from the Office of Indian Affairs for transportation to his home near Green Bay City, Wisconsin. Powlas writes that his father's age makes him unable to properly maintain the farm.

In forwarding the letter, Richard Henry Pratt, notes that he is unhappy to see Powlas leave Carlisle but under the circumstances…

Alfred John Standing replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request of Cornelius and Margaret Baird for the return of their daughter Angelia from the Carlisle Indian School. Standing forwards a statement from Obadiah G. Given that he visited the Bairds in Oneida, Wisconsin and they expressed no dissatisfaction with the…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter by Nicholas Huff regarding his daughter Lily Huff being enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt writes that he would not stand in the way of Lily being returned to her husband, Josiah Baird, but that she should stay at Carlisle for a number of years before taking the full burden of wifehood. In…