Student file of Cheape Ross, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on April 3, 1880 and departed on June 12, 1883. The file contains a former student response postcard and a report after leaving indicating that Ross was working as a farmer in 1910.
In school documentation Cheape Ross's name is also spelled Cheape Rossie…
Student information card of Cheape Ross, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on April 3, 1880 and departed on June 12, 1883. The file indicates Ross was living in Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 1913.
Note: This student's first name is variously spelled Cheape, Cheapie, and Cheapy.
The first page opened with a poem titled “To Tell a Good House-Keeper,” reprinted from The New Moon. Also on the page was an account by Johnnie Schmoker about bird hunting at the Cheyenne and Arapaho School in Oklahoma titled “INCIDENTS OF SCHOOL WORK AMONG THE CHEYENNES AND ARAPAHOES, IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY, WHEN THEY WERE REALLY…
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 three…
Studio portrait of Cheape Ross wearing school uniform.
Studio portrait of Cheape Ross, also known as Cheapy.
The caption reads: Ross Cheapie
Richard Henry Pratt provides a copy of the Description of Party brought to the Carlisle Indian School by A. J. Standing on April 1, 1880.
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students to be returned to their homes at the end of their enrollment terms. Pratt notes that many of these students have expressed a desire to remain and notes that agents should attempt to secure permission from their parents for their children to remain. Pratt notes many students who were expected to…
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to return students whose terms of enrollment have expired to their homes.