Ross, Cheapie

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.

Note: In this file the student is referred to as Cheape Ross and Cheapie…

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…

Studio portrait of Cheape Ross, also known as Cheapy.

The caption reads: Ross Cheapie

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.