Sharp Nose

Student information card of Dickens, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on March 11, 1881. Dickens died on January 22, 1883 while attending the school and was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

In school documentation Dickens' is also known as Dickens Sharp Nose, Little Chief, and Dickens Nor.

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Student information card of Dickens, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on March 11, 1881 and died on January 22, 1883 while attending the school. He was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

Studio portrait of five Arapho chiefs with their interpeter. 

Based on comparison with other photographs, the Cumberland County Historical Society has identifeid these chiefs as: Iron Chief (back row left), Sharp Nose (back row right), Black Coal (front row center), and Little Wolf (front row right). The interpreter and the chief at…

Studio portrait of Sharp Nose, an Arapaho chief. 

Studio portrait of Sharp Nose, an Arapaho chief. 

James Patten, a former U.S. Indian Agent, records the Arapaho Council of Chiefs meeting on the occasion of them sending their children to the Carlisle School. Chief Sharp Nose noted that he looked forward to be granted permission to visit his son at Carlisle a sentiment echoed by Chief Little Wolf. White Horse also indicated that he did not…

Charles Hatton, U.S. Indian Agent for the Northern Arapaho Agency, seeks authority to bring five Northern Arapaho Chiefs to Carlisle and Washington D.C. to visit their children. The Chiefs were promised when they sent their children that they would be allowed to visit and are seeking to have this promised fulfilled.