Sheridan, P. H.

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Proposal to Send Navajo POW Children to Carlisle
May 17, 1882

Lieutenant General P. H. Sheridan writes that 21 Navajo women and children have been taken prisoner and are being held at Fort Wingate. He notes that General Pope proposes sending the children to the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Parents from Sitting Bull Band at Fort Randall Unwilling to Send Children to Carlisle
August 27 - September 23, 1882

Correspondence regarding the enrollment of children from the Sitting Bull band of Sioux being held as prisoners at Fort Randall. The officer in charge of Fort Randall indicates that the parents of the eligible children do not wish to see their children to be enrolled at Carlisle. Pratt notes that he would prefer to speak to these parents to…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Allow Holiday to Return Home or Enroll at Carlisle
January 12, 1888

Lieutenant General P. H. Sheridan requests to return a Holiday, a member of the Apache Nation, to his people near Prescott, Arizona or to allow him to attend the Carlisle Indian School. Sheridan notes that Holiday was captured by the U.S. Army when he was very young and has been employed at the quartermaster's corral in Washington D.C. for five…

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration