Student file of Cynthia Silas, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 22, 1888 and departed on July 22, 1892. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving. The file indicates Metoxen was a housekeeper in West DePere, Wisconsin in 1910.
In school documentation Cynthia Silas' name is also…
Student information card of Cynthia Silas, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 22, 1888 and departed on July 22, 1892. The file indicates that Silas was married to Jones Metoxen.
Richard Henry Pratt provides an account of transferring students from the Martinsburg Indian School to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he and P. H. Bridenbaugh told the group of students of the benefit of staying in the East and continuing their education but that it was up to them if they wanted to stay. After a discussion in…