Skahsejah, Frederick

Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Frederick Skahsejah (Skah-se-jah), a member of the Apache Nation.

Student information card of Frederick Skahsejah, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886 and died on June 3, 1887. Skahsejah was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

In school documentation Fredrick Skahsejah is also known as Skah-se-jah and Frederick Es-ke-se-jah.

The handwritten note reads: Chiricahua Apaches as they arrived at Carlisle from Fort Marion, Florida, November 4th, 1886.

Humphrey Eseharzay, Samson Noran, Hugh Chee, Bishop Eatennah, Basil Ekarden, Ernest Hogee, Clement Seanilzay, Beatrice Kiahtel, Janette Pahgastatum, Margaret Y. Nadasthilah, Fredk.…

The printed title reads: Chiricahua Apaches as they arrived at Carlisle from Fort Marion, Florida, November 4th, 1886.

The names are printed below. 

Studio portrait of eight male and three female Chiricahua Apache students, all wearing school uniforms. They are the group of students who arrived at Carlisle from Fort Marion, Florida, November 4th, 1886, taken four months later. 

A researcher has identified them as: back row, left to right, Hugh Chee, Frederick Skahsejah (…

Studio portrait of Wood Nashozey and three unidentified male Apache students (all wearing school uniforms).  The small boy in the center may be Ambrose Chachu.

Note: A researcher has identified Wood Nashozey as sitting at left, standing is Clement Seanilzay, sitting at right is Frederick Skahsejah. 

These materials include a cover letter and Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 37 Chiricahua Apache prisoners-of-war transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida, where a larger group of Geronimo's band remained imprisoned. The 37 individuals transferred to Carlisle represented a portion of all…