Smith, Oswald

Student file of Oswald Smith, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school November 4, 1886, and departed on March 26, 1894.  The file contains a student information card, two returned student surveys, and a report after leaving that indicates Smith was serving as a U.S. Indian Scout at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 1911.

In school…

Student information card of Oswald Smith, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886 and departed on March 26, 1894. The file indicates Smith was living in Fort Hill, Oklahoma in 1913.

Studio portrait of Ernest Hogee (left), Bishop Eatennah (center), and Oswald Smith (right). All are wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Oswald Smith.

Studio portrait of fourteen male students and nine female students. The caption of the Cumberland County Historical Society identifies them as from the Apache nation and gives a date of 1891 for the image. Previous catloging for this version also says they are Apache students but says there is a date of 16 January 1892 in the…

Studio portrait of twenty-three students, fourteen male and nine female students, identified in the caption as "Apache Group, 1891." 

Staff at the Cumberland County Historical Society have identified, based on comparison with other photgraphs, that the following students are in this group: Parker Whitney West, Ernest Hogee, Viola Zieh,…

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…