Student file of Louis Tinker (here Tuiker), a member of the Osage Nation, who entered the school on September 26, 1884, and departed on August 17, 1885. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving indicating that Tinker was farming in Bartlesvilles, Oklahoma.
Note: Tinker is also known by the surname Finker…
Student information card of Louis Tinker, a member of the Osage Nation, who entered the school on September 26, 1884 and departed on August 17, 1885. The file indicates Tinker transferred to the Martinsburg Indian School upon departing from Carlisle.
L. J. Miles, U.S. Indian Agent for the Osage Agency inquires about returning Osage students who were set to be transferred to Juniata College and replaced with full blood students. Miles indicates that it would be possible to pay for the expense out of the Osage Fund. Richard Henry Pratt endorses this view but notes that the matter is currently…
P. H. Bridenbaugh, Superintendent of the Martinsburg Indian Training School, writes regarding the transfer of the Osage students from Carlisle. Bridenbaugh writes that he is not in complete agreement with Richard Henry Pratt regarding the disposition of certain students and that he would not mind being inspected by the Bureau but believes Pratt…