Student file of David Turkey (Chi-a-wa), a member of the Wyandotte Nation, who entered the school on May 30, 1885, graduated in 1895, and departed on September 30, 1895. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving.
Turkey, David


Student information card of David Turkey, a member of the Wyandotte Nation, who entered the school on May 30, 1885 and departed on September 30, 1895. The file indicates Turkey graduated in 1895, married Lettie Price, and was living in Newtown, Pennsylvania in 1913.

The first page opened with a poem "Bear It in Mind” followed by the third installment of the series titled “How An Indian Girl Might Tell Her Own Story if She Had the Chance: All Founded on Actual Observations of the Man-on-the-band-stand’s Chief Clerk” which continued on the fourth page. Page two offered news from students who were home at…

Studio portrait of Harry Hutchinson, John Baptiste, and David Turkey, all probably wearing school uniforms.

Portrait of the school's Union Reserve baseball team, some in uniforms.
The caption identifies the sitters as: top row (l to r), Joseph Harris, Jonas Place, Paul Lovejoy, Joseph Hamilton, Harry Hutchinson, and David Turkey; middle row (l to r), Felix Eagle Feather, John Baptiste, Fred Big Horse, and George Baker; front row (l to r),…

The caption reads: GRADUATING CLASS OF 1895, INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.
Clark Greg, (Assinaboine.) David Turkey, (Seneca.) George Warren, (Chippewa.) Laura Long, (Wyandotte.) Wm. Hazlett, (Piegan.) Wm. Lufkins, (Chippewa.) Isaac Baird, (Oneida.) Lewis Williams, (Nez Perce.) Ida LaChapelle, (Chippewa…

Richard Henry Pratt provides a report to W. N. Hailmann on the Carlisle Indian School graduating class.

Alfred John Standing provides a report on former Carlisle Indian School to W. N. Hailmann for open positions in the Indian Service.