Upright, Edward

Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Edward Upright, a member of the Sioux Nation.

Student information card of Edward Upright, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 6, 1879 and died on May 5, 1881. Upright was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

The opening piece was written by Roman Nose, titled “Roman Nose Goes to New York,” and it tell of his trip to New York City, visiting the Equitable Life Insurance Building and the aquarium, and the follows few weeks after his trip. He was one of the students who went on the Warm Springs trip mentioned in the previous issue. The following page…

Portrait of Nancy Renville, Justine La Framboise, John Renville, Edward Upright, and George Walker posed on the bandstand on the school grounds. We are not certain of each person's identity, but the names have been placed in order, left to right, as we believe them to be pictured.

Richard Henry Pratt informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt that, at the request of Hampton Institute director General Samuel Armstrong, six Sisseton Sioux children and two Menominee boys from Green Bay, Wisconsin will be retained at Carlisle. Their addition increases the school's population to 158.

Note: The two Menominee…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the report of the Carlisle School physician C. H. Hepburn on the deaths of Edward Upright and Giles. Hepburn notes the cause of death resulting from scarlet fever as well as pneumonia while recovering from measles.