Student information card of Flora Well Known, a member of the Crow Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1883 and departed on March 24, 1887.
Well Known, Flora
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Student information card of Flora Well Known, a member of the Crow Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1883 and departed on March 24, 1887.
In school documentation Flora Well Known's name is also spelled Flora Wellknown. She is also known as Married Well Known and Achpuhkeuhsuh.
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March 25, 1887
The first page opened with a poem titled “The Girls that are Wanted,” author unknown, followed by “An Indian Dance: By Dessie Prescott, One of Our Pupils.” Also on the page was an article about the importance for Americans to know their history. Page two opened with a treatise on patriotism, followed by a report by Joshua Given that the…
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Newspapers
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
November 13-23, 1883
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 11 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Crow Agency in Montana.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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February 14, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return George Hill and Flora Well Known to Custer, Montana before their terms of enrollment expire. Pratt makes this request due to a job offer to the students from the Unitarian Board which is setting up a school on the Crow Agency.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 18, 1887
Pratt telegraphs that General J. F. B. Marshall urges that Flora Well Known and George Hill depart soon so that they can be employed as teachers in the Crow School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 28, 1887
H. F. Bond, the Superintendent of the Montana Industrial School for Indians, responds to the objections of the Office of Indian Affairs for allowing Flora Well Known and George to leave Carlisle early and to enter employment at the school as assistants. Bond presents his case for allowing Well Known and Hill to become assistants including their…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 14, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a note that General J. F. B. Marshall has written the Office regrading George Hill and Flora Well Known. Pratt further asks for instructions from the Office.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration