Alfred John Standing informs the Office of Indian Affairs that renewing lease of the Hocker Farm for three months from April 1, 1890 to July 1, 1890 is complicated by the absence of Richard Henry Pratt as a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees. Standing notes that the other two members of the Board are living locally and…
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![Standing Provides Update on Proposal to Renew Hocker Farm Lease for Three Months Standing Provides Update on Proposal to Renew Hocker Farm Lease for Three Months](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0625_16004_0002.jpg?itok=YiO-kDZq)
![Fort Belknap Agency Chiefs to Visit East to Encourage Recruitment of Students Fort Belknap Agency Chiefs to Visit East to Encourage Recruitment of Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0626_16237_0004.jpg?itok=sbPjPaX4)
Alfred John Standing forwards a letter from William P. Campbell regarding a request to have a party of chiefs from the Fort Belknap Agency visit the East with a group of incoming Carlisle students. Campbell in particular notes that this would secure a good party of girls due to the perception of girls at the agency.
![Acknowledgement of Receipt of Registers of Pupils Acknowledgement of Receipt of Registers of Pupils](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0627_16448_0001.jpg?itok=XEIV_rTQ)
Alfred John Standing acknowledges receipt of two Registers of Pupils advised in an Office of Indian Affairs letter.
![Request for Enrollment for Party of Students from Fort Lapwai Request for Enrollment for Party of Students from Fort Lapwai](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0626_16404_0001.jpg?itok=fawg5N7u)
Alfred John Standing advises the Office of Indian Affairs that a party of students from Fort Lapwai, Idaho is interested in enrolling at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Standing Forwards Three Month Lease for Hocker Farm Standing Forwards Three Month Lease for Hocker Farm](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0627_16549_0001.jpg?itok=yKNtcQH3)
Alfred John Standing forwards the lease of the Hocker Farm for three months beginning April 1, 1890 signed by two members of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Carlisle Indian School Charity Fund with a certificate showing why the signature of the third member is missing.
![Forwards Applications and Recommendations for Two Teachers Forwards Applications and Recommendations for Two Teachers](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0753_25241_0001.jpg?itok=rJwY0Ynb)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards applications and recommendations for Lillie Woolston and Jennie Cochran for positions as teachers at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Standing Responds to Order to Return Edward Star Standing Responds to Order to Return Edward Star](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0627_16750_0001.jpg?itok=E5qwuo6w)
Alfred John Standing responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter concerning the order to return Edward Kills Hard (here Edward Star) to the Pine Ridge Agency.
![Former Student Survey Responses, 1890 (Part 4 of 5) Former Student Survey Responses, 1890 (Part 4 of 5)](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0640_21249_0060.jpg?itok=v74sfjQU)
A series of twenty-three letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.
Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.
![Plan to Increase Enrollment to 1000 Students for 1890-1891 School Year Plan to Increase Enrollment to 1000 Students for 1890-1891 School Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0628_16865_0001.jpg?itok=L7ipHlGD)
Alfred John Standing responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a plan to increase enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School from 778 students at present to 1000 at the beginning of the next year, after 75 students return home. Standing provides information on which agencies can send students to Carlisle as well as how students…
![Standing's Views on Carlisle Accepting Party of Nez Perce Students Standing's Views on Carlisle Accepting Party of Nez Perce Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0628_16919_0001.jpg?itok=CWZyvHLU)
Alfred John Standing writes the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in regards to Carlisle accepting a party of Nez Perce students. Standing writes that only the physically and mentally capable students be accepted and that they could arrive in the month of June.
![Former Student Survey Responses, 1890 (Part 1 of 5) Former Student Survey Responses, 1890 (Part 1 of 5)](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0632_18284_0001b.jpg?itok=fjW2tAY1)
A series of sixteen letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.
Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, May 1890 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, May 1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b628_17089_c0353.jpg?itok=oaJiMdSA)
Fordyce Grinnell, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for May 1890.
![Standing Forwards Account for Treatment of Fred Harris Standing Forwards Account for Treatment of Fred Harris](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0628_17088_0001.jpg?itok=pNSEM_tQ)
Alfred John Standing forwards account of E. H. Doan for the medical treatment of Fred Harris while Harris was on outing. Standing notes that Harris was brought back to Carlisle as soon as he was able to travel.
![Former Student Survey Responses, 1890 (Part 2 of 5) Former Student Survey Responses, 1890 (Part 2 of 5)](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0633_18556_0009b.jpg?itok=L96m7BSI)
A series of fifteen letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.
Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.
![Report of Irregular Employees, May 1890 Report of Irregular Employees, May 1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b629_17214_c0362.jpg?itok=A4gdIBcu)
Captain Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in May 1890. Pratt distinguishes between the employees, whose names appear on the first page, and the "Indian…
![Campbell Details Difficulties in Securing Children at the Fort Belknap Agency Campbell Details Difficulties in Securing Children at the Fort Belknap Agency](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0630_17554_0001.jpg?itok=1qwm6Bvo)
William P. Campbell details to Alfred J. Standing his difficulties in recruiting students from the Fort Belknap Agency; the letter was then forwarded to the Office of Indian Affairs. Campbell describes the actions taken by the head of the mission school, Father F. Eberschweiler, against the Carlisle Indian School making it difficult to secure…
![Request to Return Six Ill Students in June 1890 Request to Return Six Ill Students in June 1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0630_17687_0003.jpg?itok=ugXuVWIF)
Fordyce Grinnell recommends various students be returned immediately to their homes due to pulmonary consumption and scrofula.
Alfred John Standing forwards the recommendation to the Office of Indian Affairs and asks for an additional $300 to return the students to their homes.
![Former Student Survey Responses, 1890 (Part 3 of 5) Former Student Survey Responses, 1890 (Part 3 of 5)](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0637_20195_0003.jpg?itok=1d5-JtBp)
A series of twenty nine letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.
Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.
![Schedule of Wages and Cost of Building Materials Schedule of Wages and Cost of Building Materials](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0631_18102_0001_combined.jpg?itok=Hsewg1o6)
Alfred John Standing forwards a report covering the wages paid for various labor as well as prices of materials to be used in building construction.
![Standing Informs Office of Funds to Pay Hocker Farm Available Standing Informs Office of Funds to Pay Hocker Farm Available](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0633_18545_0002.jpg?itok=YKT2xBOR)
Alfred John Standing informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has the funds on hand for the rent of the Hocker Farm through June 30, 1890.
![Former Student Survey Responses, 1890 (Part 5 of 5) Former Student Survey Responses, 1890 (Part 5 of 5)](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0644_22502_0006.jpg?itok=fLoqu5R4)
A series of nineteen letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.
Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.
![Request of Thomas A. Metoxen to Return Home Request of Thomas A. Metoxen to Return Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0638_20651_0002.jpg?itok=XtLnFoiF)
Thomas A. Metoxen requests from the Office of Indian Affairs to return home. Metoxen notes that he came to Carlisle in September 1885 on a five year term and that his parents would like to see him this summer. In addition, he notes that he would like to return to Carlisle in the fall.
![Recommendation to Appoint Howard Logan as Navajo Agency Teacher Recommendation to Appoint Howard Logan as Navajo Agency Teacher](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0637_20109_0002.jpg?itok=Jj8i7zwh)
Richard Henry Pratt recommends Howard Logan, a student at the Carlisle Indian School, for a position as a teacher at the Navajo Agency for one year. Pratt notes that Logan needs to go West for his health and this opportunity also allows him the change to earn money to pay for college.
![Pratt Recommends Transferring Four Students from Agency Schools Pratt Recommends Transferring Four Students from Agency Schools](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0637_20146_0002.jpg?itok=_joMCp74)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the transfer of two boys from the Wind River School and two girls from the Fort Hall School to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that as long as the students are in good health and of good character they should be transferred to Carlisle and he encourages…
![Pratt Requests to Use Treaty Funds to Return Big Hail and Theron Lears Pratt Requests to Use Treaty Funds to Return Big Hail and Theron Lears](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0637_20145_0002.jpg?itok=E3H7YndL)
Richard Henry Pratt requests to use the Montana Treaty Funds to pay for the return of Egbert B. Hail (here Big Hail) and Theron Lears to their homes.