These materials include telegrams and a descriptive statement of students regarding 3 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency of South Dakota. The telegrams indicate that Carlisle's superintendent, Richard Henry Pratt, travelled to Pine Ridge to select students and escort them back East.
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![Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Pine Ridge Agency, 1891 Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Pine Ridge Agency, 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0745_22675_c1644_combined.jpg?itok=rVzC67C7)
![Pratt Informs Office of Upcoming Recruiting Trip to Pine Ridge Pratt Informs Office of Upcoming Recruiting Trip to Pine Ridge](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0740_20915_0003_0.jpg?itok=XnM0EJuK)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he is leaving for the Pine Ridge Agency to recruit students for the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt requests that the office inform the agent to forward students from schools and to give assistance.
![Pratt Requests Assistance in Recruiting Pine Ridge Students Pratt Requests Assistance in Recruiting Pine Ridge Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0741_21116_0002.jpg?itok=Z7ZePf9S)
Richard Henry Pratt follows up his telegraph earlier in the day to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding his recruiting trip to the Pine Ridge Agency. Pratt notes that agencies have a tendency to hold back students due to opening up of camp schools. As a result, Pratt asks for a more emphatic request from the office to the agency in…
![Pratt Requests to Increase Music Teacher and Assistant Music Teacher Salaries Pratt Requests to Increase Music Teacher and Assistant Music Teacher Salaries](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0741_21143_0002%5B1%5D.jpg?itok=j6a8Px2v)
Richard Henry Pratt follows up his previous request to increase the assistant music teacher salary by also increasing the salary of the music teacher.
![Delay in Sending Sisseton Students to Carlisle Delay in Sending Sisseton Students to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0749_23951_0003.jpg?itok=YdHQ5t6g)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from J. H. Mateer, Superintendent of the Sisseton Indian Industrial Boarding School regarding three girls who had requested to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Mateer claims that the students now desire to wait until they receive their extra payment from the Government.
![Pratt Forwards Estimated Cost and Specifications for Office Building Pratt Forwards Estimated Cost and Specifications for Office Building](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0745_22709_0003.jpg?itok=tlK4AFzp)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards estimated cost of labor and material required to build a two story office building at the Carlisle Indian School along with the specifications.
![Pratt Submits Plans and Estimates for New Blacksmith and Wagon Shop Pratt Submits Plans and Estimates for New Blacksmith and Wagon Shop](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0745_22710_c1715.jpg?itok=xP5feHgz)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to build a new blacksmith and wagon shop at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt submits specifications, estimate of supplies and labor, and blueprints.
![Forwarding Freight Bills and Correspondence Regarding Brooms from Genoa Forwarding Freight Bills and Correspondence Regarding Brooms from Genoa](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0746_22886_0001.jpg?itok=Jezw89cI)
Richard Henry Pratt transmits freight bills for brooms received from the Genoa School and letters from L. C. Slavens relative to the brooms and asks for instructions.
![James Wolf Requests to be Returned Home James Wolf Requests to be Returned Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0747_23148_0001.jpg?itok=CL7iKUml)
James Wolf requests assistance from Commissioner Thomas J. Morgan to be returned to his home.
![Fort Lapwai Students Should Start for Carlisle at Once Fort Lapwai Students Should Start for Carlisle at Once](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0747_23057_0002.jpg?itok=Khsw-Mkl)
Superintendent McConville of the Fort Lapwai School informs the Office of Indian Affairs that five boys and three girls will see their parents on July 4, 1891. And that the children should start at once for the Carlisle Indian School.
![Request for the Return of Henry Keoke Request for the Return of Henry Keoke](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0748_23513_0002.jpg?itok=i5q-YCmk)
Thomas J. Quinn informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he wants his nephew Henry Keoke returned home from the Carlisle Indian School. Quinn notes that Keoke has spent six years at the School while his term was only for five years and as a result he has sent him money to return home if he is not returned by Richard Henry Pratt.
![Three Pawnee Students Desire to Transfer to Carlisle Three Pawnee Students Desire to Transfer to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0747_23059_0002.jpg?itok=QrHTpi-w)
The Superintendent of the Pawnee School informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that three Pawnee students desire to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Report of Irregular Employees, June 1891 Report of Irregular Employees, June 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0747_23613_c1315.jpg?itok=2OQgAFGT)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during June 1891. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Update on Recruiting Oneida Students and Other Matters Update on Recruiting Oneida Students and Other Matters](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0749_23825_0001.jpg?itok=sW01c65D)
Richard Henry Pratt writes to the Office of Indian Affairs on a number of matters including the continued employment of Alfred John Standing, revisions to the Civil Service Code, and enrolling Dennison Wheelock at Dickinson College. In addition, Pratt forwards a letter of William P. Campbell regarding a recruitment trip among the Oneidas…
![Estimate of Supplies, July 1891 Estimate of Supplies, July 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0751_24636_c1401.jpg?itok=pm_mbxXX)
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1892 amounting to $496.05 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost, and how the item will be used at the school.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, June 1891 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, June 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0748_23415_c1299.jpg?itok=F3LNOmlb)
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1891.
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, July 1891 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, July 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0747_23614_c1307.jpg?itok=ZHFF8MM9)
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
![Proposal to Add Additional Wing to School Hospital Proposal to Add Additional Wing to School Hospital](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0750_24111_c1380.jpg?itok=Wir9Q7vu)
Richard Henry Pratt cites the epidemic of measles and following pneumonia that caused the hospital to become overcrowded. Included in the correspondence is plans to add an additional wing to the present hospital for $1,000 in material and labor.
![C. R. Dixon Inquires About Parameters of Report on Care of Sick C. R. Dixon Inquires About Parameters of Report on Care of Sick](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0750_24183_0001.jpg?itok=UmB4eBzq)
C. R. Dixon, Carlisle Indian School Physician, requests additional information from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on a request he made for Dixon and Alice Seabrook to write up a report on the care of the sick. Dixon inquires about the parameters of the report and what format it will eventually appear.
![Acknowledgement of Receipt of Various Contracts Acknowledgement of Receipt of Various Contracts](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0750_24398_0001.jpg?itok=IL7XqEIM)
Richard Henry Pratt acknowledges receipt of an Office of Indian Affairs letter inclosing contracts between various individuals.
![Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, July 1891 Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, July 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0751_24648_c1434_B.jpg?itok=mNiBG-ug)
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists all employees (A. J. Standing, C. R. Dixon, C. H. Hepburn, W. G. McConkey, L. A. Bendes, A. S. Luckenbach, E. L. Fisher, Emma A. Cutter, Anna C. Hamilton, Mary H. Cooke, M. C. B. Phillips, Fanny G. Paull, Della F. Botsford, Clara C. McAdam, Florence M. Carter, Lillie Ruth Shaffner, Lydia L…
![Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 1892 Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0751_24635_c1385.jpg?itok=zoPytlDt)
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1892 amounting to $54,367.65 for support of the school, transportation of Indian supplies, and stock cattle.
![Justifications for Not Reappointing Employees in 1892 Fiscal Year Justifications for Not Reappointing Employees in 1892 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0752_24860_0001.jpg?itok=k6Q-840v)
Richard Henry Pratt provides reasons for not reappointing employees from the previous year.
![Pratt Forwards Lease of the Hocker Farm for the 1892 Fiscal Year Pratt Forwards Lease of the Hocker Farm for the 1892 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0751_24647_0001.jpg?itok=6wKN2XQ9)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards articles of agreement covering the lease of the Hocker Farm and requests that it is renewed for one year beginning on July 1, 1891.
![Request for Authority to Pay for Freight Shipping Request for Authority to Pay for Freight Shipping](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0751_24641_0001.jpg?itok=T0rxVUIj)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for freight shipment of articles manufactured at the Carlisle Indian School and shipped to various Indian Agencies. In addition, Pratt requests authority to pay for freight shipment on articles shipped by the department for the school.