Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Maxie and Charley Frizzle Head who request to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
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![Maxie and Charley Frizzle Head Request to Enroll at Carlisle Maxie and Charley Frizzle Head Request to Enroll at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1447_33804_0001_0.jpg?itok=Q7uC4vMo)
![Pratt Requests Office Direct Oneida School to Send Students to Carlisle Pratt Requests Office Direct Oneida School to Send Students to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1447_33807_0001.jpg?itok=MZVicSfu)
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs direct the Superintendent of the Oneida Boarding and Day Schools to send 10 or 12 students be sent to Carlisle.
![Request for the Return Home of Julia Hand Request for the Return Home of Julia Hand](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1449_34603_0001.jpg?itok=FKiKF9ll)
W. H. Clapp, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency forwards a request of Hand for the return of his daughter Julia Hand from the Carlisle Indian School.
![Fiscal Year 1899 Financial Estimate Fiscal Year 1899 Financial Estimate](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1448_34386_0001.jpg?itok=aP_cr4-Y)
Richard Henry Pratt replies to a circular from the Office of Indian Affairs by providing his estimate for the 1899 fiscal year. Pratt requests authority to have 1,000 students at Carlisle and on outing in addition to various plans to improve the physical plant of the school.
![Pratt Requests Staff Changes Covered by Civil Service Regulations Pratt Requests Staff Changes Covered by Civil Service Regulations](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1448_34387_0001.jpg?itok=GoXRpi3w)
Richard Henry Pratt requests the transfer of Bessie H. Cummins to a position as clerk and a promotion for Mary Bailey. In addition, he requests a teacher be assigned from the Civil Service lists to replace Bailey's old position.
![Pratt Requests Leave of Absence Following Examination in 1897 Pratt Requests Leave of Absence Following Examination in 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1449_34824_0001.jpg?itok=mr9yvf21)
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission for one month's leave following his examination for promotion at Leavenworth, Kansas.
![Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Santee Agency, 1897 Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Santee Agency, 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1456_37868_c5267.jpg?itok=bTO2gl-0)
These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils regarding 3 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Santee Agency.
Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa.
![Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Yankton Agency, 1897 Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Yankton Agency, 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1452_36246_c5376_combined.jpg?itok=x8Nnvv3C)
These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils regarding 7 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Yankton Agency in South Dakota.
Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa.
![Pratt Provides Information and Recommendation on Julia Williams Pratt Provides Information and Recommendation on Julia Williams](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1450_34928_0001.jpg?itok=GxqaMGkX)
Richard Henry Pratt provides information to W. N. Hailmann on Julia Williams and provides a recommendation for her to serve as an assistant matron in a small school in the Indian School Service.
![J. L. Dandridge's Application for Annual Leave of Absence J. L. Dandridge's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1450_35010_0001.jpg?itok=KrEkrpC0)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards J. L. Dandridge's application for a 7-day annual leave of absence. Dandridge works as a cook.
![Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Students and Purchase Supplies Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Students and Purchase Supplies](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1450_35061_0001.jpg?itok=0_DmdupT)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay students for various tasks as well as purchasing supplies.
![Pratt Provides a Recommendation for Timothy Henry Pratt Provides a Recommendation for Timothy Henry](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1450_35278_0001.jpg?itok=Tnq_wJsM)
Richard Henry Pratt replies to a letter from W. N. Hailmann regarding a position for Timothy Henry in the Indian Service.
![Pratt Responds to Request to Return Julia Hand Pratt Responds to Request to Return Julia Hand](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1450_35279_0001.jpg?itok=B7R5lL8B)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request to return Julia Hand to her home.
![Joseph N. Jordan's Application for Annual Leave of Absence Joseph N. Jordan's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1450_35344_0001.jpg?itok=4S-B132v)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards fireman Joseph N. Jordan's application for a 15-day annual leave of absence.
![Henry Doxtator Requests the Return of His Son Andrew Henry Doxtator Requests the Return of His Son Andrew](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1451_35706_0001.jpg?itok=EZm0JVo0)
Henry Doxtator requests the return of his son Andrew Doxtator (here Andrew Doxtater) who he claims was kidnapped.
![Application for Employment from Ella Rikert Application for Employment from Ella Rikert](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1452_36125_0001.jpg?itok=f8B94d_u)
Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Ella Rikert be appointed "no higher" than an assistant matron in the Indian Service at South Dakota. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing forwards Rikert's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Pratt also informs the Commissioner that Rikert is currently employed…
![School Statistics Accompanying the Annual Report, 1897 School Statistics Accompanying the Annual Report, 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1453_36659_0002.jpg?itok=yCSiVh0I)
School Statistics accompanying the 1897 Annual Report.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, August 1897 Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, August 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1453_36661_c5362_A.jpg?itok=ecPicLm_)
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for August 1897.
![Standing Responds to Request for Return of Andrew Doxtator Standing Responds to Request for Return of Andrew Doxtator](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1453_36660_0003.jpg?itok=J6GuWN_v)
Alfred John Standing responds to the claim of Henry Doxtator that his son Andrew was kidnapped and taken to the Carlisle Indian School.
![Request to Fill Various Positions Temporarily before Appointments Made Request to Fill Various Positions Temporarily before Appointments Made](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1454_37137_0002.jpg?itok=jdRoTF_f)
Richard Henry Pratt requests that various vacant positions be filled by assignment from the Civil Service lists and that he has filled one teaching position temporarily. Pratt further requests that he be allowed to fill any other position temporarily.
![Standing Submits Lease for Hocker Farm for the 1898 Fiscal Year Standing Submits Lease for Hocker Farm for the 1898 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1454_37138_0002.jpg?itok=gLgFogLk)
Alfred John Standing responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the lease of the Hocker Farm. Standing forwards the lease in triplicate with the signatures of all three members of the Board of Trustees as directed.
![Standing Forwards Answers of Andrew Doxtator Standing Forwards Answers of Andrew Doxtator](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1455_37324_0004.jpg?itok=B1vKk4jy)
Alfred John Standing forwards a list of answers from Andrew Doxtator in response to his father's charge of kidnapping and request to return him from Carlisle.
![Ella Rickert Follows Up on Request to Transfer to Western School Ella Rickert Follows Up on Request to Transfer to Western School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1455_37599_0002.jpg?itok=PwawmJ0p)
Ella Rickert informs the Office of Indian Affairs that she wishes to be transferred to a school in the Northwest until a position in South Dakota opens.
![Emma Seowitsa Declines Position as Assistant Matron Emma Seowitsa Declines Position as Assistant Matron](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1456_37781_0002.jpg?itok=7haPGPfn)
Alfred John Standing informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Emma Seowitsa declines a position Assistant Matron due to her health.
![Report on Teachers at the Carlisle Indian School in 1897 Report on Teachers at the Carlisle Indian School in 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1458_38947_c5564.jpg?itok=Fe5-jjjF)
Alfred John Standing forwards a statement regarding teachers at the Carlisle Indian School.
Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa.