Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for December 1887. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
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![Irregular Employees Required for December 1887 Irregular Employees Required for December 1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0432_30990_0002.jpg?itok=oxV69ATL)
![Agency Response to Enrolling of Children of A. Miller at Carlisle Agency Response to Enrolling of Children of A. Miller at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0432_31245_0002.jpg?itok=Bi4CqEyY)
Thomas Jennings, U.S. Indian Agent for the Green Bay Agency, replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the enrollment of A. Miller's children at the Carlisle Indian School. Jennings states that the children are living with their grandfather and he believes it would be advisable to enroll them at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Additional Irregular Employees Required for December 1887 Additional Irregular Employees Required for December 1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0432_31232_0002.jpg?itok=yE-DGmtF)
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with additional information in regard to required labor needed for December 1887. Pratt inadvertently overlooked instructions in the previous letter and explains the need for a carpenter and mason is separate from general service.
![J. L. Thomas Seeks to Enroll His Son at Carlisle J. L. Thomas Seeks to Enroll His Son at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0433_31548_0002.jpg?itok=ihAzgG_m)
J. L. Thomas seeks to have his son enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Richard Henry Pratt forwarded his letter to the Office of Indian Affairs noting that Thomas will pay his transportation to the school and that with Office approval he would be willing to enroll him.
![Report of T. S. Childs of the Hampton Institute Submitted to Interior Department Report of T. S. Childs of the Hampton Institute Submitted to Interior Department](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0445_03582_0006.jpg?itok=ojH3iVJW)
A. B. Upshaw, the Acting Commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs, appoints Rev. T. S. Childs to investigate complaints made against the Hampton Institute Indian Department.
The report was then submitted to the Secretary of the Interior.
![Pratt Seeks Clarification on Transportation Authority for Stockbridge Girls Pratt Seeks Clarification on Transportation Authority for Stockbridge Girls](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0434_31897_0003.jpg?itok=HPwcCnbh)
Richard Henry Pratt seeks clarification on whether an Office of Indian Affairs letter gives him authority to arrange transportation for two girls from the Green Bay Agency to travel to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt asks for transportation be provided or for authority be granted for him to arrange it.
![Wallace Charging Shield and Perry Laravie Request to Enroll at Carlisle Wallace Charging Shield and Perry Laravie Request to Enroll at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0437_34009_0008.jpg?itok=h8FP-r18)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards two letters one from Wallace Charging Shield and one from Perry H. Laravie to the Office of Indian Affairs. Both Charging Shield and Laravie request to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School and Pratt provides his recommendation that both be allowed to enroll.
![Request to Enroll Two Alaskan Students at the Carlisle Indian School Request to Enroll Two Alaskan Students at the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0435_32489_0002.jpg?itok=KHvGnIoq)
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to enroll two students from Alaska at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that the students were brought from the Sitka school to learn the printing and tin smithing trades by Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson. Jackson claims he had authority from the Office to enroll the students…
![Irregular Employees Required for January 1888 Irregular Employees Required for January 1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0436_33505_0002.jpg?itok=GR_Z18G7)
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for January 1888. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
![Pratt Asks for Permission to Allow Parker West to Serve as Interpreter Pratt Asks for Permission to Allow Parker West to Serve as Interpreter](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0434_31923_0003.jpg?itok=lkbNfAXG)
Richard Henry Pratt asks the Office of Indian Affairs if Parker West (here Porter West) should accompany Miss Eustes to the Mount Vernon Barracks as an interpreter. Pratt notes that Eustes requested West be at Hampton on Monday.
![Statement of Cost of Employees and Issues and Expenditures, September 1887 Statement of Cost of Employees and Issues and Expenditures, September 1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0437_33696_0006.jpg?itok=EIea4KnT)
Richard H. Pratt submits a statement of cost form that lists the total amounts for subsistence, clothing, school materials, school furnishings, light and fuel, buildings and repairs, miscellaneous expenses, and the value of subsistence raised by school and issued to pupils for the quarter ending September 30, 1887. Pratt also forwards a lengthy…
![Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1888 Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0437_33762_c3058.jpg?itok=bZe0FqQz)
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1888 amounting to $10,368.30 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $7,292.50 for regular employee pay.
![Estimate of Supplies, December 1887 Estimate of Supplies, December 1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0437_33762_1-2_c3069.jpg?itok=fRFxk25f)
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1888 amounting to $475.80 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.
![Request to Return Five Students to Their Home Request to Return Five Students to Their Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0437_34010_0002.jpg?itok=jOG_OCsN)
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to return five students to their homes due to their ill health. Pratt notes that the school physician believes their long term health will prevent the students from taking full advantage of the Carlisle Indian School course, but they are healthy enough to travel without escort.
![Outing Letter and Report of Eben Beads Outing Letter and Report of Eben Beads](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/msc-232_eben_beads_letter_study_1.jpg?itok=AhSUuhSX)
Outing report of Eben Beads along with a letter from Beads to Richard Henry Pratt detailing his experience working on a farm and attending a school in Darlington, Pennsylvania while on outing.
![Pratt Responds to Request for Enrolling Holiday Pratt Responds to Request for Enrolling Holiday](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0440_01210_0002.jpg?itok=d0Oha18b)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the request to enroll Holiday in the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that Holiday is likely far above the age limit of Carlisle general rule and due to his work in Washington D.C. might not be prepared for the strictness of life at Carlisle. However, Pratt notes that if…
![Request to Allow Holiday to Return Home or Enroll at Carlisle Request to Allow Holiday to Return Home or Enroll at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0439_00973_0002.jpg?itok=FAf_QOM1)
Lieutentant General P. H. Sheridan requests to return a Holiday, a member of the Apache Nation, to his people near Prescott, Arizona or to allow him to attend the Carlisle Indian School. Sheridan notes that Holiday was captured by the U.S. Army when he was very young and has been employed at the quartermaster's corral in Washington D.C. for…
![Claim of Edith Abner to Peoria Fund Distribution Claim of Edith Abner to Peoria Fund Distribution](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0442_01613_0002.jpg?itok=ulnmtJgl)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding Edith Abner. Pratt states that Abner is a student at the Carlisle Indian School and is the proper claimant for the Peoria Fund distributed at the Quapaw Agency.
![Pratt Responds to Request to Enroll Katie Pratt Responds to Request to Enroll Katie](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0442_01612_0002.jpg?itok=MvjXh1mb)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding enrolling Katie, a member of the Apache Nation, who is a prisoner of the U.S. Government.
![Irregular Employees Required for February 1888 Irregular Employees Required for February 1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0442_01658_0002.jpg?itok=FHn29q8g)
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for February 1888. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
![Pratt Suggestions for Improving Student Recruitment for Training Schools Pratt Suggestions for Improving Student Recruitment for Training Schools](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0443_02233_0002.jpg?itok=bqwKnDHL)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter providing authority to transport Wallace Charging Shield and Perry Laravie while also suggesting they serve as escort for other students. Pratt then states that he does not believe individuals in agencies are currently capable of selecting students to attend the training schools…
![Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew, January 31, 1888 Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew, January 31, 1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/mc2008_4_f08b_0000.jpg?itok=wJsPkRP3)
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew discussing a controversy over uniform styles to be used during peacetime. Pratt also mentions possible changes in the administration of the Indian Service. This letter is part of a series of related correspondence which can be found using the People tags.…
![List of Unserviceable Property and Requesting it be Dropped from Property Returns for February 1888 List of Unserviceable Property and Requesting it be Dropped from Property Returns for February 1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0444_03130_0002.jpg?itok=FANLtqa6)
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of property which has become unserviceable and requests authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to drop them from his property returns.
![Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew, February 4, 1888 Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew, February 4, 1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/mc2008_4_f08c_0000.jpg?itok=KMhEUdKm)
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew informing him of his inability to attend an event, due to an attempt to secure an appropriation to build a school building and barn. This letter is part of a series of related correspondence which can be found using the People tags. Transcript included.
![Forwards Board of Survey Proceedings Convened in February 1888 Forwards Board of Survey Proceedings Convened in February 1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0447_04626_c3272.jpg?itok=wkyybOrI)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a Board of Survey to the Office of Indian Affairs convened on February 15, 1888 to dispose of broken or otherwise unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School.