Benjamin M. Thomas, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pueblo Indian Agency, requests on behalf of the Pueblo Nation to take a delegation of eight individuals to visit their children at Carlisle and also to visit Washington D.C. Thomas also requests authority to bring two students to replace a Pueblo student who died at Carlisle and one who was returned…
1880-1889
![Request of Pueblo Indians to Visit Carlisle and Washington Request of Pueblo Indians to Visit Carlisle and Washington](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0036_14820_0001.jpg?itok=PXVYRwqB)
![Inquiry into Number of Visitors to Expect at Carlisle Inquiry into Number of Visitors to Expect at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0036_14868_0003.jpg?itok=CTjrschA)
Richard Henry Pratt inquires into the number of visitors to expect from the delegation currently in Washington D.C. He also suggests that the delegation along with their children take a picnic to Luray Caverns in Virginia.
![Request to Send Gilbert and Norman Home Request to Send Gilbert and Norman Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0037_15481_0001.jpg?itok=xkm72QxJ)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the expenses of returning to their homes Gilbert and Norman due to their poor health.
![Requests Authority to Send James Home Requests Authority to Send James Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0037_15532_0001.jpg?itok=5NJx5Nrz)
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to send James, a member of the Sioux Nation, back to his home.
![Attention Called to the Account of Dr. Faulkner Attention Called to the Account of Dr. Faulkner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0038_15702_0001.jpg?itok=jbtuHPc2)
Richard Henry Pratt, brings to attention the account of Carlisle School physician Dr. W. H. Faulkner who was advanced two hundred dollars to accompany two sick students to their homes. According to Pratt this transaction was approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs but the official transaction has not yet received official departmental…
![Petition of Teodosio Duran and Juan Cristobal to Visit Carlisle Petition of Teodosio Duran and Juan Cristobal to Visit Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0045_18452_0007.jpg?itok=VgFwgxIJ)
Benjamin M. Thomas, U.S. Indian Agent at the Pueblo Agency, forwards a petition from Juan Cristobal and Teodosio Duran to visit their children at Carlisle. They note they were the principal supporters of sending students to Carlisle and as a result have been persecuted by others. By visiting and reporting on the condition of their children they…
![Extended Outing Finalized and Summer Outing Report Extended Outing Finalized and Summer Outing Report](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0039_16572_0001.jpg?itok=gz0hAqGY)
Richard Henry Pratt comments that he has made arrangements to allow six large boys to remain in their summer outing homes. In addition, 17 other boys and 6 girls were found homes for the fall period. Pratt notes that he consulted with the students on their preferences and that the school will provide clothing and books while their board will be…
![Request to Repatriate of Frank Cushing's Body to Zuni Request to Repatriate of Frank Cushing's Body to Zuni](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0045_18374_0003.jpg?itok=YsSJIyy5)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter that was originally sent to Benjamin M. Thomas, U.S. Indian Agent at the Pueblo Agency, from S. A. Bentley a teacher in the Indian Service. Bentley's letter concerns the wishes of Frank Cushing's parents to have his body repatriated to Zuni. Pratt comments that this is not a simple matter and references the…
![Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Fourth Quarter 1881 Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Fourth Quarter 1881](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0043_17702_c2007.jpg?itok=hZuQ3fXY)
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1881 amounting to $12,689.55 for areas covering shops, traveling expenses, hospital, contingencies, rations, the pay of employees, clothing, the farm, and special allowance. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $5,000 for regular employee pay, $550 for Indian apprentices, and $…
![Pratt Asks to Make Alterations to Employee Appropriation Pratt Asks to Make Alterations to Employee Appropriation](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0044_18126_0001.jpg?itok=ejl0hyeW)
Richard Henry Pratt discusses the appropriation of $20,000 for employees at the Carlisle Indian School and his incorrect interpretation for applying the funds. Pratt indicates that he believed the funds only covered regular employees and not irregular employees and Indian apprentices. As a result, Pratt requests that he be allowed to make…
![Request to Pay Expenses for Travel of Steve Willamson for Treatment Request to Pay Expenses for Travel of Steve Willamson for Treatment](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0044_18373_0001.jpg?itok=-SV7iIaM)
Richard Henry Pratt details the course of actions he took to treat Steve Willamson, a member of the Arapaho Nation, by sending him and the school physician to the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pratt requests authorization to pay the costs associated with the travel for this treatment.
![Cover Letter for Return of Indian Training School Accounts Cover Letter for Return of Indian Training School Accounts](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0046_18774_0001.jpg?itok=vUNmyqtD)
E. Whittley returns to the H. Price, the Comptroller of Indian Affairs, an account of William McMichael of the Indian Training School to show the differences in purchases from normal.
![Pratt Leave of Absence to Attend American Missionary Association Meeting Pratt Leave of Absence to Attend American Missionary Association Meeting](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0046_19192_0001_0.jpg?itok=5AWk-C5R)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of his acceptance to attend the American Missionary Association annual meeting. He notes that it will allow him to return an exhibit on display in Boston, Massachusetts at no expense to the Government. In his absence A. J. Standing is in charge of the School.
![Call for more Supervision from the Interior Department Call for more Supervision from the Interior Department](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0047_19442_0003.jpg?itok=frB_AvSl)
Richard Henry Pratt asks Samuel J. Kirkwood, Secretary of the Interior, through Hiram Price, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for more oversight from the Department of the Interior or the Commissioner in overseeing the Carlisle Indian School.
![Support for Funds to Allow Northern Arapaho Chiefs to Visit Carlisle Support for Funds to Allow Northern Arapaho Chiefs to Visit Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0049_20437_0001.jpg?itok=j2fklVYn)
Richard Henry Pratt lends support to the request of the Northern Arapaho U.S. Indian Agent that the Chiefs from the Northern Arapaho be allowed to visit Carlisle as was promised when they sent their children. Pratt notes that Northern Arapaho students are excellent students and a visit from the Chiefs should serve to strengthen the argument of…
![Hatton Requests Help from Senator Ferry Hatton Requests Help from Senator Ferry](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0052_21457_0002.jpg?itok=dV-sdGpL)
Charles Hatton, U.S. Indian Agent at the Shoshone and Bannock Agency, writes asking for assistance from Michigan Senator Thomas W. Ferry in allowing him to bring a delegation of five Arapaho Chiefs to Carlisle and Washington D.C.
![Proposal to Bring Northern Arapaho Chiefs to Carlisle Proposal to Bring Northern Arapaho Chiefs to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0050_20956_0001.jpg?itok=1W34So2e)
Charles Hatton, U.S. Indian Agent for the Northern Arapaho Agency, seeks authority to bring five Northern Arapaho Chiefs to Carlisle and Washington D.C. to visit their children. The Chiefs were promised when they sent their children that they would be allowed to visit and are seeking to have this promised fulfilled.
![Background and Request to Enroll Antoinette Williams Background and Request to Enroll Antoinette Williams](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0051_21302_0008.jpg?itok=dSEQ-eBg)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards two letters along with his recommendation that Antoinette Williams, a member of the Navajo Nation, be allowed to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. The two forwarded letters indicate that Williams was brought east to the Blair Academy in Blairstown, New Jersey by J. V. Landerdale as Landerdale hoped she…
![Enrolling Six Quapaw Students from the Emlen Institute Enrolling Six Quapaw Students from the Emlen Institute](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0050_21055_0004.jpg?itok=5Gl65SzH)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Israel H. Johnson seeking to have six students from the Quapaw Nation transferred to the Carlisle Indian School. Johnson notes that the students believed they were going to Carlisle and were as a result unhappy about being unable to learn a trade in addition to their schooling. Pratt believed that the…
![Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1882 Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0053_21943_c2041.jpg?itok=kW9x5nOU)
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1882 amounting to $10,160.60 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $4,640 for regular employee pay.
![Special Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1881 Special Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1881](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0050_20969_0003.jpg?itok=T-oxaE3b)
Richard Henry Pratt submits a "Special" Estimate of Funds form for $1,146.77 for areas covering pay of employees, hospital, and contingencies.
![Potential Interpreters Among Arapaho Students Potential Interpreters Among Arapaho Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0050_21256_0001.jpg?itok=STRz9dCR)
Richard Henry Pratt notes that there are several Arapaho students who can serve as an interpreter for the Arapaho and Shoshone Indian party.
![Susan Longstreth Writing in Support of Transferring Quapaw Students Susan Longstreth Writing in Support of Transferring Quapaw Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0053_21715_0002.jpg?itok=x_fDqRB6)
Susan Longstreth writes to the Hiram Price, the Commissoner of Indian Affairs, in support of transfering six Quapaw Nation students from the Emlen Institute to the Carlisle Indian School.
![Authority Sought to Return Duke to His Home Authority Sought to Return Duke to His Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0053_21775_0001.jpg?itok=Gw71JJku)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to send Duke (Frog) to his home at the Rosebud Agency at government expense due to his poor health.
![Room for Emlen Quapaw Students at Carlisle Room for Emlen Quapaw Students at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0053_21878_0001.jpg?itok=frEz_n5o)
Richard Henry Pratt notes that the Carlisle Indian School can accept the Emlen Institute students from the Quapaw Nation with no additional increase in school staff.