Richard Henry Pratt provides a report on the outing system for the Summer of 1882. Pratt notes that he placed 85 students in homes for the Summer and that he was able to secure transportation costs from patrons as well as a salary for the student. Pratt ends by requesting the ability to visit students who remain on outing over the fall.
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![Update on Outing System for Summer of 1882 Update on Outing System for Summer of 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0092_14967_0003.jpg?itok=X5b0lMLQ)
![Pratt Claims Rights to Returning and Accepting Students Pratt Claims Rights to Returning and Accepting Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0092_15012_0002.jpg?itok=8p9CshhY)
Richard Henry Pratt claims he has the authority to accept and return students from the Secretary of the Interior.
![Anna Ely Request Help for Recruiting Pawnee Children Anna Ely Request Help for Recruiting Pawnee Children](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0092_15232_0002.jpg?itok=I2DoPQz5)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Anna Ely to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to instruct the Pawnee Agency to send Pawnee children to Carlisle.
![Pueblo Agency Requests Authority to Send More Students to Carlisle Pueblo Agency Requests Authority to Send More Students to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0093_15519_0001.jpg?itok=xz9wBcp9)
Benjamin M. Thomas, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pueblo Indian Agency, requests information on sending a student from Cochiti to Carlisle in addition to sending more Pueblo students to Carlisle.
![Request to Purchase Beds and Pillows Request to Purchase Beds and Pillows](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0092_15257_0002.jpg?itok=sTGXzSVV)
Richard Henry Pratt notes that the school will have additional children than in previous years necessitating additional beds and pillows. In addition the previous bed stands are not as durable as hoped.
![Haworth Recommends Ten Pawnee Children Sent to Carlisle Haworth Recommends Ten Pawnee Children Sent to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0093_15385_0002.jpg?itok=QFjC8yvf)
Inspector J. M. Haworth recommends that the Pawnee Agency send ten Pawnee students to Carlisle five of whom were to be girls.
![Funds Needed for Operation of the Carlisle Indian School Funds Needed for Operation of the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0093_15584_0001.jpg?itok=V8_jPMlT)
Richard Henry Pratt provides an estimate for the cost of running the Carlisle Indian School including $225 per student per year in additional to $30,000 for various improvements to the School.
![Additional Students Brought by Ely Additional Students Brought by Ely](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0093_15655_0001.jpg?itok=odl-YZOK)
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the delegation brought back by Anna Ely is different then what was approved. Pratt notes that he has sent certain students to the Hampton Institute as previously approved and Ely has agreed to raise charitable funds for the additional students with the help of one of the girls…
![Interior Department Instructs Pratt to Not Travel West Interior Department Instructs Pratt to Not Travel West](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0094_16044_0001.jpg?itok=68KL1Jbi)
Acting Secretary of the Interior, M. L. Joslyn, instructs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to stop Richard Henry Pratt from traveling West as had written previously. Pratt had desired to go West in order to bring back Sioux students from various agencies as well as a group of Navajo students.
![Parents from Sitting Bull Band at Fort Randall Unwilling to Send Children to Carlisle Parents from Sitting Bull Band at Fort Randall Unwilling to Send Children to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0097_17428_0001.jpg?itok=vYjNrQc3)
Correspondence regarding the enrollment of children from the Sitting Bull band of Sioux being held as prisoners at Fort Randall. The officer in charge of Fort Randall indicates that the parents of the eligible children do not wish to see their children to be enrolled at Carlisle. Pratt notes that he would prefer to speak to these parents to…
![Request to Return Albert Barnett and Henry Eagle Chief Request to Return Albert Barnett and Henry Eagle Chief](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0097_17334_0001.jpg?itok=xMbl-n7Q)
Richard Henry Pratt requests to return Albert Barnett and Henry Eagle Chief to their homes due to their ill health. Pratt notes that he can escort the students back to their homes if he is given permission to visit the Navajo Agency.
![Pratt Asks for Reconsideration of His Trip to Recruit Students Pratt Asks for Reconsideration of His Trip to Recruit Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0096_16712_0001.jpg?itok=Dk620E0Z)
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Commissioner of Indian Affairs reconsider its decision to not allow him personally to go select students at the Navajo and Sioux Agencies. Pratt believes that none of his employees have the requisite knowledge to successfully select students from the agencies.
![Reference to Sending More Pueblo Students to Carlisle Reference to Sending More Pueblo Students to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0097_17190_0001.jpg?itok=I6ouR3WM)
Benjamin M. Thomas, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pueblo Agency, refers the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to a prior letter to which he asks to send more students to the Carlisle Indian School especially a Cochiti student.
![Notice of Invitation to Pennsylvania Bi-Centennial Committee Notice of Invitation to Pennsylvania Bi-Centennial Committee](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0096_17154_0001.jpg?itok=JqXPLoQR)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the he and the Carlisle Indian School have been invited to attend and participate at the Bi-Centennial celebration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 24, 1882. Pratt recommends accepting the invitation if the Bi-Centennial Association pays the costs.
![Alice Fletcher Requests Enrollment of Omaha Students Alice Fletcher Requests Enrollment of Omaha Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0097_17319_0002.jpg?itok=iGkPmWlR)
Alice C. Fletcher indicates that she has five Omaha pupils in her charge and desires that they be given permission to attend the Carlisle Indian School.
![Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Fourth Quarter 1882 Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Fourth Quarter 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0097_17290_c2095.jpg?itok=z5azUKru)
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1882 amounting to $8,682.25 for support of the school, and an additional $4,976.25 for employee wages.
![Per Capita Expenses for Educating Sioux Students Per Capita Expenses for Educating Sioux Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0097_17335_0001.jpg?itok=t7PGdmJN)
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs the total and per capita expenses for educating Pine Ridge and Rosebud students as well as Sisseton Agency students.
![Enrollment of Three Ottawa Girls Enrollment of Three Ottawa Girls](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0098_17688_0003.jpg?itok=hkxrQoHT)
Richard Henry Pratt notes that the school is already ten percent over its appropriation in terms of students but he would be willing to accept three Ottawa Nation girls if the J. M. Haworth recommends they be brought to Carlisle. Pratt writes that when he goes to pick up 20 Navajo students he can bring back the Ottawa girls as well.
![Third Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School Third Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0099_18027_c3500.jpg?itok=T5qy_nUi)
Third annual report of the Carlisle Indian School providing statistics of the number of students from various nations during the school year. Pratt notes that the outing system has been highly successful and comments on the progress of the first group of students from the Sioux Nation along with other groups of students from the Cheyenne,…
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, September 1882 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, September 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0099_18193_c3602.jpg?itok=GFqNeUck)
Thomas Stewart Jr., school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for September 1882.
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Richard Henry Pratt submits this Monthly School Report for September 1882.
![Report of Irregular Employees, September 1882 Report of Irregular Employees, September 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0099_18160_c3548.jpg?itok=-Pl4HzoX)
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during September 1882. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
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Richard Henry Pratt reports that he returned from his trip to recruit Navajo students. He notes that he only brought back 12 Navajo students rather than the allotted 20.
![Alice Fletcher Indicates She Has Raised Funds for Education of Omaha Students Alice Fletcher Indicates She Has Raised Funds for Education of Omaha Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0104_19462_0001.jpg?itok=OkhSasrs)
Alice C. Fletcher requests permission to enroll six Omaha students at the Carlisle Indian School. Fletcher recounts she had been fundraising to secure funds for their education and had nearly succeeded.
![Monthly School Report for October 1882 Monthly School Report for October 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0109_21229_0001.jpg?itok=zTntZX-Z)
Richard H. Pratt submits this Monthly School Report for October 1882.