Medical Examinations Upon Arrival

Results of school doctor's examinations of incoming students. 

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Arrival of Eleven New Pueblo Students
August 3, 1880

Richard Henry Pratt informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge that Sheldon Jackson has arrived with eleven new potential Pueblo students. Pratt states that he'll send an official physician report on the students once it is finished. So far, the school doctor has found two students to have lung problems and "a low state of vitality…

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Report on the Health of Eleven New Pueblo Students
August 4, 1880

J. S. Bender informs Richard Henry Pratt that he has completed his examination of the eleven new Pueblo students and found nine of them to be healthy. Bender notes that two students have several problematic symptoms, and states that he's been informed by Sheldon Jackson that these students have had pneumonia. Pratt forwards Bender's letter to…

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Report of Medical Examination of Newly-Arrived Creek Students
January 26, 1881 - January 27, 1881

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a report on the health of the newly arrived Creek students from the school physician C. H. Hepburn. Hepburn indicates four students who have been physically affected by previous illness and comments on the age of the children as compared to the age they provided (noting he believes several of the girls are older…

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Physician's Report on Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Pueblo Students
February 9, 1881 - February 17, 1881

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a report from the Carlisle School physician C. H. Hepburn on the health of students recently arrived from the Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Pueblo Nations to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

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Physician's Report on Newly-Arrived Osage Students
February 28, 1881

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the report of school physician C. H. Hepburn on the health of the newly arrived students from the Osage Nation. Pratt notes that the students are quite satisfactory with the exception that are too few girls.

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Physicians Report on Newly Arrived Students from the Shoshone Agency
March 14, 1881

C. H. Hepburn, the Carlisle School physician, reports on the general good health of the newly arrived students from the Shoshone Agency in the Wyoming Territory. He notes one student has scarring associated with scrofula but has no current enlarged lymph nodes and is presently healthy.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, September 1882
October 1882

Thomas Stewart Jr., school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for September 1882.

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Physician Report of Newly Arrived Crow Students in 1883
March 13, 1883 - March 14, 1883

Carlisle Indian School physician O. G. Given provides a report on the recently arrived Crow students from Carlisle, several of whom should be sent back. As a result of the report Pratt recommends including additional agency health examinations.

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Update on Red Lake Party and Proposal to Send School Employee for Students
November 24, 1891

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that none of the party of seven students from Red Lake have arrived, but the one from the White Earth Agency who was to accompany them has arrived at Carlisle. Pratt further states that this student, upon his medical examination, was found unfit. As a result, he recommends that the…

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Pratt Responds to Scobey's Letter Regarding Student Sent by Agency
December 15, 1891

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding a letter from C. R. A. Scobey, U.S. Indian Agent for the Fort Peck Agency. Pratt writes that he was mistaken in his letter to Smoker of the identity of the student who has rarely been in school since her arrival. Pratt details the treatment he has undertaken to…

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Pratt Discusses Various Matters Related to the Fort Belknap Agency
May 23, 1893

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from Lieutenant McAnaney, Fort Belknap Agent, in reference to vacancies at the Fort Belknap school. Pratt states that he did not mean to give a strong endorsement for a cook position for Lucy Enter Lodge and instead recommends Rosalie Ereaux. In addition, he discusses the charge that no one from the Fort…

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Enrollment Recommendations for the 1894 School Year
June 6, 1893

Richard Henry Pratt provides an update on the enrollment for the 1894 school year. He further states that the Carlisle Indian School often receives students who should not have been sent and that an employee of the school should be sent to obtain students rather than have them sent by the agencies.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Correspondence Regarding Return of Bighead and Wolfchief
June 28, 1899 - September 14, 1899

Correspondence regarding the decision to return Joel Bighead and John Wolfchief to their homes.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Recruiting Students from the Fort Peck Agency
October 21, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding correspondence between himself and U.S. Indian Agent Scobey. Pratt notes that they have been in communication regarding a party of students from the Fort Peck Agency.

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Pratt Forwards Health Report of Recent Class of Incoming Students
March 22, 1900 - March 27, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a report from school physician S. L. Diven regarding the health of a recent class of students.

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Standing Responds to Agency's Claims Regarding Ill Students
April 11, 1900 - April 24, 1900

Alfred John Standing responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding correspondence on the health of Jennie Redwing and other students from the Santee Agency who had eye trouble upon arriving at Carlisle.

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Correspondence Regarding the Request for the Return of Maggie Venne
November 18, 1902 - July 12, 1904

Correspondence regarding the request for the return on Maggie Venne. Also included are materials related to the outing system at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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Physician Report on the Health of the Carlisle Student Body in 1905
July 1-6, 1905

William A. Mercer forwards report of the Carlisle Indian School physician on the health of the student body focusing on tuberculosis. The report provides several recommendations that Mercer says he has adopted to prevent the spread of tuberculosis.

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