Students Serving as Interpreters

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Request Return Luke Phillips to Serve as Interpreter
June 4, 1883

Lewellyn E. Woodin, U.S. Indian Agent for the Ponca, Pawnee, and Otoe Agency, requests that Luke Phillips a student at the Carlisle Indian be sent home immediately to serve as an interpreter for the agency.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request from Navajo Agency to Employ Benjamin Damon as Interpreter
August 23, 1887 - September 3, 1887

The U.S. Indian Agent for the Navajo Agency requests from Richard Henry Pratt that Benjamin Damon a student at the Carlisle Indian School be employed a position as an interpreter at the Agency.

Pratt forwards the letter to the Office of Indian Affairs noting that Damon is competent in English and would quickly regain his ability to speak…

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Fort Apache Request for Carlisle Student as a Translator
February 15, 1892

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letters regarding an inquiry from Lieutenant W. H. Bean regarding the need for an Apache translator for Fort Apache. Pratt notes that all of the Apache students have noted that while they have forgotten some of their language that they can likely pick it up again quickly. The students…

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for the Return of Hiram Moses
March 27, 1895

Petitions for the return of Hiram Moses from the Carlisle Indian School in order to serve as an interpreter for the Tonawanda Presbyterian Church.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Mercer Recommends Fred Mart as an Interpreter for the Uintah and Ouray Agency
December 22, 1906

William A. Mercer responds to a request of the Ute Chiefs for Robert Ouray to serve as an interpreter for their upcoming trip to Washington by recommending another student Fred Mart.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Fred Mart and Robert Ouray Set to Report to Captain Johnson
January 12, 1907

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Fred Mart and Robert Ouray are set to report to Captain Johnson at Washington barracks.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration