Richard Henry Pratt submits a voucher for travel expenses incurred while returning Dana Long Wolf and Charles Redmore. Pratt includes the context of what led Redmore and Long Wolf to run away from the school and the discipline meted out to Redmore. He ends by proposing the government develop a reformatory where students can be sent to prevent…
1885
![Voucher for Travel Expenses in Return of Runaway Students Voucher for Travel Expenses in Return of Runaway Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0278_29919_0001.jpg?itok=Q0XXoTaF)
![Dennison Wheelock Request to Return Home Dennison Wheelock Request to Return Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0281_00878_0006.jpg?itok=5RR9ep0d)
Dennison Wheelock requests permission from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to return to his home at the Green Bay Agency. Wheelock cites his cold room and the general ill health of many students at Carlisle. In reply, Obadiah G. Given, the school physician, claims that as a percentage there are no more sick students than at any other time. Richard…
![Request for the Return of Tom Torlino Request for the Return of Tom Torlino](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0279_30714_0001.jpg?itok=NMHiE7IB)
John H. Bowman, U.S. Indian Agent for the Navajo Agency, informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Tom Torlino should be returned home on account of his health and because he seems to be making no progress.
![Irregular Employees Required for January 1886 Irregular Employees Required for January 1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0278_30525_0001.jpg?itok=4x4-DFL9)
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for January 1886. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
![Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1886 Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0279_31055_c2758.jpg?itok=iIh6gqTC)
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1886 amounting to $9,007.10 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $6,435.00 for regular employee pay. Pratt's account statement in the amount of $81,002.35 is also included.
![Request for Return of Edwin Schanandore Request for Return of Edwin Schanandore](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0280_00317_0001.jpg?itok=32CFwakg)
Daniel Schanandore requests the return of his son Edwin Schanandore from the Carlisle Indian School.
![Audit of the Financial Transactions of Richard Henry Pratt Audit of the Financial Transactions of Richard Henry Pratt](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2694_04139_0001.jpg?itok=2u9UWO3d)
This audit and report, which concerns the finances of the Carlisle Indian School as administered by Richard Henry Pratt, was prepared immediately following his retirement as superintendent of the school. The report focuses on the use of non-governmental funds - charitable donations to the school, as well as income earned through athletics and…