Richard Henry Pratt submits a voucher to the Office of Indian Affairs for expenses related to arresting and returning the two students who had run away from the Carlisle Indian School and were apprehended at Gallitzin, Pennsylvania.
1886
![Submission of Voucher Covering Expenses in Returning Two Run Away Students Submission of Voucher Covering Expenses in Returning Two Run Away Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0319_17656_0003.jpg?itok=sep0W8tF)
![Pratt Submits Photographs of Wagons Pratt Submits Photographs of Wagons](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0320_17913_0002.jpg?itok=lZg3uArx)
Richard Henry Pratt submits eight photographs to the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt mentions that four photos were of the three spring and four of the platform spring.
![Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Third Quarter 1886 Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Third Quarter 1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0320_18167_0003.jpg?itok=i22pwDT2)
Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1886 amounting to $17,155.40 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $6,652.50 for regular employee pay.
![Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Temporary Help Over the 1886 Summer Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Temporary Help Over the 1886 Summer](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0321_18728_0001.jpg?itok=wZvnUXmx)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to keep Miss Hyde on the regular employee roll to continue in her role while alterations are made to the girls quarters. In addition, Pratt requests authority to pay for an irregular employee to visit outing pupils and to hire an additional clerk.
![Request to Renew Hocker Farm Lease for Fiscal Year 1887 Request to Renew Hocker Farm Lease for Fiscal Year 1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0322_18808_0001.jpg?itok=3r7ji-wS)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to renew the lease on the Hocker Farm. Pratt provides the justification for the lease by claiming that the lease goes to support the charity fund which in turn is used to rent additional farmland including the Henderson and Sanno Farms. Pratt ends by stating that until the Parker Farm is purchased by the…
![Suggestion for Returning Nez Perce Students to Their Homes Suggestion for Returning Nez Perce Students to Their Homes](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0324_19726_0001.jpg?itok=L1cF4xq9)
Charles E. Montieth, Farmer in Charge of the Nez Perce Agency, recommends that two or three Nez Perce students currently at the Carlisle Indian School whose terms of enrollment are about to expire travel with Montieth's replacement from the East.
![Irregular Employees Required for August 1886 Irregular Employees Required for August 1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0322_19320_0001.jpg?itok=4-SHWtXh)
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for August 1886. Pratt also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the month.
![Request for Transportation for Harriet Mary to Her Home Request for Transportation for Harriet Mary to Her Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0324_19923_0001.jpg?itok=pVT2hoTU)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the transportation of Harriet Mary, a member of the Nez Perce Nation, whose term of enrollment has expired and whose mother is requesting her return home. Pratt notes that the Nez Perce agent Charles E. Montieth recommends the new agent for the Nez Perce Agency accompany her on her trip home.…
![Pratt Informs Office that He Filled Last Remaining Teaching Vacancy Pratt Informs Office that He Filled Last Remaining Teaching Vacancy](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0326_20641_0001_0.jpg?itok=ez4cZY9X)
Richard Henry Pratt informs A. B. Upshaw that he has already filled the last remaining teaching vacancy at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Second Comptroller Requests Hocker Farm Lease be Filed at Office Second Comptroller Requests Hocker Farm Lease be Filed at Office](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0325_20244_0001.jpg?itok=6e6JSiAR)
Isaac H. Maynard, Second Comptroller, requests written evidence of the renewal of the lease of the Hocker Farm for the benefit of the Carlisle Indian School be filed with his office.
![Discussion of Nez Perce Students at Carlisle Discussion of Nez Perce Students at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0325_20282_0001.jpg?itok=1HTyDLLB)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding Nez Perce students at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that four students came to Carlisle in 1880 and two in 1883. Of those students who came in 1880 the boys are orphans and are desirous of staying at Carlisle with one hoping to college.
Pratt…
![Request to Enroll Wasu Ricker at the Carlisle Indian School Request to Enroll Wasu Ricker at the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0325_20283_0001.jpg?itok=FjvIm-dn)
Richard Henry Pratt writes regarding a request from Lieutenant Heistand of the 11 Infantry of an orphaned Sioux girl who his family taken in. Because of his posting on a military base he has been unable to enroll the girl in a school and so requests for her to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
![School Statistics Accompanying the Annual Report, 1886 School Statistics Accompanying the Annual Report, 1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0335_23306_0002.jpg?itok=5FFivWWm)
School Statistics Accompanying the Annual Report for the 1886 Fiscal Year.
![List of Names for Appointment to the Omaha and Winnebago Industrial School List of Names for Appointment to the Omaha and Winnebago Industrial School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0327_20985_0003.jpg?itok=vz3g1GEd)
Charles H. Potter, the U.S. Indian Agent for the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, forwards a list of names for appointment to the Industrial Boarding School at the Winnebago Agency.
![Voucher Covering Travel Expenses to Recover Three Runaway Students Voucher Covering Travel Expenses to Recover Three Runaway Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0326_20790_0001.jpg?itok=vI0uGgAC)
Voucher to cover expenses in the return of three run away students located and arrested in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
![Follow Up on Transportation for Wasu Ricker Follow Up on Transportation for Wasu Ricker](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0327_20896_0002.jpg?itok=QL4eSSB9)
Richard Henry Pratt follows up with the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the transportation for Wasu Ricker from Mandan, North Dakota to Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
![Comptroller Transmits Contract for Hocker Farm to the Office of Indian Affairs Comptroller Transmits Contract for Hocker Farm to the Office of Indian Affairs](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0327_21056_0001.jpg?itok=HnGzvzqH)
Isaac H. Maynard replies to the request of John D. C. Atkins transmits a contract between James Andrew McCauley, Robert M. Henderson, and Richard Henry Pratt for the lease of the Hocker Farm.
![Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew, August 9, 1886 Letter from Richard H. Pratt to Cornelius R. Agnew, August 9, 1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/DKC_MC200804_b1_f06_0007.jpg?itok=Cv7LtRj0)
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew about the search to "find a mother for the girls." This letter is part of a series of related correspondence which can be found using the People tags. Transcript included.
![Proposed Trip for Student Recruitment in the Summer of 1886 Proposed Trip for Student Recruitment in the Summer of 1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0327_21353_0001.jpg?itok=AcFXUSyZ)
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to recruit female students, along with his oldest daughter as an assistant, from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, the Kiowa and Comanche and the Quapaw Agency, the Pueblo Agency, the Navajo Agency, and the Pine Ridge Agency. He further requests transportation expenses to be covered for himself along with…
![Request to Forward Transportation to Mitchell Dakota Station Request to Forward Transportation to Mitchell Dakota Station](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0327_21354_0001.jpg?itok=RfZ0kz-n)
Richard Henry Pratt requests that transportation from Mitchell, Dakota to Carlisle, Pennsylvania be forwarded to the Agent at Mitchell Station. Pratt further requests to be notified so that he make necessary arrangements for the girls' expenses enroute.
![Request to Return Tom Torlino to His Home Request to Return Tom Torlino to His Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0327_21355_0001.jpg?itok=Y8SlokHe)
A request from Richard Henry Pratt to send Tom Torlino to his home in order to serve as an example of the benefits of the Carlisle Indian School.
![George W. Harris Will Pick Up Harriet Mary on Route to Nez Perce Agency George W. Harris Will Pick Up Harriet Mary on Route to Nez Perce Agency](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0329_22172_0001.jpg?itok=D-L6a1JY)
George W. Norris, the newly appointed U.S. Indian Agent for the Nez Perce Agency, replies to an Office of the Indian Affairs letter that he will travel to the Nez Perce Agency via Carlisle, Pennsylvania in order to pick up Harriet Mary to return her to her home.
![Pratt Protests Appointment of Nellie Londrosh as Assistant Teacher Pratt Protests Appointment of Nellie Londrosh as Assistant Teacher](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0329_22105_0001.jpg?itok=lnUcwbL_)
Richard Henry Pratt protests the appointment by Charles H. Potter, U.S. Indian Agent for the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, of Nellie Londrosh as Assistant Teacher in the Winnebago Industrial Boarding School. Pratt notes that while Londrosh is an excellent student she was about to receive special training to become a teacher and is not yet ready…
![Transportation of Harriet Mary Elder to Agency Transportation of Harriet Mary Elder to Agency](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0329_22110_0002.jpg?itok=dyEOJ9Nx)
Richard Henry Pratt writes that it will be difficult to send Harriet Mary Elder (here Harriet Mary Boston) to the agency, seemingly due to expense, but he will see that she gets there.
![Authority and Instructions Sought for Pratt's Trip West in 1886 Authority and Instructions Sought for Pratt's Trip West in 1886](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0329_22138_0002.jpg?itok=Sz1iOHk7)
Richard Henry Pratt requests full authority and instructions from the Office of Indian Affairs to travel West and recruit new students as soon as possible.