Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request from George E. Gerowe, Superintendent of the Fort Stevenson Indian School, to enroll six students at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he has little transportation funds left but would be willing to bring the students to Carlisle as long as two…
1889
![Request to Enroll Students from the Fort Stevenson School Request to Enroll Students from the Fort Stevenson School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0584_00508_0002.jpg?itok=3OqFUhK9)
![Recruiting Students from the Crow and Piegan Agencies and Outing Pupils Recruiting Students from the Crow and Piegan Agencies and Outing Pupils](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0582_37430_0002.jpg?itok=xt33pd-d)
Richard Henry Pratt details how various incoming student parties have diminished and he is therefore able to receive additional students from the Crow Agency in Montana as well as the Piegan Agency. Pratt notes that if the Crow and Piegan funds could be used to transport students then they could take as many students as possible.
Pratt…
![Response to Office Letter Regarding Appointment of Cadet Sergeants Response to Office Letter Regarding Appointment of Cadet Sergeants](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0582_37445_0002.jpg?itok=mznr1C1t)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter noting Office approval of Jennie Dubray, Rosa Bourassa, Nellie Robertson, and Lydia Flint as cadet sergeants. Pratt writes that he requested to have the students listed be approved as pupil teachers and not as cadet sergeants.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, December 1889 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, December 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0583_00308_c0086.jpg?itok=3jpztV3z)
Fordyce Grinnell, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for December 1889.
![Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, January 1890 Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, January 1890](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0584_00706_c0142.jpg?itok=yM89ZTBL)
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (E. C. Miller), those who have left the school (S. H. Gould), and those who have changed positions (C. H. Hepburn). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Pratt also sends Miller's application for a…
![Report of Irregular Employees, December 1889 Report of Irregular Employees, December 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0585_00972_c0340.jpg?itok=NMnuS5D-)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in December 1889. Pratt distinguishes between the employees, whose names appear on the first page, and the "Indian Apprentices" listed on the subsequent pages of…
![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…
![Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b012_f27_31044_0001.jpg?itok=KQ9hbTAk)
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 for incidental expenses in association with the administration of the school. He attaches an explanation of funds expended on an authorization from February 17.