1893

Richard Henry Pratt requests special authority to show U.S. Indian Agents while obtaining students for the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt refers to Office Circular of April 21, 1893 and a law which provides for coercion in the Indian Appropriation Bill of the current year and subsequent year.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to rent the Henderson Tract for $400 to be paid in quarterly installments.

Belle Metcalf inquires if the dining room matron position at the Carlisle Indian School is in the classified service.

C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1893.

John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of three women (Lizzie L. Payne, Candace B. Kendal, Ella L. Smart) who are eligible to fill the vacant dining room matron position at the Carlisle Indian School. The list includes the candidates' names, addresses, and their civil…

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter and refers to his prior letter on July 20, 1893 and notes that Amos Hamilton is a member of the Osage Nation.

Charles Lyman, President of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Commission has withheld action on Indian Service Requests related to seven vacancies of teacher at the Carlisle Indian School. Lyman states that no action will be taken until the requirements of the rules are complied with.

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 June 1893. Pratt distinguishes between the "White Labor," whose names appear on the first page, and the "Indian Apprentice Labor," representing student…

John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of three men (Lafayette R. Holland, Horton Howard, Jacob A. Ressler) who are eligible to fill the vacant teacher position at the Carlisle Indian School. The list includes the candidates' names, addresses, and their civil service exam…

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter requesting him to examine his request for stationary for the upcoming year. Pratt notes that Carlisle goes through a large amount of paper in order to carry on correspondence with outing pupils, individuals making inquiries, and with parents and friends of students.

John Wilson requests the return of his two grandchildren, Samuel Wilson and Minnie Finley, from the Carlisle Indian School. Wilson states that he needs Samuel to help him with his farm and his wife would like to see Minnie before she dies.

Richard Henry Pratt follows up his descriptive statement and proposed changes in school employees with a report on classified employees on probation for 1893.

Copy of telegram of Richard Henry Pratt inquiring of the Office of Indian Affairs on when Dr. Carlos Montezuma is set to report to the Carlisle Indian School.

These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils regarding 2 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Omaha and Winnebago Agency.

Richard Henry Pratt inquires of the Office of Indian Affairs when Dr. Carlos Montezuma is set to report to the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt sends a telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting a one week leave of absence. 

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding Fred Penn. Pratt provides Penn's background and notes that he is quite capable of carrying out his expressed intentions.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter by Edward McConnville, Superintendent of the Fort Lapwai School, who requests the return of David McFarland by his brother Philip McFarland. Pratt states that David has expressed a desire to stay at Carlisle in order to learn the blacksmithing trade.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request from John Wilson for the return of his grandchildren Samuel Wilson and Minnie Finley. Pratt notes that Samuel has just went out on outing and should remain there in order to honor his contract. In addition, Pratt plans on taking any student willing to pay for the trip to Chicago to see the World's Fair…

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Dr. Carlos Montezuma has arrived at Carlisle and reported for duty on July 27, 1893.

Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.

Richard H. Pratt forwards the monthly sanitary report for July 1893 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Note: The report itself was missing when this file was scanned at the National Archives. A corrected report was sent on August 14, 1893 (see Related Entries below for the link).

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request to return Harry Mann by his father Black Coyote.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for six teachers: Emma A. Cutter and Della F. Botsford (Martha's Vineyard, MA), Florence M. Carter, Jennie P. Cochran, and Katherine J. Wiest (Chicago, IL), and Annie B. Moore (Holton, KS).

Richard Henry Pratt follows up on a previous letter regarding Amos Osage on July 3, 1893 noting that there a clerk made a clerical error. Pratt continues that the clerk assumed that Amos Hamilton and Amos Osage were the same person but that is not the case. Further as Osage is currently at Carlisle he recommends that he receive his annuity…