In reply to

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE,
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 17, 1894.

Narragansett Machine Co.,
Providence, R. I.

Gentlemen:-

I am wanting 24 three and one half inch Pulley
Wheels for Chest Weights. Will you please ship them at once
at the lowest rate you can, and oblige,

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364

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In reply to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 17, 1894.

John Wanamaker, Esq.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Sirs:-

If I may have them at the same price I would like
100 pairs more of Boys' and Men's Tennis Shoes, and 40 pairs
of Women's, same as we had from you a few weeks ago. In
Boys' and men's I want 3 pairs of 4's; 7 pairs of 6's; 32
pairs of 7's; 39 pairs of 8's; 14 pairs of 9's; 4 pairs of
10's; and one pair of 11's. In women's I want 6 pairs of
4's, 22 pairs of 5's; 9 pairs of 6's; 2 pairs of 7's, and one
pair of 8's.

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In reply to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT.

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 17, 1894.

C. T. Milligan, Esq.,

728 Chestnut St.,

Philadelphia Pa.

Dear Sir:-

I enclose my check for $38.70 covering your bill for
Lantern, which please receipt and return.

1 Enclosure.

366

In reply to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 18, 1894.

Mrs. Minnie E. Smith,

Cherokee, N. C.

My Dear Mrs. Smith:-

I have had quite a talk with the Commissioner and have since written him. He replies with much more brevity than I had hoped, but kindly, in the enclosed letter, which you can keep.

Just now the conditions of Civil Service regulations are undoubtedly changing. There has been much antagonism between the Department and the Commission and the Indian Service has been greatly crippled by it, and the Civil Service Commission is in no shape to help its protégés. I hope it will be some satisfaction to you to know that you are not under condemnation in the Bureau.

I have thought much over your affairs and my sympathies are greatly interested for you. You are young and full of ambition and young life, as is your husband also, and it does seem to me that you make a great mistake in settling down where you are. If ever there was a case, and

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there have been many, where I could heartily urge Horace
Greeley's prescription "Go West, young man", it is in your
and your husband's case. If Mr. Smith has rights among the
Cherokees, of the Indian Territory, his natural and acquired
ability can certainly find large play there, and yours also,
and the country is so far superior to North Carolina that, in
my judgment, you are almost inexcusable if you do not migrate.
This may seem a little out of place in view of our very short
acquaintance and my limited knowledge of your affairs, but I
have had such a large experience and feel such a personal
interest that I hope you will let my friendship be ample
excuse.

Faithfully your friend,

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To reply to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE,
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT.

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 18, 1894.

Miss L. E. Dittes,

Travare, S. Dak.

My Dear Miss Dittes,-

Thanks for your full letter of the 14th and for
all the trouble you had in meeting my wishes in regard to
Etta Renville. I had already written Captain Stouch in
opposition to Nellie's return and am pleased that your exami-
nation reveals conditions favorable to my judgment. Please
let me know what your expenses were and feel authorized to do
some little kindness for Etta at my expense whenever it may
seem best to you.

It is pleasant to see your chirography after so
long a time. I trust that you are quite well and that old
"Father Time" treats you kindly.

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Carlisle, Pa., Jun. 13, 1894.

Marcy Sciopticon Co.,

1008 Walnut St., Philadelphia.

Gentlemen:--

I paid all the bills presented in connection with
your Lantern. Am sorry that this was not presented. Enclosed
herewith 55¢.

1 Enclosure.

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In reply to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT.

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 19, 1894.

John M. Watson,

Skiatook, I.T.

My Dear Friend:-

I was sorry to miss your visit but glad that you
were in good hands. I sent the reports to you some time ago
and could send you others should you wish. I note what you
say in regard to Benderville and will endeavor to grow up a
little colony of girls there. Glad to hear from you always
and for any suggestions.

Yours cordially,

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friends gather around us as much as possible on that occa-
sion, as I know the influence on the Secretary and the other
Officials will be most gratifying. Would it not be possible
for you to come over, with others, from New York? I shall
make special efforts to have it arranged so that one fare
will cover the round trip. I think the presence of many
friends will be most excellent Missionary work for Carlisle
and for the whole Carlisle system of Indian Education. Mrs.
Pratt joins me in kindest regards.

Yours cordially,

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To reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 19, 1894.

Richard H. Smith,
Cherokee, N.C.

Dear Richard:--

I wrote your wife yesterday and this morning have
yours of the 16th. It is difficult to handle matters with
strangers. The Secretary, the Commissioner, and those Offi-
cials on whom I must depend for any further adjustment of
your wife's case, are not yet very well acquainted with me,
nor I with them, so that I do not feel as sure of my grounds
as I would under other circumstances. It may be that we may
never get into the best of relations. I unfortunately do
not agree with quite a number of things that are going on
evidently with the authority of the Department Heads. I was
glad to send your wife a little note from the Commissioner,
which certainly has some considerable value. The Commission-
er and the Secretary will both be here at our annual Commence-
ment at the end of February, and after that I anticipate that
my right to, speak on these matters may be somewhat more ex-
tended than it is now, and if I can see my way to accomplish-
ing the object you and your wife feel necessary in securing

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In reply to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE,
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT.

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 19, 1894.

Miss Francis C. Sparhawk,
Salisbury Point, Mass.

Dear Miss Sparhawk:—

The barrel of literature from Wooster arrived yesterday and I have turned it all over to the Girls' Reading Room, asking them to make more special acknowledgment.

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In reply to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE,
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT,

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 22, 1894.

Dr. Whiting, Dickinson College,
Carlisle, Pa.

Dear Doctor:-

A note from Prof. Brown advises that he wants our
Lantern for Friday, the 26th. It is unfortunate that that
is an evening which is most interesting to our people here
and I fear you will have to run it yourselves as those who do
that business for me will be especially occupied. I can
however, send it in and have given instructions that it be
all arranged.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 22, 1894.

Messrs. Stephens & Beetem,
Carlisle, Pa.

Gentlemen:-

Have just returned and am informed of your desire
to place a number of Rulers and Sharpeners in our school,
and in reply have to say that you are at liberty to go ahead
and put in any number that you wish and they will be thank-
fully received.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 22, 1894.

Shorty White Grass,

Pegan Indian Agency, Mont.

My Dear Friend:

I received the Leggings some time ago and thank you
for sending them to me. I shall only keep them to look at,
shall never wear them, so they will last a long time. All
the boys from your Agency, and girls too I believe, are in
very good health. Before you receive this letter you will
probably have seen Robert Hamilton, who has just gone home.
I am glad to hear everything is all right and that the Indians
are progressing rapidly up there. You can buy bedsteads
a great deal cheaper at your place than you could here and pay
the transportation to your place. The transportation from
here to your place would cost more than the bedsteads. We
are having warm pleasant weather here, just like spring.

Your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry Supt.

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In terms to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 22, 1894.

Philip Good Voice,

Rosebud Agency, S. Dak.

My Dear Philip:-

It is pleasant to get a letter from you and to
realize by it that you are still living and continuing to
carry forward your good work. There is not much new to tell
you here at Carlisle. The school goes on; we have more
children present at the school than ever before and I think
the school is doing better work. We have 19 in the class with
graduates at the end of February. The Secretary of the Inter-
ior, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Assistant
Secretary of the Interior are going to be with us and the
Secretary will give the Diplomas. The weather is warm and
spring-like, and has been for some time. So far we have had
no snow to speak of. We have excellent health in the school.
Maybe it is because our Doctor is an Apache Indian. Please
give my love to your father, and believe me always,

Faithfully your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 23, 1894.

Mrs. C. R. Cooley,

Rowlandsville, Md.

Dear Mrs. Cooley:-

I am exceedingly anxious about Miss Shaffner and
wish to do all that may be necessary or possible for us to do
to ameliorate the conditions with her or with you. She must
not be disturbed about her outwork. No great harm will come
if that is not done at all. Would one of our Nurse girls be
of any advantage to you. If there is anything that we can do
be sure to advise promptly, by telegraph if necessary. Thank
you for your full notes and please keep me informed.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 22, 1894.

P. H. Davis, Esq.,

Sisseton, S. Dak.

Dear Sir:-

Enclosed find check for $2.50 in payment of your
account against me for messenger with telegram to Capt.

Stouch. Enclosed find receipt, which please sign and
return to me.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 24, 1894.

To Whom it May Concern:--

This certifies that Fanny W. Noble was a most efficient employee of this school, in charge of the Cooking Department, and I can fully recommend her.

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 24, 1894.

Narragansett Machine Co.,

Providence, R. I.

Gentlemen:-

I herewith enclose my check for $2.70 in payment of your account of January 20th, for Pulley Wheels. Please receipt and return bill, herewith enclosed.

2 Enclosures.

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In reply to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE
OFFICE OF SUBSIDIARY

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 24, 1894.

Mr. W. M. Monyer,

Carlisle, Pa.

My Dear Sir:-

It is not at all practicable for us to break in
upon our school for entertainments now that our commencement
is so near. Much obliged to you for the offer in yours of
yesterday.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 24, 1894.

Mrs. C. R. Cooley,

Rowlandsville, Md.

Dear Mrs. Cooley:-

I have yours of yesterday. Am sorry to note that Miss Shaffner is not improving and trust that we may have better news today. Do not hesitate to use the telegraph if at all necessary. I wrote you yesterday about furnishing additional help if you need. Re-assure Miss Shaffner that she need have no anxious thoughts about her work, either the field work or here; that it will all be taken care of, not so well perhaps, but it will be done. I have given Florence the "History of the Negro Race in America" by Williams, which is the best book she could possibly have for her purpose, also the slip you sent.

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In reply to

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE
OFFICE OF A PRESIDENT

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 24, 1894.

M. Zineman & Bro.,

#130 S. 9th St., Philadelphia.

Gentlemen:-

Replying to your letter of the 19th in reference
to transfer of business I must advise you that the transfer
was made without detriment to ourselves on account of price,
and as an experiment.

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In apply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 23, 1894.

H. D. Arkwright, Supt. Boarding School,
Crow Agency, Montana.

My Dear Sir;

I have a Disciplinarian and three Assistant Disciplinarians, and a Matron and three Assistant Matrons to look after our 600 pupils outside of school and do not call upon our teachers, except in the matter of escorting the girls to and from Church service in town on Sundays, and sometimes on Saturdays to take the girls walking. We have no recesses. Our sessions run three hours in the forenoon and three hours in the afternoon, and as the pupils are divided and only work half a day and go to school half a day, the three hours is all that they get except the evening study hour. We fill that as full as we can.

The Regulations authorize you to make use of your teachers and all employees in your own way and I should certainly let my employees understand that the school was for the benefit of the pupils and not for the benefit of the employees.

Fraternally yours,

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 25, 1894.

H. B. Mitchell & Co.,

Harrisburg, Pa.

Gentlemen:-

I hereby acknowledge receipt of your letter of Jan. 24th enclosing 64# rebate on freight on car of coal shipped us by you on February 1st, 1893.

Thanking you for your kindness, I am

Yours respectfully,

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 26, 1894.

Irene Littlehawk,

Co. I. 16 Infantry,

Ft. Douglass, Utah.

My Dear Irene:--

I want to assure you that there was no blot on your record from the time you came to Carlisle until you left. No one ever said anything against your character, either when at the school or in the country. Any reports that you were not correct in your deportment at any time are therefore untrue.

I congratulate you on your success. I rejoice in it and trust that your future may grow brighter and more prosperous. Give my love to Eagle and the other Carlislists.

Faithfully your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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In apply to:

OFFICE OF SUPRIKTENDENT:

Carlisle, Pa. Jan. 26, 1894.

Miss Emma R. Gutelius,

Mifflinburg, Pa.

Dear Miss Gutelius:-

I have telegraphed Mr. Wood for the best rate he
can name Harrisburg to Wadsworth, Nevada. It is not at all
likely that the rate will be as anticipated, one half, but
it will doubtless be much better than you could otherwise
get. I will inform you as soon as I hear from Mr. Wood what
it is, and you can then decide.

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In reply to:

Carlsile, Pa., Jan. 27, 1894.

Mrs. C. R. Cooley,

Rowlandsville, Md.

Dear Mrs. Cooley:-

I have your letter of yesterday and it seems best,
after consultation with Miss Shaffner's mother, to send Miss
Barr, our Nurse, to help you over the crisis. I do not
feel comfortable at the quantity of laudanum Miss Shaffner
takes, nor do I feel comfortable over her wanting so much
quinine, and the fact that one lung is entirely involved,
and the other slightly, is also cause of apprehension. Then,
too, I fear that you must be a good deal worn with nursing
and it will be better if there is a skilled person, who understands thoroughly the management of such cases, were with
her at the critical time. Please do not fail to keep me
informed daily, and use the telegraph if necessary, as I
wrote you before.

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in reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 27, 1894.

E. J. McCune, Esq.,

Shippensburg, Pa.

Dear Sir:--

I enclose my check for $25.00 covering use of the Turnpike during the year 1893. I differ from you in position that this was to be paid in advance. So far as I know we have always paid promptly when the bills were presented. The Mises Bell at the Toll House asserted that we had not paid promptly. The only instance that I know of to the contrary is the last one. There has been no reason why we should not pay promptly and I have paid promptly always, except in the last case. Inasmuch as there is dissatisfaction and without cause, and there has been an attempt to crowd upon us extraordinary claim, we shall use the back road to and from town, except where individual passengers or teams choose to take the Pike when they can make payment at the time.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 27, 1894.

Miss Emma R. Gutelius,

Mifflinburg, Pa.

Dear Miss Gutelius:-

I have the following telegram from Mr. Wood:--
"Best rate Gettysburg Junction, Pa., to Wadsworth, Nevada,
limited first class, $82.50, second class $56.00". Miss
Hunt went out on a second class ticket to Portland, Oregon,
and took an Emigrant Sleeper and found everything comfortable.
Her sleeper from Chicago to Portland only cost her $4.00. If
you wish me to get you the ticket send me the money.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 27, 1894.

Crosscup & West, Photo Lithographers,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Gentlemen:-

Please make me, as soon as practicable, two plates
the best you can, of the enclosed. Please advise me on re-
ceipt of this that you will attend to it and how soon.

Very respectfully,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 27, 1894.

My Dear Potter:-

I have been intending to steal a quiet hour and write you for some time, but it has seemed impossible for me to get the spell. I was somewhat surprised at the information contained in your letter of the 16th. Of course, you know your own affairs and I am not to judge, but having spoken to me about the El Reno matter I feel free to say that I would judge it exceedingly indiscreet for you to send your wife there and remain at Cherokee. Indeed, from the letter of your lawyers in Washington I should say that you are sacrificing your interests to be away from your property at El Reno at all. Of course I wish you every joy and happiness. I hope you will remember my talk with you about Mr. Spray. And in regard to Mr. Blythe:- He certainly said not a thing to me nor indicated in any way that he was not a good friend of yours when I was with you. I did feel that Mr. Spray, running over the Reservation as I saw him, would bother you and that it would be better that he were away. As you go on your experience will develope more difficulties, I fear. If I understand matters you are now irrevocably allied to

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one of the factions. This, I fear, will bother you.

Mr. Standing is now at Anadarko and will be at
Darlington soon. I mention this because of your joint inter-
ests. Mr. Spray has had his notice from the Civil, Service
Commission and is looking forward to appointment.

I received a letter yesterday in regard to your
brother-in-law, which quite establishes the points I had
wanted to be informed upon, that is as to his probable ca-
pacity as a manager of boys. One other question came up in
my mind and I would like a prompt answer from you on that
matter. Is he a Catholic?

Faithfully your friend,

T. W. Potter, Supt., etc.,

Cherokee, N. C.

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In re: Order

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 27, 1894.

Miss E. L. Patterson,

Oto, Oklahoma Ter.

Dear Miss Patterson:-

I received your letter of the 14th in due time
and delayed answering because I expected to be in Washington
this week and hoped to get some information that would be
helpful to you. I did not go, to Washington and thought it
best to write you now informing you of the situation, and
next week when I made the trip would write you again. You do
well to keep quiet. You could hardly talk without giving
cause for offense. Civil Service is a bigger humbug than the
Spoils System, in my judgment, far more dangerous to the
Country. It practically concentrates the selection and
appointment of employees throughout all the branches of the
Public service in the hands of three men. We have apprehen-
sions about centralizing power, but Civil Service is a
centralizing force of the strongest kind. Suppose the three
Commissioners were Catholics. Can't you see what would result?
My observation of the operations of the present Civil Service
is that their greatest anxiety is to imperiously and absolute-

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ly dictate appointments. That feature of Civil Service
supposed to be protective in its character, that is, that
looks after the interests of those already in service and
sees that they get justice due, is not worth the snap of your
finger as a force.

Mr. Standing is at Anadarko and will visit Darlington, Pawnee, Oto and Ponca before he returns. I hope he may get a few good children, not many. I hope to have something to write you before the end of next week. I will talk plainly with the Commissioner when I see him.

Your friend,

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in reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 27, 1894.

Dear Senator Call:--

I wish to be in Washington a day or two next week, possibly Tuesday evening, if not then, probably Wednesday evening, and would like, if possible, to meet you and talk on Civil Service in our Indian Department.

You will get this on Monday and if convenient to send me reply I would get it Tuesday morning, or if not then, a note to me at the Ebbitt House. I write about it because I would like, if possible, to see you at a time and place convenient to you, and without interruption.

Yours sincerely,

To
Hon. Wilkinson Call,

U.S.Senate, Washington, D.C.

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in reply to:

January 28, 1894.

Dear Nellie:

I have a letter from Capt Stouch quite full and explanatory of Etta's condition. She is now at the Agency for treatment. She is not long for this world, and the Capt's judgment coincides with yours and mine in regard to your stay, but says that he has had quite a talk with Etta and that his judgment yields to her great desire to see you before she passes away, and he hopes that I will let you come with the understanding that you will return to your school immediately after.

I enclose a ticket for you. Come to Carlisle immediately, and I will send you forward to Brown's Valley. Perhaps you had better bring all your things here with you.

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January 28, 1894.

My dear Doctor:

Nellie Robertson's only sister; she has no brother; is dying of Consumption and Capt Stouch, a kind hearted army Officer who is Agent urges that we yield to the great desire the sister has to see Nellie before she dies.

I think it best for Nellie to go and have sent her a ticket to Carlisle. Please let her come at once.

The understanding is that as soon as her sister passes away Nellie will return and finish her course.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 29, 1994.

Robert Hamilton,

Choteaux, Montana.

Dear Robert:—

I have your letter telling of your safe arrival,
of the cold weather, suffering of stock, improvement of Jo-
seph, your intention to return and kindly remembrances to our
people, all of which I note with great pleasure. There is
nothing new to tell you about affairs at Carlisle. I heard
that the priest was disappointed that you did not call to see
him, but really you did not have the time. The next excite-
ment at this school promises to be the debate between the
Girls' Society and the Standards. Miss Shaffner has Pneu-
monia, down in Maryland, where she had gone to visit the
girls and is dangerously ill.

Faithfully your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 29, 1894.

A. P. Little, Esq.,
Rochester, N. Y.

Dear Sir:-

I enclose herewith my check for $4.00 covering
amount of your bill for Carbon paper sent me on the 27th inst.
Please receipt and return the enclosed bill.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 29, 1894.

Miss L. E. Dittes,

Travare, S. Dak.

My Dear Miss Dittes:-

I enclose my check for $4.50 covering your expenses to visit Etta. I am very greatly obliged to you for this service. A letter from Captain Stouch makes further appeal for Nellie to come and see Etta, on Etta's urgency, and I sent for Nellie yesterday and expect her to come up from West Chester today or tomorrow and go immediately forward to Brown's valley, via St. Paul.

Your statement about the condition of the school at Sisseton is confirmed in the condition of most of the Agency schools, I am sorry to say. Everywhere there is complaint of reverses. I attribute this condition to the unreasonable course of Morgan, who precipitated upon us a great enlargement and expense of Agency schools and tried to kill off remote schools, and who also inflicted upon us the baneful Civil Service condition, which distresses everywhere so far as I am able to see. Nobody in the service is satisfied.

Sincerely your friend,

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 29, 1894.

Mr. C. O. Lyon,

#249 Fergus St., Cincinnati, O.

Dear Sir:-

I send you copies of our school paper, the Red Man.

The Indian Advocate at Albany, N. Y., the Indians' Friend, published at Philadelphia; the Word Carrier printed at Sante Agency, Neb; all small papers somewhat like the Red Man, are the only ones I know of directly and wholly in the interests of the Indians. The annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs would give you ideas, and that you can get by writing to the Honorable Commissioner at Washington, D. C.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 29, 1894.

Capt. Geo. W. H. Stouch, 3rd Infantry,
Acting Indian Agent,
Sisseton Agency, S. Dak.

My Dear Captain:-

On receipt of your letter yesterday I concluded it
was best to yield to the urgency of Etta and let Nellie go
home, and accordingly sent tickets to West Chester for Nell-
lie's return to school. She will probably not reach here
before tomorrow, and will go forward immediately to Brown's
Valley via St. Paul in accordance with your directions. I
will wire you of her start from here. I shall trust that
Nellie will return and complete her course, although it makes
an extra draw upon our slender resources, yet will contrive
in some way to meet it.

Sincerely yours,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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In re: p. 101

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 29, 1894.

Cluett, Coon & Co.,

930 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Sirs:-

Yours of the 27th at hand. Please bill the Collars
to "Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa".

I wear/ of the E. & W. Collar the Octa, 16 1/2.
I do not find any of your collars that are exactly like that.
The Comargo seems somewhat like it. You might send me a
sample of the Comargo Collar, and a sample of the Winnipeg,
and a sample of the Setauket Cuff, 10 1/2.

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In reply to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE,
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT,

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 30, 1894.

Patrick Bitter,

Pine Ridge, S. Dak.

My Dear Patrick:-

I am so glad to get your nice letter and to hear
of your good fortune in having employment at the Agency,
and also that you are well and happy. These fortunate con-
ditions at this time when so many people are suffering be-
cause of no work and the hard times, are certainly great
reason for gratitude. I can see an improvement in your
Penmanship, and as you are under the direction of George
in the office, who writes so beautifully, I shall expect your
letters to show improvement all the time. The improvement
that you have already made shows that by constant practice
and careful attention you may become a very neat penman, and
this would be of great advantage to you in retaining your
place. I wish you would write and tell me why Felix Eagle
Feather did not return to Carlisle. I placed a ticket for
him at Rushville, as he asked, and he has not used it and has
not explained why. The Railroad Company will have to recall
it.

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Things are going nicely at the school. On Friday night the Invincibles had charge of the Sociable and sold little things to the boys and girls, making over $40.00 for their society. The Girls' Society and the Standards are to have a debate soon on the question as to whether the Indian or the Negro is the smarter. The Girls take the Negro. I am afraid they will get whipped, but they are working hard to get ready.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 30, 1894.

Mrs. John Crosley Brown,

36 E. 37th St., New York City.

Dear Madam:-

I have your note of the 26th and will arrange to have several Flutes and Violins made for you by the Apaches. As soon as they are ready I will send them to you.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 30, 1894.

Jno. B. Wood, Esq.,

310 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, P a.

My Dear Friend:-

I am most grateful to you for your kindly letter of the 27th. There is great need for watchfulness and activity, else we shall have what General Grant predicted, another Fratricidal War, which will bring its desolating blight into every hamlet and home of this Country. My daily experience warrants me in the belief that we are becoming more and more surrounded by the dangers that have distressed other countries, and which was largely the cause of many of our ancestors leaving the Old Country. Temporal power is the engrossing desire of Catholicism. Boston, New York, Chicago, New Orleans, and other great Cities, are already in their possession. They have a bigger hold on the Indian Service this time than they did under Cleveland's former administration, and that was when they first began to take up Indian education. Their progress in gaining control of the Indian Department in eight years is simply wonderful. They now occupy a commanding position on almost every Indian

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Reservation in the Country, and through their insidious methods of counsel to the Indians, and manipulation of their affairs on Reservations and in Washington, they are making it exceedingly difficult for us to get pupils.

I thank you for the suggestions and write to your son and send him the papers as you suggest. I do not know just what I can say to your Society or in what way we could co-operate. You are a man of peace and your society is a Peace Society. I am still and must remain a man of war, ready to buckle on my armor and go at it for the sake of peace whenever that becomes imperative, which, God grant, may never happen. To whom should I write? In what way would you suggest that I write?

I trust your health may soon become fully restored.
Wish you might be with us on our coming Commencement occasion,
the last day of February and the first day of March.

Gratefully your friend,

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 30, 1894.

Horace C. Wood, Esq.,

515 Cooper St., Camden, N.J.

Dear Sir:-

I take the liberty of sending you the last two
editions of the Red Man, one of which contains my annual
report and the other contains General Armstrong's very wonder-
ful legacy to the Hampton school. I wish that you might
become interested in our work here, because we feel that we
are on right lines and that there is great hope for the Indian
if work like this can be increased.

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in reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 30, 1894.

E. J. McCune, Receiver of Turn Pike, etc.,
Shippensburg, Pa.

Dear Sir:--

With the understanding that our toll will be $25.00 as usual, I will renew our use of the turnpike and as soon as I get word from you that you, have given the necessary orders will issue corresponding orders to my people.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 30, 1894

Loering & Co.,

#2 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass.

Gentlemen:-

Noting your advertisement in the New York Weekly
Recorder, I enclose my check for $5.00 for which pleasesend
me 3 bottles of Pills and 1 bottle of Fruit Salt, by ex-
press, and oblige.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 30, 1894.

New England Publishing Co.,

3 Somerset St., Boston, Mass.

Gentlemen:-

I enclose my check for $3.50 covering renewal of Journal of Education, and subscription for American Teacher, and Page's Theory and Practice of Teaching, Cloth. Your combination offer does not cover this particular order, but it seemed to me probably what you would have offered had you combined the three.

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In reply to:

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT,

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 30, 1894.

Harrisburg Stencil Works,

418 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg, Pa.

Gentlemen:-

I enclose my check for $4.90 covering amount of
your bill of the 25th inst. for Wood Cuts, etc., which is
herewith enclosed. Please receipt and return.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 30, 1894.

J. D. Zeigler, Esq.,

423 N. Hanover St., Carlisle, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

The work of the school makes it impracticable for
any of our students to attend the Shadow Pantomime to be
given by Deaf Mutes on the evening of January 30th. Thank-
ing you, I am

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In reply to:

January 30, 1894.

H. Q. Smith

Lingahocken, Pa.,
Dear friend:

In regard to Daniel Varner and wife living
with you I have to say I think it best they do not marry until
the last of March then come directly to you. I will then
arrange for Manuel to go elsewhere. This is much better than
making the change early in the month, throwing Manuel out of
school and giving you a man before you really care to have
one. I have talked with Daniel about this and he sees it
quite as I do. I leave him to bargain with you.

Very truly yours

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan 31, 1894.

N. C. J. English, Atty at Law,

107 Broad St., Elizabeth, N. J.

Dear Sir:-

I send you my 11th and last annual reports, which seem to contain all the information you call for. Our title is "Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa."

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 31, 1894.

The Hammond Typewriter Co.,

116 S. 6th St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Gentlemen:-

I have concluded to continue the Remington for the present. Thanking you, I am

Yours truly,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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In reply to:

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT,

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 31, 1894/

Mrs. Mary E. Smith,
Cherokee, N. C.

Dear Mrs. Smith:

Sibbald is not sick, and so far as we can see now
is not homesick. He is not thin nor does he have any evi-
dences about him of being out of shape in any manner. He
attends to his work in the Printing Office and seems happy
there. My judgment about him is that he needs to have some
emphatic words from home, not to be humored. He is old enough
now to begin to play the part of a man. He is surrounded
by the best of opportunities and simply needs to be held in
them to get out of his childishness. I have had the dis-
ease that troubled him in the start and know the medicine.
He is under my observation constantly. I see him daily.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa.' Jan. 31, 1894.

E. W. Deming, Esq.'

144 S. Broadway, Yonkers, N. Y.

My Dear Sir:

I shall be very glad to loan you the young "Injun"
that you may select, under the terms of your letter of the
29th. Edward Ladd Vincent did not come here. Arrangements
were made at the time for his coming, but so far as I can hear
Catholic manipulations in New Mexico prevented.

Advise me of the train you will arrive on and I
will have you met at the station. We can accommodate you on
the grounds as well or better than you can be accommodated
in the town.

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To reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 31, 1894.

Rev. G. W. Stevens,

Harrisburg, Pa.

My Dear Sir:-

I will keep in mind your claims on us and respond
fully and cheerfully.

I will write President Kennedy in time and see what
he will do for transportation. He will give us half rate
at least and possibly free transportation. If the trains
continue to run as now we can leave Harrisburg at 10.55,
which will give ample time for the banquet you propose, but
we have a crowd, you must remember. Our band now numbers
30 pieces. The choir is an entirely separate matter. I doubt
if we can do ourselves justice with less than 55.

In reply to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE,
OFFICE OF SUBSECRETARY

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 31, 1894.

J. M. Stenber, Esq.,

38 & 40 East Columbia St.,
Ft. Wayne, Ind.

Dear Sir:-

Your best chance is to apply to Major J. W. Powell,
Chief of the Bureau of Ethnology, Washington, D. C. If any-
body can tell you where to get such a Dictionary he can. So
far as I know they have been out of print for sometime.

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 31, 1894

Hon. Wilkinson Call,

U. S. Senate, Washington, D. C.

Dear Senator:

I was attacked by a severe cold on Sunday and have been "shelved" part of the time since and do not think it best to leave home until a change comes.

What I wanted to see you about is as to whether it is not practicable to modify Civil Service Rules so as to make them helpful to us who have the work to do.

As at present arranged I have practically nothing to say about selections of employes and no possible way of guiding them. I ask for a teacher, the Commissioner calls on the Civil Service people, they send over three names. From these three names the Commissioner must make a selection, or if not satisfied, he may call for three more, and from the six he must make a selection.

The Civil Service program makes no searching inquiry into the previous records of the applicants, either as to general success as to fitness, or as to physical ability. These features are simply skimmed over and the whole force and emphasis of the Civil Service course is made to bear upon the spurt of

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intelligence which may be exhibited at an examination. I have
my Principal Teacher, Matron and Assistant Superintendent as
Staff or Cabinet Officers, so to speak, and yet I have no
voice in their selection. Pursuing the matter further I find
that the Civil Service Commissioners themselves can know prac-
tically nothing of the special fitness of candidates. All de-
pends upon the Examiners and those in charge of their office
matters, and it dwindles down so that a subordinate person in
the Civil Service office who may be inimical to Carlisle can
dictate absolutely, and against the interests of the work, who
I shall have here.

Following the subject still further when these appoint-
ments are sent over to the Indian Office for selection they
fall into the hands of the Chief of the Educational Division.
The Commissioner cannot possibly give any careful attention
to the examination of the great bundles of papers connected
with the Civil Service and select for so many schools. He
must leave that matter in the hands of his Division Chief.
Suppose the Chief of Division is not favorable to Carlisle
work. Can't you see, Senator, that this method is grossly
unjust to me and that it is wrong to hold me responsible, un-
der such conditions?

Instead of being a help to Field Workers, Civil Service
adds to our already heavy load.

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I find a great change in the quality of service and in loyalty
to the Government work. If a Civil Service employee becomes
disgruntled there is at once a thought of transfer to some
other field. No business in the world that I know anything
about is so conducted as to make it impossible for the man re-
sponsible for its success to exercise any right of choice as
to who shall help him.

There are other features in the Civil Service which I
wanted to talk with you about; this for instance:-- In this
country we are continually and rightly against centralizing
power. What more centralizing power has ever been inflicted
upon us than Civil Service where three men have such control
over all minor appointments in every Department of the Gov-
ernment. Every one of these three men may be entirely with-
out knowledge or special interest in any Department of the
Government service.

My Disciplinarian took Civil Service examination for Su-
perintendent of an Indian School and it was more than five
months before he got his rating. One of the teachers I have
employed here now took Civil Service examination in North Car-
olina and it was more that three months before he received
his rating. When if ever, they are to receive appointments
no one knows. How can such a method induce good help!

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In reply to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIM
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 1, 1894.

Major John Simpson, Q.M., U.S.A.,

Quartermaster's Department, U.S.A.,

1428 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Sir:-

Hereewith enclosed please find Forage Requisition in duplicate for my two private horses for the month of February, 1894.

Very respectfully,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 1, 1894.

To the Adjutant-General, U.S.A.,
Washington, D. C.

Sir:-

I have the honor to report myself on duty in charge
of this school under the provisions of the Act of Congress,
approved June 27th, per S. O. No. 194, Headquarters of the
Army, A.G.O. August 23rd, and letter of Instructions from the
Honorable Secretary of the Interior, dated September 6th,
all 1879.

My address for the next month is as above.

Very respectfully,

Your obedient servant,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 1, 1894.

To the Adjutant,

10th U.S.Cavalry,

Ft. Custer, Montana.

Sir:-

I have the honor to report myself on duty in charge
of this school under the provisions of the Act of Congress,
approved June 27th, per S.O.No.194, Headquarters of the
Army, A.G.O.August 23rd, and Letter of Instructions from the
Honorable Secretary of the Interior, dated September 6th,
all 1879.

Very respectfully,

Your obedient servant,

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in reply to

Carlsisle, Pa., Feb. 1, 1894.

U. S. Indian Agent,

Quapaw Agency, Seneca, Mo.

Dear Sir:-

Grace Red Eagle comes to me with the enclosed documents for my advice in the matter. Will you please tell me what she ought to do. She hesitates on account of the low rental, 25¢ an acre, offered, and also because she expects to graduate two years hence and might not like to have her ground so entirely out of her hands. Still, if it is all she ought to have, she will accept it.

2 Enclosures.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 1, 1894.

Jno. W. Plank, Esq.,

Carlisle, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

I enclose herewith my check for $18.55 in payment of your account rendered January 31st. Please receipt and return the bill, which is herewith enclosed.

2 Enclosures.

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In re: reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 1, 1894.

L. F. Gardner, Secretary to the President,
Eastman Business College,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

Dear Sir:-

I wish Harry to hold on and pull through to the end, graduating in your Bank and Office Departments. Inasmuch as he is apparently not adapted for a shorthand writer and typewriter operator and has set-backs in pulling through the Bank and Office Department I think it will be just as well for him to end his course with that, and leave the shorthand and typewriting go for the present, at least. I send you $50.00 more to be placed to his credit and for use for his board and other expenses, the receipt of which please acknowledge.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 1, 1894.

Mrs. M.M.Wilson,
Detroit, Minn.

Dear Mrs. Wilson:-

I have yours of the 28th of January about Fred.
My judgment of his case exactly accords with yours. Fred
has been very steady here. Sometimes he has given me just
a little concern, but nothing definite has occurred to mar
my confidence that he was making a good honest effort.

I will see what I can do to carry out your wishes.
The times are so bad, such multitudes of people are out of
employment, that outside of the school, except as a farm
hand, we have little prospect. I have had a number of
conferences with Fred. He has had several plans to go to
Business College, and also to go to the Educational Home
in Philadelphia, but I have argued him out of these, inasmuch
as he is getting pretty fair business training where
he is, and every day's success against his old habits gives
increased strength to resist, so that I have felt that he
was losing nothing by being at work in our Printing Office,
and being under our immediate care. Fred is quite capable
of filling a good place and I shall take pleasure in forwarding
his interests in any way I can.

Very sincerely yours,

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In reply to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE,
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT:

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 3, 1894.

John M. Glen, Treasurer,

Glenn Building, Baltimore, Md.

Dear Sir:-

I herewith enclose my check for $1.50 in payment
for one copy of Report of Proceedings of the Twentieth
National Conference of Charities and Corrections, 1893.

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February 3, '94

Miss A.M. Seabrook

1260 North 23, St. Phila.

Miss Shaffner at Mrs Cooleys.
Colora Md. with pneumonia. Miss Barr with her. Doctor gives
no encouragement. If possible go there first train. Take
best physician.

R. H. Pratt

Capt.

February 3, '94

Miss M. S. Barr,

Octoraro, Md.,

Message received. Have telegraphed
Miss Seabrook to go to you first train with best Philadelphia
physician.

R.H.Pratt

Capt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 6, 1894.

Miss L. Fisher,

Indian School,

Albuquerque, N. M.

Dear Miss Fisher:-

It is not the habit of the Indian Office to reply
to such applications as you refer to unless they take up
the application favorably. It is not a matter that they can
well reply to.

I have felt always and acted upon it that it was
not best for me to make suggestions about employees for
other schools or Agencies, unless they first opened the
way. I would not care to have any Agent or other School
Superintendent suggesting about employees for this school,
and I have the best assurance, from long experience, that
all others feel quite as I do. Your note to the Commissioner
will probably bring you some kind of an answer. They have
not called upon me or Mr. Standing for any opinion about you.

I can understand very well how you feel and I
sympathize with your position, but am quite entirely power-
less to help you.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 7, 1894.

Rev. N. L. Upham,

President Christian Arbitration & Peace Society,
1800 Park Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

It seems to me that your Society, which claims
to believe in investigating and settling great differences
through arbitration, thereby, as you claim, removing cause
of war before it is too late to settle without it, should
take up the subject of the encroachments of Romanism in
the United States and give consideration to its assumption
to dictate and rule in the general affairs of the Country.
You will not be ignorant of its attitude in our cherished
Public School matters. I would suggest that you look care-
fully into what it is absorbing to itself in Indian School
matters. You will find:--

First. That it is well intrenched on every important
Indian Reservation in the Country, with large establishments,
both of houses and lands.

Second. That it receives the current year $365,000
from the Public money to carry on a system of schools purely
Catholic, teaching false history and absorbing present and
future loyalty of Indian children to itself first, and

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possibly to the Government next.

Third. That in this work it uses almost exclusively Foreign Priests and Nuns, obligated to a Foreign Potentate out of sympathy with out Institutions and many of them unable to handle the language of the Country intelligently.

Fourth. That through these people intrenched upon the Reservations it constantly and insidiously influences parents and children against what the Government and other Religious bodies are doing in the way of education and that in the accomplishment of this purpose the most unscrupulous methods are used and statements made.

Fifth. You will find, that through a bureau in Washington and the influence of its Potentates it manages legislation and legislators and Government Officials to accomplish its purposes.

I trust that you will adopt your own methods and be perfectly assured on these several points by inquiries instituted by your Society so that you may speak and proceed in the most positive manner.

Yours sincerely,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 7, 1894.

Mr. John B. Wood,

Lakewood, N. J.

My Dear Friend:-

I have written a letter to President Upham. I intend it, of course, as a note of warning and trust that your Society may by it be led to take the matter up and investigate thoroughly in your own way. I would suggest that, if you have it in your power, a competent and skillful agent should proceed to as many points as possible in the Indian country, one who cannot be deceived by the Priesthood, and make investigation. I will cheerfully facilitate.

Yours fraternally,

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT,

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 7, 1894.

Miss M. S. Barr,

C/o Mrs. C. R. Cooley,

Rowlandsville, Md.

Dear Miss Barr:-

I need not tell you with what anxiety we wait for
news each day from you and how much obliged I am for your
full letters. I was also glad to get the letter from Miss
Seabrook confirming what had been done, relieving my mind
on the quality of the medical attention. So many of these
Country doctors are incompetent. Miss Seabrook gives
Dr. Brownell great praise and so does Miss Shaffner's father,
so that I now feel quite comfortable with what has been
done and more confident for the future. I wish you would
no t fail to telegraph me if it seems at all necessary.
Miss Seabrook tells me of her arrangement with you that in
case of urgency Miss Shaffner's physician will go out, and
I think this would be best. Weve it at all practicable I
would come down myself and show my interest and give encour-
agement, but it is not so that I can do that. Tell M'ss
Shaffner that all goes well and she need have no anxiety;
that the girls are well armed for their contest with the
boys tomorrow evening and from what I can hear they have

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 7, 1894.

Miss Alice M. Seabrook,

1260 North 23rd St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

My Dear Miss Seabrook:-

I am so glad that you went out to see Miss Shaffner. Your letter gives me a far better insight into the case than I had before, and it is a comfort to feel more confidence in the attending physician than I had had. I was apprehensive that he might be like so many of these country physicians, not qualified to handle such a case. Your assurance to the contrary is most satisfactory. I am obliged again to you for your promptness and the courage and push you showed in getting there. A note from Miss Barr this morning does not relieve us of our anxiety, but still there is little better grounds for hope.

Please send me your bill of expenses and be sure, if notified, to carry out the program and have Miss Shaffner's home physician go to her. I trust Miss Barr keeps you informed, and that knowing the case as you do now, if you feel at any time it is best for the physician to go out, that you will see that she does.

Sincerely your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 7, 1894.

Dr. H. C. Whiting,

My Dear Doctor:-

I have yours of the 6th inst. with its enclosed
check for $5 in payment for the use of our Lantern and
Cylinders. With thanks, I am

Yours sincerely,

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Carlisle, Pa., Fe b. 7, 1894.

Mrs. W. F. Bridge,

Fosters, Warren Co., Ohio.

Dear Madam:-

Proper news papers, magazines and books are always
acceptable, even though old. We have so many students that
there will be plenty to find them new and interesting. We
have three separate Libraries. One for the Girls' Dormitory;
one for the Large Boys' Dormitory, and one for the Small
Boys' Dormitory. The Youths Companion would be serviceable
in any one of these.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 7, 1894.

Mrs. John Crosley Brown,
36 East 37th Street,
New York City.

Dear Mrs. Brown:-

You have had a pretty fair sample of Indian Instru-
ments so far as I know, in the flutes and violins. They
make a whistle out of a bone that has a wild, wierd, dole-
ful sound, and they also have the Tom-Tom, which is a piece
of hide stretched over a small kettle. I will see what can
be done in the way of securing these for you.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 7, 1894.

Mr. S. S. Gilson,
Pittsburgh, Pa.

My Dear Friend:-

I am really so burdened and under such constant
strain that I am not in condition to write. I could talk
and would be glad to meet the Presbyterian Union if you
think it worth while. Of course, I trust you implicitly in
the matter. I am thankful for your notice of Carlisle and
greatly appreciate your loving interest in me. The fight
is on and it will have to be fought out. I am right and the
right must win. Can't you come over to our Commencement
Exercises and make some account of it? I'll take care of
you coming and going and while here.

What makes Spinning change so much. I think he
has been at half a dozen different places since I came to
Carlisle.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 9, 1894.

Mr. John B. Wood,

310 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

My Dear Friend:-

The sending of the late Commissioner, as you propose, would be a good deal of a fire brand to the Catholics, and anything that you might say based upon his testimony would, from the nature of things, be more or less discredited because of his long fight with them, and yet he knows the points and would see them quicker than any man I am acquainted with. I would not send him, but would send some other sterling Protestant. Mr. R. V. Belt, late Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs, would be a good man. I would not think well of any Indian Rights Association men for quite a number of reasons. I say this in order to lead you away from there in your search for such a person. It would be better that the man were one like Mr. Belt, who had had experience and was well posted in Indian Matters. Though he is not friendly to the Catholics he is not a pronounced enemy. If Mr. Belt could not go himself he would be as likely to know of a proper person to send as any one I know. You understand of course, that he is out of office now and is practicing before the Department in Washington. He is a Methodist. His residence is 1314 Tenth Street, N.W., Washington,D.C.

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I do not know the number or the location of the many Cath-
olic schools, but it would not be actually necessary to
visit all of them. The cost I could hardly tell. It would
be pay to the one doing it and the cost of transportation.
To be thorough about it I should say that it might cost a
Thousand Dollars, and yet enough might be had for half that
amount to be ample guide for your purpose.

I would suggest that, in addition to that, your
Society secure copies of the School Books they use, and
critically examine the character of all of them, particularly
the Readers and Histories. If you did nothing more than
show the Country the false character of these it would be
quite worth the while of your Society to act.

Yours sincerely,

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 9, 1894.

W. C. Courtis, P.M.,
Rosebud, S. Dakota.

Dear Sir:-

The packages referred to in yours of the 3rd inst.
were not sent from this school. We have no girls here of
the names mentioned and there is no recollection on the part
of my mail manager of any such packages leaving the school.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 9, 1894.

Rev. H. L. Morehouse, D.D.,

Temple Court, New York City.

Dear Sir:-

My Assistant Superintendent, Mr. Standing, writes me from the Kiowa Agency, that Lone Wolf is contemplating a trip under your auspices and wants his adopted son, Delos, to accompany him. What you plan for Delos is satisfactory. Delos would earn from $15 to $18 per month and his keep as a farm hand.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 10, 1894.

Miss Nellie Robertson,

Sisseton Agency, S. Dak.

Dear Nellie:--

I am so glad to hear that you got through safely. The newspapers gave such accounts of the blizzards dancing around through North Dakota, Minnesota and that region that I was under great apprehension. I am glad, Dear Nellie, that you feel better for being with Etta. One thing at a time. Do your duty there the best you can and when that is over take up the next. You know what my feeling about it is, but if in the meantime anything occurs to make you think differently consider all the bearings. Give my love to Etta. Remember me kindly to Captain and Mrs. Stouch, and believe me to be always,

Faithfully your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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Wolfe, --2.

condition of the masses of the five so-called Civilized
Tribes. In the late 60's and early 70's I used to ride a
good deal through that country and I saw what was going on
then. Some men that were boys at that time, educated at
the expense of their Tribes, are immensely wealthy now. They
have handled the funds of the Tribe. It so happened that I
got hold of a few of the facts then. I have no doubt the
same systems are still in vogue. I know that "Truth is
mighty and must prevail" and that "Truth crushed to earth
will rise again", but it does seem to work very slow.

Intimidation is the weapon our opponents use. That and frequent change of employees, so that no one set of men gather within themselves enough information and courage to down this remorseless enemy to the Indians progress.

Yours sincerely,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 10, 1894.

E. J. McCune, Esq.,

Shippensburg, Pa.

Dear Sir:

I let my Farmer take your letter of the 2nd of February and show to the toll keepers at Middlesex, but they collected toll from him on the 6th of February. Today he comes up again and they collect toll again. I ask him why and he says he don't know. He says there are four old maids there, one says one thing and another something else, and he can't make head or tail of what they are driving at. I fear the infirmity of the management and the bother overbalance the convenience, so have instructed my farmer to take the back road.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 10, 1894.

J. D. Bashone, DD. S.

63 E. Main St., Shippensburg, Pa.

My Dear Sir:-

Julia has left us with a very large debt for her
Normal School expenses and she has disappointed us so since
she reached her home in the Territory that I am exceedingly
doubtful if we are ever re-imbursed. I would suggest that
you write her an urgent letter addressed to Darlington, Ok-
 lahoma Territory.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 10, 1894.

Mrs. Sara Kinney,

New Haven, Conn.

My Dear Mrs. Kinney:-

A note from Zeppa indicates that you may possibly be with us at Commencement. By all means come. I can send you a round trip ticket to Carlisle from New York, for $8.05, and we shall be glad to take care of you here on the grounds. That day at Minnewashka Miss Cleveland said she would come to Carlisle some time this winter. I am sending her an invitation. I wish you would add emphasis to it by your own coming and urgency. There is mischief brewing. Our Member of Congress tells me privately that the bill as prepared by the Committee provides for the extinguishment of all Indian schools away from the Reservations. That, as well as other things that have already happened, are the deep laid plans of Catholicism. They have the under hold and it will take activity and strength to keep them from downing us. I am inviting a few of our friends and all of our enemies in the House and Senate to come up, and friends have provided Buffet Chair car accommodations so that they have no excuse for not seeing and knowing what they are talking about when they get up to talk "agin" us. The fact that the

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 13, 1894.

Mrs. Emma Renfrow,
Vinita, Ind. Ter.

Dear Mrs. Renfrow:--

I have no vacancies at the school and there are
so many people out of work that if I had it would be diffi-
cult for me to send so far for help. Gertrude is well and
doing very well.

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have received from Philadelphia. I think, if the situation
were placed before a number of our friends, that they would
give us a day and be here. It would be better, in fact,
if you could come up on Wednesday. Mr. Smith will be
here on Wednesday, February 28th, at noon, and will leave
at 4 o'clock the next day. I have been out so little of
recent years and have met so few of our people, and have
had so little reason to solicit backing that I hardly know
where to begin or what to suggest. It may be that the
pressure is due to the antagonism of the Indian Office to
the Secretary(s) intention to place Mr. Hailmann in sole
charge of school matters, but I am more inclined to attribute
it to Armstrong, who is a Catholic, and the Catholic
disposition to run things. Certainly they have decidedly
the under hold just now.

After Commencement I must get away some place,
just where or how I don't know. I had proposed that if a
number of our people especially interested in Indians came,
to give Wednesday evening to a general talk and discussion
on the subject.

With respectful greetings to Mrs. Rhoads, in
which I am joined by Mrs. Pratt and Nana, I am dear Doctor,
always,

Faithfully yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 14, 1894.

Mrs. D.W. Tribon,

Ellsworth, Maine.

Dear Madam:-

I have your letter of February 10th. I do know of a few Indians who are making a fair show of success employed among whites. We have two Indian girls in Hartford, Connecticut, who graduated as Nurses, and are earning good salaries as such. We have three in Philadelphia. We have had quite a number of young men who, as farmers, mechanics and laborers, have been doing well, but some of them have suffered as well as many White men, in the recent hard times, and have been thrown out of work. Those that have been thrown out of work as mechanics, however, have gone into the Country and gone to work on farms, which is better than most of the White mechanics thrown out of work have done.

I know something of the condition of Indians in Maine, and I doubt exceedingly whether you can find that the people up there have at any time given the same persistent attention to try to make a mechanic or laborer out of an Indian that they give to make such a useful person out of a White man. It takes years of patient training to make a mechanic and the Indian doesn't get that show that the

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Mrs. Tribon,--2.

constantly informed by those who ask us and who have tried
our boys, that they would rather have them than Black, or
White, boys either. During the year ending June 30th last
our boys and girls earned, while thus out from us, about
Twenty Four Thousand ($24,000) Dollars. Show me any other
school in this country doing anything like that. All
classes of Indians, those considered most low and savage,
as well as those that have been somewhat worked up, are
included among the most successful workers under this sys-
tem.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 15, 1894.

Miss Lillie M. Arquette,

Oak Lane, Philadelphia.

Dear Lillie:—

I should be very glad to have our people here
make you a dress, and if there was any suitable goods would
be glad to make you a present of a dress. I don't know
just what you want, but you know what we have, and if you
will describe to me anything that we have I will arrange it.

Miss Bender will see you shortly and you might
talk it over with her. Miss Bender is making the rounds
among the girls in place of Miss Shaffner. I am glad to
know that Miss Shaffner is very much improved.

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place temporarily, and a Mr. Micky, graduate of the Law
School, graduate of Shippensburg Normal, a teacher of some
experience, and a graduate of Lafayette College, takes Miss
Botsford's place temporarily. Miss Phillips has epilepsy,
and of course, will not do anything more. Rosa Bourassa
has been doing very well in her room. Mrs. Pratt and I
have been quite entirely alone this winter. Nana is still
in Denver and Richenda is in school in Maryland.

Wishing you continued success, I am

Yours sincerely,

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 15, 1894.

Work & Play Company,
166 South Clinton St.,
Chicago, Ill.

Gentlemen:-

The story in the "Indian Helper" entitled "Poor Little Indian May" is practically a true story. I will have one of my employees send you something of our graduation exercises, in accordance with your letter, and am pleased to have the favor of the notice you propose.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 15, 1894.

Miss Josephine Smith,

C/o Mr. L. Balderston,
Colora, Md.

Dear Josephine:-

I had your father's letter with your endorsement some time ago and have been intending to write you for some time about it, but have really been quite pressed and quite out of health. It is all right, Josephine, I never cherish things of that kind when the other party stops. Your father seems to be a most sensible man. I am glad that he wrote you the letter and I am glad to get your hearty endorsement. I have felt that you shared to, some extent the feeling and spirit of your brother and believed that the best thing for you was to have some outside experiences. I could wish that you might go into some good white school. I believe in every way that that would be better for you and yet Carlisle will do for you all that it possibly can should your lot remain with us. I had hoped that you would get a spirit of confidence and that new lines of thought might open up to you from being in other and better surroundings, as I believe you have been this winter. If you come back to Carlisle for next winter, which no doubt you

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