54

Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 26, 1901.

Mr. John G. Hass,
Lancaster, Pa.

My dear Sir:-

Referring to yours of the 17th of July which came during
my absence and was held at my house without my knowledge until just
now, I have to enclose to you a credit you made on my account of
Sept. 5th, 1898, when I paid you a check $48.25 covering altera-
tions of the old uniform and the making of a new one in which you
make me a credit on the one billing new uniform of $2.47. Please
accept this as a balancing of our accounts.

I put this matter in this way because when I paid my later
bill of July 12, 1900, you said nothing about the former credit and
when I paid my bill of July 24th, 1901, you said nothing about ei-
ther of the two former credits and it struck me at the time and
has since as a queer way to do business.

Yours truly,

Die. (M)

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED OR REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF
THE YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

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Carlisle, Pa. Aug. 27, 1901.

Miss Isabelle Schweier,
Hifflintown, Pa.

Dear Miss Schweier:-

Your room will be furnished with bed, bedding,
washstand, table, two chairs and a rocker.

Please advise what train you will be here on, and you
will be met at station with conveyance.

Dictated (E)

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Carlielle, Pa. Aug. 27th., 1901.

Herbert Eugene Washburn,
Irving, N. Y.

My dear Sir:-

Fill out carefully the entrance blank. Have
Dr. Lake examine you and make a certificate of your health and
return to me, and I will then give such consideration to your
application as I can. We are very full of students already and
I shall be compelled to deny the entrance to some.

Your friend,

Lt. Col. 15th. Cavalry, Supt.

Dictated (E)

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Carlisle, Pa. Aug. 27, 1901.

H. D. Roe,
Augusta, Sussex Co.,
New Jersey.

My dear Sir:-

Mr. Grey brings me your letter of the 15th., and I accept of the position you take in regard to keeping the stock pure bred, and in the increase we are about to make in the herd, I shall try Holstein for about one-half the herd and Gernsey for the other one-half. I intend keeping the two entirely separate and as you suggest, endeavor to bring on the best blood of both I can get. We should have a number of Holstein cows. We should have several in the herd that are good, pure bloods. What have you to offer in this line and the prices.

I ought to say to you, that there is not a little difficulty in my securing expensive cattle. I think the Department will permit of my getting one of your bulls but the cows, heifers and calves that I may purchase will be a more difficult undertaking.

Please send your list of best young cattle for sale and the prices, and I will see what my judgment will permit after that.

Dictated (E)

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Telegram.

Carlisle, Pa. Aug. 27, 1901.

A. K. Smiley,

Lake Mohonk,

N. Y.

When you have executed Consent Document send it to
Jos. K. McCannon, Grindstone Inn, Winter Harbor, Maine.

S. A. M. Postel.

Pratt,

Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa. Aug. 28, 1901.

John Benson,
Unalaska, Alaska.

My dear John:-

I have yours of the 15th. of August, which I judge
is a mistake, for I can hardly imagine that a letter could get
here from Unalaska in 13 days. I congratulate you on your pleasant
trip and safe arrival home. If you have gotten settled down and
found what you were to do, I shall be glad to have a good long
letter from you, one of which I may use a part in the Red Man.

Everything is rushing this week at the school for Monday next
we begin the Fall term. You would be glad to know that the school
is full now. Our enrollment is 1004. A few of the teachers are
back and in two or three days all will be here.

With kind regards from us all,

Dictated (E)

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Aug. 28, 1901.

Mr. W. J. Midler, Gen. Ticket Agt.,
Pullman Co.,
Pullman Bldg.,
Michigan Ave., & Adams St.,
Chicago, Ill.

Dear Sir:-

Enclosed I hand you unused Pullman Sleeper ticket which
was purchased at Buffalo for two boys, members of the Carlisle
Indian Band, one being sick. The ambulance which conveyed them to
the depot was too late to catch the train for which the ticket was
intended and they were compelled to take the train the next evening.
I therefore send you this ticket for which I paid $4.00 and would
respectfully request that you send remittance to that amount.
Thanking you in advance, I beg to remain,

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa. Aug. 28, 1901.

Harry L. Manss,
Chairman etc.,
Cincinnati, Ohio.

My dear Sir:-

In reply to your letter of August 21st, I have to
advise you that our school is just getting together for the Fall
term and that during the summer all athletics have been dropped,
and on that account, if no other it would be improbable to consider
your fall festival programme.

Dioptated (M)

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Carlisle Pa. Aug. 28 1901.

Peter A. Powlas,
Oneida, Wis.

My dear Sir:-

Your letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
is forwarded to me with instructions to make a proper answer to you.

Marion is in the country and will return to Carlisle about
the middle of the month.

Without knowing exactly, I am free to admit I cannot trace
that there has been any expressions from Marion about wanting to
go home. I think it safe to say, that she stayed here beyond her
time because she wanted to and this is a privilege all students
at this school have when their period is passed, and if they choose
they may remain longer. My visiting agent, Miss Jackson, has just
been to see her, and Marion told her that she wanted to go into Car-
lisle and go to school this winter, and she said not one word to the
visiting agent about going home. Now the question is whether she
wants to stay here during the winter or do you want me to order
her to go home. This would be contrary to the rules of the
Department. If it seemed necessary, I would submit it to the
Commissioner for his final judgment. As it looks to me, Marion is
getting an education without expense to you. Your objection is in
having her away from you, but as compared with what we have to go
through in educating our children, your trials in the matter are

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very small. All of my four children have been educated almost entirely away from home and I have paid for their education. I send them away from home in order to get them to better schools. You I think, have done the same thing for your child?

School opens in a few days and it seems to me, that Marion having expressed her desire to come in and go to school, it would be better to allow her to do so without being disturbed in her desires, and then next summer let her make a visit home. She certainly could have gone home this summer just as other children do, if she had so expressed her desire.

Dictated (E)

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Carlisle, Pa. Aug. 28, 1901.

Hon. James F. Sherman,

Utica, N. Y.

My dear Mr. Sherman:-

Mr. Smead sends me a copy of his letter to you. I think your position about the matter right, and you will not disappoint me in the least if you stick to it. Smead resigned from the Army about 20 years ago, and he has spells of riding a desperate fight to get back every once in a while. What I stated to you about him is all true. I suspect if he were offered a second lieutenant in the Porto Rican Regiment, he would accept it just to get back into the army. His lineage has given him such an Army trend that somehow he cannot be satisfied in civil life.

Do not do any more than you think entirely consistent and be assured I have no such interest in it as could from any action of yours disturb our relations.

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Carlisle, Pa. Aug. 29, 1901.

Rev. Robert A. McFadden,

280 Washington Ave,
Chelsea, Mass.

My dear Robert.

I am wanting a man for chief of industries here,
and I thought that you might possibly know of some one when I
could look over. We have a multiplicity of shops which practi-
cally have all our students in care and training. We started in a
omde way and have developed along crude lines. I do not intend
to abandon the practical side of our training but I want to develop,
unify and make it more effective. We really manufacture in all our
shops to a very considerable extent, both for our own consumption
and for the general Indian service. The man should be a mechanic
of some sort and have a general knowledge of mechanics. He should
have the ability to control and direct, good common sense, and not
be too opinionated. I had under consideration a young man who is
a graduate of the School of Technology recommended by the instruc-
tors there, but as soon as I wanted him, his salary was raised
above mine and I lost him. The salary here is $1500 a year with
quarters, which are furnished with electric light and steam heat.

If you know of a person you think suitable, I shall be very
glad to consider their qualifications. The place is a new one here
and it is vacant now.

Dictated (E)

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Carlisle, Pa. Aug. 29, 1901.

Mrs. Lottie Sanderson,
Orleans, Humboldt Co.,
California.

Dear Mrs. Sanderson:-

I shall start your two sisters from here for
Blue Lake on Monday next. They will go by way of Washington City
and the Southern Pacific road to San Francisco where they arrive
Sunday, Sept. 8th., by first steamer from San Francisco to Eureka
and from Eureka to Blue Lake by cars.

They should reach Blue Lake about Sept. 10 or 11 and I shall
expect you or some one from you to meet them there. We have sent
many of our girls this way and they have all gotten through nicely.
The railroad men are kind and attentive on the way, and I see no
reason why they should not get there in good time and without
accident.

Sincerely yours,

Dictated (R)

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Carli le, Pa. Aug. 29, 1901.

The Fibre Brush & Broom Co.,
McKeesport, Pa.

Gentlemen:-

Enclosed please find check for $10.54 for "bunch
floor brushes" Please return receipted bill in stamped envelope
hereewith?

Very truly yours,

(2)

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Carlisle, Pa. Aug. 20, 1901.

Mr. Federico Degetau,

Resident Commissioner from Porto Rico,

761 P St., N. W.,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:

All children are entered here for 5 years, and unless their own health fails we require them to stay their time out. If I began to yield with the Porto Ricans, there would be simply a flood of appeals and I would be bothered with questions that already take up too much of my time. For that reason, I have insisted that Mrs. Calderin's boy came here under the same circumstances as all the others, and should not be exempt from the obligation if the others are held to it. I am here to hold things together and it is in the best interest of the children that I do that as you will readily understand.

Very truly yours,

Diated (E)

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Carlisle, Pa. Aug. 30, 1901.

Mr. W. S. Field,

632 East Capitol St.,

Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs-

We are full up and unless the girls are exceedingly
good ones, I should not want them. If you know them to be of good
sterling character, I will place tickets for them to be delivered
to the Agent at Stroud or any place you may indicate. Mr. Gulick
just got in with a party of 12. Why did they not come with him?

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Carlisle, Pa. Aug. 30, 1901.

Miss Zelia Nuttall,

1819 Jackson St.,
San Francisco, Cal.

Dear Miss Nuttall:-

I am very glad indeed that you have made such a
splendid arrangement for Carlos. He really did not fit in here.
His gentlemanly bearing, his neatness and his development all
indicated that he was entitled to higher privileges that he can
get here. I will very gladly do all you say and dismiss him from
Carlisle with my blessing.

Cordially yours,

Dictated(E)

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Carlisle, pa. Aug. 30, 1901.

Mr. Geo. W. Hill,
Indian School,

Rapid City, South Dakota.

Dear George:-

In regard to your claim if you are already on the Oneida roll, it is not necessary nor proper for you to make independent application, because all Indians born on the roll will be taken care of by their agents. You probably know whether or not you are on the roll at Oneida.

Very truly yours,

Dictated (E)

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Carlisle, Pa. Aug., 30, 1901.

J. T. Love,

Lawrence Scientific School,
Cambridge, Mass.

My dear Sir:-

Miss Nuttall writes me from San Francisco, that she
has arranged for Charles Galardo to remain at Cambridge under the
excellent care of yourself and Profs. Shearer and Ross. I am very
glad. He need not return to Carlisle but might return his ticket
New York to Carlisle.

If he has left any property here that he wants he can get it by
letting me know what it is.

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Carlisle, Pa. Aug. 30, 1901.

Rev. C. W. Kingsbury,
Hogansburg, N. Y.

Dear Brother Kingsbury:-

Peter White who came with your party is not
of sound mind. His whole condition shows that he is unbalanced and
the St. Regis boys allege that was his condition at home. He under-
stands no English, and at times it seems quite impossible to make
him understand in his own language. He wanders about aimlessly a
large portion of the time and is unable to tell where he is going,
where he has been, or what he is doing. He has a vacant stare and a
fer away look most of the time. I feel I shall have to get him home
somewhere.

Fraternally yours,

Diluted (H)

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Carlisle, Pa., September 2, 1901.

Mr. James E. Johnston,

1731 Benson Ave.,
Evanston, Ill.

My dear James:-

My judgment is you had better return to Carlisle and
struggle for what you can get in old Dickinson and we will take
care of you just as before. As you express your intention to re-
turn if you can, I have asked the Penna. R. R. to have their depot
ticket agent in Chicago deliver you on presentation of this letter
a ticket to Carlisle and it will be well that you come immediately
for quite a number of purposes which you will yourself at once
understand. Go to the agent and this letter will identify you and
he will give you your ticket. Come as soon as you can.

Your friend,

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 3, 1901.

Mrs. Jemima J. Webster,
Oneida, Wis.

My dear School Daughter:-

Your letter of the 26th ult. is just received and I deeply
sympathize with you in your afflictions. There has never been any
doubt in my mind about the wisdom of the great Father in all his
deelings with the children of men and although often it may seem
harsh it is for a great and good purpose in each case. We are to
bury our own wills in his will. Many of us never reach that point
fully. When we do that we are ourselves ready for the beyond.

In regard to your sister Lydia, she is here at the school.
Lydia so far has not proven to be a Jemima; she is too much of a
faultfinder and is quite willing to fail in the different positions
in which she is placed and I fear that your disposition in regard
to her and perhaps your letters of counsel may not be just on right
lines. When she came to Carlisle she should have given up herself
to its curriculum and all her friends should have been willing to
give her up to that. Then things would have flown on nicely and
she would have been absolutely under the school's direction and
been placed in the various lines for her best interest, but if she
governs herself contrary to the curriculum, the results cannot be
the best and most satisfactory.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 2, 1901.

Mr. H. W. Spray,
Supt. Indian School,
Cherokee, N. C.

My dear Sir:-

The four boys arrived duly and are properly installed as
students. They do not seem o'er bright but may develop. School
opens this morning with 1004 enrolled.

With kindest regards to Mrs. Spray,

Die. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 2, 1901.

F. S. Livingstone,
15 E. 14th St.,
New York, N. Y.

Dear Sir:-

Our mandolin club amounts to nothing so that there is
nothing to report about that, and I do not think it healthy to be
putting these young people into the papers. They had better go
along quietly, attend to their work and when they have made a re-
cord of sufficient moment later in life, if it is any thought worth
while to speak of them, they will be able to bear it better.

Truly yours,

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 3, 1901.

Mr. Guy L. Stevick,
Cranmer Bldg.,
Denver, Col.

Dear Guy:-

Eight dollars came duly and as I had already paid it I
sent you receipted bill. I think from what your father says and
what you had given me to understand before that you have a pretty
ugly job in cleaning out that house. It will be difficult to
renovate a house of that kind.

Your father will report to you about the melons. A
day longer and the clothing and other articles in his trunk would
probably have spoiled.

Laura will go to Jamestown the last of the week and Nana
back to Brooklyn. I hope to get off Saturday for a trip in the
West with a senatorial Indian committee and we shall probably be
in southern Dakota at the end of the month or down your way. If
possible to get the party over towards your festival of mountain
and plain in early October, I will do that. I understand there are
three or four senators going along and the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs. It has been dreadfully lonesome since the children left
and I am constantly thinking about them all. With love from us all,

Dic. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 3, 1901.

Mr. Joseph H. Lee,

1640 Penna. Ave.,

Pittsburg, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

Your son-in-law Thomas La Claire former pupil at this
school writes me in reference to your boy 14 years of age whom you
wish to enter at Carlisle. I am very very sure that your boy is
better of in every way by attending the public schools in the city
of Pittsburg than he could be in any Indian school. What he wants
is to meet the boys of the Anglo Saxon race in the school-room and
later he will be able to meet them in business. I trust you will
see it this way and will keep him right there. Our school is just
now full and there are other children coming which make it im-
practicable for me to increase the number beyond what I have agreed
to take. Had you sent your children here at the time you proposed
when I agreed to take them, it would have been right but you did
not send them and now they are crowded out.

Yours truly,

Dio. (M)

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Mrs. Josie La Chapelle,
Wabasha, Minn.

Dear Madam:-

I find our school so crowded that I must stop the flow
of students this way. I am sorry not to be able to take your son
but really we must not in justice to the school take any more than
those who are now here and on the way.

Truly yours,

D16. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 3, 1901.

Mrs. Susan Jennings,
Ponca City, Okla. Ty.

Dear Madam:-

Agent Mitscher of the Osage Agency sends me consent
blanks in the case of Earl Sweeney and Marion (files). It is im-
portant that I know their health conditions and other matters re-
lating to them as per the enclosed admission blanks. Will you
please have these that I send filled out one in each case and sent
to me and immediately I will conclude the matter and send trans-
portation. We cannot accept of children under 14 now nor over 20,
preferably not over 18 and they must be in good health and we ought
to know just where they have been in school before and as much about
them as the blank indicates. If everything is in accordance with
the regulations, I shall be glad to place transportation at once.
Kindly let me hear from you promptly for we are being crowded with
applications and have now quite as many children as we ought to
carry the ensuing year but on Agent Mitscher's recommendation, I
shall hold place for your children until I hear from you.

Very truly yours,

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., sep. 3, 1901.

Sarah T. Kennedy,
Box 368,
Gowanda, N. Y.

Dear Sarah:-

Walter is here at the school. I had it in my mind to send him home. I called him to the office just now and told him just how disappointed I had been in his escapades and that I was beginning to lose confidence in his push and energy and he immediately exclaimed that he had skipped two rooms this fall, that he had worked hard last winter in school and that he was a success and I then began to think so to. A few words with him indicates that he feels he is getting on allright and I think it just as well that he be allowed to continue in that frame of mind. I have held on to Walter heretofore because of his misconduct. If he has really changed his mind and gone to work, it is such a good sign that we all ought to work together to make it a success. Let him make up his mind that he will push this winter and next summer go home at the end of June and there will be no trouble with me about it, and I think you better write and encourage him to do that.

Die. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 3, 1901.

Miss M. E. Blanchard, Matron,
Crow Creek Boarding School,
Crow Creek, S. D.

Dear Miss Blanchard:-

By the promotion of Mr. Odell to the position of Super-
intendent of the Sauk & Fox school in Iowa, I am deprived of a per-
son in charge of my small boys. In canvassing for one to fill that
place, your name is submitted with such favorable endorsement
that I think best to write you about it. We have about 150 small
boys under the care of a matron and an Asst. Matron. This year
I thought of trying a man and his wife and so placed Mr. and Mrs.
Odell in that position but the Office by promotion called them
away. What would you think of undertaking it. Please write me a
full letter about yourself if you are favorably inclined telling
me of your service, your age please, health, and such things as I
ought to know to arrive at the proper conclusion. The salary is
$600 per year and the place is vacant now so that I need some one
immediately. Your prompt reply will therefore be acceptable.

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 3, 1901.

Mr. James G. White,
C/o Erie Preserving Co.,
Brant, Erie Co., N. Y.

Dear Sir:-

On your statement of your qualities and your desires,
I have concluded to send you a ticket Buffalo to Carlisle and it
will be well if you used it at once. Please write me on receipt
of this how soon you will be here. The foot-ball boys began their
practice yesterday.

Dio. (M)

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TELEGRAMS

J. K. McCammon,
Grindstone Inn,
Winter Harbor, Me.

Has consent reached you., Wire answer.

3.30 P. M. W. U.

R. H. Pratt,

A. K. Smiley,
Lake Mohonk, N. Y.

Has duplicate consent been forwarded to McCammon. Wire answer.

R. H. Pratt.

3. 30 P. M. W. U.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 4, 1901.

Anthony Jimerson,
Irving, N. Y.

Dear Sir:-

Replying to your letter of the 31st. ult., we have a rule in this school that every boy and girl shall spend at least one winter of the five they are here out in families attending school with white children. The reasons for this must be obvious to anybody who knows anything about it. Your boy has not yet had his winter's outing and should have it now. He likes his place, the farmer likes him, the people like him and it will be greatly to his advantage to stay where he is and go to school this winter. Thereafter he will have plenty of time for his trade.

Trusting you will see the wisdom of this and so encourage
your boy to do what he ought to do, I am,

Dic. (M) Very truly your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 4, 1901.

Mr. Amos R. Frank,
Owings Mills, Md.

Dear Sir:-

In order to get into the Indian School Service you must
take the Civil Service examination. Apply to the Civil Service
Commission, Washington, D. C. and they will send you the necessary
information. Salaries for teachers run from $300 dollars to $1000,
and employes for the Indian Service come from all sections of the
country. There are changes every year for just such reasons as
occur in all businesses. If you are near by Washington and can
apply to the Indian office, consult the Supt. of Indian Education
and you can get all the facts first hand.

Yours truly,

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 4, 1901.

Alexander Parkhurst, Sr.,
Huron, S. D.

Dear Sir:-

I have asked the Division passenger department of the
Great Northern railroad to provide a ticket to Carlisle for your
son Alexander to be delivered on or before the 18th of September.
He ought to be here not later than the 15th as school opens in
earnest on the 16th.

Truly yours,

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 4, 1901.

Mr. DeForest Snow,
Farnham,
Erie Co. N. Y.

Dear Sir:-

We are so crowded with students this year and have such an excess from New York tribes that I do not feel it practicable to undertake your children.

Die. (M)

TELEGRAM.

Sept. 4th. 1901.

Commissioner Indian Affairs
Wash D.C.

I request Effie Moul be transferred from Teacher at 540 to Asst. Matron at 420 and the assignment as Teacher here at 540. of Flora Laird just unassigned as Kindergartner at Cheyenne River Agency, and that she be telegraphed to report at once. Her address is 1823 Oakland Ave., Des Moines, Iowa.
She asks it.

Pratt, Supt.

W.U.- 1.30 P.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 4, 1901.

Howard E. Gansworth,
Interior Department Exhibit,
Government Building,
Pan American Exposition,
Buffalo, N. Y.

Dear Howard:-

Thomas Hunstberger ran from this school two years ago. We recently heard that he was at a cigar store in Trenton. When Mr. Thompson, our Outing Agent, visited the place he had gone. The chief of police took the matter up and the enclosed letter is the result. Will you not quietly slip into Statler's hotel and inquire around without disturbing the young man in his duties or raising his suspicions in any way and find out if he is there and let me know. Please return me this letter.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 6, 1901.

Mr. Charles Roberts,

Charlevoix, Mich.

Dear Charles:-

The papers you sent me asking admission of Emma Mitchell, Andrew Wasequam, Joseph P. Dubois and Delia Aiken are all filled up, written out and signed by you; none of them signed by anybody else. There is no physician's examination and that certificate is not signed. Delia, Joseph and Emma are all too young. I am willing however to take Andrew Wasequam believing that he is a worthy young man and in as much as you have no agent or Superintendent at Charlevoix to manage an examination, I will waive that. I have at Charlevoix asked that the railroad agent be instructed to deliver you two tickets to Carlisle good until the 12th of September and you can come at once. Apply to the agent there and he ought to have the tickets about the time you receive this letter.

Your friend,

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 6, 1901.

Messrs. Huntlinger & Vive.
113 Broad St.,
New York, N. Y.

Gentlemen:-

I have a further letter from Mrs. Francisco Calderin in regard to the return home of her son. If you arrange to pay his way to New York ($6.10) I have concluded to turn him over to you for return to his mother. You had better advise me at what time he should leave here in order to connect with the boat.

Die. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 6, 1901.

Mr. William Burgess,
5222 Cedar Ave,
Phila., Pa.

Dear Sir:-

I leave home tomorrow or Saturday expecting to be absent an indefinite time with a senatorial committee visiting different Indian agencies. My judgment is that you had better come here and go into the room that we have selected for you to give instruction, begin with a very limited number of pupils and work along in a sort of primitive way until I return which may not be for a month or maybe much earlier. Temporarily I shall arrange that you occupy a room in Mr. Standing's old quarters and there is no real need of your coming by the 14th if there should be anything in your arrangements that would be better served by your delay and it is perfectly proper for you to come and begin then if you are ready. I have already talked with Prof. Fakeless about it and there will be no loss if you get on quite entirely without textbooks until I return; still if you need them, they can be ordered through Mr. Reitzel or a limited supply of anything else that you may find necessary. The Phonographic Magazine can also be ordered. No selection of students has yet been made.

Very truly yours,

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 5, 1901.

Rev. W. C. Kingsbury,
Hogansburg, N. Y.

Dear Sir:-

I have your several letters and the telegram and answered
you authorizing you to bring your girls provided they were large
and Indian and advised that you delay and bring the young man our
foot-ball team would like to see. If he does not come you can
bring the girls and escort back the boy that seems to be non-
compos-mentis. The tickets are to be by the same route you came.
The railroad prefers to arrange them that way so that I suppose
you will find the agent at Niando duly instructed.

Very truly yours,

Dio. (M)

Sep. 5, 1901.

Your message. Yes bring other two girls if large and Indian.
Better wait and bring Andy if possible.

Pratt, Lt. Col.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 5, 1901.

Rev. Robert A. McFadden,
Chelsea, Mass.

My dear Robert:-

I have yours in regard to Mr. Pray and am holding off in
my selection of a man for the place for the reason that my new
Assistant Superintendent is not to report until the 1st. of October,
and I desire somewhat to counsel with him and otherwise wish to be
deliberate enough to be sure I have the right man for the place.
I expect to leave home tomorrow to accompany a committee of
United States senators and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on
a trip among the Indian agencies in the northwest. Just how long
they will be away I do not know but as they invited and urged me
to go with them and the Commissioner is especially anxious, I feel
it important that I do go and let things lay here somewhat until
my return. You will perhaps remember something about our shops.
Being a practical mechanic myself, I organized each shop on a me-
chanical basis, that is employed a mechanic to teach mechanics
and required that students, entered for a particular trade, to con-
tinue at that trade while at school unless for good and sufficient
reasons they were changed to some other. We manufacture quite
largely for the department harness, wagons, tinware and for our-
selves our own shoes, do our own carpentering and building, do
our steam fitting, our printing, make our own clothing etc. We
have not been showy but we have been practical. I find that some

mamá

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members of Congress who have visited Hampton with its immense
shops and great show of place and machinery thought we ought to
improve and enlarge ourselves here at Carlisle. My own feeling
has been that we did not need any very great additional appliances
but rather to continue somewhat on the same lines but that we
should systematize things more. To do this there ought to be a
separate head for that part of the work, that is a man who knew
enough about mechanical things to be able to see whether things
are going as well as they might and who could be in the shop dis-
trict constantly and rearrange and possibly add a little machinery
but not much. I had a Sheffield Yale graduate here who has been
in the industrial school work both in Worcester, Mass., and the
South and this man after staying here nearly two weeks so that
I might look him over and he the work, made me a voluminous re-
port in which I discovered that if allowed he would greatly upset
all my methods and introduce much more machinery than I think
best, and probably create a good deal of discord before things
would have settled again. I felt that it would be better for me
to get someone who was a practical mechanic, a good organizer with
intelligence enough to do well in making changes and be sure that
he was right. We are not a university as you know, we are not a
college, an academy nor even a high-school. Our students graduate
at a little above the grammar grade of the public schools. The
teaching therefore in industrial lines must be of the most prac-
tical character. Learning by doing is the idea. It strikes me
that it would be worth while for me to see Mr. Pray but as I can-
not see him until I return and as I have made up my mind to go

Carlisle, Pa., sep. 6, 1901.

Dr. Merrill F. Gates,
Secy. Board of Indian Commissioners,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Doctor:--

On your last urgency I again offered Mrs. Jenkins an
appointment at this school and asked her to telegraph me. I
failed to get any reply from her although about two weeks transpi-
red since I wrote her, until recently, when I learned she is with
a sick relative in Wilkesbarre, Pa. She says it will be impossible
for her to accept an appointment now but before she returns west,
she will come to see me and we will consider the situation. I
have asked the transfer of a teacher already in the service and
that transfer is made. After our conference it may be practicable
to have Mrs. Jenkins at Carlisle for the next vacancy.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 6, 1901.

Eugene Warren,
White Earth, Minn.

My dear Eugene.:-

The pressure at the small boys' quarters is so great
now and will be much greater the 14th and after that I must have
someone there to take hold without the delay you speak of. I find
also that there is objection to your being there where the service
is constant and throughout the day if you are in the band. I
therefore think it best not to delay the appointment for you and
if you return to Carlisle, I will do the best I can to give you
something to do to help you in your college course.

Your friend,

Di c. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 6, 1901.

Mrs. Francisco Calderin,
San Juan, Porto Rico.

Madam:-

I have your letter of August 19th and while I do not
admit your premises I do surrender to your importunity, although
every other mother in Porto Rico having a child here may at once
make use of the precedent established by my action in this case
and demand the return of their children. I take this chance and
let your son go, for evidently neither you nor he will be content
with the situation, but it is a gross blunder if you intend edu-
cating him in Porto Rico.

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 6, 1901.

Miss Florence Welsh.
Stockbridge,
Calumet Co., Wis.

Dear Florence:-

I have asked that a ticket to Carlisle be delivered to
you by the agent at Shrewsbury. You can go to him as soon as you
get this and I think you will find the ticket for you; if not
it will be there very shortly. You had better come at once.

Truly your friend,

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 6th, 1901.

Mrs. Susanna Brown,
Onondaga Castle, N. Y.

Dear Mrs. Brown:-

Your boy has only been away two years. It is not possible
for me to return children to their homes on account of sickness of
parents or other members of the family, because there are not many
families where there is not sickness and if we recognized that as
a reason for transporting children to their homes, there would be
no end to that sort of work, and it is too expensive. Your boy
seems to be in good health and contented and I trust you may re-
main satisfied that he is here.

Truly yours,

Bio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 6, 1971.

Mr. F. O. Briggs,
Business Agent,
Memorial & Agricultural Institute,
Hampton, Va.

Dear Sir:-

Replying to yours of the 5th inst. in regard to the拟
San Carlos boy who wishes to come to Carlisle and three or four
of your boys in the north, we shall be glad to have them all last
us for such a period as you think best to permit.

Very truly yours,

Bic. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 6, 1901.

Mrs. Susan Leroy,
Cresham, Vt.

Dear Mrs. Leroy:-

Louis has bothered me a good deal by his conduct and I
have had to punish him severely. It seemed at one time I ought to
send him to the state reformitory for a year or more. He attacked
one of the boys in a way that indicated he did not care whether he
killed him or not. I have just had a long talk with him today and
he expresses himself in a way that has led me to agree to let him
out of the guard-house and try him again. It would not be right for
me to let him go home while he is not doing well. That would look
as though he was being rewarded for being bad. We had better wait
a while and see what the result will be.

Truly yours,

Die. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 6, 1901.

Mrs. Kate S. Washburn,
Irving, N. Y.

Dear Mrs. Washburn:-

I have asked that the agent at Irving, New York, deliver
to Herbert the ticket to Carlisle. Let him apply for it and it
will be delivered probably by the time this reaches you.

Die. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 6, 1901.

Mr. Edgar A. Allen,
Subt. Seneca Indian School,
Wyandotte, Ind. Ky.

My dear Allen:-

I wrote you on the 26th and not having a reply I telegraphed you today to find out whether you received the letter. I propose leaving home tomorrow or at the latest Tuesday to join the senatorial party in Wisconsin. It appears they are going among the agencies in Wisconsin, northern Minnesota, then over into northern Dakota. When you come you will have to make yourself at home and take hold of affairs and do the best you can. It is possible I may be back before you report. I am leaving the school in charge of Mr. Reitzel, my chief clerk, because most of the work just now is in connection with the office work.

In regard to the party you have to send in by Captain Armstrong, I have asked that the Agent at Seneca to deliver an many tickets on your order as may be required and we shall take care of the Captain's incoming and return expenses. Mr. Reitzel will understand it. I note that all are not full bloods. I trust that you will give those who are as much Indian as you can. We are not in a bad position for students. We have been running a little above a thousand for several days but just now it has dropped a little below that. Parties on route will lift us above it again. I have been wanting to call about 10:00 to 10:30. I make no

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 6, 1901.

Mr. James R. Wheelock,
Oneida, Wis.

Dear James:-

I gave an order this morning to the Chicago & Northwestern railroad to have their agent at De Pere supply you with as many tickets as you should need, supposing you needed from 10 to 15. I now have your letter of the 4th stating that you have ten and maybe more. Be sure and bring Swomp with you unless Mr. Hart absolutely refuses to let him come. Mr. Hart does not honor me with an answer to my letter about Swomp which is not just as it ought to be. I shall not be here when you get back for I expect to leave tomorrow and join senator Quarles and other gentlemen of his Indian committee and Mr. Jones on a trip through the agencies in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota. I will take up the matter later in regard to Mr. Hart's objections to young people leaving the agencies.

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 6, 1901.

Mr. George W. Webber,
1920 Morse St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Sirs:-

We need immediate help in the painting line and I have an applicant here whose home is in Carlisle and comes to me so well recommended that I feel disposed to at least try him. I will put your application on file and should he not prove acceptable, will consider you later. In the meantime a letter giving me your qualifications or better still have the application blank which I send you herewith filled out and sent here for file which will serve best for quick conclusion.

Truly yours,

Mr. (H)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 7, 1901.

Rev. L. M. Lawrence,
Iroquois, N. Y.

Dear Sirs:-

I have yours of the 5th. On August 22nd my visiting agent, Mr. Thompson, visited Percy Lay at his home with Mr. E. J. Coyle of Rushland, Pa. He found Percy in good health and Percy stated that he wanted to come back to the school this fall. It developed then that Percy had been stealing from the young ladies of the family and while he was out they discovered the key to his trunk and opened the trunk and found their things concealed there. They took them out and locked the trunk and left the key where they found it. Other things than those found were missing and later more things were missing. Mr. Thompson wanted to call in Percy and open his trunk in their presence but the young ladies were absent at the time and Mr. Coyle preferred to let it be and just before Percy came in they would look through his trunk and then make a full report. I anticipate that the condition of Percy is due pretty largely to a guilty conscience. It was a high-handed piece of business for Mr. Lay to come and take the boy away, violating all the rules of propriety in the premises. Under all the circumstances he is welcome to his boy and we want nothing to do with him. As to Percy's story of abuse, I do not believe a word of it. The people are kind and intended to be kind to him up to the last even though he was so dishonest with them. He was not a

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good worker, not a satisfactory help, and they were much more considerate than we could expect them to be.

We have such an excess of New York pupils that I cannot accept of any more unless they should be extraordinarily promising.

I entirely agree with you about the results of the Kansas money. All the Indians getting that money are going to be depraved and degraded by it dreadfully.

It is entirely practicable to bring every liquor dealer to justice under the law where you can provide evidence. I have done it in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and have done it at Carlisle and did it in Florida with the prisoners. Enclosed is the law governing in these cases and you will see by it that Indians any- where under the care of the government come directly under the law.

Yours faithfully,

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 7, 1901.

Mr. H. A. Trask,
Editor Sunday Edition,
North American Building,
Phila., Pa.

My dear Sir:-

I received yours of Sept. 1st, duly and have been too much occupied getting ready to leave the school to take the matter up. Surely you could not expect my finite mind and limited acquaintance with the Indians to declare who are the six prettiest Indian girls in the United States. If you are so rash as to anticipate I would do a thing like that, you have made a very great mistake. I would not attempt such a thing in my own school for it would be venturing into a realm of danger I am not familiar with. There are several girls here that I count rather beautiful but I would not like to spoil them by saying so nor add actual calamity to them by having their names and pictures go into your great paper as being the six prettiest Indian girls in the United States.

In regard to the address of Mrs. Harriet Maxwell Converse I never had any acquaintance or knowledge of the lady and am unable therefore to help you to her address.

Truly yours,

Dio. (M)

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Carliole, Pa., Sep. 7, 1901.

Theodore Coleman,

Julian, Cal.

Dear Sir:-

Ida has only been here two years. It is not possible
for me to return children to their homes on account of sickness
of parents or other members of the family, because there are not
many families where there is not sickness and if we recognized
that as a reason for transporting children to their homes, there
would be no end to that sort of work.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 7, 1901.

Mr. Eugene Warren,
White Earth, Minn.

Dear Warren:-

On the 19th & 20th of this month the band has engagements
at Harrisburg and at Chambersburg. Without you our trombone sec-
tion will be frightful. Can you not arrange to be here by not later
than the 18th. Please consider this carefully and let me know at
once. We are about ready to get down to good work and the indi-
cations of a first class band are certainly bright.

L10. E (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 7, 1901.

Mr. John B. Warren,
Indiana State Normal School,
Indiana, Pa.

My dear Warren:-

On the 19th and 20th of this month the band has engagements at Harrisburg and at Chambersburg. Could you not come on and be with us the 19th, 19th and 20th. You know I am stuck for bass under the present circumstances and I hardly know how I can do without you. Please let me know at once what arrangements you will be willing to make for these days.

Very truly yours,

Dio. E(M)

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TELEGRAM

Sep. 6, 1901.

Edith M. Steele,
66 North Ave.,
Geneva, N. Y.

Your letter, work here pressing and your prompt return important.

Pratt, Lt. Col.

TELEGRAM

Carliele, Pa., Sep. 7, 1901.

Miss Florist Laird,
1825 Oakland Ave.,
Des Moines, Iowa.

Your message to your sister. Come at once, answer.

Pratt, Supt.

Postal 3.55 P. M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 9, 1901.

Mr. Anton Dennis,
Odanah, Wis.

Dear Sir:-

Your message of August 7th., asking that your daughter
be sent home at once on account of the illness of your wife, has
been received. Col. Pratt, Superintendent, directs me to inform
you that it is not practicable to permit pupils to go home on ac-
count of sickness in their families. If he would grant your re-
quest, he would be expected to grant similar requests from others
and many of our pupils would be out of school all the time on ac-
count of sickness at home. You can readily see that this would
interrupt our school work very much, besides being a great loss
to the pupils.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 9, 1901.

Mr. Rufus Tein,
Winnebago,
Thurston Co., Nebr.

Dear Sir:-

Your letter of Sept. 6th., asking to be admitted as a
student here has been received. You state you are 24 years old.

Ordinarily we receive no pupils who are over 18, or at
most, 20 years of age. As you are beyond that limit it is not
probable that Col. Pratt would think favorably of admitting you.
He is absent now but expects to return in about a month. You can
write to him again at that time and tell him all about yourself
as to health and habits if you still desire to come.

D.E.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 10, 1901.

Mrs. J. H. Babbitt,
Warner, Calif.

Dear Madam:-

Andres Moro arrived yesterday morning, bringing your letter of Sept. 1st., with him. He is looking well and we are glad to have him with us again, and will see that he is looked after in regard to his health, as you suggest.

Col. Pratt has gone to join a Senatorial committee to visit Indian Agencies and schools in the northwest. He will probably not return until some time in October.

D.E.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 10, 1901.

Mr. H. A. Riddle,
G. P. A., C. V. R. H. Co.,
Chambersburg, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

Referring to your letter of even date, which comes to
hand during the absence of Col. Pratt on an extended tour among
the Indian agencies and schools in the northwest, we shall be glad
to have your excursionists stop here on Saturday morning as indi-
cated in your letter.

I am sorry that the limited time will prevent us from do-
ing more than to give your people the freedom of the place.

D.E.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 10, 1901.

Mr. Albert A. Volk,
86-1/2 Delancey St.,
New York, N. Y.

Dear Sir:-

Referring to your letter of Sept. 6th., I have to inform
you that, upon its receipt, I asked Miss Weekley to interview Livia
Martinez in regard to the letters you wrote to her.

Livia says she received your three letters and that one
of them contained a small amount of money as you state. She ad-
mits that she failed to reply to any of your letters until a few
days ago. I trust she will be more prompt in answering your let-
ters hereafter.

If you pass through Carlisle soon which you intimate
may be the case, we shall be pleased to see you.

D.R.M.

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Article, Pa., Sep. 11, 1901.

Mr. S. M. McCowan,
Supt. Indian School,
Phoenix, Ariz.

Dear Sir::

I am in receipt of a letter from the Journal Printing Co., Jamestown, N. Y., stating they have an order from you for duplicate cuts of Commissioner Jones, Miss Reel and myself, and asking me to send them photographs from which to make the cuts.

On August 13th, Miss M. Burgess, Supt. of our printing department mailed to you cuts of Miss Reel, Dr. Harris and myself, as per your request.

Taking it for granted that your order had been sent to Jamestown before you received the cuts from here, I estimate that you probably now have all the cuts desired.

I have no photographs of Commissioner Jones until Miss Reel, and have informed the "Journal" to that effect.

As soon as you have finished using the cuts sent you, please return them here, as we have no duplicates of them, and we need them soon.

D.E.M.

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Sep. 11, 1901.

Mrs. Jane Cochran Snyder,
Lewistown, Pa.

Dear Madam:-

Your letter of the 9th., to Lt. Col. Pratt in reference
to concert by the Indian Band at Lewistown some time during the
coming winter has been referred to me as Col. Pratt is at present
absent from the school. Our usual terms are $100 and expenses
for a concert. We have filled a number of engagements at that
price. I am, however, willing to say to you that we will come to
Lewistown, play both matinée in the afternoon and concert at night
for $100, and expenses. The railway fare would amount to $122.00
that with the amount charged as salary ($100) would make the total
cost to you $222.00. In addition to the above however, we would
expect you to furnish whatever meals were necessary for the band
during its stay in Lewistown. As requested I enclose you two of
our programs as played at the Pan-American Exposition where we
recently filled an engagement of one month's duration. You will
note on the program of August 11th, we presented Mrs. Ettinger as
the soloist of the occasion. We could do so again if you desired
at an additional cost of $10.00 for each performance, that is
$10.00 for a solo at the matinee and a like amount for a solo at
the program.

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the evening concert. The matter of a special soloist however is
entirely at your option. Mrs. Ettinger never fails to win her
audience and special soloists are always excellent drawing cards
at a band concert. I would ask you to kindly return to me the
programs enclosed as it is my desire to keep on file a copy of
each day's concert at the Exposition. I hope what I have written
you will meet your approval and the approval of the committee in
charge of the library fund as well, and that we may have the pleas-
ure of playing both matinee and concert in your town which I hope
will be to our mutual credit and profit, remaining,

Very respectfully yours,

Band Master.

Dio. (E)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 23, 1901.

Dr. James A. McAllister,
Pres. Drexell Institute,
Phila., Pa.

Dear Sir:-

In the absence of Col. Pratt, Superintendent, who is on
an extended tour among the Indian agencies and schools in the north-
west, I take the liberty to send you a copy of his letter to you
dated August 16th., to which I find no reply.

A letter from Ida Swallow, the Indian girl in question,
has just been received, in which she expresses her anxiety to
know whether the arrangement can be made for her, as she would
like to enter at the beginning of the term, September 19th.

Trusting you may be able to see your way clear to give
Col. Pratt's request favorable consideration, and thanking you
for courtesies previously extended, I beg to say that an early
reply will be greatly appreciated.

D.E.M.

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Capitola, Pa., Sep. 13, 1901.

Miss Ida Smitler,
C/O Mr. Mader,
Oak Lane, Phila., Pa.

Dear Ida:-

Your letter of Sept. 10th., to Col. Pratt has been
received. He has gone west and will probably not return for a
month.

On August 16th., the Colonel wrote to Dr. McAllister,
President of Drexel Institute, asking him to give you a scholar-
ship, and stating that the reply could be sent either to you or
to him. I cannot find a reply from Dr. McAllister, but have writ-
ten him today, asking for his decision. If he sends a reply I
will inform you at once.

D.E.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 13, 1901.

Mr. Gus. H. Beaulieu,
St. Cloud, Minn.

Dear Sir:-

I have your letter of Sept. 7th., and have written Mr. Heller, District Passenger Agent of the Burlington Route, Philadelphia, to instruct their City Ticket Agent in St. Paul to deliver you two tickets to Carlisle for Fred Bettenburg and Herman Goedker, as you request.

The tickets will no doubt be ready early next week.

Please have the parents of these boys provide them with
lunch for the trip so as to avoid expense for them en route.

Thanking you for your kindness in taking the boys to
St. Paul, I am,

D.E.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 17, 1901.

Mrs. Rose La Chapelle,
Wabasha, Minn.

Dear Madam:-

Your letter of Sept. 13th., has been received, in which you
express your desire to have your four children aged 9, 11, 13 and
15 years, respectively, enter this school.

In reply you are hereby informed that the age limit for en-
trance here is from twelve to eighteen years. By this you will see
that two of them are below the required age.

I will, however, enclose two blanks to be filled out for the
two who are of proper age. You can return the blanks here for the
action of Col. Pratt, Superintendent, when he returns from an ex-
tended visit to the Indian agencies and schools in the northwest,
which will probably be within a month.

D.E.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 17, 1901.

Mr. C. G. Conn,
Rikhart, Indiana.

Dear Sir:-

I am shipping to you by today's express two Conn ebonite clarinets, and would ask you to please advice me what it would cost to put them in good repair. You will notice they will require new mouthpieces.

Die. (E)

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 17, 1901.

Mr. Edgar A. Allen,
Supt. Seneca Indian School,
Wyandotte, I. T.

Dear Sir:-

I enclose two special first class tickets, St. Louis, Mo., to
Carlisle, Pa., as requested in your letter dated Sept. 11th. They
are limited to October 31st. The rate charged is $15.20 each
which is a reduction of $8.10 per ticket, the first class limited
rate being $21.30.

Col. Pratt is now at Leech Lake Indian Agency, Minn., with
the Senate Committee.

Hoping the tickets will reach you in due time, and that we all
shall have the pleasure of seeing you at the close of the month,
I am,

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 17, 1901.

Capt. Willoughby Walke,
15th Company Coast Artillery,
Fortress Monroe, Va.

Sir:-

Your letter of Sept. 7th., comes to hand in the absence of
Col. Pratt, Superintendent, who is on an extended tour with a com-
mittee of U. S. Senators visiting Indian agencies and schools in
the northwest.

This is an Indian school. We do not receive negroes, as at
Hampton. The colored boy to whom you refer is therefore not elliu-
gible for entrance here.

D.E.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 18, 1901.

Mr. Jose Leandro Rodriguez,
San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Dear Sir:-

Your letter of Sept. 10th., arrived in the absence of Col.
Pratt, Superintendent. I will give it to him when he returns
which will probably be in a few weeks.

Your son Jose is in good health. He is getting on well in
his studies, and his behavior is excellent.

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Carlienne, Pa., Dec. 18, 1901.

Mrs. Olga Wilson,
Alaska, Alaska.

Dear Mrs. McQuam:-

In the absence of Col. Pratt your letter of Sept. 2nd, some
have me for reply.

Lottie entered this school, October 23, 1926, for a term of
five years. She is very pleasantly located with Mrs. Walton, and
as she is willing to have Lottie remain with her for the present,
it will be perfectly satisfactory to Col. Pratt for her to stay
there as long as it is agreeable to Mrs. Walton.

D.B.M.

TELEGRAM

Carlienne, Pa., Sep. 19, 1901.

Mexico-Chifurgudal Hospital,
12th & Cherry St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Is Dr. Fox on duty. Write answer.

Pratt, Sept.

Postal 6.25 A. M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 18, 1901.

Miss Fannie I. Peter,

5527 Jackson Ave.,
Chicago, Ill.

Dear Miss Peter:--

As requested in your letter of Sept. 16th., I enclose check No. 78878 on the Assistant Treasurer, U. S., for forty dollars.

Col. Pratt started Sept. 8th., to make a tour of the Indian agencies and schools of the northwest, with a committee from the U. S. Senate. The time of his return is uncertain. It is need-less to state that we are busy during his absence.

Your leave expires Sept. 28th., as your letter states.

Hoping you are having a pleasant vacation, I am,

D.M.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 19, 1901.

Mr. Theodore Williams,

Pekin, Niagara Co., N. Y.

Dear Theodore:--

Your letter of Sept. 16th., has come to hand in the absence
of Col. Pratt, who is visiting the Indian agencies and schools in
the northwest.

If you are in good health, and if you desire to come back to
school and make the best of your opportunities here, it will be
allright for you to come.

I have asked that a ticket to Carlisle be placed with the
agent of the New York Central R. R. at Sanborn, N. Y., for
you. You should come as soon as possible and get the full bene-
fit of this school term.

The ticket will be ready for you at Sanborn within a few days
after you receive this letter.

D.E.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 21, 1901.

Mr. John F. Craig,

6603 North 7th St.,
Oak Lane, Phila., Pa.

Dear Sir:--

Your letter of Sept. 20th., with enclosures comes to hand
in the absence of Col. Pratt who is with a committee of U. S. Sen-
ators visiting the Indian agencies and schools in the northwest.

I have read the letters telling of the kind treatment
received by the Fritts girls from your friends in San Francisco on
their way home, and return the letters herewith, as requested.

With thanks for your kindness, I am,

D.E.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 21, 1901.

Miss Nellie Barada,

Cheyenne River Agency, S. D.

Dear Nellie:--

Your letter of Sept. 17th., comes to hand in the absence
of Col. Pratt, who is with a committee of U. S. Senators visiting
Indian agencies and schools in the northwest.

For a party of five pupils we can pay transportation of
an escort one way, and for a party of ten we could pay your trans-
portation and incidental expenses both ways. This is perhaps a
larger number than you can get now. I will, however enclose a
dozen application blanks which you can use if you decide to try to
make up a party. Only pupils of good character, good health, and
between 13 and 18 years of age are wanted, and they must come for
a term of five years.

If you will have some who wish to come fill out appli-
cation blanks, giving all the information called for, and return
them here, I will give them to Col. Pratt when he returns home,
which will be some time in October.

D.B.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 25, 1901.

Miss Florence Welch,
Stockbridge,
Calumet Co., Wis.

Dear Florence:--

Your letter of Sept. 23rd. has just arrived. I find Col.
Pratt ordered a ticket delivered to you at Shawano, Wis., by mis-
take. He evidently thought you belonged to the Stockbridge Re-
servation near Shawano.

I have telegraphed the General Eastern Agent of the
Chicago & Northwestern Ry., in New York, to have their agent at
Fond du Lac, Wis., deliver you a ticket to Carlisle. Please show
the railroad agent this letter when you call for your ticket. It
will no doubt be ready for you before you receive this letter.

Col. Pratt is visiting Indian agencies and schools in
the northwest, but will return soon.

D.E.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sep. 26, 1901.

Mr. J. Churchill,
1101 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

Your letter of September 24th., to Colonel Pratt will
be brought to his attention when he returns from an extended tour
among the Indian agencies and schools in the northwest, which will
probably be within a few weeks.

Π.Ε.Μ.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 1, 1901.

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT an agreement has been entered into
between Lt. Col. R. H. Pratt, Supt. of the Carlisle Indian School
and manager of the Carlisle Indian Band, and the Cumberland Fire Com-
pany of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, whereby Lt. Col. Pratt agrees to fur-
nish to the said Cumberland Fire Company of Carlisle, the Carlisle
Indian School Band for a parade on the afternoon of October 24th,
1901 between the hours of 12:00 and 5:30, for which service the said
Cumberland Fire Company agrees to pay to the said Lt. Col. Pratt the
sum of $100.00.

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

Cumberland Fire Company.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 1, 1901.

To The Adjutant,
15th Cavalry, U.S.A.,
Presidio, Cal.

Sir :-

I have the honor to report myself on duty in charge of this
school under 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 Sept. 6th, all in 1879.

My address for the next month is as above.

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 2, 1901.

William R. Moody, Esq.,
Northfield, Mass.

My dear Sir:-

It has come to my knowledge that our Minis-
terial Association of Carlisle have unanimously
and urgently requested that Rev. G. Campbell Morgan
be sent here to conduct a series of meetings in
our ancient and historical old town the coming
winter. I wish to add my urgency to the appeal
of the ministers, believing that his services here
will be not only of very great advantage to our
community at large, but that it will add some-
thing to the betterment of the young Indians under
my care, who will of course be more or less in
attendance. Trusting that the exigencies of the
work at Northfield will permit Mr. Morgan's accep-
tance of the invitation and guaranteeing him a
most cordial reception and earnest support, I am
with high regards,

Very truly yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 1, 1901.

Nicodemus Billy,
Akron, N. Y.

Dear Nicodemus :-

I just returned from a trip in the west to find your letter
and many others waiting for me, and as fast as I can I want to answer
all.

School began here the 2nd of September. Our numbers are full,
reaching above a thousand. I had not expected you to return to Car-
lisle. You were sent home on account of health. The doctor and Miss
Barr recommended it; otherwise I should have retained you here. We
do not send pupils home for a visit. They must remain five years un-
less graduation or poor health relieves them from their obligations
at school. As you are now at home I think it would be better for you
to enter a school in your neighborhood. If you are in earnest you
can probably find something to do outside your school hours and so
improve yourself industrially also. Were it not for your peculiar
trouble which caused so much annoyance in quarters, I could take you
back. If you can assure yourself of that, do so, and when you are en-
tirely well I may be able to receive you again.

With good wishes, I am

Sincerely your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 2, 1901.

Mrs. Jaris Pierce,
Onondaga Castle, New York.

Dear Mrs. Pierce :-

Replying to your letter of the 24th ult. in regard to Osias
Scanandoah, an Onondaga boy twenty years old who wishes to enter Car-
lisle, I have to say that on account of the undue proportion of New
York Indians already enrolled here and the fact that we now run con-
siderably above the thousand mark with several parties yet to come,
it does not seem best to accept the boy now. I enclose a blank how-
ever, which you can have him fill. You will see that parents, phy-
sician and agent are to fill their respective blanks. The filing of
this application will not insure acceptance, but it is well for me
to know something definite in regard to those who apply for admis-
sion.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 2, 1901.

R. K. Hunt,
83 Tudor St.,
Chelsea, Mass.

Dear Sir :-

Replying to yourrs of the 24th ult., asking the present ad-
dress of Robert McIntosh, I find no student by this name on our re-
cords, and am therefore unable to give you the information desired.
We did have a John McIntosh and a Donald McIntosh, but both have left
the school, the former some years ago.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 2, 1901.

Mr. John L. Craig,
6603 N. 7th St.,
Oak Lane, Phila., Pa.

My dear Mr. Craig :-

Your letter of Sept. 20th with letters enclosed, was opened
by my clerk in charge during my absence in the west, and I find an-
swered by him with the return of the letters. I appreciate your in-
terest in the Fritts children and thank you for the trouble you took
in their behalf.

Faithfully yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 2, 1901.

Miss Nellie H. Peters,
Gresham, Wis.

Dear School-daughter :-

Yours of Sept. 27th is at hand. I have been absent for
several weeks, visiting some of the schools and agencies in Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, and Dakota, being one of a party from the Senate Com-
mittee on Indian Affairs, which I was invited to join. Just got back
yesterday.

I have sent your letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
with my endorsement, and trust you may hear something favorable soon.
Am glad I can speak so well of you.

The government does not furnish transportation for employes un-
less they have been detailed to some particular duty making heavy
traveling expenses directly chargeable to that service.

We have a full school and everything is running smoothly.

With best wishes for your success and regards from your friends
here, I am

Faithfully your friend and school-father,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 1, 1901.

James M. Shockey,

Gray Horse, Okla.

Dear Sir :-

I have just returned from an absence of several weeks and find your letter in regard to Mark Mosier and Tommy Matthews. Tommy is in the country, but Mark is at the school and is well. Both boys I find neglected to write during the summer, but as we require monthly letters and the pupils write at least that often in their school rooms, I think it will not be many days before you have their letters. When school is not in session during the summer months we do not look after this so systematically as when everything is running regularly, hence the omission. If you fail to hear from the boys soon, let me know.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 3, 1901.

Miss Sara Anson Tait,
Sleicher, Canada.

Dear Miss Tait :-

Yours of Sept. 9th came while I was on a prolonged trip
among the Indians of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Dakota, having gone
with Commissioner Jones and a committee of Senators to inspect some
of the schools and agencies. Your letter was held for my return.

If you have citizenship in the United States you are of course
entitled to the privileges of any other citizen and can take the civil
service examination for any position you desire in the Indian or oth-
er department of the government. It would not be hard to pass for a
minor position and that would be your best way to proceed. Once in
the service, promotion comes on merit and service. Having lived in
Cleveland you could return there and if your citizenship be not sat-
isfactory, make it so. Then there will be no difficulty. After get-
ting your name on the eligible list I can give you the same consid-
eration for appointment here as I give others. The Department al-
lows me every advantage of selection within the limitations of the
civil service laws.

I fear it will not be possible for me to make a visit to Canada very soon. The work here has borne upon me greatly and I hope to take an extended leave, placing myself outside all thought of Indians for a time.

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Rev. A. G. Murray,
Lock Box 83,
Pawnee, Okla.

Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 3, 1901.

My dear Brother Murray :-

Sorry we shall not see you at Mohonk. I plan to go there
and expect to read a paper.

Thank you for your endorsement of my views. I may say that I
express myself very mildly. Have been with the Commissioner of In-
dian Affairs, Mr. Jones, and a committee of U. S. Senators on a visit
to agencies and schools in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota,
and just returned Tuesday. I find the Commissioner and Senators in
full sympathy with my views, but Mr. Jones thinks I do not consider
enough the people at work on the reservation, in fact that I am a
little intolerant. My view is that when we as a government and a
people can do a thing right we ought to do it right; and because some
people insist on doing it wrong and claim overmuch credit for their
methods and do not hesitate to be intolerant with me and my ideas I
do not see why I should not express myself frankly and freely when
I am always ready to take the consequences and meet such arguments
as may be advanced to the contrary.

Wish I were able to pay your way to Mohonk. I would do it most
gladly.

Fraternally yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 3, 1901.

Mr. Brown Benson,

Unalaska, Alaska.

Dear Sir :-

The day before John left for Alaska I gave him an order
on a clothier in town for a suit of clothes. He went in and himself
selected a suit which cost $14.00. While in my letter to you I said
I had withheld that amount for this payment I discovered soon after
he had gone that I had not done so. The bill was not before me at
the time and it slipped my mind; so I gave John the whole amount af-
ter his tickets were paid for. I have settled this bill from my own
funds since, and would be obliged if you would send me $14.00 to
cover.

Had several letters from John enroute, and shall always be in-
terested in his welfare.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 3, 1901.

Hon. W. A. Jones,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Commissioner :-

Mr. Gulick, clerk at the sac & Fox Agency, Okla. who recently brought a party of children to Carlisle and visited you in Washington, wishes me to say a word to you in his behalf; he does not say for what. As he performed a very graceful service in bringing a dozen nice children and I liked his push in the matter of getting them, I very cheerfully endorse him that far. Except for our correspondence and his visit here I know nothing of him, but he is tall enough and homely enough to be a most excellent man.

Very truly yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 3, 1901.

Miss Emma L. Grice,
704 S. Washington Square,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Miss Grice :-

I have been absent in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota for several weeks, returning only a day or two ago to find yours of the 20th ult. awaiting me.

The position referred to is still vacant although my clerk in charge wrote you differently. It is in connection with the placing of our children in the country and is one of three positions in a department by itself requiring a chief and two clerks. The junior position is the one vacant and it is necessary to have someone with a good memory and one who is not only a good penman, for there is a great deal of copying and keeping up of records to be done, but one who can take letters from dictation and run them off rapidly on the typewriter. During the summer we have upwards of 600 students out. The correspondence is with these pupils and in reference to them, and is a large undertaking.

I enclose a blank application for yourself and an additional blank for your endorser. Mr. Taylor, Prin. of the Pernin School would be a good one. If the place attracts you, please fill out the applicant's blank and ask Mr. Taylor to fill out the other one and return both to me. Your application will then be considered with others I have.

From your letter I judge you easily have the qualities desired,

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The salary is $35.00 per month. I may add that with the salary goes a furnished room with heat and light, heat steam and light electric.

Our teachers board together on the grounds at an expense of $2.50 a week and have their washing done in Carlisle at a cost of $2.00 a month. The school is well located and the surroundings are pleasant.

Social privileges and opportunities for lectures, entertainments, etc. in the town of Carlisle and at the school itself are all very good and we are a contented and happy family.

Yours truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 1, 1901.

Rev. W. D. Rees,

Fort Totten, N. Dak.

My dear Sir :-

Your letter of Sept. 25th awaited my return from the west where I had gone with a committee to visit some of the northern schools and agencies. I thank you for the word about Annie Sweetcorn and will see that she is not influenced in the matter of religion, except in such lines as you and her mother would approve. This is a distinctly non-sectarian school. Pupils are encouraged and required to attend the services of their particular denomination, but all are allowed to choose for themselves what church they will attend. The Episcopal rector, the Methodist minister, and the Catholic sisters have classes at the school, and are very attentive. The lady who has charge of the girls will also keep Annie in mind. She has read your letter and understands the situation as explained, but thinks you have been misinformed as to Annie's contemplated change to the Catholic church.

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Oct. 3, 1901.

My dear Miss Erickson :-

Thanks for your very cordial reply to my letter of August. I congratulate you on the most favorable opportunities which have come to you as the private stenographer of Mr. Verkes and must of course relinquish any further anticipations. It would be a very great pleasure to us all to have an account of your "adventures and little successes" as you propose. I hope you will so favor us and allow me to print it in The Red Man. Be assured that all at Carlisle remember you with the greatest pleasure and highest esteem.

Miss Inga Erickson,
Hamilton House,
Victoria Embankment,
London, England.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 19, 1901.

Mr. M. Chamberlain,
45 Milk St.,
Boston, Mass.

My dear Mr. Chamberlain :-

I am ready to take Ada back, but think she ought to return at once. If you will buy her a ticket to New York, taking receipt for it on the enclosed sub-voucher, and send me the bill I will remit. The ticket, New York to Carlisle, which I send herewith, she can use the remainder of the way. Please wire me when she starts.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 19, 1901.

Miss Ada Sockbeson,
C/O Mr. H. Chamberlain,
45 Milk St.,
Boston, Mass.

Dear Ada :-

Dear Ada :-

I have written Mr. Chamberlain that you can come to Carlisle, but it ought to be at once. He will provide a ticket to New York, and I have sent him one New York to Carlisle, for your use.

An glad for your sake that you have seen your mistake.

Sincerely your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 19, 1901.

Moses P. Miller,
Troop M., 3rd U.S.Cavalry,
Santa Maria,
Luzon, P. I.

Dear Moses :-

Correspondence between the Philippines and The States is
of necessity slow, and in this case is made more slow by the fact
that I have been absent quite a little since yours of July 16th came
to hand, and when at the school had numerous matters to take my at-
tention. Miss Burgess made an interesting item from your letter for
The Helper. We are always glad for a word from our soldiers, and it
is very good to know that you have not been affected by the ill that
attack others.

I find in my files four recommendations which you sent me when
applying for admission here, and enclose them herewith.

Our school is in fine shape. The boys play Cornell in Buffalo
today, and we await the reports with considerable anxiety. Our team
is not so strong this year as it has been sometimes, but it is get-
ting better all the time.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 19, 1901.

Mr. John Printup,
Bason, New York.

Dear Sir :-

Replying to yours of Oct. 9th in reference to Nora Printup,
I have to advise you that Nora is yet in the lower grades and has a
great deal to learn before such a course would be of any profit to
her. What she needs now is steady attention to her lessons and work
and when she has finished the course at Carlisle it will not be too
late for her to take up typewriting if that proves to be what she is
best fitted for.

In regard to the thirteen year old sister of Isaiah Schenan-
doah, Mr. Trippe is going to send in several pupils. I have prom-
ised him I would take four. If he has not made arrangements for the
entire number and the girl you speak of comes within his limitations
she might be included in his party. I have told him however, that
I wanted none under fourteen, so that unless the child is within a
month or two of fourteen she would not be eligible. The number of
children from New York is excessive in proportion to the whole number
enrolled at Carlisle, so that only those who meet all the require-
ments can be received, and even then there are more applications
than we have room.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 19, 1901.

Rev. M. F. Trippe,
Salamanca, New York.

Dear Brother Trippe :-

Yours of the 15th to hand. I understand Akron is the rail-
road point for the Tonawandas, but in order that there be no misun-
derstanding I will not place tickets until I hear definitely where
you want them. Please let me know at once. If the girls could get
to Buffalo it would more convenient to start from there. They would
then make no change till they got to Harrisburg and could come thru
alone. Howard Gansworth will not leave Buffalo before the 31st, and
there may be other duty for him, tho I do not know for certain.

Transportation will be sent as soon as I have your reply.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 19, 1901.

Miss Nellie Barada,

Cheyenne River Agency, S. Dak.

Dear Nellie :-

Your letter of Sept. 17th came before me on my return from
the west several weeks ago; also your letter to Mr. Beitzel, and I
am sorry for the disappointment you suffered in not being able to
bring in the party. We should of course be glad to see you, the there
are few pupils here now that you know. It may be you can bring in the
next party.

Our school is quite full, 1025 in all, and several large parties
on the way or making up. Things are moving on very well, and it looks
as if this were going to be the most successful year Carlisle has ev-
er known. The fall weather is fine and invigorating. Quite a number
have gone over to Gettysburg for the day, and others to the mountains
for chestnuts.

Glad to hear from Mrs. Lyon and others that the Carlisle repre-
sentatives at Cheyenne River are doing well. With kind regards to your
self and the others from us all,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 19, 1901.

Mr. John Jackson,
Burt, Mich.

My dear sir :-

Replying to yours of Oct. 12th, I am glad to tell you that Frank Dutton is doing very well. He is at the school and is learning the tailor's trade. During the summer he was in the country, working on a farm. That I consider one of the most useful things a boy can learn. Honest labor in whatever line is creditable, and farming when properly carried on is quite profitable. The outing is as much a part of the Carlisle curriculum as the schoolroom work or as the learning of a particular trade.

I have turned the latter part of your letter over to Frank to read. From all I can gather Frank has no intention of running away, as you fear. He is old enough to appreciate his advantages here, and I think he does, at least in a measure.

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Abstract of bids received at Carlisle Indian School for
"Dried Fruit, etc.," as per proposals opened Oct. 19th, 1901.

Articles

(samples furnished)

| | | | | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | R. R. Tiedt, Carlisle, Pa. | Witman, Schwartz & Co. Carlisle, Pa. | Alfred Lowry & Br. Phila., Pa. | Harrisburg Grocery & Produce Co. | Total cost per item |
| 6000 lbs. Beans | | $3.43 per Cwt | 3-1/4¢ | 3-3/4¢ | $195.00 |
| 4000 lbs. Hominy | | 1.75 " " | 2-1/4¢ | 1-9/10¢ | 76.00 |
| | | 1.95 " " | | | |
| 5000 lbs. Rolled oats per Cwt | $2.50 | 2.66-2/3 " | 2-5/8¢ | 2-7/8¢ | 133.33 |
| 3000 lbs. Apples, dried | | 5.97 per " | 6-1/4¢ | 5-3/4¢ | 179.10 |
| 2000 lbs. Apples, evap. | | 9.00 " " | 7-3/4¢ | 9-1/8¢ 10-1/2¢ | 155.00 |
| 4000 lbs. Peaches, dried | | 3-3/8¢ 8-1/4¢ 7-3/4¢ 7-1/2¢ | 7-3/4¢ | 8-5/8¢ 7-3/8¢ | 310.00 |
| 5000 lbs. prunes, 60s to 70s | | 6-60s to 70s 5-1/2¢ 70-80 80-90 | 5-3/4¢ | 6-1/8¢ 5-7/8¢ | 287.50 |
| 300 lbs. Currants | | 8-1/4 ¢ | 6-5/8¢ | 7-1/2¢ | 22.50 |
| 1000 lbs. Raisins, | $7.50 per Cwt | 5-3/8 ¢ 5-7/8 ¢ | 5-3/4¢ | 5 ¢ 5-3/4¢ 6-1/2¢ | 58.75 |

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TELEGRAM.

Rev. S. Edward Young,
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Oct. 9.

Your message. Indian band, 45 members can come $100 per day and expenses. We have half rates via Penna. lines.

Pratt. Lt. Col.

W. U. 3:00 P.M.

TELEGRAM.

Oct. 11.

Instrumentation of band makes reduction below forty-five impracticable. Lowest price, $100 per day and transportation $360 beside meals and lodging.

Pratt. Lt. Col.

W. U. 1:50 P.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 21, 1901.

Major General H. C. Corbin,
Adjutant General, U.S.A.,
Washington, D. C.

My dear General :-

A number of my people here are in constant correspondence
with the young Indians in the army in the Philippine Islands, Cuba,
and elsewhere, and would like to send reading matter to them, partic-
ularly large packages of magazines which the boys seem to crave. Is
there not some arrangement by which we could forward packages of this
character through army transportation ? Just now one of the ladies
would like to send to one of our boys in the Philippines the year's
Harper's Monthly. Such literature would of course be utilized
throughout the company.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 21, 1901.

Mr. W. Hugus.

Island Heights, N. J.

My dear Sir :-

Every position at Carlisle that would be at all suitable
for you is filled, and I know of no intended changes.

Yours very truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 21, 1901.

Ollie Saunooke,

Cherokee, N. Car.

Dear Friend :-

Replying to yours of the 16th inst., I have to advise you
that Manus Screamer was found and brought back to the school last
month. Why he ran away from his farm home I do not know, but I think
the experience of being without a home for awhile has done him some
illness. He seems all right now.

Yours very truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 21, 1901.

Mrs. Eliza Davis,
Free Soil,
Mason Co., Mich.

Dear Mrs. Davis :-

Yours of the 19th inst. to hand, and I have to advise you
that your children are at the school, are well and getting on very
nicely. They came for five years, and I am sure Elmer Simon explained
that to you when you sent them here. I cannot see that it would help
you to have them with you. Indeed it would only add to your trouble
for there would two more to clothe and feed. We do not make sickness
in the family at home sufficient reason to return students. Both Sa-
rah and Tonkins are getting here what will make them more helpful to
you when their time is up. I promise to do the best I can for the
children placed under my charge, and that is what I am doing in keeping
them here.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 21, 1901.

Miss Flora Golsh,
181 W. 102nd St.,
New York.

Dear Miss Golsh :—

I have your letter with ticket enclosed and am sorry I can-
not handle it. I have so many little matters of this kind to look
after for our students and in every case must state the circumstan-
ces, that I feel it would be better for you to take it up yourself
with the General Passenger Agent of the Penna. R.R., Mr. J. R. Wood,
Phila., Pa. Write him, telling him the circumstances, and I am sure
he will do what he can for you. I know nothing about it except that
you will not be ready to use it before the limit expires. I return
the ticket herewith.

Hope you have enjoyed your sojourn in the east and that your af-
fairs may be untangled to your satisfaction and reinstatement.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 21, 1901.

Mr. John Collins,
702 N. 43rd St.,
W. Phila., Pa.

My dear friend :-

I am just home again and find yours of the 16th. Wednesday and Thursday of this week will be holidays at the school on account of the Sesquicentennial celebration in which the whole town of Carlisle is given over to parades and entertainments, so that it would be better if you came on Friday of this week, as it is too late for Monday and Tuesday. If you could put your visit off until next week you would be free from the turmoil and excitement of these exercises and I am sure it would be much more satisfactory to you. We shall of course be glad to see you.

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Carlllele, Pa., Oct. 21, 1901.

Miss Cecilio F. Reyes,
West Chester, Pa.

Dear Miss Reyes :-

I have yours of the 20th in reference to your brother.
Some time ago I had a letter from his mother, Juana Torres, asking
that he be sent to New York to join a friend who would take him back
to Porto Rico. As Antonio was in good health and there was no reason
for his return I could not do as his mother wished. He is here and
is well and getting on nicely, and it is best for him to remain with
us. Should his mother arrange to place him in a school in New York
or elsewhere I should be very willing to turn him over to the author-
ities of that school, but I must have the information from some re-
liable source. Let the principal of the school he is to enter write
me, stating just what arrangement has been made.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 22, 1901.

Geo. L. Williams, Supt.,
Leech Lake, Minn.

My dear Sir :-

Your letter came to hand some time ago but I have been a-
way from home part of the time, and it escaped my attention until now
with others which I put in my drawer of unanswered letters.

Just now all positions in this school which would be at all
suitable to you are worthily filled, and I know of no intended
change. I am therefore barred from any consideration of your case.

Yours very truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 22, 1901.

Albert K. Smiley,
Lake Mohonk, N. Y.

My dear friend :-

I want to thank you now and in this manner most cordially for your good endorsement of Carlisle. There were certainly as many as forty different delegates to the Convention who spoke to me about it. It made a deep impression. We are disappointed in not getting a copy of the resolutions nor finding them in any of the newspapers. I understand they were strongly our way.

As you have been interested in Carlisle all the years I think it right to say to you that I have for a long time felt that unless the methods of the Department changed and we went at the work of civilizing and educating Indians more on what I consider the lines of common sense, I want to be out of it. There has been nothing but constant building in favor of the agency and reservation, and schools near the Indians. You know how I have antagonized this all the years and I am a hundred times more certain I am right now than I was in the beginning, the common sense indicated I was right then. We are simply creating conditions like those in New York, among the Cherokees and other so-called civilized tribes, which will later bring on only greater difficulties to settle.

I went to Mohonk not at all well, and was really not able to take hold of things. I am not now. I have been overworked and must have a good rest.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 22, 1901.

Master B. Leith Coombs,
Charlottetown, P. E. I.,
Nova Scotia.

My dear Leith :-

Your letter came while I was away from home and since my
return I have been exceedingly busy. Am glad to get your letter and
to know of your progress in school. Mrs. Pratt, Richenda and I often
think of you and speak of our hospitable entertainment while at your
home. Your father and mother were very kind to us, and I wish someone
time you would come to Carlisle, bringing them with you, and make us
a good visit. We would try to return your hospitality and make everything
just as pleasant as possible.

With kind regards to yourself and all the family from us all,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 22, 1901.

Mrs. Juana Torres,
San Sebastian, Porto Rico.

Dear Madam :-

Your letter of Sept. 1st came to hand in my absence, and it seems was not answered. My clerk in charge had your son, Antonio, examined by my school physician, who reports that he is in good health. As he came here for a specified time and there is no health reason for his return I cannot send him back to you now. He is getting on very well, and now that school is well under way, it is making rapid progress in English and other studies.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 23, 1961.

William Jacobs,
Tunisia,
Catt. Co., New York.

Dear Willie :-

I have yours of the 21st asking that a uniform suit be made for you, and that you will send measure. In reply I have to say that we now have so many to make clothes for that it is not practicable to make for anyone not connected with the school. Our tailor and his boys are not able to keep up with the demands and we have to send some of our work to town

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 23, 1901.

William Jones,

C/o American Society of Natural History,
Dept. of Anthropology,
720 St. & Central Park,
New York City.

My dear William,

My information was that Angeline View had no good home to go to and this was the best place for her to be; that if she went home she would fall under helpful influences, and fearing she would be uncapable to support herself I yielded to the information I had and kept her home. She has made good progress, is getting toward the top and presently the most important thing to her and indirectly to her friends to her education. You are one of a cousin who demands her return. If I do not know that a payia has special claims in the brainless, fickle mind of I have had several times about it, all please me enough, and she yielded gracefully every time. The cause we are pursuing I am sure is the right one.

Yours very truly,

St. Oct. 16th Cavalry, Sept.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 23, 1901.

Isabel L. Woodward,
25 Harbord St.,
Providence, R. I.

Dear Madam :)

Eneloped find my last and several previous annual reports
of this school, together with pamphlets, copies of addresses, etc.
pertaining to the work of the school and Indian education in general,
as requested in yours of the 80th inst.

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Carlsble, Pa., Oct. 23, 1901.

Mr. F. B. Nolte
382 Canal St.; corner West & Broadway,
New York.

Dear Sir :-

It does not seem just the thing for young McDonald to quit
his opportunities here to learn the barber's trade. What he needs
now is to complete his course at Carlisle. He seems somewhat rest-
less, rather inclined to jump from one thing to another, and a little
hard to keep down to business.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 23, 1901.

Miss Eya Rogers,
% Rev. O. S. Kriebel, Jrin.,
Perklaomen Seminary,
Pennsburg, Pa.

Dear Eya :-

I received your former letter expressing discontent and a
desire to quit Perkiomen. I sent it to Mr. Kriebel and he replied
that he had had a conference with you and that while you were not do-
ing as well as you ought and could do, he thought you were on the
right track again and could pull them all right if you continued to
try. Now I have your word letter insisting on quitting Perkiomen
and Carlisle entirely and striking out for yourself. I cannot allow
you to do this. I received you from the agency and shall have to re-
turn you there. I cannot have any of my girls floating around befor-
ing some boys have done. There is scarcely a boy who has returned to
our outing neighborhoods independent of the school who has not dis-
graced Carlisle and himself, and you are just one of those who would
do the same for the girls. I am now in conference with the Comission-
er of Indian Affairs so to what to do with Margaret LaFere. She has
no business to come back into our outing regions. If she was so in-
dependent and brave and strong and able to take care of herself, why
didn't she go somewhere else than right into our outing districts
where she could lean on the Carlisle reputation? And why does she
hunt up patrons whose conduct has been such an abhor-
dent, and make friends with them? She ought to well come back and
live in the school as to live in Carlisle home. Carlisle has made

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 24, 1901.

John Eubie,
200 N. 13rd St.,
W. Phila., Pa.

To whom Forward :—

It so happens that both Mrs. Pratt and myself must go away tomorrow, and while I hope to be back on Tuesday next I am not entirely sure that I can. We have quite a number of matters to attend to in New York and I may have to go on to Boston. If you could come any day next week, it would ease my mind somewhat and make it more comfortable that I will be at home. I should dislike very much to miss your visits. However, if Tuesday suits you best you will find a warm welcome from my people.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 24, 1901.

The Acme Folding Boat Co.,
Miamisburg, O.

Gentlemen :-

The boat is here. It weighs 105 lbs. without the seats. Your circular says 70 lbs. It is a flat bottomed boat which I understand to be the Eureka pattern. I asked you for the Acme. This one is scarcely portable and not at all what I anticipated. I do not find the rubber cushion. You write nothing in explanation and it looks to me as the my order had gone into careless hands who were in-different to the proper filling of an order. What I want is an Acme folding boat, cance shaped, 16 ft. long and weighing 70 lbs, as you state.

I am ready to return the one sent me at once. Can you send me one once what I ordered ?

Yours truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 26, 1901.

Prof. S. B. Shearer,
Supt. City Schools,
Carlisle, Pa.

To-day is Monday.

Miss Louise Miller, author of the pamphlet on Nature Study
issued by the Agricultural Department of Pennsylvania, will be with
beginning Monday
in this week, giving a talk on Nature Study to our teachers each morn-
ing from eight to nine, and two evening lectures to students and
teachers, dates to be named hereafter.

Yourself and your teachers are cordially invited to attend these.
Arrangements can no doubt be made with the trolley company for such
time schedule as will accommodate you promptly and render the neces-
sary irregularity in your own schools on this account very slight.
Should you think best to begin your morning sessions a little later
in order that the teachers might avail themselves of these talks, I
believe the benefit to teachers and pupils would more than justify
the shortening of a session.

The evening lectures will begin at seven, probably on Tuesday
and Thursday, but definite announcement of these will be made in good
time.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 28, 1901.

George White,
Bangor, Wis.

Dear Sir :-

Replying to your postal of the 22nd to Col. Pratt, I am in-
structed by him to say that if your daughter has the advantages of a
public school, she ought to remain where she is. No Indian school
can give what steady association with good, intelligent, white people
can and does give in the line of development and independence. Car-
lisle is for those worthy Indians living on reservations or in local-
ities where they do not have the privileges which I suspect from your
location your daughter has. However, I enclose blank which you
may have filled and returned to me, when a definite answer can be
given.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 28, 1901.

Peter P. S. Flute,
Lower Brule, S. Dak.

Dear Sir :-

Yours of the 20th to Col. Pratt, asking that a ticket to Carlisle be sent you, is received. Such arrangements are usually made thru the Indian Agent or Superintendent. Enclosed is a blank which please fill out, getting the endorsements required and physician's certificate. If all conditions are satisfactory, transportation can be arranged, but you would better let the agent or superintendent write me, returning the blank. If that is impracticable, return the blank to me yourself.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 28, 1901.

Miss Elizabeth Test,
McLoud, Okla.

Dear Miss Test :-

Your letter to Col. Pratt comes to hand in his absence. I
have called to the office John Snake, who answers to the Indian name
given. He says his mother's name is Mi-tha-pi-ha, but he has not
written to her lately. He writes to Joe Murdock, who is either his
brother or cousin. John's understanding is rather limited, and his
correspondence is compassed by a monthly letter written in the school-
room. During vacation students are somewhat negligent about these
matters. John's own helplessness in writing makes the omission ex-
cusable. He will write you this week, and says I shall tell you
for his mother that he is well and getting on very well in his stud-
ies. He does not learn quickly, but his teacher notes considerable
improvement.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 28, 1901.

Mr. Barr Ferree, Sec.,
The Pennsylvania Society of New York,
7 Warren St.,
New York City.

Dear Sir :-

I send you under separate cover today copies of such re-
ports of the school as are yet in print; also copies of addresses by
the Superintendent, Col. Pratt., illustrated booklet, and other print
ed matter relative to the school.

Yours truly,

Acting Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 28, 1901.

Mrs. Jane Redwing,
Santee Agency, Neb.

In the absence of Col. Pratt your letter of the 20th comes to me for
reply. I find that Emma is in the ninth grade, and another year af-
ter this ought to graduate her. She has made very good progress dur-
ing her five years here, and should by all means continue to the end.
This, as I understand, she desires to do. At any rate she must remain
till summer, as the rules of the school do not provide that pupils
be sent home during the school term unless their own health makes
that imperative.

Yours very truly,

Acting Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 26, 1901.

Dr. F. H. Van Dyke,
Williston, N. Dak.

Dear Sir :—

I have yours of the 17th inst. on behalf of Mr. C. D. Gibbs, who asks that his son Charles be returned because he is old and feeble and needs him to help on the farm. In reply I have to advise you that Charles Gibbs has been a student here less than a year and we do not accept any for less than a five years term. We are therefore not at liberty to send him at home on his father's request. His admission here was the result of considerable correspondence with Mr. Gibbs, and he understood fully our conditions. Charles is a bright boy, and with proper guidance and encouragement will do well. I am sure, but these appeals from his father lessen his interest and retard his progress accordingly. I trust Mr. Gibbs may arrange to get on without further disturbing the boy.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 26, 1901.

Mrs. Phina Janison,
Irving, New York.

Dear Madam :-

Replying to yours of the 24th in reference to Charlie Steep-
rock, I will look after his interests as long as he is under my care.
Any money that may come to him either earnings or annuity will be
placed to his credit on our books, and he will have the use of such
amounts as he needs from time to time, the remainder being kept until
twenty dollars is accumulated, when it will be placed on interest
for him.

Charles is getting on nicely and I trust your hopes for him
will be fully realized.

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Carlsbad, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1901.

Hattie F. Hornblower,
Chiltenville, Mass.

Dear Mother:

Tours of duty. 18th has been here aside for some time on
account of influenza. 2 tons. We do not cultivate any Indian lan-
guage, the object of this school being to make English speaking,
progressive citizens. It is therefore a little difficult to get ac-
curate information in regard to the translations you ask. I have made
inquiries among the Slavs in reference to the word "Medicine," but it
seems foreign to them. The following words for "arrow head" or "ar-
cow head" are given by different Slav students :

Ue. Hinkapie hi. Arrow teeth.
Vamhinkapie uo. " head or teeth.

Vamhi. Arrow head.
Vam-Ki-ki. " head.

"which are the correct terms or whether both are correct I can-
not say."

Yours to all,

T. H. Col., 18th Cavalry, Dept.

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374

Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 30, 1901.

Miss Mollie V. Gaither, Supt.,
Umatilla Indian School,
Pendleton, Ore.

Dear Miss Gaither :-

Yours with stamps enclosed received. Miss Burgess has attended to that part of your letter.

In regard to August Mesphe's entering the band, my band leader
Mr. Ettinger is taking on a few new players, and I have sent him your
letter and August's to read, and instructed August to go to him and
ask for a trial. If he has talent that can be utilized Mr. Ettinger
will be glad to help him. He has been a good boy and that is the
kind we want in the band if they are usable there.

Carlisle is just about full. Today we have 1044 and there are
a number yet to come in from the west; but like an omnibus we can al-
ways find room for one or two more, and if in the spring you have
several promising boys and girls of suitable age to send us, we shall
receive them in the place of others who go out.

Have been away from home for several days, and just returned.

With kind regards from Mrs. Pratt,

Sincerely yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 30, 1901.

Miss Nellie Carey,

Fort Sill, Okla.

Dear Nellie :-

Your letter of the 7th was a surprise, but a pleasant one
to me. I read with much interest all you had to tell me about your-
self and the girls. Glad you are making use of your hospital train-
ing; no doubt there is much need of your skill. Of course I remember
very well Alice, Ranona, Viola, Rachel, Beatrice, Dorothy, Anice and
many more of whom you say nothing. It is very seldom I hear from any
of them direct, so that it is very hard to keep up with their for-
tunes and misfortunes. If, as now seems probable, I make a trip thru
the southwest in company with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs this
winter, I may see you all. I am not at all well, and it would do me
good to get away for awhile.

Now strange to the Indians it must seem to have towns growing up
so rapidly where all their lives there has been nothing accomplished
After all these years they ought to be a very part of all this actir-
ity and enterprise; now that those things are being removed which
made and kept them so dependent, they will bestir themselves.

There have been many changes here. Misses Ely, Burgess, Cutter
Carter and Paull are all that are left of the early workers. Nellie
Robertson and Rosa Bourassa Brown are a part of the present force.
Today we have 1044 on the rolls, 364 of whom are in the country for
the winter. There are possibly 40 yet to come in from the west, and
applications coming in all the time.

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-2- Miss Nellie Carey.

I just returned today from a few days in New York and Brooklyn.
Nana is attending Pratt's Institute there and Mrs. Pratt and I have
just arranged for Richenda to be with her and take a course in music.
Marion and her husband and seven children visited us this summer. We
all enjoyed having them with us. Mason's family were over also a
good part of the time in order to be with their cousins.

Now that you have gotten over the notion that we do not care to
hear from you, I hope we may hear from you again. Remember me kindly
to all our girls and boys whom you meet, and believe me as ever

Faithfully your friend,

Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 31, 1901.

W. Hinton White,
45 Milk St.,
Boston, Mass.

My dear Mr. White :-

Yours of the 24th came in my absence. Our entertainment
course for this winter has been made up, using the fund at our dis-
posal for this purpose, so that we will have to forego your lecture
on "Australia".

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 30, 1901.

Emanuel Powles,
Troop K., 5th U. S. Cavalry,
Manila, P. I.

Dear Emanuel :-

Yours of Aug. 22nd has been in Miss Burgess' hands for some
time. I was away from home when it came. The Commissioner of Indi-
an Affairs and Senator Quarles invited me to accompany them on a trip
among the Indians of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota, and we
were out several weeks. Since my return I have not been at all well,
and feel more than ever the need of a change. I must go somewhere
where I can build up. The Commissioner wants to visit the schools
and agencies in the southwest sometime this winter, and urges me to
go with him. I may do that, but it will hardly be what I need in the
way of change.

Letters from our Philippine soldiers are rather scarce, and we
were for a while very anxious. The trouble still seems far from set-
tled, if we can judge by the newspaper reports.

We are having a delightful autumn. The leaves are glorious in
their varying colors, and the air is full of pleasant odors. The
boys have been husking corn on Saturdays and gathering chestnuts on
the mountains. The year has been very fruitful in spite of the severe
droughts in summer. The town of Carlisle celebrated its 150th anni-
versary last week, and we helped them, making a very considerable
part of their processions. Things are going forward very nicely this
year. We have an enrollment of 1044 today, 364 of whom are in the

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 30, 1901.

Mr. J. C. de Arteago,
122 W. 115th St.,
New York City.

My dear Sir :-

Replying to yours of the 28th inst. enclosing letter of Mrs. Juana Reyes de Torres in regard to her son, and stating that you are ready to receive the boy at your home, I have to respectfully advise you that I cannot release Antonio unless arrangements have been made for him to enter some reliable institution of learning in the States, and I have satisfactory information from the principal or other officer of such institution. All students entering this school come for a period of five years. During that time they are permitted to enter other schools, either public or private, or colleges if by so doing they can be advanced more rapidly and thoroughly; but all such arrangements must be approved at Carlisle.

Antonio is getting on very well here, and there is no reason for
sending him home. I have written his mother along this line.

-2-

Emanuel Powlas.

country for the winter. I send copy of my last annual report which
may interest you.

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Carlisle, Pa. Oct. 30, 1901.

Mabel R. Gilbert,
Middletown, Conn.

Dear Madam :-

Replying to yours of the 29th inst., we do not publish a
catalog of this school. I enclose several copies of my last and
former annual reports, also such other printed matter as we have on
the subject of Indian education for general distribution.

Trusting this will serve your purpose,

Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 30, 1901.

Miss Ella Sturn,
Cofo, O. T.

My dear Ella :-

Your desire to do something is very commendable, and I have
sent your letter to the Department with my endorsement. You would
better write yourself to The Honorable Commissioner of Indian Affairs
and enclose the blank which I send herewith, filled out in your own
writing. You do not name any particular line of work you would like
to take up, but if you are ready to make yourself useful in whatever
way opens I do not think it will be long before you will have an op-
portunity. Whatever you do undertake I trust you will carry thru with
a resolute purpose, not letting trifles annoy or dishearten you.

With kind regards to yourself and your father, I am as ever

Faithfully your friend and School-father,

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 1, 1901.

Prof. Albert S. Rickmore,
Dept. of Public Instruction,
American Museum of Natural History,
Central Park, New York.

My dear Professor :-

On my return to Carlisle yesterday I found your note of
the 22th. Mrs. Pratt and I were in the upper part of the city and hav-
ing about an hour to spare were hopeful of an opportunity to look a-
ver the museum. We found neither you nor Miss Meagher in, and as
waiting was indefinite and our time shortened we concluded to defer
seeing the museum until another visit.

Young Mr. Beseler will be here this morning with stereopticon
which operates both with lime and electric lights. We anticipate much
help in our school matters from your sets of photographs and others.
What a magnificent site you have and what a massive building ! I did
not dream New York was so liberal along these lines.

Fraternally yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 1, 1901.

Sir :-

I have the honor to report myself on duty in charge of this
school under 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 Sept. 6th, all in 1879.

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 1, 1901.

To The Adjutant General, U.S.A.,
Washington, D. C.

Sir :-

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 31, 1901.

Eugene Warren,

White Earth, Minn.

Dear Eugene :—

Yours of the 27th inst. to hand this morning. Under the circumstances and as the railroad company is urgent about using the tickets or cancelling the order, I think best to cancel the order for tickets at Detroit. If later you are able to return to Carlisle and will let me know I will have a ticket placed for you again. I would not have you come to Carlisle with so much emphasis on the band. The band and football are too pretentious in their demands to the exclusion of much that is more vital.

If I am here the way will be open for you to go to Dickinson at any time you are ready, and I will do as I said, that is, arrange so that you can go thru. The first quarter's expense is $17.00 beside books and stationery.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 1, 1901.

The Bailey, Banks & Middle Co.,
Credit 8 15th Dist.
Philadelphia, Pa.

Gentlemen :—

Enclosed paid my check for $1.00 covering your bill of
Aug. 1st. Please return receipted bill.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 1, 1901.

Arthur DeLyons Butler,
C/o Atlanta University,
Atlanta, Ga.

Dear Sir :-

Yours of Oct. 7th to Mr. Beitzel is before me. I note that
you do not live on an Indian agency and do not seem to be under the
control of any Indian agent, but are living with white people. "That
is what I would have every Indian do, and as you are well located to
advance yourself in education it is far better that you keep on where
you are. You can no doubt find work to do in out-of-school hours and
so carry yourself thru. This school is for Indians who do not have
the opportunities you have, and in order that they may have them, we
place them in country homes where in the winter they can work for
their board and attend the public schools. This brings about the
very association you already have.

No pupil by your father's name was ever entered at Carlisle.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 4, 1901.

Dr. Chas. A. Eastman,

Crow Creek, S. Dak.

My dear Doctor :-

We are so very full now, having 1070 pupils, that we must
stop taking more for the present. Confidentially, the only thing I
would care for would be some very extra football material. We are
getting banged up all around because we haven't weight, size and
speed. What we need is three or four big fellows who can stand the knocks
and will go into it and stick. Taking all and all, I think we
would better not encourage any of the young women you propose. Those
who have been married before coming here never do well; they do for
a season and then fall by the way, so that we really ought not to un-
dertake such. Of course I place a great deal of confidence in your
judgment and the judgment of Mrs. Eastman, but this is the way it
strikes me in regard to Nellie and Gertrude, and the others if they
can have the privileges of the school at home this winter would bet-
ter remain there and come to Carlisle next year.

With kind regards to Mrs. Eastman,

Faithfully yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 4, 1901.

Hon. Boise Penrose,
U. S. Senate,
Phila., Pa.

My dear Senator :-

I have a 16 ft. Acme folding boat which is very staunch,
but too big and heavy for easy transporting, and if I were doing it
again I would take a 14 ft. one. The boat is flat bottomed, but ca-
noe shaped at the ends, and moves thru the water very nicely. Fixed
with hollow air tubes, it ought to be equal to anything afloat where
one keeps away from the rocks.

Thinking you might be seriously contemplating a purchase, and
that this information might be of some value to you, I send it.

Faithfully yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 4, 1901.

Miss Lulu Coates,
Six Nations Indian Exhibit,
Pan-American Exposition,
Buffalo, New York.

Dear Lulu :--

On Sept. 14th I asked the G.P.A. of the Penna. R.R. to
instruct the agent in Buffalo to deliver you a ticket to Carlisle.
This was done at your request, but I have heard nothing from you
since. Please let me know at once whether you will use it. If not
I will ask to have the order cancelled.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 5, 1901.

Mr. R. H. Warner,
916 F. St. N.W.,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Warner :-

I have your circular about The Marlborough and The Mont-
gomery; and having in my care money awaiting investment, would like
to know a little more about the enterprise from you direct. Our bank
here allows only 2 1/2 % interest. I have some money out at 5 % and
a little at 4 %, but there is quite a little sun idle. The only
trouble I see about it is that I might not be able to get at it read-
ily. It might remain for several years, but it might be necessary
for me to withdraw suddenly. What have you to say to that feature ?
It seems to me also that the estimated income is rather more glowing
than the case warrants, and yet you are such a careful and excellent
business man that the circular going out with your approval makes
me doubt my suspicions.

Would be glad to hear from you further.

With kind regards,

Faithfully yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 5, 1901.

Mr. Thos. H. Bambrick,
34 S. Seventh St.,
Phila., pa.

Dear Sir :-

We have already from three to four times as many applicants
for our young people as we can supply, so that I am not in need of
your help along the lines of your communication of yesterday.

Dictated(r)

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 6, 1901.

Mrs. Louis Lazere,
Hogansburg, N. Y.

Dear Madam :-

Your letter of Nov. 4th is before me. In reply I have to
advise you that your son Louis went to the country about two weeks
ago. We found him a good place where he can go to school regularly.
The work he will do mornings and evenings for his board will be only
what every boy ought to do in order to become useful, strong and in-
dependent. We count it a privilege, and students count it a privi-
lege to remain out during the winter and get this experience. It of-
ten happens that they advance more rapidly in their studies than when
at Carlisle, because while attending the public schools they must
associate with white boys, and this association with brighter minds
spurs them to better effort.

Will be very glad to have you visit your children here next year
if you can.

(P)

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 6, 1901.

Mr. Edward Marsden,
Sasman, Alaska.

Dear Edward :-

I have yours of Oct. 25rd introducing your nephew, Patrick
Verney, and am pleased to have him with us. We shall do all we can
for him. He seems bright and willing and I have no doubt will get on
well. His companion, Charlie Scott, promises well also.

Faithfully yours,

Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 6, 1901.

Mr. Alexander Speirs,
Westbrook, Maine.

Dear Sir :-

Replying to yours of the 4th inst., I enclose my last en-
nual report of this school; also copies of several previous reports,
addresses, and pamphlets, and late numbers of our school paper, "The
Red Men and Helper". Fuller account, consisting of reports from re-
gents and superintendents in the west may be had by applying thru
your Congressman for the Annual Report of The Commissioner of In-
dian Affairs.

(P)

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 7, 1901.

Miss Sarah E. Rodebaugh,
Norristown,
Montgomery Co., Pa.

Dear Madam :-

The vacant clerkship about which you write is in our Outing
Department of which Miss Anne S. Ely is the chief. A number of ap-
plications have come in, but the matter will not be concluded until
Miss Ely's return some time next week. The salary is $420 per annum
with furnished room, light and heat. I note that you set your fig-
ure at $12 per week, which places you beyond consideration for this
position.

Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 7, 1901.

The National Geographic Society,
Corcoran Bldg.,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen :-

Enclosed find M. O. for two dollars covering annual mem-
bership dues for myself, and blank nominating Prof. O. H. Bakeless
for membership. Please return receipt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 7, 1901.

Miss Louisa Geisdorff,
Red Lodge, Mont.

Dear School-Daughter :-

Your letter of Oct. 19th came in my absence. I do not think well of your sister's going to town for a business course, at least not at present. I have engaged Mr. Burgess, father of Miss Burgess, to start a class in short-hand and typewriting, and Charlotte can join that class. She will do equally as well as if sent to the school in Carlisle and it will not cost her anything. I have ordered this arranged, and she can begin this week. Charlotte is bright and so cheerful and willing that I shall be glad to do anything I can for her. Should the extra course prove too heavy in addition to her other studies and duties I shall of course have her abandone it, but she may be stronger than she looks. She keeps pretty well, but looks delicate.

You say not a word about yourself, but I gather that you are happy in your work. With kind regards,

Faithfully yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 8, 1901.

Dear Emily :-

I do appreciate the flowers received from you yesterday.
The raising and tending of flowers is work in which one can learn
much of nature, and I am glad it is interesting to you. Your note
and the bouquet say to me that you are learning many good lessons,
not the least being thought for others and the happiness you can
give them.

With kind regards to the family, I am as ever,

Miss Emily Perdesophy,
C/o Robert, B. Russell,
Liberty Grove, Md.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 8, 1901.

Miss Ella Sturm,
Cobb, Okla.

Dear Ella :-

Referring to your application for position in the Indian
service, the following letter is received from the Department this
morning:-

Supt. Indian School,
Carlisle, Penn.

Sir :

Your letter of the 30th ultimo, enclosing a letter from Miss
Ella Sturm, who desires employment in the Indian service, has been
received. What you state in regard to this Carlisle graduate is no-
ted, and I may be able to give her a position.

Commissioner.."

Faithfully your friend,

Original letter is herewith.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 8, 1901.

Castulo Rodriguez,
C/o Chas. A. Cannon,
195 Main St.,
Astoria, New York.

Dear Castulo :-

Glad to hear you are getting along so nicely in the drug
store. Hope you will let us hear from you direct occasionally. I
enclose check for $5.62, covering your balance on our books.

Faithfully your friend,

(F)

Nov. 8, 1901.

Dear Friend :-

In acknowledging receipt of your
welcome contribution, I thank you most heartily
for your continued interest in the work being
done here. The school is now very full, there
being 1070 enrolled; its influence is extend-
ing further each year, and many workers who
have heretofore not been in accord with our
principles have come to a better understanding
of our system, and speak with approval of
Carlisle, so that I have reason to be greatly
encouraged.

My annual report, enclosed herewith, may
interest you.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 8, 1901.

Big Tree, Chief,
Mountain View, Okla.

Dear Friend :-

Your letter written in September by your daughter came
while I was away with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, visiting
Indian schools and agencies in the north. I have been very busy
since my return, and business has called me away several times, so
that a number of letters have been awaiting my attention.

It would do you good to see Carlisle, I am sure, and when you
come we will show you everything. The school is very full now, 1070
being on the rolls. The Indians in your neighborhood seem to be wal-
ing up to their needs. The towns building up so rapidly by the white
people are certainly cause for alarm. If the Indians had only been
able to see ahead and willing to make use of their opportunities they
might have been ready to take an equal part with the white people in
all these operations.

It is possible I may get down to your neighborhood sometime this
winter, and if I do shall hope to see you.

Faithfully your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 8, 1901.

John Benson,

Unalaska, Alaska.

Dear John :-

Yours of Sept. 4th came to hand just about the time your
box arrived containing the bidarka and mink skin. Glad to hear from
you and to know that you are keeping on with your studies. Enclosed
is a letter which you can use should you enter a trade school on the
Pacific Coast, as you anticipate. Have been away from home quite a
little this fall, and have not attended to my correspondence as prompt-
ly as I should otherwise have done.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 9, 1901.

Clarinda Charles,
C/o Mrs. A. M. Daniels,
Swarthmore, Pa.

Dear Clarinda :-

I enclose two sets of blanks, one for you and one for Ada whom I suppose you see often. You probably know that a distribution of money due the Seneca, Onondaga, Tuscarora, and other tribes of New York and Wisconsin is to be made soon. Those who are on the agency rolls, who get annuities, and whose parents are living will be provided for; but other members of these tribes who are of age and who are not on the agent's roll, as I understand you are not, must make special application. If there is no one at the agency who is looking after this for you and Ada, fill out the blanks in duplicate, each one of you swearing to one of your papers before a notary public who will place his seal on the paper, or before the clerk of the courts. Return them to me as promptly as possible and I will forward them to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. If you do not know how to answer all the questions, send them to someone at your home who can help you. All should be in the hands of the Commissioner before Dec. 1st.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 9, 1901.

Mr. Samuel Houk,
Berwick, Columbia Co.,
Pa.

Dear Sir :-

The enclosed blanks for Charles Johnson may be understood
on careful reading. Our records that Charles' parents are dead and
his guardian's address is not given. It is therefore doubtful wheth-
er application will be made for him for his share in the distribution
of money to be made among the Seneca, Onondaga, Tuscarora, Oneida,
and other tribes of New York and Wisconsin. If Charles has been
drawing annuity it is not necessary to make special application. He
will know about that. Otherwise, please have him fill out the blanks
giving the same answers on both, and swear to one before a notary
public having a seal, or before the clerk of the courts. If he can
not answer all the questions himself, let him send the papers to
some one at his home who can give the information asked for. Both
should be returned here as promptly as possible in order that they
may reach the Indian Office before Dec. 1st.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 9, 1901.

Mr. James S. Rich,
Holicong, Bucks Co., Pa.

Dear Sir :-

The enclosed blanks for Fred Waterman may be understood on careful reading. Our records indicate that Fred's parents are dead and guardian's address is not known. It is therefore doubtful whether application will be made for his share in the distribution of money to be made among the Senecas, Onondagas, Oneidas, and other tribes of New York and Wisconsin. If Fred has been drawing annuity from the United States it is not necessary to make special application. Otherwise, please have him fill out the blanks giving the same answers on both, and swear to one before a notary public who will place his seal on the paper, or before the clerk of the courts. If he cannot answer all the questions himself, let him send the paper to his grandmother or other relative at his home who can give the information asked for. Both should be returned here as promptly as possible in order that they may reach the Indian Office before Dec. 1st, when the lists will be closed.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 9, 1901.

Mr. C. A. Conner,
Cabin Run, Pa.

Dear Sir :-

The enclosed blanks for Dennis Johnson may be understood on careful reading. Our records indicate that Dennis' parents are dead and his guardian is not known. It is therefore doubtful whether application will be made for him for his share in the distribution of money to be made among the Senecas, Onondagas, Oneidas, Tuscaroras, Cayugas, and other tribes of New York and Wisconsin. If Dennis has been drawing annuity it is not necessary to make application. He will know about that. Otherwise, please have him fill out the blanks giving the same answers on both, and swear to one before a notary public having a seal, or before the clerk of the courts. If he can not answer all the questions himself, let him send the papers to some one at his home who can give the information asked for. Both should be returned here as promptly as possible in order that they may reach the Indian Office before Dec. 1st.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 9, 1901.

David Lukens,
Swarthmore, Pa.

Dear Sir :-

The enclosed blanks for Melissa Thompson may be understood
on careful reading. Our records indicate that her parents are dead
and the address of guardian is not given. In order that there may
be no neglect in the matter, I send these blanks and Melissa can fill
them out or if she cannot answer all the questions herself, let her
send them to her uncle and aunt or someone who can give the informa-
tion asked for. It is possible the matter has been attended to. In
that case, nothing further is required. Those who receive annuities
are included in the distribution of money without special applica-
tion. Directions are given on the blanks themselves in regard to ex-
ecution, etc., and if Melissa returns them to me I will send them
to the Indian Office. All applications must be in the hands of the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs before Dec. 1st.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 9, 1901.

Miss E. D. Edge,

Downingtown, Pa.

Dear Miss Edge:-

The enclosed blanks are to be filled out by Bertha Jamison
As a Seneca Bertha is entitled to a share in the payment of money to
be made to Senecas, Onondagas, Tuscaroras, Oneidas, and other tribes
of New York and Wisconsin. I understand that Bertha does not draw anu-
nity and that her name is not on the agency rolls, and as she is of
age special application seems to be necessary. Please see that she
and
gives the same answers on both papers, swears to one before a notary
public having a seal, or before the clerk of the courts. If she can-
not answer all the questions she can send the papers to someone at
her home who can help her out. It is possible someone there may be
attending to this matter for her, but I write in order that she be
not neglected. Papers should be returned here as promptly as possi-
ble, or sent direct to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washing-
ton.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 9, 1901.

Mr. F. H. Hagenbach,
Cabin Run,
Columbia Co., Pa.

Dear Sir :-

The enclosed blanks for Jesse Green may be understood on careful reading. Our records indicate that Jesse's parents are dead and his guardian at home is not known. Mr. Standing was asked to act as guardian, but he has not the information necessary to complete the blanks. Without Jesse's own application it is doubtful whether papers will be forwarded establishing his right to a share in the distribution of money about to be made among the Seneca, Onondaga, Oneida, and other tribes of New York and Wisconsin. Please have Jesse fill out the blanks, giving the same answers on both, and swear to one paper before a notary public having a seal, or before the clerk of the courts. If he cannot answer all the questions, let him send them to James Phillips or some friend or relative at his home who can give the desired information. This should be attended to promptly, and all papers returned here in order that they may reach the Indian Office before Dec. 1st.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 9, 1901.

Mr. John C. Dorrah,
Oxford Valley, Pa.

Dear Sir :-

The enclosed blanks for Floyd Johnson may be understood on careful reading. Our records indicate that Floyd's mother is dead and Elizabeth Pierce is his guardian, but as her address is not given I cannot communicate with her. Unless she looks after this for him it is doubtful whether application will be made for him for his share in the distribution of money to be made among the Seneca, Onondaga, Oneida, Tuscarora, Cayuga and other tribes of New York and Wisconsin. If Floyd has been drawing annuity it is not necessary to make application, and he can return them here unfilled. Otherwise, please have him fill out the blanks, giving the same answers on both, and swear to one before a notary public having a seal, or before the clerk of the courts. If he cannot fill them out himself, let him send them to his guardian or other person at his home who can give the information asked for. Both should be returned here as promptly as possible in order that they may reach the Indian Office before Dec. 1st.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 9, 1901.

Robert Beaulieu,
Greslum, Wis.

Dear Sir :-

If your daughter Mary, now enrolled at this school as a
student, is entitled to a share in the money to be distributed among the Stockbridges, Oneidas, and other tribes of Wisconsin and New York, and application has not been made for her, the enclosed blanks may be used and when completed forwarded to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. I understand she is not on the Green Bay agency rolls. My responsibility in the matter is fulfilled by this letter to you.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 9, 1901.

Mr. James George,
Cold Springs, N. Y.

Dear sir :-

Our records indicate that Salina George is an orphan and
you are her uncle, and I suspect her guardian. Will you please inform
me as soon as possible whether application for her has been made on
blanks like those enclosed for her share in the distribution of money
soon to be made among the Senecas, Tuscaroras, Cayugas, and other
tribes of New York and Wisconsin? If it is expected that applica-
tion be sent from here, please have the blanks properly filled and
returned to me, when I will forward them to the Honorable Commission-
er of Indian Affairs. All papers should be in by Dec. 1st.

(P)

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 9, 1901.

Mrs. Caroline Jackson,
Red House, N. Y.

Dear Madam :-

Our records indicate that Edith Jackson is an orphan and
that you are her grandmother. I write to know whether application
on blanks like those enclosed have been made out for her. If her
name is on the annuity rolls that is not necessary; otherwise the
blanks should be properly filled and forwarded to the Indian Office
before Dec. 1st or returned to me in good time so that I may forward
them. If someone is looking out for Edith's interests, the blanks
will not of course be needed twice. I have no responsibility ex-
cept in the case of orphans or those who are under the care of this
school and not recorded on the agency rolls.

Please let me hear from you promptly.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 9, 1901.

Angus White,

Hogansburg, N. Y.

Dear Sir :-

On our records the following pupils from your agency seem

to be orphans:-

Lizzie Day. Guardian, Peter Day.

Evans Phillips. Grandmother, Sarah Laurant.

Loren Bero. Grandfather living.

Louis Thomas. Loran Bero, Guardian.

David White. Angus White, Guardian.

Peter White. " " "

I am also uncertain as to Mary Cook and Christine Cook, whether Frank Cole is their guardian or not.

This information is necessary in order to determine our respon-
sibility in the matter of applications for these children for shares
in the Kansas money to be divided among the New York tribes. I en-
close blanks to cover these applications, and if special papers are
necessary, please see that they are filled out properly and returned
here or to the Indian Office direct. You are no doubt acquainted
with all the facts.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 9, 1901.

Mr. Alfred Janison,
Salamanca, N. Y.

Dear Sir :-

Our records indicate that you are guardian for Minnie Red-
Eyes, Lydia Armstrong, and Louisa Gordon, Seneca pupils at this school.

If this is correct, please inform me whether application has been
made for them for share in the distribution of money to be made to
Senecas, Tuscaroras, Oneidas, and other tribes of New York and Wis-
consin. If this has not been attended to, will you let me know at
once. Louisa and Lydia are in the country, and Minnie knows nothing
about her family. The three sets of blanks for full answers are en-
closed, and if not needed they can be returned.

(P)

P. O. - Clara Turkey seems also to be one of your wards, and I enclose additional blanks for her.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 9, 1901.

Warren Skye,
Bason P. O.,
Genesee Co., N. Y.

Dear Sir :-

I understand you are guardian for Simon Skye, a pupil of
this school, now in the country under our outing. The enclosed blank
are sent you to be filled out for him if that is necessary, and re-
turned here or sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, direct.

If you are not his guardian, please hand to the proper person, and
advise me promptly. If Simon's name is on the annuity rolls or his
mother is living and her name is on, special application will not be
necessary. In any event, please let me hear from you.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 11, 1901.

Hans Willie Pajano,
Laguna, N. Tex.
Dear Willie:

I have your letter asking for the remainder of your money, but cannot send you any because there is none. Mr. Miller sent you a money order for your balance July 27th, $6.65.

The school is very full now, and everyone is busy. It is beginning to look a little wintry, but we have had no snow yet. The leaves are about gone, but the grass is still green.

With kind regards to your family and yourself,

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 11, 1961.

Mary Jackson,
C/o Eliza Calver,
Columbus, N. J.

Dear Mary :-

Mr. Kingsbury at Bogansburg sends me the enclosed papers
for you to sign. I have marked where you are to write your name.
Go to a notary public who has a seal, or to the clerk of the courts,
and have them make affidavit for you. They will know what is wanted.
Take two witnesses with you. It will cost you a quarter to have this
done. Return both papers to me in the envelope enclosed. Please at-
tend to this at once. Only one of the papers will need the notary's
seal, but you must sign both.

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Carliole, Pa., Nov. 11, 1901.

Mrs. Mary Purdy,
Hogansburg,
Franklin Co., New York.

Dear Madam :-

Yours of the 8th inst. in regard to Thomas Laughing comes
to me in the absence of Col. Pratt. If Thomas is an orphan he will
need to make out blanks for himself. I have called him to the office
and he tells me he cannot give any of the information asked, as he
left home when small. I enclose blanks to you therefore, and ask
that you have them filled ready for his signature, and send them to
me, and I will have Thomas execute them. It is not at all necessary
that he go home for that purpose. Others are being sent for boys
and girls to sign and they can be forwarded from here. Anyone here
who knows Thomas can act as witness.

Yours very truly,

Acting Subt.

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Mr. R. V. Care,

Newark, New Jersey.

Dear Mr. T:

We enclosed blanks for Charles Hill. Please have him fill them out as well as he can, writing the same answers on both pages, and preparing to one before a notary public here or in the clerk's office. We will need two witnesses, and the question will probably cost a quarter.

The agent at Charles' home informs me that his name is not on the rolls, and that is the reason the blanks are sent to him direct. Please have them attended to promptly and returned to me.

Yours truly,

Acting Supt.

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Marshall, Pa., May, 11, 1907.

Peter Dubotte,
Dunluth, R. D.

Dear Peter :-

Your letter of Nov. 4th applying for admission here has
been received. It is very touching, but you did not remain at
Marshall long enough to complete the course. As you have been out of school so long and have reached the age our records indicate, it would be better I should not be admitted but to make the best fight you can with the preparation you have. It is not desired now that pupils enter other than they are eighteen. In fact, you could not be admitted without special permission from the Department.

Dated (P)

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Carliell, Pa., Nov. 13, 1901,

Princess Chiquille,
448 N. 29th St.,
New York.

Dear Children :

Yours of the 5th received. Nothing has been heard about
Harry. Do doubt the police will pick him up somewhere and return him
to the school. Is left the school with a boy of about his own age,
whose home is in Dakota. The lady who has charge of the small boys
thinks he were his playmate and probably dropped the trail off to
uniform coat in order to escape notice the more easily.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 12, 1901.

Miss Melissa Thompson,
C/O David Lukens,
Strathmore, Pa.

Dear Melissa :-

Our records indicate that your father and mother are both dead, and that Joseph and Jennie Thompson are your uncles and aunts, and I pressure your guardians, but no address is given and I cannot communicate with them.

The enclosed blanks are to be filled out, the same answers appearing on both papers. One is to be sworn to before a notary public who will place his seal on it, or before the clerk of the courts. If you cannot answer all the questions, send them to someone at your home who can do it for you, asking them to return them to you promptly so that you can swear to the one and send them either to me or to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs before Dec. 1st. All papers must be in Washington before that date.

If you have been receiving annuity from the Government it is not necessary to make special application, but I have no means of knowing all the facts till I have your papers.

I enclose addressed envelope for return of papers.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 12, 1901.

Albert Jonas.
C/o A. R. Sickles,
Ballsington, Pa.

Dear Albert :-

The records here do not show whether your father is living
or whether you have a guardian. I therefore send you the enclosed
blank to. If you can answer all the questions, do so. If you cannot,
send to someone at your home who can do it for you. If your father
is living, he will look out for you. I suppose. If you draw annuity
from the Government or your name is on the rolls at the agency
and someone draws annuity for you, no application is necessary: other-
wise when the paper is ready you can swear to one copy before a no-
tary public who will affix his seal, or before the clerk of the
courts. Then return to me in envelope herewith. Attend to this so
that I will have it in time to forward to the Indian Office before
Dec. 1st. If you do not understand about this, ask Mr. Sickles. It
will cost a quarter to swear to the statements on the paper.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 13, 1901.

J. A. Moore,
Colony, Okla.

My dear Sir :-

Replying to your homeward return of the 7th inst. I find upon
investigating your daughter's account that $88.50 was sent to the
Indian Agent for her July 12th. This was all she had in the bank and
included principal and interest. In regard to her trunk and other
property which you think she left here, the patron has not been able
to find anything she can identify as Ellen's. If you will have her
give a description of the trunk and articles she left I will have a
thorough search made. A number of things are stored in the quarters
which have been left from time to time, but without any marks by
which to identify them.

I am very sorry indeed that Ellen is so ill, but hope your fears
may prove unwarranted and that she may be restored to good health.

Yours very truly,

Acting Suite.

Dictated by

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 14, 1901.

Joseph S. Johnson,
46 Dominick St.,
New York City.

Dear Sirs,

Relying to yourself of the 12th inst., we do not publish a
catalog. I send you instead the last annual report of this school
with several reports for former years, copies of addresses, and pass-
pluses giving further information. Trusting these will serve your
purpose, I am

Yours truly,

Acting Subt.

(B)

Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 14, 1901

Miss Greek,
Good Samaritan Hospital.
Lebanon, Pa.

Miss Barr leaves here at 8 o'clock today.

R.H.Pratt.

Govt rate Ch'd.

W. U. - 10:20 A.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 14, 1961.

Mrs. Elizabeth Williams,
Salamanca, New York.

Dear Madam :-

Relying to yours of the 12th inst., I have to advise you
that I interviewed Willita Stephens in regard to the Knowre Claim mat-
ter, and he said he had been drawing annuity or someone drew for him
by that I understood he was on the agency rolls, and told him it
would not be necessary for him to make out special application blanks
However, if you are his guardian and think best that he make appli-
cation separately, please fill out the blanks for him, as he says he
can't give the information asked for. When ready you can send them
here for him to sign and swear to, and they can be forwarded from
here. You probably know there should be no delay in the matter if
papers are to reach the Office before Dec. 1st.

I enclose set of blanks with envelope addressed for their re-
turn here.

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Carliole, Pa., Nov. 14, 1971.

Mrs. Thomas K. Jefferis,
Landenberg, Pa.

Dear Mrs. Jefferis :-

I return the blank sent in years of the 13th inst. Please
leave Lizzie sign both and swear to one before a notary public who
will affix his seal, or before the clerk of the courts. Both copies
should be sent direct to the Indian Office in envelope enclosed.

It will be all right for you and another member of your family
or another Indian girl act as witnesses for Lizzie. The fact that
she has been sent to you from the school as Lizzie's aunt will be suf-
ficient evidence. The affidavit blank on the envelope copy should be
filled in, as it is to any extent a duplicate of the other.

Yours truly,

Acting Dept.

(N)

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Carlsbad, Pa., Nov. 14, 1901.

Miss Lulu Coates,
North Collins, New York.

Dear Lulu :-

Your letter of Nov. 14th just received. In looking up the
letter in the absence of Col. Pratt I find that he wrote you Sept.
14th that a ticket was placed for you. You should have called on
the station agent of the Penna. R.B. in Buffalo. He will not send
you a ticket. You must go there for it, and receipt for it when
you take it. If you leave Buffalo about six in the evening you can
be in Carlisle the next morning in time for breakfast. Let me know
just when you will come.

Enclosed is a copy of letter asking for the ticket which you
can present at the ticket office; also copy of letter instructing
that ticket be delivered to you.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 15, 1901.

Miss Maria Castro,
Rancocas, N. Jersey.

Dear Maria :-

Your letter of the 8th inst. to Col. Pratt came in his absence and was sent to him at the Sanitarium where he has gone for treatment. He instructs that you are to remain where you are, thinking that your opportunity for broad and rapid development is better in your present home than it would be in a place where your companions would be Porto Ricans like yourself and where the temptation would be to keep on with Spanish and so retard your English. Miss Jackson speaks very highly of your home and you yourself feel well cared for there. Our desire is to do the very best we can for you, and Mrs. Nuttall is very kind in her intentions, but it is not in accordance with the principles of the school nor so conducive to advancement to have so many students in the same home.

I trust you will bear the disappointment, if you are disappointed, cheerfully, and go on with your school work and duties as if this misunderstanding had not occurred.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 15, 1901.

Mrs. Ruth Shaffer Etnier,
4512 Osage Ave.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Mrs. Etnier :-

Your letter of Nov. 8th to Col. Pratt was sent to him at the Sanitarium where he has gone for treatment, and this accounts for delay in replying. Colonel Pratt returns the letter, stating that he is not at all in favor of the change proposed. Since Felicita has become unmanageable and you want to return her to Carlisle that can be done, but she cannot be returned to Porto Rico. She is a student of this school, is enrolled for a stated term as all students are, and the same rules apply to her that apply to Indian pupils. Miss Jackson says that Colonel spoke of dropping the girls, but that has not been done. Your second letter this morning makes the matter seem so urgent that I enclose ticket for Felicita and you can send her back with the girls after the game Saturday night. Miss Jackson goes down with them and you can see her at Broad Street Station on arrival of the train about twelve o'clock, or at the game if you go. Should it be imperative to return her this evening, wire here.

It is rather unfortunate that the facts were not made known to Mrs. Jackson in regard to Felicita's disposition before the arrangement was entered into. As it is, I fear the experience is robbing of part of its benefit to her, and is an unpleasant one to all concerned.

On Col. Pratt's order I have written Maria Castro that she is to remain where she is. She is well located, is in association with good

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American people, and has every encouragement. The idea is to distribute the students rather than collect and hold them together.

From your experience here you are no doubt fully acquainted with the
workings of the school and the outing department, and know that much
confusion arises when arrangements are made by others than those who
are here for that purpose. Maria is a good girl and worthy of all
that Mrs. Hearst and Mrs. Nuttall would do for her; but to learn the
lessons she came to learn she is better placed than she would be un-
der the arrangement proposed. I find that on June 18th in a letter
to Mrs. Nuttall Col. Pratt proposed Maria's name for any further fa-
vors she might have to bestow, saying,

"In regard to the two girls for whom you speak of doing some-
thing; in the last party that came to us is a Miss Marie Castro, from
Mayaguez, who had a letter from her teacher, Miss Jennie Ordway,
speaking of her in the highest terms. Here she proves to be just
what Miss Ordway assured us. If you wish to forward the interests
of one of these girls you could not find a better subject. The next
choice would be a Miss Belen Nin, from San Juan, who also comes well
spoken of, but is not so far advanced nor so capable as Miss Castro.
I wrote Miss Ordway that on her favorable reports I would do what I
could to get Miss Castro out into higher and better lines than Car-
lisle offers."

but all propositions ought to be submitted here before pupils are
consulted. A statement of the facts seems due Mrs. Nuttall, and if
you are writing her please give her Col. Pratt's view. He will no
doubt write you himself when able. At present he is not in a condi-
tion to take up such matters. Mrs. Pratt is with him, and reports
that the doctor says he is not to leave the sanitarium for some
weeks.

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Carliole, Pa.: Nov. 16, 1901.

Nicholas Torkla,
Smuelson, Okla.

Dear Sir:

Relying to your favor of the 8th inst., I beg to state
that I am informed by Angeline Davis that she has already rented her
land for the coming year to Mr. J. H. Davis.

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Carliole, Pa., Nov. 16, 1901.

Dr. E. P. Murdock,
600 Washington Blvd.,
Chicago, Ill.

Dear Sir :-

On request of Mr. A. C. Hawley of Washington, D. C. I mail
you herewith reports and leaflets covering the history and character
of this school; also back number of The New England Magazine con-
taining an article from which you may get something. Please return
the magazine when you have finished, as we have frequent calls for
it and the supply has diminished to two or three.

Trusting you may get the information you are seeking from
this material, I am

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 15, 1901.

Ezra Prentice,
Bancroft, Neb.

Dear Sir :-

Your telegram to Col. Pratt finds him away from home and
under treatment in a sanatorium. I have to advise you that Francis
is again at the school, having been brought back from New York by
Mr. Thompson, our outing agent. I am very sorry to inform you that
Francis' record has been very poor since his return from Nebraska
last year. He has run away several times, and the disciplinarian re-
ports he has been drunk several times. Your evident interest in keep-
ing him straight is an encouraging support, and I am glad you did not
send him money when he telegraphed. I trust Francis may get into
shape soon and that this will be his last escape.

Yours very truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 20, 1901.

John Schiele,
Carversville,
Bucks Co., Pa.

Dear Sir :-

The enclosed papers for Louis Tarbell are sent by the attorney at his home. Louis is to sign both papers, swearing to one on which affidavit has already been executed. The notary's seal is necessary on this document, with date his commission expires. Please have him copy notary's signature, date etc. at the proper place on the second paper, and return here at once. These papers must be in the hands of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs before Dec. 1st, so that no delay is allowed.

Yours very truly,

Acting Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 26, 1901.

James S. Rich,
Hollong,
Bucks Co., Pa.

Dear Sir :-

The grandmother of Fred Waterman wishes him to sign the enclosed papers, swear to his signature and forward both papers at once to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in envelope herewith enclosed. Please have him do this at once. Only the one copy needs the notary's seal. Affidavit has already been made to the boy's identity, as you will notice. Please see that Fred signs both papers and that notary's signature is also copied on the second paper with date of execution.

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P. S. Since writing the above it seems best that the papers be returned here and I therefore enclose envelope addressed to the Supt. of this school instead of to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 20, 1901.

Miss Ella Sturn,
Cobb, Okla.

Dear Ella :--

The Supt. of the Kean's Canon School, Arizona, asks for someone to fill the position of housekeeper at the Oraibi Day-school at a salary of $30 a month for ten months in the year. If you wish to take the position you should prepare to go at once, notifying Mr. Chas. E. Burton, Supt., Kean's Canon, Ariz., that you have been selected for the place and the date you will arrive at Holbrook. You should write the letter at least a week before you start so that they may have time to send a team over to Holbrook to meet you. If you still desire a position in the service I think it would be well for you to take this and if you fill it with credit to yourself it will doubtless lead to something better in the future. Let me know your decision by return mail.

With pleasant recollections of our association at Chilocco, I am

Your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 20, 1901.

Henry W. Fielder,
Naper, Boyd Co.,
Nebraska.

Dear Sir :-

Your letter to Col. Pratt comes in his absence. I desire
to express my appreciation of the kind words you have to say for Car-
lisle. An glad to know your work is so satisfactory to you and that
you feel you are accomplishing a great deal. I hope you and Clara
together may be a great power for good where you are and may help
many Indians to a higher life.

In regard to your sister, I cannot understand why anyone should
write suggesting that you send her suitable shoes and dress. The pu-
pils here are provided with suitable clothing. As your wife was a
student here she will understand the situation. Each one is furnished
with an abundance of comfortable clothing and it is not necessary
that any should be sent from home. I presume Adelia desires some-
thing different from the regular school uniform. Next summer she
will have a chance to earn money and can then buy such things for her
self; such extra dresses are of course very desirable and it is per-
fectly proper to have them if the pupils have the money to get them
themselves without bothering their parents or families. But they can
get along very comfortably with what is supplied by the school.

The music teacher will be asked to place Adelia on her waiting
list for instrumental instruction, but there are so many applications

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 20, 1901.

Miss Maria Castro,
C/o Dr. Martin,
Rancocas, N. Jersey.

Dear Maria :-

Your letter of Nov. 16th to Col. Pratt came yesterday, and in answering it for him I can do little more than repeat what I stated in my former letter which was written under his direction, and from my conversation with him by phone yesterday. I know he has not changed his mind about it. I think he did not fully know the conditions in Philadelphia when he spoke to you about your going, and since he has become better acquainted with them he feels it would be better for you to remain where you are than to make the change. Your opportunities for learning English must be very good where you are, because you can hear nothing but English. If you were with the other girls you would doubtless revert to Spanish sometimes.

I trust you will recover from the disappointment and will find the abundant opportunities which I am sure are present where you now are and that eventually if not now you will see the wisdom of Col. Pratt's decision.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 20, 1901.

Mrs. Ida Williams,
Port Stanley,
San Juan Co., Wash.

Dear Mrs. Williams :

Replying to your favor of the 12th inst. In regard to your
daughter Josephine, I have to say that we know nothing of any plan
to send her to Port Townsend or home. She is not sick in bed, nor
has she consumption. She had been placed with a good family near
here for the winter, but was brought back to the school several weeks
ago because she was not well, having a very heavy cold. She has been
in the hospital ever since where she receives some treatment and also
helps to wait on the other patients occasionally. I think she will
soon regain her usual health. If she does not, you will be notified.

Yours very truly,

Acting Subt.

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Catharine, Pa., May. 21, 1901.

William H. Patterson,
Weiston, New York.

To dear Sir :-

Yours of the 19th to Col. Pratt is received. I will give
Rachel blanks this afternoon and have her fill them as you direct and
execute them properly, so that they can be sent in with others we
have.

We are looking after those only whose parents are known to be
dead or whose parents send blanks for the children to complete. The
Imperial agent is supposed to look after all who are on his rolls
if anything is needed aside from including them in this list. We are
of course not in a position to get the data necessary unless it is
forwarded by next week.

Yours very truly,

Acting Subt.

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Harry H. Elyade,
928 Second Ave.,
Altomona, Pa.

Dear Sir :-

Relying to your letter at the 32nd meet., I have to advise
you that at present there is no reason in your mind, but your letter
will be placed on file for reference when time allows, if an application

Yours very truly,

Acting Secretary.

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Cardiff, Pa., Nov. 21, 1901.

Mr. B. F. Schneider,
Editor Juniata Sentinel & Republican,
Huffington, Pa.

Dear Sir :-

Your letter to Col. Pratt says in his absence. He is in a
senate, and entirely unable to attend to business, so that the
matter you speak of will await his return and consideration, and
there will be no change unless directed from Washington.

Yours very truly,

Acting Secretary.

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 21, 1901.

H. R. Rowe,
47 W. 37th St.,
Bayonne, N. J.

Dear Sir :-

Replying to yours of the 19th, I respectfully refer you to the Honorable Commissioner of Indian Affairs for his annual report on Indian Affairs. This may be had on application either by letter or thru your Congressman, and is the fullest and most reliable source of information. I enclose such material on this school and Indian education in general as we have in printed form.

The Commissioner's Report gives names and addresses of superintendents and workers in the field, from whom you can get names of Indians for direct correspondence.

Yours truly,

Acting Subt.

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