Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 3, 1903.

Mr. Walter Kennedy,
P. O. Box # 16,
Killbuck, New York.

Dear Mr. Kennedy :

I have called Alvin to the office and he informs me that he received both your letters. There will be no trouble about the delivery of them if you will be sure to address them in care of the Indian School. Otherwise, they may be held in the post office in town, the post master not knowing that Alvin is a student here.

Alvin informs me that the boys did bother him considerably when he first came for the reason you stated; but he is a manly little fellow and thought best not to report it to the matron as he did not wish to appear babyish. He says he is coming through all right now and as he becomes better acquainted with the boys they are more friendly and treat him better. We are very fond of him and feel that he has good stuff in him. I have told the matron to see that he is not abused.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 3, 1903.

Rev. W. C. Kingsbury,
Hogansburg, new York.

Dear Mr. Kingsbury :

The transportation ordered by wire on the 2nd instant I think
will cover what may be needed for Mrs. Lazore. The rates vary a lit-
tle, our last bills being $10.22 for fare one way. $10.50 I feel
sure will cover any change, and Mrs. Lazore can pay the ticket agent
there. It might be well for you to tell the agent at Massena Springs
that she is to be covered by this order if she decides to come. We
shall be glad to have her see the school and will try to make her
stay pleasant.

Acting Supt.

Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 3, 1903.

Mrs. Mary B. Rubens,
Akron,
Erie Co., New York.

Dear Mrs. Rubens :

I have been making inquiry about your daughter, Alice Doctor,
and find that she returned from her summer outing and again went
out October 15th. She is attending school regularly and the reports
received show that she is in good health. She grew so well last
spring and remained so that it seemed best to let her try a country
home again. We will keep her in mind and will have her health care-
fully watched. She is not working for wages now, as you probably
understand, but in the mornings and evenings for her board while at-
tending public school.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 5, 1903.

James Stuart,

Kooskia, Idaho.

Dear Mr. Stuart :

I am sending you herewith in accordance with my telegram of even date application blanks for the students you speak of as intending to come to Carlisle. I think it is best to have these applications sent in and to pass upon them before transportation is arranged. Our school is so very full now that we are hardly justified in receiving any students at all and we wish to take only such as are of excellent quality or are in some way particularly deserving. I suppose this will delay their starting a few days, for which I am sorry, but it seems impossible to avoid it.

Acting Sept.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 7, 1905.

J. W. Johnson,

Wolverine, Mich.

Dear Sir :

If an in receipt today of your application for admission to the
Carlisle school. You have reached an age when it would seem rather
unwise for you to enter here for a term of five years, which is our
invariable rule. Being only in the sixth grade I think it would be
the better part of wisdom for you to return to Mt. Pleasant until
you have finished the course this is provided there.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 8, 1903.

Rev. Wm. H. Miller,
Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Dear Mr. Miller :

In Colonel Pratt's absence I write to assure you that we will gladly allow Thomas Walton and Louis Paul to visit you at the time you mention. I shall interview Thomas and see if he cannot overcome his shyness sufficiently to say something to your Sunday-school.

Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 8, 1903.

Mr. D. S. Williams,
R. P. D. # 19,
Lewistown, New York.

Dear Sir :

Your son Dennis is in the country now and expects to come in at commencement and join the junior class. It would be impossible to send him home at this time. I regret very much that we cannot oblige you and hope you will feel inclined to consult his interests and agree willingly to leave him in school.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 9, 1903.

Frank E. Johnson,
Sanborn, New York.

Dear Frank :

Owing to the crowded condition of our school it will be impos-
sible to receive you until after commencement. Let us hear from you
again about February 1st and arrangements will be made whereby you
can purchase a reduced rate ticket.

Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 9, 1903.

Rev. W. C. Kingsbury,
Hogansburg, New York.

Dear Mr. Kingsbury :

I wrote you a few days ago about the probable cost of a ticket
for Mrs. Lazore. We shall be very glad to see her here.

It would be best for Sarah White's father to send her one dollar
as for that sum she can get half a dozen very nice photographs. I
do not think the photographer makes a price for anything less than
half a dozen. They will probably want that many anyway.

Philip DeLorimiere has no clothing allowed him but his uniform
and we are keeping such a watch on him that it will be impossible
for him to get much of a start before his absence will be noticed.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 9, 1903.

James Dickson,
Lapwai, Idaho.

Dear James :

I am today asking the Northern Pacific Railroad to place two tickets to Carlisle to your order with the agent at North Lapwai for yourself and Matthew Dickson. In bringing Matthew you must remember the rule that Colonel has made for the admission of new pupils, that is, they must be between the ages of twelve and twenty years, at least one fourth Indian, in good health as evidenced by the physician's certificate, and willing to come for a term of five years. I enclose an application blank which you can have filled out and if the boy is all right bring him right along with you.

I am glad you are in good health again. We shall all be happy to see you back at Carlisle.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 9, 1903.

Rev. J. Emory Fisher,
Iroquois,
Erie Co., New York.

Dear Mr. Fisher :

Mrs. Coates wrote a letter herself or had it written over her signature not long ago asking that Lulu be sent home. She was advised at the time that it was impossible to accede to her request. Colonel Pratt long ago made a rule which it was very necessary to make in such an institution as this that students are not allowed to go home on account of the necessity or seeming necessity of the parents. Should he deviate from this there would be an endless amount of traveling back and forth that would seriously effect the stability of the school.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 9, 1903.

Rev. Peter A. Quinn,

Catasauque, Pa.

Dear Father Quinn :

A telegram from Colonel Pratt yesterday stated that he was at Riverside, California. He will hardly be at home before the middle of the month.

Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 9, 1903.

Mr. H. L. Kingsbury,

Sioux Falls, S. Dak.

Dear Sir :

Relying to your letter of the 4th instant, I regret very much to be obliged to state that the young man you mention, Elias Williamson, has reached an age when it seems inadvisable to receive him at Carlisle. We do not find that good results follow the taking of young people who have reached such maturity.

I trust he can by his own efforts or in some way satisfy his desire for education in one of the institutions in his own state. There I think he might obtain very much better preparation for missionary work than he possibly could at Carlisle or in any other Indian school.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 10, 1903.

Mrs. Louise C. Johnson,
Winnebago, Nebraska.

Dear Mrs. Johnson :

I regret very much to have to say to you that so far we have not succeeded in getting a sufficiently accurate trace of your son to enable us to apprehend him. Sometime I have no doubt we will get a better trail and have him returned to Carlisle. It is greatly to be regretted that a mother who is so much interested in her children as you are should meet with so much opposition from her son. Be assured we shall do everything in our power to see that your wishes are carried out.

George was not a bad boy while at Carlisle, but I think he has come very enthusiastic about baseball to the detriment of the more serious things of life. Should we hear anything about him you will be informed at once.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 10, 1903.

Mrs. Nancy George,
Cherokee, N. Car.

Dear Mrs. George :

Replying to your letter of the 7th instant, Rachel Long had an
opportunity to go home last spring at the regular time when we send
home parties; but she elected to stay. Having done so, it would be
impossible to return her during the school year. Home parties are
not made up again until June. Before that time Colonel Pratt will
be at home and will give the matter his personal attention. However,
I will say to you that in all probability Rachel will be a junior
next spring and when students have reached that stage of advancement
it has been the rule of the school to expect them to remain and complete the course.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 10, 1903.

J. Claudius Potts,
1111 Witherspoon Bldg.,
Phila., Pa.

Dear Sir :

Colonel Pratt has been absent from home for about six weeks
and has therefore been unable to use the water he is supplied from you.
He will be home in about two weeks probably.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 12, 1903.

Dear Sir :

Replying to your letter of the 8th instant, I do not believe it
at all necessary for you to send any such sum of money for your son
as you name in your letter. He has everything he needs while at the
school and in the summer will have opportunity to work and earn such
sums as he should spend for things not given by the school. As to
our going home next summer, that is out of the question. It is not
best for the school or for him and is directly in violation of our
rules. Your son needs to remain in school if his eyes permit and
get all that is possible in the few years left to him for that pur-
pose.

Should you wish to send a small sum to us for Joel for Christmas
it will be taken care of and given him as he needs it.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 14, 1903.

Charles W. Gamble,
East End,
Fittsburg, Pa.

Dear Sir,

Replying to your letter just received, I beg to state that we
have had no entertainment given by the Ernest Gamble Recital Company
during the present season. I would add to this the further statement
that Colonel Pratt is at present away and it will be impossible for
him to give you his personal answer as you request until his return,
which will probably be near the end of the present month.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 14, 1903.

Rev. J. Brainerd Thrall,
515 W. 12th St.
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.

Dear Sir :

I am in receipt of your letter of the 11th instant in behalf of
Elias Williamson. Owing to his advanced age it does not seem best
to receive him at our school. Our term is five years and by the end
of that time he would have arrived at too mature an age for us. Our
limit is twenty years. I should think that a young man of twenty-
four who has had some preliminary training ought to have no trouble
in finishing his education at least to a reasonable extent, by means
of his own effort.

If it were at all possible to serve you in this matter I would
be very glad indeed to do so.

T. M. L. A. R. A.

Dec. 11.

Sec. B. Smith.

San Francisco, Cal.

Have arranged to see lines you name in your message.

Warner.

W. U. - 4:30 P.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 14, 1903.

Abraham Redwing,
Santee, Neb.

Dear Mr. Redwing :

Replying to your letter of the 11th instant, George has $16 to
his credit on our books, but has already spent all he can for the
present under our rule which requires students to save one half of
what they earn. In the first two months he has drawn $6 and with that
money should have had his picture taken and also have had some for
use at Christmas. He has probably spent it for other things and for
that reason it will be necessary for him to wait until he has earned
something more before he can get photographs taken. However, if you
with his picture for yourself and do not want to wait so long there
will be no objection to your sending him enough for that purpose.
If you should do so, send it in care of the superintendent of the
school.

George is well and making very satisfactory progress in school.
He is one of the best students in the office and I have just been talking
with him.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 15, 1903.

Dr. Cyrus See,
Meadville, Pa.

Dear Sir :

On Sept. 25, 1903, Miss Ella S. Brown wrote to this school from Meadville, Pa., and requested us to reply to her addressing the letter in your care until Sept. 25th.

The information which Miss Brown desired has just reached us. Kindly inform me whether she is still with you. If not, can you give her present address? I enclose a return envelope for your reply.

Thanking you in advance for the information, I am

W. B. B.
P.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 15, 1923.

Corbett Lawyer,

Fort Lapwai, Idaho.

Dear Corbett :

The latest ruling of the Department is that all Indians must
take non-competitive examinations for positions to which they were
formerly eligible without examinations. These examinations may be
given at the office of the Superintendent or agent upon application
to the Civil Service Commission, with the provision that there is a
position at such school or agency to which the one in charge desires
the Indian appointed.

Colonel Pratt is still in the far west and will not be able to
read your letter for ten days or two weeks.

With best wishes,

Yours truly,

Acting Subt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 15, 1903.

Mrs. Annie L. Stewart,
Loring, Alaska.

Dear Mrs. Stewart :

I am glad to say that all the new Alaskan children are in good health. Henry Burton was not sick very long, being able to come in about ten days after the rest of the party.

I shall tell the children what you say about pictures, etc., and
an very certain they will be glad to do what you wish.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 15, 1903.

Dear Mr. Kingsbury :

By looking over our accounts I find that we paid $12.35 for tickets Carlisle to Nyando via Tupper Lake Junction last summer when we sent back our home parties. The low rate made via that route when you came in 1901 was granted because of a large party traveling together, and we could not depend upon getting it again for one or two.

Acting Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 15, 1903.

Sarah A. Dake,

Cubero, N. Mex.

Dear Madam :

With reference to your letter of the 8th instant I enclose an
application blank to be filled out by the young man whom you mention
as desirous of coming to Carlisle. Upon receipt of this paper duly
filled out, the matter of his admission will be given further con-
sideration. In this connection, will you be kind enough to find out
whether there is any other reason than the crowded condition of the
Albuquerque School which is against receiving him there. I would
like to know also how far advanced he is. Nineteen years is a rath-
or mature age at which to receive students unless they have made some
advancement in school.

Thanking you for your interest in this matter, I am

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Carlisle, pa., Dec. 16, 1903.

Miss Josephine Jannes,

Elbowood, North Dakota.

My dear Josephine :

Colonel Pratt will not be able to answer your letter until some
time later, as he is still in the west and the date of his return is
somewhat problematical. I prefer that he answer your letter himself
and I know that is what you want, but pending his return let me ad-
vise you to use all your efforts to satisfy the superintendent and
agent. I do not believe you will find it profitable to resign or to
do much complaining. I am satisfied that nothing more will be re-
quired from you than your strength will permit you to do. You
should feel gratified if your services are so appreciated that you
are deemed worthy of doing a variety of work. Nobody finds every-
thing congenial any place in life and we get our greatest happiness
not from what others do for us but from the consciousness that we our-
selves are doing as nearly as possible our own duty. Think that over
until you hear from the Colonel.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 16, 1903.

Mr. James Philips,
Evanston, Ill.

Dear James :

I have just received your letter and will add a few words to the one written you yesterday about your Seattle ticket.

I have written the G.P.A. of the C. & N. W. Ry. in Chicago asking him to instruct his city ticket agent to allow you a rebate on your ticket to Shawano and return. After a reasonable time, several days, if you ask him about it I have no doubt he will make a refund to you.

I trust you will meet with the most abundant success in Seattle. You are wise in going to the west, for I am certain it offers opportunities to young men. There is a chance with energy to work into a practice without waiting until someone else dies out of one. It will be a pleasure if you will let the school hear from you whenever it is convenient and we shall be glad to know that you are succeeding.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 18, 1903.

Mrs. B. M. Vanmeter,
Shawnee, Okla.

Dear Madam :

Replying to your letter of the 10th instant, I have had Dr. Diven,
our school physician, examine your son Judson and he makes this re-
port :

"I find him in good health. He has a little innocent scaly eczema on his skin. It is non-contagious. I think possibly too many people ask him if he is not sick."

This will show you that there is nothing the matter with Judson.
He is able to attend school regularly. The eczema the doctor speaks
of will no doubt disappear as the result of treatment.

I am sorry you should be given any uneasiness.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 13, 1903.

Mrs. Emma Cumings,
Riverview, Wis.

Dear Mrs. Cumings :

Replying to your letter of the 13th instant making application
for the admission of your two children to this school, I enclose
herewith application blanks which please have filled out and return
to us. Upon their receipt we will be pleased to take up the matter
further and will be glad to admit them to Carlisle if their applica-
tions show them to be satisfactory students.

Yours truly,

Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 13, 1903.

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

Dear Mr. Trippe :

On your recommendation I have today asked that a ticket to Car-
lisle be delivered to Anthony Jimerson by the ticket agent of the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Irving, New York, for the use of his son
Page. The ticket should be ready for him within a day or two.

Yours truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 19, 1903.

Miss Elizabeth Williams,
Indian School,
Morris, Minn.

Dear Elizabeth :

I am always glad to hear from you, especially when you are feeling extra good.

I hope you will get as good a laundry as we have at Carlisle so that everything will be convenient for you. It is certain that by showing how good work a Carlisle girl can do in the laundry you will do us much credit and also secure for yourself much favor and a promotion to a higher position later.

We have had excellent skating for more than a week, a very unusual thing at this time of the year. I am sure the ice has never been so good at any time since I have known Carlisle.

We have had a good many cases of pneumonia this year, two of which are still quite serious. Helen Fraties, our little Alaskan girl who has been in delicate health with tuberculosis so long, was laid away in the cemetery Monday last. She had no home, and while we knew long ago that she would have to leave us it was thought best by the relatives she had that she should spend her days here.

Everybody is looking forward to the Christmas holidays now and the air is full of expectancy. We are planning to have our Christmas tree in the gymnasium again, as last year, with a sociable at the same time. The Susans give their annual entertainment Christmas night. It is a Christmas cantata and from what leaks out once in a while I judge it will be a very pretty affair.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 22, 1903.

Mr. W. A. Bender,
Fosston, Minn.

Dear Sir :

Your son Charles called at the school yesterday and stated that
it is his desire that his two brothers and a sister who are now at
the Pipestone School be enrolled at Carlisle. He thought the idea
would meet with your approval, but before taking any steps looking
toward their enrollment here I write to ask if it is your desire that
they shall come to this school. I have no doubt we can do them much
good and if they are in good health and leave Pipestone regularly
we will be pleased to receive them at Carlisle.

I enclose consent blanks to be filled out in case you wish us to
take the children.

TELEGRAM.

Dec. 21.

Solon Sky,
Akron, New York.

Myron not well but stronger than upon return from California. Is
able to travel.

Allen, Act. Supt.

W. U. 2:00 P. M. Collect.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 21, 1903.

Dr. A. L. Seabrook,
Woman's Hospital,
Phila., Pa.

Dear Dr. Seabrook :

I have this morning a letter from the Indian Office stating that Seichu Ateye has applied for appointment as nurse in the Indian service, and has the superintendent of this school as reference.

We know her record while at Carlisle but are not very well informed about what she did in the hospital. Will you be kind enough to write us stating the character of her work and your opinion of her fitness to take a position as nurse. Of course we would be very glad to see her appointed to such a place if she is prepared to do good work and reflect credit upon herself and the school.

Any statement you make will be considered confidential.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 22, 1903.

Miss Elnora Denny,

Grove, I. T.

Dear Elnora :

Mr. Nellis, 'Supt. at Pine Ridge, S. Dak., wrote that he wanted a teacher in place of Edith Smith who has resigned. I have recommended you and today receive a telegram to the effect that he has asked for your appointment. I hope that you will get it and will be very happy in your work. It is a good school with a good superintendent, and I believe the conditions are such as should call forth your most endeavor.

You remember that I met you but once, but the good impression formed then has been strengthened by the report of those here. I know you will do your very best and nothing more can be expected. The salary is $540 per annum, an excellent one to begin with.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 22, 1903.

Henry Lear, Esq.,
Doylestown, Pa.

Dear Sir : -

Replying to your communication of the 1st instant, the delay in
making response to this letter was occasioned by the necessity of
sending a representative from the school to investigate the conduct
of Vemente Figueroa.

A report on the case indicates that the young man is simply car-
rying out the desires of the lady for whom he works. It would seem
to me that he had used unnecessary zeal, but everything he has done
seems to have been with the approval and upon the request of Miss
Cox. You understand that a young man who goes out with instructions
to obey his employer, and having but a limited education, would re-
gard his duty as including obedience to the letter. Vincente has
been remonstrated with by our cutting agent and Miss Cox also has been
told of the dangerous tendency of the instructions he has received.
I trust the matter will quiet itself down. The whole trouble seems
to be, not the fault of the boy particularly, but the lamentable
result of a quarrel between two neighbors.

It does not seem that Vincente has trespassed upon Mr. Stiles'
property. The evidence that we are able to gather does not indicate
that the boy is a nuisance in the neighborhood.

I am obliged to you for calling attention to the trouble and
hope it will be discontinued.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 26, 1903.

Mr. James Philips,
Shawano, Wis.

Dear James :

I congratulate you upon the decision that Earnie and you have made, believing that it will contribute much to the happiness of both of you. Be assured that you have the heartiest good wishes of all Carlisle people.

I have asked that the city ticket agent in Chicago furnish you two tickets to Seattle instead of one and that an additional ticket be furnished you from Shawano to Chicago.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 26, 1903.

Prof. Panahasika,
2316 Frankford Ave.,
Phila., Pa.

Dear Sir :

I enclose herewith two special tickets to Carlisle, for the use
of yourself and your helper in coming to fill your engagement here
on the evening of the 31st. Please acknowledge receipt of these
tickets.

Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 28, 1903.

Foster Charles,
Mercersville, N. J.

Dear Charles :

I have your letter and am glad to know you are enjoying your vacation. You may remain through the week, coming back to the school Saturday.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 28, 1903.

Charles Hood,
Yainax, Oregon.

Dear Charles :

Colonel Pratt has not yet returned from his western trip, but I
have no doubt he will be very glad to receive at least the older
two of your children. I cannot promise you that he would take the
youngest as our rule is that children who enter Carlisle must be at
least twelve years of age. However, your letter will be handed him
for his consideration when he reaches Carlisle, which will be within
a few days. I enclose a number of application blanks and if you can
get together a party of students we will be glad to send you trans-
portation for them and for yourself as escort.

The transportation of children to the railroad, where it is some
distance, is usually arranged for with the parents and they are paid
a reasonable compensation for their time. At the same time they
should bear in mind that the expense should be made as light as pos-
sible, as it is incurred in behalf of their own children.

It will be better for you to defer your coming until about com-
mencement time as our school is overflowing now and will be until
the graduating class has left us.

I am very glad to hear that you are pleasantly located and send
my best wishes to yourself and family.

Sincerely yours,

Acting Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 28, 1903.

Rev. Amos S. Baldwin,
Huntingdon, Pa.

Dear Sir :

Replying to your letter of the 26th instant, I regret to state
that it will be impossible for us to receive the children you men-
tion. Our school is very full, and aside from that it would seem
that these children have no tribal connection that could be traced,
making their Indian blood somewhat a problem. There are many people
travelling about the country claiming to be Indian who have very lit-
tles, if any, Indian blood and no Indian rights whatever.

It would be a pleasure to serve you in the matter if it were pos-
sible.

Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 28, 1903.

Mr. Abraham Redwing,
Santee, Nebraska.

Dear Sir :

Your letter of the 21st instant containing a money order for one
dollar has been received and handed to George. He is going to town
at once to have his picture taken and as soon as they are finished
he will send you one.

Yours truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 28, 1903.

Dear Mr. Kingsbury :

I think it will be best to let all the deserters come back to
the reservation before we make an effort to capture them. I am ex-
ceedingly anxious to have them returned and am rather more anxious
for Frank Sawyer than any other one, on account of their supreme im-
pudence. Whenever they are all there a representative will be sent
if you so desire; or you can entrust their capture to Mr. White if
you feel that he will do the work satisfactorily.

Colonel Pratt will probably be home Wednesday.

Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 28, 1903.

Superintendent,
National Insane Asylum,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir :

The sister of Miguel Maxcy has written for information about
him. We have not had anything concerning his condition for a consid-
erable time. Will you be kind enough to write me a statement that
will show his people how he is at present and what the prospects are
for his recovery, as nearly as you can tell.

I will be very glad to forward it to his people and know that
it will be highly valued by them.

Yours truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 28, 1903.

Monroe Coulon,
Oneida, Wis.

Dear Monroe :

You will find your ticket to Carlisle awaiting you at the C. & N.W. R. R. station in De Pere. So far as I am able to see at present it will be necessary for you to pay for your own ticket. I could not send you $50 for your parents under any circumstances. That will have to be decided by Colonel Pratt, as I told you before.

I am indeed glad you are having a pleasant reunion at home and
hope that every day of your stay will be full of happiness. We will
expect to see you back in time to begin school on the 4th.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 30, 1903.

Amos R. Frank,

Mesa Grande, Cal.

Dear Mr. Frank :

Congratulations upon your rising to your opportunity for great
usefulness at Mesa Grande. I am certain there is abundant chance
for you to do a great deal of good for a little band of Indians that
has need of a consistent friend but has much of the time been without
one.

The catalog and course of study you request for Mr. Chase will
be forwarded today with pleasure.

Wishing continued happiness and prosperity for yourself and
Mrs. Frank,

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Carlisle, pa., Dec. 30, 1903.

Mrs. Susanna Wolfe,
Wah-hi-ya, N. Car.

Dear Mrs. Wolfe :

Replying to your letter of the 25th instant to Colonel Pratt,
your son's term will expire next summer and he will then have the
privilege of returning home if he so desires.

In behalf of Colonel Pratt I wish to thank you for your Christ-
mas greetings and to express the hope that your present prosperous
condition will continue.

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 31, 1903.

Hon. C. W. Crouse,

Supt. & Special Disbursing Agent,
Fort Apache Agency,
Whiteriver, Arizona.

My dear Judge :

Yours of the 22nd instant just reaches me this morning.

When I left Phoenix it was with the intention of visiting San Carlos, then returning by way of the Pimas to Phoenix, then north to Ash Fork, stopping at the agencies near the railroad, if possible taking in Fort Apache. It took us four days to get from the Southern Pacific to San Carlos and back to the Southern Pacific. In the meantime, the necessity for my presence here was so pressing and my transportation so limited that I concluded to come home and get thru with the quarter's papers and other business here and then possibly start out again. If I remain in the Indian service I do intend to see more of the Indians than I have, and also to visit places I have not seen before, yours being one of them. I would a leetle rather come to Fort Apache about the time the trout season is ripe.

Thank you for your very cordial invitation. I shall not let it drop out of mind. With best wishes for a good new year,

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 31, 1903.

Mrs. S. L. Oberholtzer,
1905 Tioga St.,
Phila., Pa.

Dear Madam :

Your letter of Nov. 28th was held for my return from a long absence in the west which ended yesterday.

With regard to teaching thrift in the schools, it seems to me there can be but one opinion as to its application in all elementary school work; but there might be a doubt as to its utility in schools whose children have thrifty, capable and proper parentage who look out for such training at home.

Among Indians the whole policy of the Government's dealings out-
side of school is rather to teach thriftlessness. They are encour-
aged everywhere to run into debt and in some instances are provided
with large amounts of money without having done anything to earn it,
and "Easy come, easy go" bears its fruit upon the parents; so that
if we want to make the Indian children thrifty we are driven to the
expedient of using the schools therefor. As practiced at Carlisle
for more than twenty-four years, in its results and in every way I
cannot do otherwise than speak in the highest terms of such a system.

Your attention is invited to my last report, here enclosed.

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Carlisle, pa., Dec. 31, 1903.

Mr. Harry E. Heller, D. F. & P. A.,
632 Chestnut St.,
Phila., Pa.

My dear Friend :

In reply to your letter marked "7545" which is just before me
on my return from the west where I have been the past two months, I
found while in Los Angeles that it was utterly impossible for us to
make any arrangement to bring the team to Los Angeles except by us-
ing the Union Pacific lines. The Union Pacific agent at that point
seemed to have control of the only desirable athletic field and the
manager who was trying to arrange the game was absolutely under his
thumb. In fact, the two visited together Supt. Hall of the Indian
school at Riverside, with whom we were to play, and made that condi-
tion.

In my absence our folks here had made arrangements with the
Rock Island and D. & R. G. to Ogden, thence Southern Pacific, using
the Santa Fe back; but had to yield to the demands of the parties in
California in order to make a game and finally used the roads so des-
ignated.

Your letter of Dec. 4th was not sent me. In fact, I have been
away for over two months and have rather insisted that they should
not bother me with much of the school business. Sorry to have disap-
pointed you, but we will hope that the future has opportunities for
business over your lines.

Wishing you the best compliments of the season,

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Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 31, 1903.

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

Sir :

I have the honor to report myself on duty in charge of this
school under 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 Inter-
ior dated September 6th, all in 1879.

My address for the next month is as above.

Col. U.S.A., retired, & Supt.

TELEGRAM.

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

Transportation ordered Dec. 2nd still available. Apply agent Mas-
sena Springs.

W. U. 2:25 P.M.

Pratt. Col. & Supt.

Jan. 3.

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 3, 1904.

Mr. Levi J. Burd,
Brewing, Mont.

Dear Sir :

Replying to yours of the 27th ult. concerning the return of
your brother Ira, I have to advise you that in the spring following
the expiration of his five years, which will be a little over a year
from now, he will have the privilege of deciding whether he will go
home at the end of the school year. If he wants to return home he
will be sent with others about the end of June.

He is in the country and is doing well.

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 3, 1904.

Oliver W. Stewart, Chairman,
Chicago, Ill.

Dear Sir :

I enclose my check for $10.00 for your cause.

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Jan. 3, 1904.

George H. Brown,
Late Q.M. Sergt.,
Sergt. Major, 10th U.S. Cavalry,
A. Co., Ward # 5,
National Home,
Danville, Ill.

My dear Sergeant :

I have had so many opportunities to help old soldiers, many of whom I could not even recall - much less recall the conditions they alleged - and have found it so inexpedient to offer advice on claims of all sorts before Congress that I made up my mind years ago to act only in cases where I was called upon for information. Your best way will be to do as all others do. Go to the Congressman in whose bailiwick you vote and get him to act for you; but first I think you ought to bring your case before the Pension Bureau and get a decision from there. It might be that no special bill will be necessary.

Congressmen are doing these things all the time and they can without detriment, but I can't. When your case is up if they want any information and ask me for it it will then be all right for me to act, and I do that sometimes.

Wishing you the compliments of the season.

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 3, 1903.

Miss Elnora Denny.

Grove, J. T.

Dear Miss Denny :

The enclosed copy of a letter from the Department explains why you have not received an appointment. I recommended you to Mr. Nel- lis and also wrote the Department asking your appointment. If you were on the ground and would take the risk of going there for trial it might be that the Commission would allow you to be examined there. However, I hesitate to advise you to do that.

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 4, 1904.

George Pradt,

Winslow, Arizona.

Dear George :

Glad to hear from you on any subject and especially glad to hear when you want to help some of your own young people to get out from their past and into higher conditions and, think Carlisle can accomplish that for them. I send you half a dozen application blanks. Fill them out very carefully, so that I may know all about the boys, and send them back to me. If they are all right I will place transportation. When you write you would better tell me where they will start from.

Wishing you a happy new year, and congratulating you on the start you have made, for I heard about you when in New Mexico lately, I am

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 4, 1904.

Stacy Watlock,

Whiterocks, Utah.

My dear Stacy :

Mrs. Pratt and I came home on the 30th of December and yesterday at inspection your good, promising, Pawnee delegate handed me your little note and I did as you requested - shook hands with him and asked him to come and see me at the office so I could talk with him. He has not been up yet. I only write you this to show that your wishes have had my attention.

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 4, 1904.

Hon. M. E. Olmsted,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Olmsted :

Will you kindly favor me with two copies of the latest Congressional Directory, one for the printing office and one for my office, and greatly oblige,

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 4, 1904.

Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson,
Bureau of Education,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Dr. Jackson :

It becomes my sad duty to tell you of the death early this morn-
ing of our dear little Cookigluk.

It has been plain for some time that we should be unable to
bring her through this attack as we have through previous ones.
her heart was unequal to its duties and she became dropsical and
gradually filled up. Last evening word came to me that she was dy-
ing and I went down to see her. She seemed so happy at having me by
her, calling me "Father." I knew her own father was dead, so I said,
"You have two fathers", and she spoke instantly with a beaming smile.
"Yes, I have three, my own father, and you, and my Heavenly Father."
I said, "You are going now to your Heavenly Father, aren't you?"
She had known for some time she was going to die. She said, "Yes,
if I am good"; and in a little while said, "I want to say my prayers."

So I told the nurses to encourage her. Then she tried to speak, but
finding herself unable to say much, "I will just whisper" she said;
so we waited while she closed her eyes and moved her lips. Then she
wanted to see some of her Port Clarence friends, Anneebuek, Esane-
tuch and Coolalook. They came in and as soon as they saw her they
began to cry. This aroused her and she sat bolt upright, called them
by name and told them not to cry. "Why do you cry, Esanetuch ? "
You must not cry, Coolalook. It is all right. Don't cry." Then she

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sank back exhausted and we waited quite a little while, when she again
roused and wanted to say goodbye to her friends, gave them her hand
and drew them down one by one and kissed them ; then told them to
go. Then she bade me goodbye. I went out for a little while and
came back to find her sunk down in bed quite in a collapse. This
was early in the evening, but she lasted until morning.

As you know, Cookie has been under hospital care a great deal
since she came to Carlisle and it is only through the kindest of care
and nursing that we have held on to her so long.

Faithfully yours,

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January 4, 1904.

Dr. W. J. Tucker, Pres.,
Dartmouth College,
Hanover, New Hampshire.

My dear Doctor :

I want you to come to Carlisle to our commencement which begins with a lecture from some distinguished person on the night of the 16th of February, and continues through the 17th and 18th, the graduating exercises taking place on the afternoon of the 18th. I want you to be the lecturer for us. You can choose your own subject and there will be nothing else except before the audience that evening but a little music. The audience is always made up of people from a distance and of the best people from the town - purely invited guests. We will take the best care of you from the time you leave home till you reach home again, paying all expenses. Will you come ?

Please give me as prompt a reply as you can.
In the invitation including expenses and entertainment we would include Mrs. Tucker.

With high regard,

Sincerely yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 6, 1904.

Dr. Lyman Abbott,
Editor, "The Outlook",
New York City.

My dear Doctor :

Since Mohonk I have added to past experience and brought my
knowledge somewhat up to date by much travel among the Indians. I
am satisfied that a change of Indian management to the army is not
what we want at this time.

A change to the army would be publication of failure of the
present management which I think suffers most because the system is
incongruous. Danger from the Indian is past, so that army management
is not needed on that account. The army organizes. What the Indian
service needs is disorganizing. The army is not in such sympathy
with our civil affairs as to lead to a belief that it would very
readily acknowledge civil institutions to be best for our Indians.
It would be more inclined to continue segregating methods. The great-
est enemy of the Indian is intoxicants, and he needs example, advice,
influencing and protection of the strongest character against those.
The army has no conscience against whiskey, rather the contrary.
Right purpose at the top and power to enforce that purpose, and any
administration can be effective.

If a change is to be made I believe the President could handle
General Grant's plan better than any other; that is, the plan of
church cooperation. If the dignitaries of the different churches
were called together and he told them there must be an end to the
Indian system by helping and encouraging them to share with us all

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Dr. Abbott.

very sorry to say also that methods used to get the Indians to work
on their allotments by the system of instruction pursued have pro-
such
duced manager results as to give no material hope of ultimate success.
Go with me and see the Indians at home, and particularly all these
allotted Indians, and find that this picture is not overdrawn.

Miss Reel is a positive detriment to the Indian school service
wherever she goes. She is a flirt and a politician and seems inca-
pable of giving an educational inspiration at any school. Her career
ought to be ended. It could be done easily by the President having
Congress change the title from Superintendent to Inspector and Super-
intendent. No other change would be needed in the Indian bill.
in her place

Then we should have a man with sufficient information on the
Indian question, and loftiness of purpose to help not only the schools,
but the Indians, along the lines I have suggested. His rank as In-
spector would make him superior to the agents and all the field ser-
vice and he could direct not only the school and agency forces, but
talk with authority to the old Indians and the young. Now that half
the agencies are under school superintendents who are also acting as
agents, this change would seem to be necessary and proper.

There are many other things of observation and experience that
I would like to talk to you about, and as you have always espoused
my cause and sympathized with my peculiar views I should feel like
unboscning myself to you. If sometime soon I could be assured of
meeting you in New York I would run over and see you.

As ever,

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Carlisle, pa., Jan. 6, 1903.

Miss Seichu Atsye.
1627 Mt. Vernon St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Seichu :

The Indian Office wrote here for endorsement of you and now
send me the following :

"Your letter of the 31st ultimo recommending Seichu Atsye, one
of your former pupils for Nurse, is received.

In reply you are informed that the Civil Service Commission has
already been requested to give her a non-competitive examination,
and if she passes I will try to give her a position as Nurse some-
where in the service. "

Since April all Indians who are appointed to positions in the
Indian service are required to take non-competitive examinations. I
trust you will pass well.

With best wishes.

Faithfully, your friend.

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 6, 1904.

Mrs. Dave Hardin,
Gaddy, Okla.

Dear Madam :

I delayed some time in replying to your letter as it was not convenient to see Mary at once. When I talked to her about it a few days ago she said that she does not write to nor receive any letters from Mr. La Falier. She also promised me that she would not carry on any correspondence with him, saying that she had no desire to do so and felt no special affection for him.

Mary has been a good girl in school and seems to have the confidence of her matron and teachers. I shall be glad to write you at any time you have any inquiries to make.

TELEGRAM.

Jan. 7.

Your message. Yes, bring Frank Sawyer.

Postal. 9:50 A.M.

Pratt, Col. & Supt.

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Carlisle, pa., Jan. 7, 1904.

Chauncey Y. Robe,

Rosebud, S. Dak.

My dear Chauncey :

Your letter of the 2nd of December came in my absence in the
west and was held for my return, which did not occur until the 30th.
I thank you for writing me so fully about both the Wyoming and the
whiskey matters.

What you say about what is going on up there is true of practi-
cally all Indians everywhere. I crossed the continent four times
since the 3rd of August, visiting many reservations and schools, talk-
ing with those in authority and with the Indians as well, and there
is one universal sentiment that whiskey is killing more Indians than
bullets ever did. It is killing them morally as well as physically
and a great many are being killed morally who do not die physically
but remain a bane to their own people and a dreadful influence upon
the white man's conclusions about Indians. I hope you will read my
editorial on this subject in this week's Red Man and tell me what you
think about it.

It is too bad that boys will run away from school, as you say a
boy did from the Rapid City school and so lose their lives. Some
years ago two boys ran away from Genoa, making their way back to the
Omaha Agency, and froze so badly as to lose their legs.

Your courageous letter indicates that you are still in the field
fighting for the right and we all greet you at the beginning of the
new year with most cordial good wishes. I wish you might be with us

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at our next commencement which takes place the 16th, 17th and 18th
of February. I am trying to get Mr. Schurz to come then. As he was
Secretary of the Interior at the time and established the school it
will be especially proper that we have a goodly number of our old
students present. I can make a half rate railroad arrangement for
you and any others of the old boys and girls who can come. Please
talk it over among yourselves and make up a good party from Rosebud.

Faithfully your friend,

Jan. 7, 1904.

Mr. S. G. Preston, Asst. Supt.;
Anti-Saloon League,
Room 15, Bank Bldg.,
Harrisburg, Pa.

Dear Sir :

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 7, 1904.

Fred Penn,
P. O. Box #32,
Ralston, O. T.

My dear Friend :

I got your letter of the 29th of December and afterward the en-
closure for The State Capitol and Oklahoma Farmer. The paper has not
yet put in an appearance, but will I suppose in due time.

I am very glad indeed to hear from you and regret that I could
not stop long enough among the Osages to see my old pupils. Sometime
when I am not so hurried I will send you word I am coming and will
then remain long enough to get around among the Indians. In the
meantime I wish you could be with us at commencement which takes
place on the 16th, 17th and 18th of February. Can't you bring your
family ? Make up a party of good fellows - Embrey Gibson, Harry Koch-
pay, and others. Talk it over among yourselves and see if you cannot
get up a nice little company of our old students. I will agree up-
on my part to see that you get a half rate to Carlisle, and of course
we should be glad to take care of you here without cost.

With cordial good wishes for the new year from all of us,

Faithfully your friend,

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Carlisle, pa., Jan. 7, 1904.

Dr. L. Webster Fox,
1304 Walnut St.,
Phila., Pa.

My dear Doctor :

You remember when we were at Mr. Duncan's village the mayor brought in his little boy and you looked at his eye and thought you could help it. The lad is here now, is a nice little fellow, is my office orderly. I have had my own doctor examine him and the enclosed is his diagnosis. Please advise me.

I send you today two photographs with the compliments of the
Indian artist.

Faithfully yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 7, 1904.

Dear Brother Kingsbury :

Glad to get yours of the 3rd. I started Mr. Colegrove, one of
my assistant disciplinarians, as soon as possible after getting your
telegram, but a note from him this morning states that he was delayed
about twenty-four hours. However, he will have been with you before
this reaches you and started back.

Since you can reach me by telegraph and even by phone though
the expense of that would be too heavy for anything but the most ex-
traordinary occasions, it seems better not to keep a standing order
at Massena Springs. The railroad people are not favorable to such
an arrangement, preferring to have them ordered as needed, and as we
can do that by telegraph and they give their instructions in the
same manner there should not be delays of any consequence.

Yes, Mrs. Pratt and I have had quite a journey. We have crossed
the continent four times since the 3rd of August, visiting a number
of Indian schools, agencies, etc., and like the country boy who went
from Indiana to Illinois, "By the time a fellow travels four hundred
miles he knows a whole lot." We have picked up considerable valuable
information. I am very sorry to say that owing to whiskey and the
liberal supply of money furnished under the allotment system the In-
dians are being made "good Indians" of the Sheridan stripe, that is,
"lead Indians" very fast.

We are in the midst of preparations for commencement which oc-

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curs on the 16th, 17th and 18th of February. Can't you come down?

With kind regards to Mrs. Kingsbury,

Fraternally yours,

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 7, 1903.

Mr. Nelson Cornelius,
Oneida, Wis.

Dear Sir :

Replying to your letter of Dec. 27th, I have to advise you that the doctor has examined Timon and states that there is nothing the matter with him except that he is weak mentally and we all knew that before. He has had a little cold and has lost his voice temporarily but that, as you understand, is an incident that comes to young people almost any time. There is therefore no substantial reason why he should go home and I cannot send him.

Col. & Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 7, 1903.

Alfred Blackbird,

Omaha Agency, Nebraska.

Dear Alfred :

I know nothing about the plans of the Government for the ex-
change of allotments, but have sent your letter to the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs and asked him not only to give it his attention but
to write you directly about it. The matter is of course entirely in
his hands and will be passed upon the recommendation of your agent.

It would be well for you, I think, to ask your agent to go out
with you and see the land and so get him committed to your interests.
Certainly, it was not fair when you were away at school trying to
fit yourself for a higher life, that the Government should not pro-
tect you and give you as good as others received. The agent will no
doubt see that at once.

With best wishes,

Faithfully your friend,

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Carlisle, pa., Jan. 7, 1904.

Mr. John Thomas,
R. F. D. # 5,
Syracuse, New York.

My dear Sir :

As I telegraphed you, your son Albert went to the hospital with pneumonia on Monday last and died the next day. On Monday he was in school but was not well and was instructed to go to the hospital. He did not want to go and persisted in remaining in school until finally required to go there. When he reached the hospital the pneumonia had such a start on him that he was practically in a collapse. His temperature had gone down and his condition was so low that it was impossible to do anything to bring him up. I telegraphed you about his attack Tuesday morning immediately on receipt of the doctor's notification to me, which read as follows :

"Albert Thomas came to the hospital last evening sick. He has pneumonia with a heart giving out already. I fear that he will die. It might occur at any time."

He died that evening. The trouble was that his heart was unable to meet the vigor of the attack. He was laid to rest in our little school cemetery yesterday and the Methodist clergyman from the town preached one of the most effective funeral sermons I ever listened to. It is with great regret that I send you this sad news.

Albert had to his credit here $38.68. What shall we do with it?

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Carlisle, pa., Jan. 7, 1904.

Juan Santana, # 3673,
Penna. Industrial Reformatory,
Huntingdon, Pa.

Dear Juan :

I have your letter which was waiting me when I got home on the
30th of December, but I have been very busy since. I have just writ-
ten to Mr. Patton about your trunk and shall be ready to ship it to
you as soon as he says it will be all right to send it. You have
here $48.47, which I can send you by check whenever you want it. If
you come here before starting home I can give you a half rate ticket
to Brooklyn, which will save you something; or I can send it by mail
if you prefer so that you need not come to Carlisle. You can use the
ticket from Harrisburg. Please let me know just what you want.

I am glad to know you have made a good record. With best wishes
for your future,

Faithfully your friend,

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Jan. 7, 1904.

Mr. C. A. Maxwell, Atty. at Law,
Bond Bldg.,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Maxwell :

I feel that it is not right to be taking your
time to write me about my business, etc. While I
realize of course that if we are successful you will
have your pay in the percentage I still want to have
you feel that I wish to show you by something more
than words that your efforts are appreciated. Please
use the enclosed as an earnest of my appreciation.

Sincerely yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 7, 1904.

Mr. H. A. Gross,
Passenger Dept., C. & N. W. R. R.,
Chicago, Ill.

My dear Harry :

On the 27th of October you wrote me forwarding a letter from Mr. E. V. Skinner dated Oct. 26th, advising that there would be a refund on the unused portions of tickets over the Canadian Pacific. Not having heard from me I wondered whether it was worth while to take the matter up further or wait still longer.

Sincerely yours,

Jan. 7, 1904.

General James H. Wilson,
1305 Rodney St.,
Wilmington, Del.

My dear General :

In reply to my letter to Senator Nelson I have
his note saying,

"I am be entirely in favor of the bill and shall do what I can to promote its passage although I am not on the Military Committee and therefore have not this direct influence in getting a favorable report from the Committee that I would were I a member of it."

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Jan. 7, 1904.

Mrs. Josephine Miles Woodward,
711 W. 7th St.,
Cincinnati, Ohio.

My dear Joe :

I send you a small quantity of our literature
including this week's Red Man, which will give you
what I think is the most interesting phase of the In-
dian question.

have
Mrs. Pratt and I crossed the continent four times
since the 3rd of August, visiting many reservations
and schools, and I must say that from one end of the
country to the other the situation is anything but
satisfactory. The increase in drunkenness among the
Indians is simply frightful. In some places it looks
to me as if they had lost all heart and expectation
of being anything in this world and had about made
up their minds to quit.

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Jan. 7, 1904.

Rev. Edward Marsden,
200 S. Humphreys Ave.,
Oak Park,
Chicago, Ill.

Dear Edward :

Sorry I did not return before you left. I got back on the 30th of December.

Please write me fully whether you have succeeded in all your plans in coming to the States as you anticipated and whether things have gone satisfactorily with you. If not, let me know wherein, and greatly oblig.

Your Alaska crowd seems to be in excellent shape.

Faithfully your friend,

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Jan. 7, 1904.

Mr. Wu. G. Fischer,
1710 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

My dear friend :

Yours of December 2nd enclosing the Christmas music came duly but in my absence was not attended to as it should have been by my people here. I have had my music people test it and they think it very pretty. It is too late, of course, to use it this year, but if you have copies left and can send us enough for next year I can guarantee that we will make use of it. We should have eight hundred copies to supply all the students and people at the school. This would be a pretty heavy tax upon you, and I of course leave it entirely to your judgment. If I had the copies now I would have the leaf pasted in our Epworth Hymnals so the selection would be ready for the next year.

Glad to hear from you again. Sorry not to have seen you for so long. Mrs. Pratt and I have traveled quite a little since the 3rd of August, crossing the continent four times and visiting many of the Indian tribes and schools. I am very sorry to say that on account of whiskey and too much money conditions are

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very bad and growing worse rapidly.

On the 16th, 17th and 18th of February we have our
commencement. This is the twenty-fifth year. I am try-
ing to get Carl Schwarz here, who was Secretary of the
Interior at the time of beginning, and established the
school. I would like above all things to have as many
of my old friends of those days as we can get togeth-
er. Is it not possible for you to be among them? Do
not say no.

Wishing you a happy new year and many of them,
As ever,

Faithfully yours,

Jan. 7, 1904.

Balfay, Banks & Riddle,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Gentlemen :

Yours truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 7, 1904.

Gen. John Eaton,

The Concord,

Washington, D. C.

My dear General :

Yours of the 12th of December awaited my return on the 30th.
I have already written Prest. Tucker and would be glad if you would
add your urgency for him to deliver our Commencement lecture on
Tuesday night, the 16th of February.

I note what you say about Miss Gould and will write her
personally. I would be glad if you would also add your urgency there.

Mrs. Pratt and I had a most profitable trip in the way
of finding out as to the conditions among the Indians. I am sorry
indeed to say that whiskey and idleness, induced by the payments of
money to all allotted Indians, is making sad havoc, not only upon
their character but upon their physical condition as well.

We have fixed upon the 16th, 17th and 18th of February
for our Commencement, and I have written Mr. Schurz, who issued the
order establishing this school, hoping that he may be present as
the guest of honor of the occasion.

Mrs. Pratt and I had the great pleasure and fortune to
meet your daughter in Phoenix, and it was like a breath from the
East. Both she and her husband were quite jovial, living in a tent.
The Doctor's eye was clear and he has gained in weight and certainly looked as though he were improving.

Sincerely yours,

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Mr. Hosea Locke,

Ft. Hall, Idaho.

My dear co-laborer :

Yours of the 29th ult. reached me duly. I arrived home
on the 30th, and have been trying to get the accumulation out of
the way. I have written the Commissioner in regard to your case
and feel sure that he will give it such attention and consideration
as it deserves.

Mrs. Pratt and I had a very pleasant trip, stopping at
Carson, San Francisco, Riverside, Yuma, Phoenix, San Carlos,
Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and elsewhere. We found our trip so prof-
itable and entertaining that it is not unlikely, if I remain in
in the service, that we shall start out in the spring.

With kindest regards and the best wishes of the season
to you and yours,

Sincerely your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 7, 1904.

Mr. E. K. Mather,

Metlakahtla, Alaska.

Dear Sir :

Your son Elwood is an orderly at the office. I see him every day, and by this means he comes into contact with quite a good many visitors and kindly people. He is a good boy, carrying himself well. I returned to the school from a long absence on the 30th of December and have just now taken up his case. I have written Dr. Fox, whom you remember was with me at your place, and asked him what he thinks is best to do for Elwood to improve the condition of his eyes. I will see that the matter is attended to, and of course he has my personal interest and observation.

In regard to what Mr. Duncan says about sending your children to Government institutions, I am at a loss to understand. What all Indians need and a great many of them want is actual citizenship. This means not only the privilege to be independent and to take care of themselves and their own affairs like other people, but it means the ability to do that. In training children for any position or avocation in life, it seems essential that they should be put in contact with that for which we are training them. If we are trying to make blacksmiths, carpenters or other mechanics, we should bring them into association with blacksmiths, carpenters, and so forth: so, too, if we are trying to make our children citizens, it is good policy to put them into contact with citizens, so that they may learn by actual experience what it is to be a cit-

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Izen. The bane of our Indian School Service is that it does not bring
Indian youth into contact with citizens and so make them feel at home
with citizens and equal to the duties of citizens. We have tribes
of Indians in the great state of New York who have been treated
by the home school method for nearly ninety years, and have been
carefully kept away from association with citizens. The result
is that they have not had their citizenship ideas trained and their
ambition for citizenship aroused, and they care nothing for cit-
izenship. Is it not folly, therefore, for us to anticipate that
the future will disprove the past, and that by the same systems and
methods of training we shall reach results different from what
we have reached in the past ? My effort will be with your boy,
as with all other boys and girls, to give him as much association
with citizens as possible, and in all my talks and instructions
to him to enlarge his ideas and purposes along this line and so
make him equal to moving out into the life of the people at large.
Brother Duncan and I do not agree in this matter. He has had his
own purposes and his peculiar experiences, and they have both
been wonderful. I have had my purposes and my experiences on
an exactly contrary line, and they have been equally wonderful.
Some people never get to be larger than the little community in
which they live; others living in larger communities become equal
to their surroundings; there are still others who can be as large
as the territory or state in which they live; and still others who
can be as large as the present nation itself, made up of all the
states and territories; and there are yet others who can be as
large as the whole world. I take it the best plan is to try to
make all equal to as large a sphere as possible, and am,
Very sincerely your friend,

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January 7, 1904.

Mr. D. L. Lindsay,

14 S. Broad St., Phila.

My dear Friend :

Yours of the 4th with enclosed check for $17.31
from the Bible class on behalf of our departed but
great and good Dr. Trumbull, came duly, and I thank
the class most heartily for its continued interest.
It was only the day I received your letter that my
secretary told me she had noticed that Dr. Trumbull
was dead, the first I had heard of it. A wonderful,
lovable Christian he was, and what hosts will rise up
to call him blessed : The greatness and wideness of
his uplift of humanity ranks him among earth's
noblest characters.

I reciprocate your kindly good wishes for the
new year, and am,

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 7, 1904.

Miss Kate Macbeth,

Hawái, Idaho,

My dear Miss Macbeth :

On my return from a long absence in the West, I find
that James Dixon has been brought back to Carlisle, and also find
the enclosed letter. I hardly know what to do about it, will you
please give me your best judgment of I knew something of James'
entanglements myself but my people here did not,

P. S. It was my hope that when James went home he would stay.

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 7, 1904.

Fred Bighorse,
Rosebud, S. Dak.

Dear Ned :

Your letter of the 25th of November has been answered
in my absence, and I write now only to say how glad I am that
you write me, and to know of your well-doing and also of your
loyalty to Carlisle principles. Sometimes I have discouraging
influences, and then I get a letter from one of my old boys or girls
that fills me with new life and hope. You're one of that sort
and I thank you for it. I certainly wish you all the compliments
of this promising New Year.

What a savage act it was to kill those poor Indians
in Wyoming ! When white men become savage, they are the very
worst sort.

We have our Commencement this year on the 16th, 17th and
18th of February. I have just written a letter to Chauncey and
trust you and he and others may be with us. I can arrange a half
rate ticket for you if you will let me know in time.

Sincerely your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 7, 1904.

Dr. O. Benson,
Hector, Minn.

Dear Doctor :

Your letter of December 10th was held against my return
from a long absence in the West, and since my return I have been
extremely busy so that I have not been able to read it until now.
I asked for three separate assignments from the Civil Service list.
After going over the papers carefully with the people in Washington,
I selected first a man from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, having made
inquiries about him and found that he probably was the man I
wanted, but he declined; then another from S. Dakota who also
declined; still another from Arizona who declined; and as these
difficult experiences ran on, I became disgusted with the situation
and concluded to continue with my present help. Prior to this and
after my conference with you, I selected a man in Maine and urged
him to take the examination, but he found it impracticable be-
cause they already had plenty of names on the eligible list. So
that, taken all in all, there seems a fatality about getting the
man I want. You ought to know all these conditions and the dif-
ficulties you may meet if you undertake what you purpose, and I
don't see how I can properly hold out encouragement to you, I
think if I were you I would take the examination anyhow, it cannot
hurt you. Whether it is desirable to bring things around to your
coming here or whether they could be brought around if desirable
will hinge of course entirely upon your being on the eligible list;

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Jan. 8, 1904.

Dr. John Bancroft Devins,
C/o New York Observer,
New York.

My dear Doctor :

Your line from China dated Nov. 2nd, giving a brief
of your travels, is most welcome. Mrs. Pratt and I
were traveling in the west from the 3rd of August to
the 30th of December, crossing the continent four times.
We found out much that is important in our work and I
am sad to say, much that is distressing, as the en-
closed copy of The Red Man will show.

Our commencement is fixed for the 16th, 17th and
18th of February, and as this year closes our quarter
century and Mr. Schurz who as Secretary of the Interior
established the school is still living, I have written
him urging that he be with us, and trust we may be so
fortunate. Wish you and Mrs. Devins could be here.

With cordial regards to Mrs. Devins and yourself,
in which Mrs. Pratt joins,

Faithfully yours,

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Jan. 8, 1904.

Mr. Frank Hall,
707 Second St.,
Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dear Frank :

One of my boys hands me your card and it brings
up old times.

I saw Will Dunn and his family in Los Angeles
three weeks ago. He is remarkably well considering
that six months ago he was in a Southern Pacific Rail-
road car that turned a double somersault over an en-
bankment forty feet high, going at the rate of forty
miles an hour, and lit square on its feet in the
sand. It was a miraculous performance with miracu-
lous results.

I have a family of four children - thirteen
grand-children. I am sending you one of our illus-
trated catalogs which will give you an idea of what
I have been at for twenty-five years.

With best wishes for the new year,

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Jan. 8, 1904.

Mr. Hinton White,
131 State St.,
Boston, Mass.

My dear Mr. White :

Yours with regard to being in Pennsylvania is
just received.

We are having all this week, every night, Dr.
and Mrs. Crary with their tours . We have had four
of Europe and tonight and tomorrow will have Ameri-
ca.

I have been away all fall and had authorized a
certain amount for the purpose of entertainments.
On my return I found that the amount was expended ;
but six years ago when the Craries were here I had
told them to come at any time for a week, and rest-
ing on my invitation all their arrangements for
engagements in this locality were made, giving us a
week. It has been most profitable to us but takes
all I can spare for such purposes this year. I am
a little sorry things are so because we always enjoy
your lectures. Don't drop us from your list for
succeeding years, and please let us know earlier in
the day.

Yours truly,

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January 8, 1904.

Gen. James H. Wilson,
1305 Rodney St.,
Wilmington, Del.

My dear General :

I am glad to get yours of the 7th, and realize
fully your position which has been mine all the years.
I have written Senator Nelson, telling him of my
error but not withdrawing my judgment.

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 8, 1904.

Miss Ethel Ball,
Brownsburg, Pa.

Dear Miss Ball :

Replying to yours of January 1st, concerning grading
of Thomas Yellowbull, the following report is made from the
school people :

" Thomas Yellowbull, aged 16, 4th grade, needs the following :
Language - Description, dictation, good simple sentence, oral
and written work, spelling, phonic drills.

Arithmetic - Review in five fundamental studies - addition,
subtraction, multiplication, division and parts of
even numbers, long division, elements and first
steps of fractions and simple analysis in problems.

Reading - Drill work in expression, Practice to gain thought, and easy recognition of words.

Geography, physiology and Nature study - very elementary."

According to our records, Sherman Seneca is 13 years
of age.

I trust both are doing well.

LC

Col. & Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 3, 1904.

Rev. Edward Marslen,
209 S. Humphreys Ave.,
Oak Park,
Chicago, Ill.

Dear Edward :

I found Helena Maitland in the hospital yesterday, suffering pain in her heart, the immediate origin of it being rheumatism. Her history is not good. The following is Dr. Diven's report :

"I call your attention to Helen Maitland. She has a diseased heart. The lining of the heart inside is diseased as well as the heart - the muscle itself. The valves leak. She has a history of having had attacks of rheumatism, showing a vitiated system. Being acquainted with these facts, you should be somewhat prepared in case of announcement of sudden death at anytime. All such persons are ill prepared to endure the wear and tear and often practically mad rush of industrial school life."

We have dealt with such cases before and carried them along for sometime. She is better this morning and will probably rally from this. Of course this is not the season of the year to handle a case of this kind, but as it appears to me now, it would be better when summer comes that she return home. However, I would like to hear from you about it.

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 8, 1904.

Mr. H. W. Spray,
Cherokee, N. C.

My dear Spray :

I have been on the go, as you may know, from the 3rd of August, and only got home on the 30th of December.

Sorry to hear of your removal. I doubt if you will accomplish anything by a re-hearing from the Secretary. Equity in these matters is a difficult thing to secure.

LC

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 9, 1904.

Miss Josephine Janniss,
Indian School,
Elbowoods, N. Dak.

Dear Josephine :

Between the 3rd of August and the 30th of December I was away in the west and saw many reservations and schools. Since my return I have been quite busy. I hear incidentally from Miss Peter that you have not been just as happy as you would like to be and that things may not have been going as pleasantly as would be desirable.

By this time I am sure you will have thought more carefully over the situation and things will have righted themselves with you. In this world we have to learn to endure. "Endure hardness as good soldiers" is the instruction, and the better able we are to endure the loftier and grander all our work is as a result of endurance.

I have counted on you as one of my stand-bys, one to whom I could refer as being faithful clear through to the end, because you had considerable of that here. Nothing pleased me more while I was away than to find Carlisle students and graduates who had at once gone to work when they quit Carlisle and had continued through a long series of years. Samuel Keryte, in Albuquerque, was one of these. Immediately upon reaching home he went to work in the blacksmith shops of the railroad company and has been at work there ever since, fifteen years, never for any reason being laid off. Others, white men, when work was slack were laid off, but Sam was kept at it because as the Superintendent and the chief of the Department both told me, he was one of the very best workmen and was kind and

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considerate always and never became offended when corrected. Sam
has a nice little family and lives in Albuquerque. The people there
who know him tell me they could not speak too highly of him. It
did the old Colonel's heart no end of good. Sam earns, working by
the hour, about $20 a week simply because he stuck to it and became
sufficiently skillful to do that. "He that is faithful over a few
things" you remember.

Use that as a guide and with great patience and great industry
you will overcome everything.

With best wishes,

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Jan. 9, 1904.

New York Observer,
New York City.

Gentlemen :

I have been away since August and on my return
find that The Observer has not been coming to me for
some time. Enclosed find my check for Three Dollars.
I would like particularly the numbers having anything
from Dr. Devins. If you can, you may begin back and
send me all those numbers, or as far back as possible.

Please receipt for the amount.

Yours truly,

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Carlisle, Pa, January 9, 1904.

Henry Horselocking,
Rosebud Agency, S. D.

My dear Henry :

I have your letter of inquiry regarding Henry Knocks-Off-Two and have been looking up his case. He is in the country for the winter, living with Theodore B. Hunt, near Titusville, New Jersey, and attending the public school. His reports for the past three months are before me, all of which say he is in excellent health and indicate he is doing well. His October and November home letters were addressed to Mr. Redthunder, Rosebud, S. Dakota. In December he wrote to you and to Ralph, and I cannot understand why you have not received his letters.

I am glad to know that you and your friends are all well. Commencement season is almost here and we should be glad to have a delegation of old students present from your Agency, as last year, I will arrange that they have transportation at half rate.

With best wishes,

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Jan. 9, 1904.

My dear Brown :

Yours of the 29th of November was just this min-
ute received and my Tribune is before me showing that
Mordecai of the Ordnance, Haskell of the Infantry,
Hathaway of the Quartermaster's, Taylor of the Ar-
tillery, Butler of the Ordnance, Cox of the Pay De-
partment, Kline of the Infantry, Daugherty of the
Infantry, McCaskey of the Infantry, Mills of the
Academy, Lt. Col. Allen of the Engineers and Lt. Col.
True of the Quartermaster's Department are to be pro-
moted to Brigadier and retired. Kobbe, Sanger,
Bates, Randolph, and Gillespie are made Major Gener-
als. This, I take it, leaves you # 4 for Colonel and
will probably get you into the next batch.

I can well understand your weariness at the
long tropical service and your feelings with regard
to being so long separated from your family, and
trust there may be a change which will bring things
around more to your liking.

I replied briefly to a letter of yours not long
ago. There is nothing new here. I am still at the
helm and in quite an anomalous position, being neith-
er one thing nor the other. I have been retired

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but not relieved from duty here.

The enclosed Red Man will give you further know-
ledge of my attitude on the Indian question.

When in Southern California recently I met quite
a number of Filipinos who belonged to a party of 90
sent over by the Filipino Government for education in
America. I understand an allowance of $500 apiece is
made for them and they are parceled out in families ,
for the most part attending the public schools. It
was stated that next summer they would be at the
World's Fair on exhibition, thereafter to be distrib-
uted through the east for education. They were gen-
tlemanly little fellows, many of them not unlike our
Indians. Several with whom I talked spoke English very
imperfectly and I understand they have to carry them
along in school without special reference to their
standing or qualifications; but they were exceedingly
neat and gentlemanly in their appearance and behavior.

I am glad to report that we are all well. Our
enrollment this year has been running above 1080.

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Jan. 9, 1904.

Hon. Knute Nelson,
United States Senate,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Senator :

Thanks for your letter of yesterday.

I wrote General Wilson telling him that I had written
you and would write others. He objects to my saying
he is an applicant for promotion; says he never asked
the Government nor anyone in authority for place or
promotion and does not want it to appear that he is
doing so now. On rereading his first letter I see
that I was mistaken in putting that construction upon
it. I therefore withdraw that part of my statement
but do not recall anything I have said about it myself.

Sincerely yours,

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Jan. 9, 1904.

John D. Miles,

Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Miles :

I just have a letter from my friend in the Senate with regard to the asphalt matter. He says as follows :-

"While I knew nothing about the particular case to which you refer, prior to the receipt of your letter, yet I am not surprised by what your friend states. It tallies with a good many other things that are going on in that department. Theoretically, the Secretary stands on very high ground, but when it comes to the matter of practical detail I notice that he often falls down. "

I believe things are working toward a change.
With kind regards,

Faithfully yours,

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Carlisle, pa., Jan. 9, 1904.

Mr. Chas. W. Goodman, Supt.,
Indian Indus. School,
Phoenix, Ariz.

My dear Goodman :

For several days I have intended to write you but have been
waiting to get into communication with the Commissioner, intending
to ask him incidentally if any changes of the kind you spoke of were
contemplated, so that I might let you know; but he seems to be away
from Washington at present.

We reached home safely on the 30th of December. Our visits to
San Carlos, Albuquerque and Santa Fe gave us additional and new ideas
on the situation. I wish I could feel more confidence in the results
of our Indian school work, but from what I saw during my absence and
from constant and innumerable letters and no end of information com-
ing to me otherwise from all over the field it more and more seems
to me that we are not doing at all what could easily be and of course
ought to be done. Our visit to you was an especially pleasant one
and your genial treatment of us was very refreshing.

I am about to lose my dining-room matron. One of your matrons
with very white hair whom I took by mistake for Miss Harvey, and who
I think has been with you only about a year, expressed a desire to
come here should there be an opening. It is a good deal of a job
to take care of a dining room with seven hundred pupils, as you per-
haps know, and requires a person willing to be up early and late,
always there, and with strength and force enough to look out for all
the discipline and details. Before saying anything to the lady about

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January 9, 1904.

Williamson Dunn,

527 So. Fremont Ave.,
Los Angeles, Cal.

Dear Will :

When the boys returned from their foot-ball
expedition, one of them handed me the enclosed
card. I have already written to Frank and thought
perhaps you would be glad to know where he was,
another old L. R. C. boy.

Our boys in fighting Riverside were greatly
handicapped by the fact that Bemus Pierce, one of
our old foot-ball players and at one time captain
of the team, played against them. He was for a
number of weeks last fall engaged here as assistant
coach and so knew our methods thoroughly, even the
signals. Besides, he weighs forty pounds more than
any boy on our team, and there were two other
Carlisle players on their team, and then a champion
Indian player they had brought from some place
in the North. They averaged fourteen pounds heavier
to a man than our players. I was in hopes that
Supt. Hall of Riverside would be modest enough to

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 11, 1904.

To Whom It May Concern :

During the past week we have had every night stereoptican ill-
lustrations and lectures by Dr. and Mrs. Crary. We visited Switzer-
land, Italy, The Rhine, Paris, England, Scotland and Ireland, and
parts of our own wonderful west. At the close of each lecture they
gave us a series of moving pictures.

I can safely say that never in the history of the Carlisle
School have we ever had a more interesting and instructive series of
entertainments than we received from them. Their lectures are es-
pecially helpful to schools.

Col. & Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 11, 1904.

W. B. Pringle,
Hayward Bldg.,
San Francisco, Cal.

Dear Sir :

If your two Indian boys have as much as a high school education
we can do them no good here. Our curriculum ends about half way be-
tween the grammar and high school grades, and as you can see, we have
therefore no department of mining.

The Government does not contemplate assisting young Indians be-
yond our grade, so that whatever they get more than that will have
to be through attendance at outside schools for which other than Gov-
ernment provision will have to be made.

Yours truly,

Col. & Sup t.

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TELEGRAM.

Jan. 11, 1904.

John Thomas,

Syracuse, N. Y.

Your message - Body should be there now. Was shipped yesterday
Adams Express and Bishop Huntington advised.

(signed) Pratt, Col.

W. U. 12:00 M.

Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 11, 1904.

Mr. John Eagleshield,

Little Eagle, S. Dak.

My dear Sir :

Your son John, the same as all the other students who enter
Carlisle, was taken for a term of five years, and the representative
of the school who brought him from Standing Rock was extremely care-
ful to make that plain to everyone.

John is doing very well in school and has good health. It is
impossible for him to be sent home at this time. The school rules
and the rules of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs forbid our taking
any students for the short term you mention. I trust you will
recover your health and be able to get along comfortably without
John until he has finished his term.

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 12, 1904.

Mr. Peter Killbuck,
Carrollton, New York.

My dear Sir :

Replying to your letter of the 8th instant, your son Peter was
in the office to see me yesterday and I am happy to tell you that he
is well and is getting along well in work and school. He has been
writing to Miss Annie C. Titus at Carrollton, who he says is his aunt
and attends to your correspondence for you. I advised him to ad-
dress you in care of his aunt and he said he would write you today.

Yours truly,

Acting Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 13, 1904.

Mr. Ben Russell,
Shippensburg, Pa.

Dear Sir :

Replying to your postal card of the 11th instant, we have at present no coal to haul. Sometime in May we will be in the market for our next year's supply of coal and I would advise you to write again about that time stating your bid for hauling.

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