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

Carlisle, Pa. Feb. 16, 1894.

Juan Caniciryro,

Paquate, New Mexico.

My Dear Sir:-

George Kirochuma had the opportunity of returning home last summer and himself decided not to go, and rather to take matters in his own hands and go out to work in the East. I have just had word from him that he intends to stay East this summer and he has himself made a bargain to work for a man. He is old enough now to be his own master, and really I would not feel it right for me to compel him to do anything against his will.

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED OR REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF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

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 17, 1894.

Miss Sophia K. Styles,
White Earth, Minn.

Dear Madam:-

I cannot change my mind about Star. I am sorry
to tell you that I fear he is deceiving you a little. He
is exceedingly plausible and gives his affairs the turn you
speak of in order to carry out his purposes. The mental
service that you apparently would relieve him from is, by
all odds, the very best thing for him, and the becoming a
clergyman is about the last thing he ought to be encouraged
to think of. I gave Star a good chance to work out his
salvation here. I found him a good place in the country,
where he could have gone on and done well, but he failed me
utterly.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 16, 1894.

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

Dear Madam:-

I send you today the first installment of the
Indian Musical Instruments, nine Apache Fiddles. Several
of the boys are making Flutes, but these will take longer.
The boys want $1 a piece for these, and I guess from the
length of time it takes in making them, it is cheap enough.
The large round one was made by Geronimo, a prisoner at
Mr. Vernon Barracks, Alabama, and given to his son, a pupil
here, who recently visited his father. The others were
made by the boys themselves.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 17, 1894.

Mr. E. J. Stackpole,
Evening Telegraph,
Harrisburg, Pa.

My Dear Mr. Stackpole:--

Can't you take hold of our Commencement and make something of it through news papers far and wide. We shall have some very distinguished guests and I believe a most interesting time. Mr. Rogers, the Managing Editor of the Philadelphia Enquirer, proposes to come up and make an illustrated article for his paper. Of course, there are the town news-paper men who have some claims, but I don't know the courtesies in these matters. Beyond the Enquirer I have no communication with any of the Secular Press.

Can't you run over and see me in time to plan a little?

Yours sincerely,

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 17, 1894.

Rev. Geo. Runciman,

Versailles, N. Y.

My Dear Runciman:--

I can have you a very nice light set of Double Harness made for $25, and we sold on the other day for $185. We do not make the collars, and could make the Harness for collars or Breast Straps, as you might prefer. I like the closing sentence of your letter. "The rascals bought to educate themselves" and if they were not so bound together and so reserved they'd do it, because then the necessity for it would soon force itself upon them.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 19, 1894.

J. R. Wood, G.P.A.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

Referring to the party from Washington and your letter of the 17th I have to respectfully advise you that I gave Members of Congress until the 20th to determine whether they would come or not. My acceptances at this time number 24, among whom are two Cabinet Officers, (Secretary Smith and Secretary Morton), Assistant Secretary Reynolds, the Second Comptroller of the Treasury, Mr. Mansur, Indian Commissioner Browning, two Senators and four Members of the House, with their ladies. I think that tomorrow or next day at the farthest, will bring all the replies and anticipate that it will be necessary to have two coaches. My desire is that they may come to Carlisle, leaving Washington at 7.50 A. M. Wednesday, February 28th. I would like the cars stocked with food and the passengers furnished with a good substantial early lunch or dinner, at my cost; then to have the cars remain on our siding and return to Washington Thursday, March 1st, by your train leaving Harrisburg at 4.25, reaching Washington at 8.37 P. M. I would like the passengers to have a good substantial meal on the return trip, at my cost. I will see Mr. Kennedy

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 20, 1894.

Crosscup & West Lithographing Co.,
911 Filbert Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Sirs:-

I send you by this mail photograph of our Gradu-
ating Class, trusting that I may have the plate Saturday
as you promised.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 20, 1894.

Rev. Alexander McMillan,
Carlisle, Pa.

My Dear Friend:-

I have given the necessary orders for the boys
named to be with you this evening, the two in advance of
the others, and also for as many of the boys and girls to
go as can. Nearly two hundred of our boys and girls have
bought tickets for the Musical Entertainment to be given
by the Wilson College Girls at the Armory this evening,
and no doubt many of your people are among them. They
will, of course, feel reluctant to lose their 25¢ and
their proposed entertainment. However, I have left the
decision entirely in their hands.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 21, 1894.

Mr. Levant L. Mason,

Jamestown, N. Y.

My Dear Levant:-

I will have the ticket from Corry to Carlisle and
return in time. As I have no message from you now I take
it Henderson does not intend to come. If, in the meantime,
I should receive a message I will arrange for another
ticket. So glad you can come. Wish that it might be so
that Eunice could be with you.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 21, 1894.

J. R. Wood, G.P.A.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

Referring to our arrangement for party from Washington and your letter of the 20th I have to say, that 27 persons have indicated their intention to come, and I would respectfully request that you send me 30 round trip tickets, with privilege to return ones not used. I judge one car will be sufficient. In view of your suggestion of expense I will arrange that they have a noon meal on arrival at Harrisburg, where there is ample time in the delay of over 50 minutes between trains. I cannot see how it is possible for me to avoid giving the evening meal Thursday on their return, as, in order to make connection at Bridgeport, they must hasten away from our exercises, and there is no stop until they get to Washington, so you may, if you will, have the car stocked for a **meal** on their return on Thursday and I must stand the cost of it. Much as I thought I knew about these people I see you understand them better, and I am obliged for your precautionary suggestions. I hope the tickets may reach me promptly so that I may forward them in good **time**. I could give them a nice liberal

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

Carlisle, pa., 'gb. 21, 1894.

R. W. Wood, Attorney at Law,
Carlisle, Pa.

Dear Sir:--

When I sent out my invitations requesting answers I contemplated the use of our chapel, as last year, and as we could only accommodate a limited number I intended to furnish tickets of admission. The large number of people coming from a distance indicated that the chapel would not do this year. I have therefore arranged to have our general exercises in the Gymnasium, where we have ample accommodation, and shall be very glad to have you bring your friends.

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Carlsle, Pa., Feb22, 1894.

Alfred Paschall & Co.,
Editors and Publishers,
Doylestown, Pa.

Gentlemen:-

I have your letter of the 17th inst. requesting
an account of our Commencement Exercises of from 800 to
1000 words, and I have turned the matter over to Mr. Spray,
one of my teachers, who will give it his attention.

Yours truly,
Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 23, 1894.

A. D. Lundy, Esq.,

Williamsport, Pa.,

My Dear Sir:-

I received the "Plan of the Ages" and have already given it some attention. Ignorant of whom it was sent by, or why, and of its purpose, I was curious to run over it. Now that I have your note I will be more methodical.

Thank you for sending it. I can tell later what I think of it.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 23, 1894.

Nathan B. Coy, Editor School Journal,
1957 Grant Avenue,
Denver, Colorado.

Dear Sir:-

There were notices of our Exhibit in the Chicago and other papers, but I am unable to lay my hands upon them at this time. The little papers sent you today contain accounts written by my people in charge, Mrs. Pratt for a time, and Miss Burgess and Miss Shaffner, and the Red Man and Lancaster Era I send, give accounts of our parade.

I am sorry there is nothing more concise in regard to the Exhibit.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 23, 1894.

Mrs. S. E. Souder,
Bloserville, Pa.

Dear Mrs. Souder:-

We have no vacancies here that would serve for
your cousin, and in addition to that, we have no end of
applications, so that I am entirely unable to encourage
your expectation.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 24, 1894.

Mrs. G. R. Cooley,
Rowlandsville, Md.

Dear Mrs. Cooley:-

It is not practicable to send Spyna. Mrs. Smith is coming to Carlisle to our Commencement on purpose to see Spyna. Spyna is getting along in her classes and would be set back by such absence, and it seems to me that Miss Gutelius and Miss Shaffner's family should take care of the case now. It might be practicable for her to get Betty Wind, Katy Grinrod or Phebe Howell, from Philadelphia, all of them educated nurses. Miss Ely will attend to sending ticket for Miriam. We shall want to do for you what we ought to do in connection with Miriam, but have no report from you or from Miss Bender. Miss Bender will probably be here on Monday.

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In reply to

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 24, 1894.

Mrs. Edgar Penney,
President W.C.T.U.,
Waynesboro, Pa.

Dear Madam:-

Our Band numbers 30 persons. It has been a large
expense to build it up and is a large and continued expense
to keep it going. We have fixed upon $75 and all expenses
for one evening anywhere, $100 if there is a matinee. The
interference with school work is material and we would
much rather not have the band going out at all, but should
you want it at this rate and could fix upon a Friday night,
which would be the least interruption to the school work,
it may go to Waynesboro for you.

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TELEGRAM.

Carlisle, pa., Feb. 26, 1894.

H. A. Riddle, G.P.A.,

Chambersburg, Pa.

My arrangement with Mr. Wood is complete that the car shall come up on Wednesday, February 28th, and return leaving here to connect with train from Harrisburg at 4.25 P. M. Thursday, March 1st, and I have arranged the transfers between Harrisburg Wednesday and Thursday with Mr. Kennedy and General Boyd. Mr. Wood's advices to you are in error.

(Signed) Pratt, Capt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 26, 1894.

J. R. Wood, G. P. A.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

Referring to movement of our visitors I have to
advise that 67 have signified their intention to leave
Philadelphia on the 8.50 A. M. train Wednesday and nearly
all of them in returning will leave here so as to connect
with your 4.20 train at Harrisburg Thursday afternoon. The
cars on which these people come from Harrisburg to Carlisle
and return to Harrisburg will be run over special in con-
nection with the car from Washington.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE,
OFFICE OF SUB-DIVISIONANT

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 27, 1894.

John M. Rogers, Managing Editor,
Philadelphia Enquirer,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

We are wanting to present to each member of the
Graduating class some book as a little memorial of the
occasion, and it has occurred to us that if we could get
the series of World's Fair pictures you advertise, and have
them bound nicely, and the name of student and class
stamped on the backs, it would be quite the most suitable
present for us to make. I write to ask if it would be
possible for us to get 20 sets of these pictures at once,
or how soon we could possibly get them. I mean the colored
ones, and what would be the cost. If you can give me any
information on the subject that will lead to promptness
I shall be greatly obliged.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 27, 1894.

Joseph Hunter,

P. O. Box 37,

Ft. Leavemorth, Kansas.

Dear Joe:--

The man who wrote the letter for you is a little
"off". I have a message from Lt. Scott indicating his
desire to help you out of prison. If he takes the initiative
I shall very cheerfully do what I can to aid him in his
good intentions.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 28, 1894.

Col. Homer B. Sprague,
215 West 14th St.,
New York City.

My Dear Colonel:-

I just have your letter from Altoona. So sorry
you can't be with us. Everything promises well.

I shall arrange to have you deliver in our Chapel
the lecture on the "Bright side of Confederate Military
Prisons" and shall charge an entrance fee of 25¢ and we will
see what comes of it. You had better advise me just what
train you will be on and I will meet you and bring you to
my house for entertainment. Mrs. Pratt is greatly pleased
that we shall have you again under our roof.

Sincerely yours,

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To reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., March 1, 1894.

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

Sir:---

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

My address for the next month is as above.

Very respectfully,

Your obedient servant,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., March 1, 1894.

To the Adjutant,

10th U. S. Cavalry,
Ft. Custer, Montana.

Sir:---

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

Very respectfully,

Your obedient servant,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., March 2, 1894.

J. F. Blair, Esq.,
1405 Green St.,
Harrisburg, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

I am considering the purchase of Family Atlasses, Illustrated World's Fair Books, and other books, as presents for the Graduating class of this school, numbering 19, and would be glad to see the complete Atlas that you speak of, both styles of binding, and to have your very best terms at the earliest possible date. Your Circular herewith returned as requested.

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

Carlisle, Pa., March 5, 1894.

Rev. William S. Hubbell,

Buffalo, New York.

Dear Doctor:-

Mr. Gansworth has forwarded me your letter to him dated the 28th of February, covering the arrangements for his son to attend Dickinson College and remain as a pupil of Carlisle for his board and clothing. I sent my Principal teacher with Howard to the College authorities Saturday and we find that he can enter the preparatory Department at once. You must understand that Carlisle does not give a High School education. We only graduate at the Grammar School Grade. The College has a Preparatory Department covering two years of preparation, after the Grammar school grade, or less, if students enter between the Grammar and High school grades. Howard will have to enter the Preparatory Department. His entering now will be of great advantage to him in the fall. The four years will give him two years in the Preparatory and two years of college, if he holds out and is satisfactory in every way. To carry him through the College proper with no back-sets will require six years.

The expense, $80 per year, will begin this morning.

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Carlisle, Pa., March 5, 1894.

Capt. George LeRoy Brown,
Whipple Barracks, Arizona.

My Dear Brown:---

When you know positively the time you will take
your trip to the "Soo" and all about it let me know. I
think, without doubt, I shall want to go with you. I shall,
unless I take a good trip somewhere else before. I must
take a trip. We had a good time at Commencement. I send
you the town papers.

Yours faithfully,

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Carlisle, Pa., March 5, 1894.

Rev. F. H. Wright,
#244 Lenox Avenue,
New York City.

My Dear Friend:--

It would have been one of the greatest pleasures
of our Commencement to have had you and Mrs. Wright with
us. Now, that you did not come we shall expect you to
come right over and camp with us and make a good stay, so
that you may get up another little campaign here. We have
something better and bigger that an Army Ambulance, so you
can't swamp us.

In reference to your talk for the Indian cause
in New York I think there is no doubt but what Montezuma
and Wheelock can join you. There might, of course, be
some temporary reason, but if you let us know in time, I
will endeavor to meet your wishes fully.

We all join in sending our love to you and an
expression of most earnest desire to have you come to us
speedily.

Faithfully your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., March 5, 1894.

J. R. Wood, G.P.A.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

In settlement of business connected with our
Commencement I request credits as follows:--- On your bill
of February 19th, covering tickets from various points to
Gettysburg Junction and return, for pupils and patrons, I
return 4 tickets, Philadelphia, 3 tickets Moorestown, 2
tickets Lansdowne, 1/2 ticket Reedsville, 2 tickets Tully-
town, 1 ticket Landenberg, making a total credit of $47.80,
and on your bill of the 23rd I herewith return 15 Washing-
ton and one Philadelphia. By your letter of the 2nd of
March you have acknowledged the return to you direct of
two from Hon. A. J. Hunter, making 15 Washington, a total
credit, including the 1 New York, of $65.07. You 3 bills
amounted to $461.56, against which I ask a credit of
$112.87, leaving a balance of $348.69, for which amount
my check is herewith. On receipt of your bill for use of
car I will remit. For your kindness in these several mat-
ters I am very greatly obliged. The railroad service was
perfect. Unfortunately, at the last minute, Members of
the House and Senate who had accepted were compelled, on

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account of the conditions there, to withdraw their acceptances.

Please make receipted bill covering the 25 tickets
from Washington, and 2 tickets from Pittsburgh. All others
were paid for by persons using them and no bill is necess-
ary.

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Carlisle, Pa., March 5, 1894.

Mrs. Mary McHenry Cox,
324 South 11th Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Mrs. Cox:-

I had incidentally that there would be an attempt
made against Eastern schools, but am inclined to think
that intention has been modified. However, it will do no
harm to keep a close watch when the Bill makes its appear-
ance in the House.

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Dear Mrs. Cox:-

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Carlisle, Pa., March 5, 1894.

Mr. J. E. Brecht,

Superintendent New Osceola Seminole School,
Myers, Florida.

My Dear Sir:—

I thank you for your cordiality and your kindly expressions. I have a glimmering recollection of our meeting at S. Anderson, Texas.

We had a very present time at our Commencement and I send you a copy of our town paper, with account.

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Carlisle, Pa., March 5, 1894.

Dr. J. Max Hart,

Chancellor Pennsylvania Chautauqua,
Bethlehem, Pa.

My Dear Doctor:--

So far as I know now we can meet your plans for an Indian day at Mt. Gretna on the 28th of July. I should like, of course, to know what you propose. If it is for the purpose of airing the sentimental notions of Mrs. Quinton and Mr. Welsh and giving them wider scope to abuse the Government, count us out. If, on the other hand, we can have a fair show to present our side, the Government and the Indian side, as we understand it, command us.

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Carlisle, Pa., March 5, 1894.

Dr. Sheldon Jackson,
General Educator for Alaska,
Bureau of Education,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Doctor:---

The conclusion of the Presbyterian Hospital in
New York reached us a few days ago. Flora cannot go there,
because of her lack of years. They must be above 23. We
shall have to work it out in some other direction. The
questions 2 and 3 in regard to Florence Wells are answered
and forwarded to Mrs. Miller. Florence is not a member of
the Presbyterian or Reformed Church, but is a member of the
Northfield Congregational Church.

Very sorry you were not with us on our great day,
which passed off in the most satisfactory manner.

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Carlisle, pa., March 5, 1894.

Robert A. McFadden,

Theological Seminary,

Andover, Mass.

My Dear Robert:-

We had a good time, anyhow. Stackpole did all that he could, but somehow it didn't work out into the large Daily Press as I anticipated. The facts are that we need a substantial news paper man right here, who can become thoroughly acquainted with us and get up relations with news papers and push our needs in that line. I don't see any other way. I don't disagree with you about the need of doing it. I only disagree with you that it ought to be done as a matter of news outside of me. I want you to come down here and speak to our boys and girls. We all want to see you. We are all glad that you have landed on your feet at last.

Cordially and faithfully your friend,

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Mar. 5, 1894.

Miss Frances C. Sparhawk,
Secretary Indian Industries League,
Salisbury Point, Mass.

Dear Miss Sparhawk:-

Yours of the 22nd, together with Constitution and
explanation of your League, is before me. My own feeling
about the matter is that it would be better your work went
on entirely independent of me. I have been working on this
line for now more than 17 years and my work is quite unique
in itself, and as I can control it absolutely, I feel
justified in becoming responsible for it. My experience with
Associations has not been a satisfactory one to me. As I
would undoubtedly have very little to do with the manage-
ment of your Association and would be, by my name, practic-
ally responsible or proportionately responsible, I feel
that I would not be placed in such a position as I would
like to be placed in. At the same time that this is my
feeling, I do not wish to stand in the way of my brethren
and sisters in the good work of helping the Indians, nor do
I want to seem to be over against them. The schemes that
have been originated to help forward the Indians have been
many and have, to my mind, generally been weak. I demonstra-
ted years ago, and have been demonstrating all the years

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that radical movements were best; that schools off the
 Reservation, far away from the Reservation, were the ones
to indoctrinate the true principles of civilization into
Indian Youth. Immediately the subject began to attract
public attention, new influences sprang up everywhere with
new schemes, and people wished to stand at the head who did
nowork, but a deal of talking, and have pestered ever since.
One would naturally have thought that instead of Carlisle
standing at the head for all these years and being the
most radical of all the schools, there would have been
others who would have gone a step farther and done more,
but the whole influence of the Indian Rights Association,
Indian Defense Association, Missionaries and other controlling
influences, have been cast against me in the projection of
new schemes and plans, having solely counteracting, instead
of helping, influences along my line. What you propose
is along the lines of Carlisle. I shall not stand in the
way, but it does seem to me that I had better still remain
in the same independent attitude that I have always occu-
pied. Your Society doubtless, from the principal of it,
will continue, as the other ones have, to scoop in the
charity and the dollars, while I shall continue to do the work.

Yours sincer ly,

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Carlisle, Pa., March 5, 1894.

Mrs. Sarah C. F. Hallowell,
Editorial Rooms, Public Ledger,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Mrs. Hallowell:--

Almost all of our Indian troubles are caused by
our forcing upon them conditions entirely contrary to our
general American System. We uniformly consolidate and com-
pact, instead of disintegrate, the Tribes. There is almost
no end to the devices we use in doing this. Lands in sev-
eralty was advocated by many of us, with the proviso that
there should be alternate assignments with good white
citizens between. Though this would not entirely break up
the tribes, and they would still be close enough together to
carry on for a long time many of their Tribal customs, so
great a disadvantage to them, still it would be a long
step in the right direction. Now, instead of doing this,
it has been the policy to assign them lands contiguous to
each other. The only effect that has had has been to reduce
the size of the Reservations, throw the Indians closer to-
gether and make it more convenient for them to practice the
old superstitions and customs, thus leading to greater
degradation. Allotment was advertised, as you remember, as

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the emancipation of the Indian, and I think good old Sen-
ator Dawes still feels, to a great extent, that that is the
outcome of it. I have never been led into that craze.
Better, far better, in my judgment, that the Indian had no
land whatever than to be thus tied to the Tribe. It is
unfortunately, in many cases, 160 acres of land in exchange
for his soul. If we cannot disintegrate the Tribes and
throw upon the individual sufficient responsibility to lead
to his development into an individual citizen, they are
gone, slaughtered by those who claim to want to help them.

As soon as education was sprung and pushed as a
means of their civilization, education was turned almost
exclusively into lines that would accomplish consolidation.
Schools in Tribes do but make the Tribes stronger as such..
In spite of all my appeals and opposition Commissioner
Morgan enforced his Agency and Reservation Public School
System, which has simply put a great chain about the Tribe
and tied and locked it into a mass and closed this door out
into civilization, which I had been trying for years to
open wide. Instead of savage Cheyennes and Sioux, we shall
have a mongrel, dependent, semi-civilized lot of Cheyennes
and Sioux. In order to end these hindering hurtful plans I
would forbid a single dollar of Government money going into
any system of schools among the Tribes. I would give every
Indian his per capita share of their lands with immediate
and absolute right over its uses and disposal. If the

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Tribe has funds in the United States Treasury, at interest, which interest is to be paid annually, semi-annually, or quarterly, throughout all time or for a fixed period, I would distribute among them the principal at once, giving the fullest right to get rid of it in their own way, and any other bands that at all tie them together I would burst and destroy, and I would leave them no way of escape, except into the United States as individuals. Many would go to the poor house, but they are all in a poor house now; many to jail, but all are in jail now. The pressure of necessity would then be upon them and there would be men and women of real worth come out from among them, who otherwise will be pauperized, degraded and lost. The fact is, our Indian Societies and Indian sentimentalists have done more and are doing more harm to the individual Indian that any influence I know of. To them Indian lands, annuities, etc., and the moneys that sentimental idiotic Commissioners have promised and guaranteed, are of far more importance than the individual Indian, whereas the man is worth a thousand times more than the lands, annuities and moneys. Now, my Dear Mrs. Hallowell, if I could say anything more radical along these lines than I have said herein, I would say it. On this I stand.

I question very much whether the Indian has materially increased or decreased during several centuries. We have now a little short of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand.

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Mrs. Hallowell, --4.

The real time to have moved was ten to fifteen years ago when Mr. Schurz wisely proposed to plant many schools in the midst of Eastern civilization and bring children to them, and then put them out from such schools into our Public schools and into our communities, and when, a little later, Mr. Teller submitted a proposition to Congress which was discussed for three days and killed, to take twenty thousand of the forty thousand children away from Reservations and place them in schools of all sorts among civilized people. Instead of accepting and acting upon these broad propositions so full of actual and near relief of Government care and support, the controlling powers and influences have done many things to counter-act and destroy these broader notions, and it has been with great difficulty that I have been able to keep the Carlisle anchor from dragging and letting the vessel go ashore on the rocks. There is opportunity yet, but success hinges very largely in undoing these things that we have been doing, and beginning over again.

There are many other things I would say, for your own information, but I am greatly pressed just now. With cordial regards to Mr. McKean.

Yours faithfully,

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Carlisle, Pa., March 3, 1894.

Mr. H. A. Riddle, G.P.A.,

Chambersburg, Pa.

My Dear Sir:-

Referring to your letter of the 5th covering
proposed trip of our Band and Choir to Harrisburg on the
evening of the 16th to appear before the Central Pennsylvania
Methodist Conference I have to respectfully advise you that
we wish to leave here on your #8 and to return on your
#29. We will take the train at Gettysburg Junction, but
on our return will get off at the station in Carlisle.
You had better send me transportation for 60.

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Carlisle, Pa., March 6, 1894.

Thomas B. Kennedy, President C. V. R. R.,
Chambersburg, Pa.

My Dear Mr. Kennedy:--

I have been exceedingly busy since our Commencement Exercises. I wish to express my great gratitude for your kindness in the matter of getting our visitors to and from the school on that occasion. The Railroad arrangements were most satisfactory and ministered greatly to the general accepted success of the occasion.

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Carlisle, Pa., March 6, 1894.

Rev. G. W. Stevens,
5th Street Parsonage,
Harrisburg, Pa.

My Dear Sir:-

A letter from Mr. Riddle informs me of the free transportation for our party on the evening of the 16th. We shall go over on the train arriving in Harrisburg about 7 o'clock and expect to leave on our return on the train at 10.55. Both the band and the choir will give some of their choicest selections. There will be, in addition, 2 or 3 solos, a trio, and a double quartet. Several days prior to the affair I will send you a program.

Yours truly,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., March 6, 1894.

Thomas Dominic, Esq.,

1132 Ohio St., Philadelphia, Pa.

My Dear Mr. Dominic:--

It is not possible for me to let you have the benefit of our half rate tickets, except it be in connection with children and coming, or on some such occasion as our Commencement Exercises. Am sorry to deny you this favor, but it is not within the scope of my arrangements with the Railroad.

I am rather sorry that you are going to move closer to us, for the coming and going and the calling of your boy occasionally, is not best for him.

Faithfully your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE,
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

Carlisle, Pa., March 6, 1894.

Mrs. Nellie Box,

Pawnee Agency, Indian Territory.

Dear Nellie:--

On examination I find that we sent you the last
of your money in August last. You remember I sent you
first $50, and afterwards I sent you $53 and some cents,
which was the balance to your credit here. There is, there-
fore, nothing more to send you.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., March 7, 1894.

Mr. F. Chichester, Ass't Treasurer,

Normal Institute,

Hampton, Va.

My Dear Sir:--

Yours of the 5th, and uniform, are to hand. All
right. Glad to have been of service to you.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., March 8, 1894.

Rev. S. S. Gilson,

At East End, Pittsburg, Pa.

My Dear Doctor:-

I have had your two notes and intended to respond,
but really have had nothing to say, and have been extraord-
inarily busy. It was a great pleasure to have you and Mrs.
Gilson with us and I am exceedingly grateful that you intend
to give us a thorough report. I wish you would have enough
extra papers printed to send me 200 and let the bill come
with the papers.

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in reply to:

Carlisle, pa., March 8, 1894.

J. R. Wood, G.P.A.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

I enclose herewith my check for $117.88 in payment of your account, rendered March 7th, for service of special Pullman car from Washington to Carlisle and return, including Commissary supplies, for guests from Washington, to Commencement Exercises at this school, February 28th and March 1st.

Please receipt and return your bill, which is
also herewith enclosed.

2 Enclosures.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., March 8, 1894.

Hon. Geo. C. Pendleton,

House of Representatives,

Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:—

If you will kindly return me the ticket that I
sent you, for our Commencement, I can have the same re-
deemed.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., March 8, 1894.

Hon. James S. Sherman,

Dear Sir:-

If you will kindly return me the ticket that I
sent, you, for our Commencement, I can have the same
redeemed.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., March 8, 1894.

Hawks & Ogilvy,

#300 Broadway,

New York.

Gentlemen:-

My brother-in-law, Mr. L. L. Mason, of Jamestown, New York, directed me to write you for information about the best Fishing Rods and material, and states that if you have what I want and I will use his name, you will give me special rates. What I am looking for is a first class Trunk Rod. I have been disappointed in my purchase of three. Would like a rod, either a split Bamboo or Lance Wood, that I can depend upon. Am willing to pay a fair price. If you have a catalogue I would be glad to receive it. I am also looking for a good repeating Shot Gun, with a supply of both fishing and hunting ammunition. Also would like to know where I can get the best waist and hip boots.

Yours truly,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

Per Martin.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa. • March 9, 1894.

Rev. Albert S. Hunt, D. D.,

Corresponding Secretary, American Bible Society,
Bible House, Astor Place, New York.

My Dear Sir:-

I intended personally to make acknowledgment of
the very welcome gift made by your Society to our school.
An acknowledgment was made by the Principal Teacher, Mr.
Bakeless, and the pressure of obligations upon me just at
the time led me to postpone it. I desire to express, on
my own behalf and on behalf of all the workers here, the
obligation and the gratitude we feel for the kindness of
the Society in making us such a large gift. Rest assured
that no efforts on our behalf will be spared to make the
Bibles bring in as large a return as possible to the cause
for which we all labor.

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In reply to:

Carliсть, Pa/, March 9, 1894.

J. R. Durree, Esq.,

Publisher Oklahoma Indian Magazine,
Norman, Oklahoma Territory.

My Dear Sir:--

Every ability I have and of my employees is
pressed into service to forward the very large interests
of our work here and it is not practicable for me to under-
take or to guide in the furnishing of material for your
Magazine. I will very cheerfully exchange with you both
our Helper and Red Man, and give you my reports and speeches
for any use you care to make of them.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., March 9, 1894.

Rev. G. W. Stevens,

Harrisburg, Pa.

My Dear Sir:-

The only change we would make in the Program would be the omission of the Band from the "March of the Men of Harlech". We will let the choir give that without the band. Otherwise the program will remain unchanged and you can print it. Under the circumstances you will, of course, do all the printing there. I find that our choir numbers 41 and the band 30. It does not seem best to omit any and inasmuch as we make no charge and the transportation is free I think I will bring the whole number.

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in reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., March 9, 1894.

My Dear Sir:-

Referring to your letter relating to transportation for band and choir to Harrisburg for Friday evening, the 16th inst., and my reply thereto asking you for transportation for 60: I find on further investigation I had undersized the choir very materially and that it numbers 38 persons, which together with the band will make us 70. I trust that you can stretch your magnanimity and give us the additional transportation.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., March 9, 1894.

Gen. J. F. Boyd,

Superintendent C. V. R. R.,
Chambersburg, Pa.

Dear General:--

On the 9 o'clock train of Saturday, the 17th inst., I propose to take our band and three of the girls, and go to Altoona for a concert that evening. We wish to leave Altoona after the concert and return to Carlisle by the regular trains. We shall buy round trip tickets for the entire party under our arrangements with your road and the Pennsylvania. As there will be 38 in the party, quite enough, with our instruments, for a car load, I will be obliged if you can arrange to give us a large and good car, both going and coming. The plan is to leave here on your #2, take the Pennsylvania Mail train #13, leaving Harrisburg at 11.20, arriving at Altoona at 3.40 P. M. Leave Altoona on the Eastern Express #6 at 10.40, arriving at Harrisburg at 2.10 and take the morning train out of Harrisburg. As we shall be quite fatigued you can see, General, that the possession of a car to ourselves for the round trip will be quite an acquisition. I may mention that our payment to the road for this service will amount

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., March 9, 1894.

Mr. S. A. Martin,

#1502 7th Avenue,
Altoona, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

The Band photographs are promised us tomorrow and I will send you three or four copies at once. I send you the Red Man, containing my report for '93. I will get tickets here as you suggest.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., March 13, 1894.

Miss Ida Wasee,

Rancocas, N. J.

Dear Ida:—

Delos is in Washington just now. When he returns I will have a talk with him and must say that I am favorably inclined to your project.

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In reply to:

Miss Ida May Warren,
Hotel Minnesota,
Detroit, Minn.

Dear Ida:--

I feel very grateful to you for your kindly care of Charley through to St. Paul. I think it is well that you waited for him and took him on, and I am obliged to you for the further favor of your letter giving the situation at St. Paul. If there was any expense connected with his sleeping car fare that he had not the money to pay for, and you were at any expense, let me know the amount and I will send it to you.

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Rev. Miller, --2.

send a girl out for a short time, to be transferred to
some other home. We attend to all the finding of homes
ourselves, and still further, we find it best, so far as
we can, to place our girls in the country at work with
people who do their own work and where the girl is simply
an assistant to the house mother. We do have girls capable
of taking charge of the cooking and management of house
affairs, but not many, and they are in great demand by our
old patrons, whom we feel in duty bound to hold onto.

Yours cordially and faithfully,

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., March 14, 1894.

Delos K. Lone Wolf,

C/o E. F. Beveridge,

224 3rd St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Dear Delos:--

I have your letter asking for $50 for your father. No money or word about money for him has come to me yet. I am a little short, but I send my check for $30, which I hope will help him over his difficulties, at least, until he gets back here. I still think that Quanah, with the English that he can use himself, and your father with you to interpret, will be stronger before the Committees than they would have been with Mr. Woodward. I say this in order that they may not feel too much disappointed about Mr. Woodward not reaching there.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., March 14, 1994.

Hon. Charles H. Mansur, Second Comptroller,
Treasury Department,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:-

I telegraphed you this morning on receipt of your letter of yesterday asking that, if practicable, the date be made for Monday, April 9th, instead of Wednesday the 11th. It has been urged by our friends that we ought to make a showing in the larger Cities, from which a very large charity support in the earlier days of the school was given to us and from which we still receive something. I would, therefore, like to begin with Washington, and we can get all that we ought to do within a week if we begin on Monday and that was the reason for my request to change the date to Monday, and I hope you may find it satisfactory.

I wish to make quite an improvement between us and the town. A road which I have wanted for years has been opened by the town council with the proviso that there shall be no expense to the town in macadamizing and sidewalk ing it and building a bridge across the Letort. I believe that a little trip would give me the $2,000 or $2,500 I need to

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do this and perhaps something in addition for other expenses.
It will, at any rate, re-establish us with our friends. We
have made no public demonstration, outside of the Columbian
Exposition, since 1887. Your plan is entirely satisfactory
and I am greatly obliged to you for the interest you take
in its inception and for what you may still do in furthering
it.

I think the more satisfactory way will be to
have the whole house reserved and have coupon tickets, and
then with Judge Browning's and your help we can distribute
them, I presume, quite satisfactorily to our guests, and
should there be a less number accept than the house will
hold and we think it best to sell the balance of the house
to help us with expenses, we can do that and there will be
no annoyance in the seating.

I enclose form of ticket. I will print an ample
supply of programmes here.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., March 15, 1894.

Constant Bread, Indian Interpreter,
San Carlos, Arizona Territory.

My Dear Constant:--

It always does me good to get a letter from you,
because you write so well and you show improvement every
time. Each letter seems better than the last one. I am
glad to hear the good news about your boys, too. I know
that they are surrounded with many and great temptations,
and that their difficulties are such as to make it especially
creditable when they do well, and that there is some excuse
for them when they do not entirely live up to their good
teachings. I am grateful to you, too, Constant, for an
expression of thankfulness for what Carlisle did for you.
I am sorry to tell you that Morgan behaved badly since
he came back and is now and has been for some time in the
Hospital as a result of his own bad conduct. I shall have
to send Morgan home shortly. Some of the other Apache
boys did not do well when we were at Chicago and they have
been in the Hospital on account of it, and I must send them
home, too.

I send you some papers giving an account of our
Commencement, and the picture of our graduating class,

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In reply to:

Mr. Joseph M. Rogers,

*Philadelphia Enquirer,*

*Philadelphia, Pa.*

Dear Sir:-

I was very sorry not to find you among our guests at Commencement, and wish to express my obligations and thank you for placing Carlisle so to the fore as you did. I expect to be in Philadelphia soon and hope to have the pleasure of meeting you.

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in reply to:

Hon. Wilkinson Call,
United States Senate,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Senator:-

I have had your letter of the 1st in regard to preparing an Amendment in waiting, with the expectation that the Superintendent of Indian Schools would be here, and as we had already had some few words about this matter I desired to counsel with him. I am still expecting him, as he promised to come up either last week or this. Should he fail to come I will proceed alone.

I do not like to ask special privileges for Carlisle, and yet Civil Service is such an abominable annoyance, giving me nothing that is acceptable, and furnishing no end of complications in carrying on the work, that I am almost forced to over-ride my principle and at least request that Carlisle be exempted from Civil Service regulations. I feel certain that if a contrast would prevail in final conclusions in regard to Civil Service, that without Civil Service I can show a far better force of employees constantly, and can do far better work for the Government that I can with it, or than can be shown and done in any other Indian school.

Sincerely yours,

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In reply to:

Mr. J. W. Humer,

Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Dear Sir:--

I have been away. I do not think that I want
a rod of the kind you mention.

Yours sincerely,

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In reply to:

James H. Miller,

Pueblo of Acoma,

Cubero, New Mexico.

My Dear James:--

I have no control or disposition to attempt to control in the affairs of returned students. They must be settled entirely through their own efforts and through the means prevailing at their hands. It is for each individual student to show whether he or she is worth anything or not, so that Beautiste, his wife, and all their affairs must be attended to there. You know yourself that I can make boys and girls behave fairly well at Carlisle, but when they get 1500 miles away I lose my control. I am glad to have heard good news of you and I have not heard bad news of Beautiste. Beautiste has written me his difficulties and from his standpoint it seems to me that he is right.

Sincerely your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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In reply to:

Mr. Lester Bishop,
Versailles, New York.

My Dear Mr. Bishop:-

It is not practicable for me to make exceptions
and let boys and girls who camehere for fixed periods to
return home between times. The great important thing for
the parents and for Tommy is his education and unless par-
ents will make sacrifices, and sometimes good ones, the
whole career of children throughout their lives is cast
upon a low plane, whereas had the parents been thoughtful
and willing to make some sacrifices for their children, dur-
ing their educational period, they might have been on a far
higher plane and been of real value to themselves and to
their people and to the Country. There is always a way to
overcome such matters. Suppose Tommy was not, then they
would have to get along without him and the way would open
for themto do it. The orders from the Department will not
permit me to take any more New York students. If they go
home they must go home to stay. I think the parents had
better give a sober second thought before they press the
matter of Tommy's return.

I am very glad to hear that your son is getting

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In reply to:

Rev. J. Max Hart,
Principal Moravian Seminary,
Bethlehem, Pa.

My Dear Doctor:-

I have been trying to recuperate a little. We will endeavor to meet your expectations with some Indian speakers and music, both vocal and instrumental, on the 28th of July, as you desire.

In reply to your question about the concert at Bethlehem:- There are 30 members in the Band. It is an expense to move it, but we have round trip rates for the fare one way. We cannot give a concert for less than $75 and our expenses. We are planning for a campaign to Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston the second week in April. Any time before that we could serve you at these "figgers" After that a number of the members of the band will go away for a time.

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In reply to:

Isadore Laderoute, Esq.,
Arlee, Montana.

Dear Sir:---

Yours of the 6th, with three letters enclosed
for your son, one containing money order for $11.00, has
been received and the money order delivered to him. He has
placed it on deposit under our system here and will make
use of it in small amounts from time to time as he desires.
It is far better that boys should earn the money that they
use, then they will know something about how to value it.
These boys all have or will have a chance to earn money,
so that there is no need of their having money sent from
home, and yet I would not say that money in small sums, to
gratify parents' desires, would be dis-allowed.

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In reply to:

Mr. A. J. Stackpole,

Evening Telegraph,

Harrisburg, Pa.

My Dear Mr. Stackpole:-

Your efforts in our behalf and the results should
have been acknowledged long before this, but to tell you
the truth, I have been a good deal down since Commencement,
and spent several days at Wernersville. It was a success
all round. I did think that some of the Philadelphia
papers might have given us more attention, but as they did
not, there may be some reason, but papers outside of Phil-
adelphia did well by us. I am very greatly obliged to you,
my friend, for your help, and I feel a little uncomfortable
that you place it just as you do. However, I will, if
opportunity offers, certainly remember you.

With kindest regards to Mrs. Stackpole, I am

Yours cordially,

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In reply to:

Carlisle, pa., March 15, 1894.

William F. Campbell,

White Earth, Minnesota.

Dear William:-

I thank you for sending me Martin's letter and
will be guided by what you say. Martin is not a very
valuable pupil and were it not for the discipline of the
thing I should not object to his finding his way back to
White Earth, because by the time he got there he would be
wiser than he is now and we would have saved his transpor-
tation expenses, but inasmuch as the influence of running
away is bad I shall endeavor quietly, without his knowledge,
to head him off. You have got within you the kernel of the
whole matter. The Indians are really worse than slaves,
they are prisoners. They are under such restraint as would
destroy the manhood of any people. Take the most cultured
and refined people of the world and place them in the same
condition as the Indians are and hold them for generations
on Reservations and they would drop to worthlessness. Lands
in severalty is not freedom, nor civilization, nor anything
else, as it is managed. It would be better, in my judgment,
to distribute the lands of all Indians at once, giving
them full powers of control and alienation, and, also

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In reply to

My Dear Prof. Morgan:--

It will not be at all satisfactory to us to let
the girls join your choir for the reason that the going
and coming would have to be under escort of one of the
teachers or some competent lady and it would not be prac-
ticable for us to furnish such person; and I doubt very
much if you could find those who would be able to serve you
at all well, except in our choir, and this would be another
inconvenience and interference, which we could not well
overcome, otherwise I should be glad to let you have the
girls and them to have the advantage of the special train-
ing.

To
Prof. J. H. Morgan,
Dickinson College,
Carlisle, Pa.

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In reply to:

Prof. E. P. Tenney,

Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Dear Sir:-

I forwarded you yesterday 3 sets of contrast
pictures, in response to your letter of March 10th. Those
that you don't care to use can be returned.

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In reply to:

Mr. S. A. Martin,

#1502 Seventh Avenue,

Altoona, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

Your telegram and letter cancelling engagement
for Saturday evening duly received. We were doing it to
oblige you, and it is no disappointment, but rather a favor,
that we are released.

Yours truly,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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In reply to:

J. R. Wood, G. P. A.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Sir:--

Replying to your letter of the 14th I enclose
herewith my check for $22.85 covering ticket from Denver
in for my daughter, for which I am very greatly obliged.

1 Enclosure.

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In reply to:

J. R. Wood, G. P. A.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Sir:--

I enclose three tickets, which have been returned
to me from Washington. It appears that some who came
bought their own tickets, and these are tickets that I
had sent to two members of Congress. Please favor me by
extending them so that I may, and I will, use them myself,
sometime between this and December 31st.

3 tickets enclosed.

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In reply to:

John D. Powlas,
Oneida, Wisconsin.

My Dear Sir:-

I have yours about your son Purcell. Your son
having been here five years August next is entitled to
return home if that is your and his wish. He has only to
insist that that is what he wants to do and that is what we
shall do. The home party will not go until about the
end of June or first of July.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., March 16, 1894.

E. G. Bridge,

Foster's Warren Co., Ohio.

Dear Friend:--

The box of pamphlets and papers arrived in good shape, but I could find no source from whence they came to make acknowledgment. I am obliged to you for sending them.

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In reply to:

Mr. W. L. Glanville,

Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

My Dear Sir:-

I have yours of the 10th with its enclosed 50
yards of soft silk Fish Line, for which I am very greatly
obliged to you. I went into town yesterday hoping to see
you, and failed. I wished particularly to see the lines you
made, and possibly arrange for one a little larger than
you sent me, and longer. I hope, during the summer, to get
into a region where I may catch trout that will weigh from
10 to 18 pounds. An officer friend of mine told me where,
and stated that a very long line was necessary, and a long
fight; that a Captain of the 2nd Cavalry had fought a trout
for two hours, but he required a great deal of line and a
good deal of running up and down the stream, and I thought
I would like to have a line that would enable me to handle
such a one should I by accident "cotch" onto him. I don't
want to impose on your generosity and can afford to pay for
what I need, but I would like to see your samples, and if
I knew where I could meet you, and talk with you about it
I would be glad to do so.

Again thanking you for the very handsome line, I am

Yours truly,

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In reply to:

Martin, C/o Miss Knickerbocker,
Ponsford, Becker Co., Minn.

Dear Mrs. Martin:--

Your son is getting on all right. He did not come here for three years, he came for 5 years and it is not practicable for us to deviate from the rules and regulations. I did not induce him to come here. The act was entirely voluntary on his part and he assumed all the responsibilities and relations with his eyes open. It is far better for him that he remain here, and inasmuch as he is getting his schooling without cost to you it seems as little as you can do to be content and let him have it out, at least to the end of the 5 years. He is in good health and you have no reason to feel anxious about him.

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In reply to:

Robert J. Hamilton,
Choteau, Montana.

Dear Robert:--

Mr. Hamilton did not pay me for the money loaned
you and the cost of the ticket. I shall be glad to have
you take care of the matter, and still more glad to have
you return to Carlisle. The ticket matter ought not to
be delayed any longer.

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In reply to:

Rev. S. S. Gilson,

At East End, Pittsburg, Pa.

My Dear Doctor:-

I have the papers and your letter of March 15th,
and herewith enclose my check for $6.00. You have given us
great prominence and I am exceedingly obliged to you, but,
my Dear Doctor, why do you continue to call me an Elder
when I have told you repeatedly I am not an Elder. It
makes it unpleasant for me. The plain unvarnished truth,
good or bad, suits me best.

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In reply to:

Mrs. W. H. Longsdorf,
Carlisle, Pa.

Dear Madam:--

There are so many applicants and such hindrances
through the Civil Service Bureau that I am unable to offer
you any encouragement whatever for your daughter, even though
she were the best qualified person to be had. I am sorry
not to be able to give you a more favorable answer, but
such are the facts.

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In reply to:

PERSONAL.

Carlsle, Pa., March 16, 1894.

Dear Judge Browning:--

I hate to write in an Official letter all that I
ought to say about Sibbald Smith and his affairs. He is
a regular nuisance and I would be glad to get rid of him,
but the hope that he may be stopped in his vile career, and
the knowledge that that career will be accelerated by his
return to Cherokee, leads me to hang on. When he ran away
I took the liberty of opening his letters. One came from
a girl now in the school in Cherokee, which indicated the
vilest relations between them, and she was begging him to
come back and feeling jealous because of his possible inti-
macy with another girl, who came here in the same party
with him. Another letter was one of his written from here
soon after his arrival to a boy friend in a little town
near Cherokee, which had not been delivered there and was
sent to the Dead Letter Office and returned here. In this
he detailed his exploits among the girls before he left
Cherokee and claimed intimacy with 10, naming some of them.
Since his return from run-away he received a letter, a copy
of which I enclose to you, which he has been showing to
the other boys, claiming that the influence of Mr. Crawford,

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Judge Browning, -- #2.

the Representative from that District, would be exerted in
his behalf. The letter is written by Miss Edith Houtz, a
teacher at Cherokee, who is evidently too immature for
useful influence in the Indian school service. He showed
it to the Cherokee boys generally and thus news of it came
to me, and I asked to see it, so have a copy. It is un-
fortunate that he is now a brother-in-law of Mr. Potter,
the Superintendent of the Cherokee school. Sibbald ought
to be in a Reformatory. To return him to Cherokee would
but give Departmental sanction to vice.

Yours sincerely,

1 Enclosure.

To
Hon. D. M. Browning,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
Washington, D. C.

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In reply to:

C O P Y .

Cherokee, N.C., March 6th, 1894.

My poor Sibbald:-

Your Mother has just come down and told us the
news of your capture. O, Sibbald! I am so sorry for you,
we are all dissapointed as we were expecting you home
today or tomorrow, and your mother is almost heartbroken
about.

But my poor boy do not despair as she is doing
everything for you and I am sure it will not be long before
you will be here safe and sound, and we will all be thankful
to have you with us again-so don't give up-but be patient
and I am sure it will not be very long before you are back
at Cherokee.

Your mother received your letter to send your a
fare home last Thursday and she sent the money in the next
mail-and this has been a great and unexpected shock to her-

So Sibbald do not get so down hearted as we will
soon have you home again

I will not write any more at present--believe me
to be

Sincerely your friend

E. H.

Mr. Potter and Lillie have been away and were expected home
today but they will not come until tomorrow-then your mother
is going to have him send for you-so dear boy be of good heart
she will write to Crawford also--

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., March 17, 1894.

General John Eaton,

The Concord,

Washington, D. C.

Dear General:--

The illustrations we have have been used so often that I hesitate to offer them to you, but should you care to use them I will gladly send you what we have. I enclose you prints. I send you an account of our visit to Chicago, written by a Mr. Johnston of the Daily New Era, Lancaster, which is as full as any that was written of us. Also our own papers with accounts. I shall be in Washington early in the week and hope to see you.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, pa., March 17, 1894.

Clarence Three Stars,

Pine Ridge Agency, S. Dak.

Dear Clarence:-

In reply to yours about the wagon, we make them
quite as we did before. We have both the "Three Spring"
and "Platform Spring" and the price is the same for each.
We could send you the two wagons for yourself and Mr.
Ross at $112, $56 each, and you pay all freight. I enclose
a photograph of each kind.

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in reply to:

Clarence Three Stars,

Pine Ridge Agency, S.Dak.

Dear Clarence:-

I have yours in regard to the strained relations
between yourself and Captain Penney. I have known Captain
Penney for many years and believe that he will meet you
more thanhalf way in any reconciliation. If you have
committed a fault the only way is to acknowledge it fully
and make amends by more care and better effort thereafter,
and if you place your matter before the Captain in this
way I feel sure your trouble will end. Of course I can
do nothing for you. Your affairs must be settled between
yourselves, or if referred to Washington, settled there
through such explanation as you can make. I hesitate to
believe that Captain Penney would relieve you after all
your years of faithful work.

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