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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 3, 1901.

Mr. Harry Hertzler, Chairman. )
Mr. J. Wetzel, Secretary. )
( Fire Committee.
Sesquicentennial Parade,

Carlisle, Pa.

Gentlemen :-

I accept with great pleasure the cordial invitation of your fire committee to our school fire company to participate in your sesquicentennial firemen's parade on October 24th, and name 250 as the number of boys and young men from the school who will march in line hauling our school engine and hose wagon.

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NOT TO BE PUBLISHED OR REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF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

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 4, 1901.

Mrs. Susan Jennings,
Ponca City, Okla.

Dear Madam :-

Your letter of Sept. 18th was held for my return from an
extended trip in the west. On the information given on application
blanks I can receive the older child, Marion Whiles, who is fourteen,
but the younger, Earl Sweeney is too young. Fourteen is the limit.
If you are ready to send the one, advise me, and I will place a
ticket. With a letter to conductors and a lunch to last several days
there will be no trouble enroute, as the railroad officials have al-
ways been very attentive to our passengers.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 3, 1901.

Mrs. Clara M. Sparks,
West Grove, Pa.

Dear Mrs. Sparks :-

I have the case of Valentine in the hands of the U. S. Dis-
trict Attorney in Phila., who has informed me on the evidence I have
submitted that we have a good case against him under the postal
laws. The penalty is a fine of not less than $100 nor more than
$5,000 with imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than
ten. The penalty being fixed by law and it being in the United
States courts instead of the state courts led me to believe I could
secure the best results there. I consulted the best legal adviser in
Carlisle and he concurred in my views. If the postal department does
not proceed against him I shall of course take up the case, probably
on the lines of your suggestion, for I mean that the man shall be
punished. "The mills of God grind slowly" in this matter it seems,
but I hope they will "grind exceeding small." He placed a note to
Nancy in the hands of one of our returning girls yesterday, which I
secured and filed as additional testimony against him. This note
indicated he was at Coatesville. I shall be glad if you or someone
in your community will keep me informed of his whereabouts until he
is disposed of. I have just written the U. S. District Attorney ask-
ing him to follow up the matter as promptly as possible. If it is
not soon attended to I shall go personally to Mr. Smith, Postmaster
General, who I know will give every assistance in his power.

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

Dear Brother Kingsbury :-

I shall not object to your making the number four girls, but limit it to that. Under the general authority that has been given I think the agent at Nyando will furnish you transportation. Consider with him and if he declines I will ask to have it arranged. You can show this letter if necessary.

I arrived home Tuesday after a long trip through Northern Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. It was a profitable experience to me and I believe productive of good to the service and the school. My traveling companions were Commissioner Jones and a committee from the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, so that I had excellent opportunity to get my views before them on many an occasion, and I think they are pretty well saturated with my ideas.

In regard to Andy, drop him. We want no drunken loafers here. Should you happen to strike some giants in stature and Samsons in strength at any time who are not over twenty and are anxious for an education I should be glad to make arrangements promptly for their incoming.

Trusting we shall see you soon and with kind regards to Mrs.
Kingsbury, I am

Faithfully yours,

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P. S. - It is clear I must visit St. Regis and the St. Lawrence in order to catch my biggest musculation. The largest one caught by our party weighed only thirteen pounds.

Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 4, 1901.

Miss Freddie A. Hough,
415 Second St., N.E.,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Miss Hough :-

Your letter of Sept. 16th was forwarded to me in the North
west, but as I kept ahead of my mail it missed catching me, and was with
many other letters only forwarded back to Carlisle last evening.

Emma Burrows in her letter states that she was for a while at
Hampton. If properly entered at Hampton she is not eligible here un-
less the Principal there thinks best to transfer her here. If he does
I shall be very glad to receive her. If she is under no obligation
to return to Hampton, there will be no difficulty and I can place a
ticket for her on your very satisfactory statement as to her char-
acter and possibilities.

Lon Spieche returned from the west day before yesterday quite
disgusted with the conditions he found there.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 4, 1901.

Wm. Drew,

Salina, I. T.

Dear Sir :-

I forward your letter to the agent of the Osages and furnish
him with blanks on which to give the record of each of you. If you
are not under obligations to any other school and are over 14 and un-
der 20, in good health and of good character I shall be very glad to
make arrangements to receive your party of five girls and two boys,
four Osages, two Shawnees and two Pottawatomies, but it will be nec-
essary to do it through the agent. Parental consent must be given
in each case. I enclose a sample blank. Such a blank will have to
be filled for each. If this is satisfactory you can all go to the
agent, Mr. Mitscher at Pawhuska and he will arrange it.

Yours very truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa.

Oct. 4, 1901.

Gen. John Eaton,
Eaton Grange,
Waterloo, N. Hampshire.

My dear General :-

Yours of Sept. 17th was sent by Nana to me in the west. I seem to have kept ahead of my mails about all the time, so that nothing reached me and last night all came back, yours with others.

Thank you for the kindly word about my report. You will be interested to know that I was traveling with the Commissioner and Senator Charles who is likely to be the chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs next winter. I had three weeks of splendid opportunity which I used well. Both gentlemen seem entirely converted to my way of thinking. The Commissioner read my report very carefully and said it was all true; that we ought to do away with Indian schools as soon as possible and yet have all the Indians in school; that we should not even have the Carlisle school very much longer; which sounds very much like something I have said once or twice myself.

As soon as my report went in the Indian Office came out with a circular calling upon superintendents and agents to recommend the best ways of securing pupils for non-reservation schools, announcing it as the policy of the Government to stop the hindrances against young Indians going out from the reservation. I think things are working perhaps as nearly right as possible under a management that is constantly influenced by political pressure. While away Commissioner Jones was anxious to have me go with him to Mandan, N. D. to

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select a site for an Indian school. I went. The people of Mandan are to donate 160 acres of land and Congress has appropriated $35,000 to build the school. The sites offered were a mile and a half, two miles, two and a half, etc. from the town, and three were entirely out of sight both from the railroad and the town. Abandoned efforts at agriculture were apparent on all sides. It seems to be a place that has been boomed, but yet in its large flouring mill has something of life left in it. Saloons are abundant. Neither the Indian Office or anyone connected with the Indian management except the agent who is in charge at Fort Yates sixty miles below on the river had anything to do with suggesting it. This agent's home is in Mandan. He has property there and it is for the purpose of booming the town that Mandan was chosen. There was a very respectable brick school building for the children of the town. After seeing what they had to offer, my opinion was asked and I stated that the only reason for bringing the Indians away from the reservation was to place them in contact with our civilization; that if a school was to be established at Mandan, the place for it was in town and as near to the public school as practicable, so that there might constantly be in sight the push and go of the civilization which it is hoped they will enter; and that they might at once as much as possible enter into competition with that civilization; that the school being near the public school there might be an interchange of school effort in every direction which would be mutually beneficial. My ideas were at once adopted and three squares not far from the site of the public school were tendered in addition to the 160 acres of land, and that land was in sight of the Indian school building. My judgment was very

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heartily accepted by Mr. Jones and I think will exercise great influence on any future matters of that kind. The usual rot about the west being the only place to educate Indian children, etc. etc. was freely expressed by the people who were donating the ground. I met those arguments in the usual way, although we did not reach any accord. Of course they are anxious to have the Government recognize their town. Mandan, as you know, is just across the river from Bis- mareck, a much larger and nicer town and really a better place for the school; but as the Indian agent has great influence with the Senator, Mandan was chosen.

School opened with a full complement of children and everything is in the healthiest possible shape. My new assistant superintendent has just reported and I expect to take a considerable let-up on account of his presence. The Commissioner wants me to visit the south west with him, and I may do so a little later, or go on my own account to see some Indians and reservations I have never visited.

With cordial greetings to Mrs. Eaton and congratulations to you both on the acquisition of a new member in your family, believe me as always,

Faithfully yours,

P. S. - Will you be at Mohonk this year? I expect to go and take Mrs. Pratt. Have agreed to read a paper.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 4, 1901.

Supt. Malcolm W. Odell,
Indian School,
Toledo, Ia.

My dear Odell :-

Yours of Sept. 12th was sent after me in the west, and as
ahead
I kept of the mails it followed me from place to place until last
evening when it was returned to me here from Leech Lake. Your note
sent to Leech Lake met the same fate. The Commissioner was in a great
hurry as he had not written his annual report and the Secretary was
pressing him for it. He had necessarily to stop in Chicago and at
his home, so that he only reached his office today. We made a quick
run up to Mandan, N. D. to select a site for the new school to be
built there. Were there only a few hours. I got back Tuesday.

Miss McArthur yesterday handed me a letter from Mrs. Odell so-
liciting her for the position of assistant matron at your school.
Miss McArthur is willing to go provided the salary can be made the
same as she is receiving here. I forwarded her letter with Mrs. O-
dell's to the Office yesterday with my approval, but advised Miss Mc
Arthur to telegraph you at once to make application for her on those
grounds. I doubt if the arrangement will be made unless you can show
up a better attendance. I fully understand the conditions under
which you will labor, and did at the time you went there. As to what
I expect of you, it is simply that you will be a great success and
not only overcome the prejudices of the Indians and get their chil-
dren into school, but that the school in all its management will be

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a great credit to you.

If I were you I would not give too much thought to things that
have occurred nor the actions of the authorities. I should go right
at it tooth and toe-nail, determined to make them understand I meant
business, and try to capture them by my enthusiasm. Their difficult-
ies must certainly be apparent to themselves. Make use of those
difficulties as an entering wedge.

With kind regards to Mrs. Odell,

Faithfully yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 2, 1901.

Robert Depoe,
Indian School,
Chemawa, Ore.

Dear Robert :-

Yours letter of Aug. 31st with check enclosed came in my
absence and was held for my return. As I did not leave Carlisle till
Sept. 8th, it must have been delayed somewhere or it would have reached
me and been answered earlier. I am glad the matter is finally set-
tled, and thank you for the remittance. My extended correspondence
with Agent Buford led me to believe you were aware of the non-payment
of the draft.

With kind regards from your friends here, I am

Faithfully yours,

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Adjutant 15th Cavalry,
Praesidio,
San Francisco, Cal.

Sir:-

Replying to your circular letter of Sept. 12th, I was born in the town of Rushford, Allegany County, New York, on the 6th day of December, 1840. The Army Register gives my first enlistment as the 20th day of April, 1861, but I enlisted on the 16th, three days after the President's proclamation, and arrived at Indianapolis, Indiana, on the 18th but was not mustered in until the 20th.

In asking for a brief account of my services, I take it the desire is to get the commands in which I served and the battles in which I participated. I was with Col. Kelly's command in the engagement at Phillipi June 3rd, '61, Laurel Hill July 7th., Bel-ington, July 10th, and Carrick's Ford, July 13th; all West Vir-ginia 1861 and in the 9th Indiana.

While in the 2nd Indiana Cavalry, Sept. '61 to Apr. '64, was with the advance entering Nashville, Tenn., participated in the engagement at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 7th, Corinth Road April 9th., Pea Ridge April 15th., Corinth April 30th., Tusculonia Creek May 31st., Boonville June 1st., McMinnville, Tenn. August 9th, Gallatin Aug. 21st., Crab Orchard, Ky. Sept. 10th, Brentwood, Tenn. Sept. 19th., Vinegar Hills, Ky., Sept. 22nd., Nashville Oct. 1st., Perryville, Ky. Oct. 6th and 7th; Chapin Hills Oct. 8th., Harts-

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ville, Tenn., Nov. 28th, Dec. 7th., Lavergne, Tenn., Dec 26th; all 1862 and Stone River, Dec. 31st., to Jan. 3rd, '63; Provost duty at Nashville, late winter '63-'64. Joined 2nd Brigade, 1st. Cavalry Division, Department of the Cumberland, May 1863 and in engagements at Shelbyville June 6th, Triune 11th, Tullahoma Campaign June 23rd-30th; Middletown June 24th, Guy's Gap June 27th., Elk River Bridge July 2nd., Sparta Aug. 9th., Anderson's Crossroads Oct. 2nd; in the movements and skirmishes particularly at Alpine, Georgia, bringing on, and in the battle of Chiamaugua, Sept. 1863; on recruiting service in Indiana, November 1863 to April 1864, discharged from 2nd. Indiana Cavalry and appointed Lieutenant 11th. Indiana Cavalry Apr.'64; promoted Captain Sept. 1st. 1864, Provost-Marshall of Northern Alabama, covering Memphis and Charleston railroad from Decatur to Bridgeport, summer of 64; engagement at Huntsville, Ala., Oct., 64; joined 1st. Brigade 5th Division of Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi, Nov. 1864; in engagement at Shoal Creek, Nov. 9th, Lawrenceburg Nov. 22nd, Campbellville, Nov. 24th. Inspector of 1st. Brigade, 5th Division of Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi Nov. '64 to January 1865; in engagements at Columbia, Franklin and Nashville, Nov. and December '64; Hollow Tree Gap Dec. 17th, Lynnville Dec. 23rd., Pulaski Dec. 25th; Inspector and Judge Advocate of the 5th Division Cavalry, Military Division of the Miss., Jan. 23rd to May 29th, '65; mustered out May 29th, 1865. Reported as 2nd. Lt. at Regimental Headquarters, 10th Cav'y, Ft. Leavenworth, Kas., June '67, assigned to Co. D at Ft. Gibson, I.T. Reported there and was immediately transferred to Ft. Arbuckle and appointed command of Indian scouts and Adjutant; served in this

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capacity to spring of '68, when took the field in campaign against
Indians as Adjutant of Battalion, 10th Cavalry, under command of
Major Kidd, summer and winter of '68; encamped on present site of
Ft. Sill in Feb. '69, Adjutant General of the Indian Territory in
the spring of '69; relieved of that duty and served with company
in summer and fall of '69 in several expeditions against the Ind-
ians west of Ft. Sill. On leave October '69 to January, '70, on
duty Ft. Leavenworth in charge of recruits Jan. to May, '70; In
Feb. '70 commanded 225 recruits from Ft. Leavenworth for the 3rd.
Infantry and 10th Cavalry from Leavenworth to Harker by rail,
marched to Ft. Dodge and south to Camp Supply, I. T. Had charge
of detachment of recruits, wagon train and supply of horses, and
marched from Ft. Leavenworth via Ft. Gibson and Ft. Arbuckle to
Ft. Sill; served at Ft. Sill summer of '70 to the spring of '71
and at Camp Supply and in various expeditions west of these places
after Indians through remainder of '71 to the spring of '72; moved
with Company to Ft. Griffin, Tex., spring of '73 and had command
of Indian scouts and tribe of Tonkawa Indians at that point in
addition to service with company until July '74, when ordered to
General Davidson at Ft. Sill and enlisted a company of Indian
scouts, first of 25, increased to 50, then to 80, taking part in
various expeditions of the Ft. Sill column through the late summer
and fall of '74 and winter of '74-75; also had charge of Indian
prisoners captured by that column until April 75, when I took 74
Indian prisoners in chains to Florida; remained in charge of them
at Ft. Marion, St. Augustine, Fla., three years. In Apr.'78, pris-
oners were released and I conducted them to Old Point, Va., and was
relieved. Went on leave of absence for 6 months. Early in the

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summer of '78 directed by Secretary of War to collect and bring
50 Indian children, Dakota to Hampton Institute, Va., 47 of the
Indian prisoners with me in Florida having been placed therein.
This service performed, I was detailed to stay at Hampton until the
Indian children became "accustomed to their new mode of life and
interested in educational pursuits". In January '79, I notified
the War Department that the duty had been complied with and the
children were now satisfactorily under the care of the Institute
and I requested to return to my regiment. Was detained and on the
solicitation of both the Secretary of War and Interior, in the
summer of '79 I was detailed by a special act of Congress for
Indian educational duty with a view of keeping me at Hampton. I
objected to the Indian and Negro being educated together and stated
to the Secy. of the Interior if he desired to keep me in Indian
educational work, I would be content to continue provided I was given
an independent school and allowed to work out my own ideas, and
suggested that Carlisle Barracks with 250 or 300 children was
possible. The proposition was approved and I was detailed for this
work Sept. 6th '79, and have continued in this performance ever
since.

This is probably a more verbose account of my services than
is desired for the permanent record, but not knowing just what is
wanted I send it suggesting that it can be made as brief as de-
sired by penciling out the verbiage.

Dio. (M)

214

Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 4, 1901.

Col. Henry E. Noyes,
Matanzas, Cuba.

My dear Colonel Noyes:-

Your letter of the 8th ult., followed me in a long trip west and just now returns to Carlisle. Since I have been absent from military duties, I have felt that it was inconsistent for me to engage in any matter looking to my own advancement and have refrained, except in a couple of cases of young men whom I thought specially worthy who wanted to enter the army during the Cuban War, from recommending to the War department in any behalf. Of course I want to be and hope to be a Colonel before I retire and would be glad to have that rank as early as possible, but being somewhat extraneous to the military establishment by my long absence from military duties, now more than a quarter of a century, I believe it would be better for me to continue to follow the path which I had laid out for myself and not engage in any efforts to secure my own advancement or the advancement of others where the facts are much better known by the department than they are by me.

I remember with great pleasure our limited service together when you were Inspector General of Cavalry and I was Inspector for the 5th Cavalry Division during our campaign out from Nashville and while stationed at Gravelly Springs and Eastport, Miss., the winter and spring of '65.

Truly yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 4, 1901.

John Benson,

Unalaska, Alaska.

My dear John:-

Your letter and the box containing the Bidarka and the mink
skin both came yesterday. Thank you my dear boy for your remem-
brance of me. The bidarka and the mink skin too will occupy a
place in Mrs. Pratt's collection of Indian curios. It may be we
can make something of the mink skin that will be useful to us.
I have just been on a long trip in the northern part of Wisconsin,
Minnesota and Dakota and am very busy.

Trusting your hand is well by this time and that you are
in good health and making good use of what you had learned at
Carlisle, I am as ever,

Faithfully your friend and school father,

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 5, 1901.

Dear Brother Hagerty :--

The enclosed copy of letter from Rev. Judson L. Underwood
of Agundillia, Porto Rico, explains itself. The original I have hand-
ed to Dr. Norcross. The little girl mentioned particularly is now
in the country, but on her return will be encouraged to attend Pres-
byterian services as her parents wish.

Faithfully yours,

Rev. A. N. Hagerty,
Pastor First Presbyterian Church,
Carlisle, Pa.

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Carlsile, Pa., Oct. 5, 1901.

Rev. Judson L. Underwood,
Aguadilla, Porto Rico.

Dear Sir :-

Your communication of the 11th ult. came in my absence and
was held for my return, hence delay in answering.

I find that Milagro Schmitze has attended Catholic services at
the school, but the matter has been corrected in accordance with your
letter, and there will be no cause for further uneasiness.

All pupils of whatever denomination attend all our school ser-
vices which are strictly non-sectarian in tone. The several minis-
ters in the town of Carlsile visit the school at stated times and
conduct classes, and look after the interests of their adherents, the
Methodist, Catholic, and Episcopal ministers being much more active
in this direction than the Presbyterians, the all have equal privi-
leges. While pupils are allowed to choose for themselves what faith
they will accept, it is our wish to guide them in lines which their
parents have chosen for them, at least until they are old enough to
take such matters into their own hands. In Milagro's case, she prob-
ably went with Catholic girls rather than separate herself from her
Porto Rican companions. Last month she was sent to a good home in the
country for the winter and will attend public school. She lives with
a good Protestant family, and is under good influence. Miss Weekley
one of my teachers who brought Milagro from Porto Rico is in corras-
conce with her and has written her fully along these lines, and
has also written her country mother. The lady in charge of the girls

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also fully understands your wish and her parents', and when the child
returns to the school will place her under the proper church suspi-
ces. In the meantime, I hand your letter to Dr. George Norcross,
Pastor of the 2nd Presbyterian Church, and copy of it to Rev. A.
N. Hagerty, Pastor of the First.

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P. S. - If you know of others who should be under Protestant influ-
ences I would thank you to give me their names and the denomination
of each.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 5, 1901.

Wallace G. Sweet,
Courtenay, N. D.

Dear Sir :

Replying to yours of Sept. 29th in reference to entering
this school as students, I have to inform you that our age limits are
14 and 18. In exceptional cases where pupils are unusually worthy
they may be entered as old as 21, but the consent of the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs must be secured in each case.

From your letter I judge you are able to bustle for yourselves,
and if so I think that is by far the better way. The best Indian
school in the land cannot give what actual experience among white
people can and does give in the way of making a boy independent and
ready to meet all difficulties. If the Indian Agent at White Earth
recommends the admission of your brother, aged 18, and he is really
anxious for an education, I could accept of him and place a tick-
ot for him at Detroit. Enclosed is a blank which all applicants are
required to have properly filled and returned to me.

I enclose your letter to Agent Michelet at White Earth, with
this arrangement would necessarily be made.

Yours very truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry ,Sept.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 5, 1901.

Mrs. F. M. Overlees,
Bartlesville, I. T.

Dear Madam :-

Pupils entering Carlisle must be arranged for through the Agent if they live on an Indian agency or are connected with one.

Those who have no connection with an agency are expected to attend the public schools in their neighborhood. Other Indians of proper character, age and health are eligible for admission except in the case of the Five Civilized Tribes, for whom special schools have been established. I enclose a blank such as must be filled in the case of every student asking admission or transfer to Carlisle. If the girl and boy you have in mind are eligible, go to your Indian agent, and the matter will be handled thru him. If everything is satisfactory I shall be glad to place transportation to Carlisle at any point that may be named.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 5, 1901.

Paul Smith,
Burgess, Mich.

Dear Paul :-

Your letter of Sept. 18th asking to return to Carlisle
came while I was absent in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota.
Returned early this week, to find that nothing had been written you.

If you are in good health I shall be very glad to have you come
back and finish the course, and have asked that a ticket to Carlisle
be placed with the station agent at Charlevoix for your use. You can
receipt for the ticket when it is delivered to you. It will be ready
in angle time to start Oct. 15th, or earlier if you call for it.

Charles Roberts (Skippegosh) is also to return, bringing with
him Andrew Wasequan. Let me hear just when you will start.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 5, 1901.

Mr. Ivan Vereskin,
Ungo, Alaska.

My dear Sir :-

I am very sorry to have to announce to you the death of
your little daughter, Annie, who died at this school Sept. 30th, as
shown by the Doctor's statement herewith enclosed. We have a good
hospital, where Annie was taken care of during her short illness.
She was a bright child, and very highly spoken of by her teachers
and those who had the care of her, and all are greatly grieved by
her sudden passing away.

Very sincerely yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 5, 1901.

Mrs. Louisa Stewart,
Tryon, Okla.

Dear Mrs. Stewart :-

Your letter of Sept. 27th in regard to the return of your
son, Don McDonald, was held for my return from an absence of several
weeks. While I regret the seeming necessity which prompted your re-
quest I cannot act favorably on it. Don came here for five years,
and his education is the first consideration. To allow him to quit
his opportunities now would likely be fatal to his ambitions, and I
am sure you would not wish to stand in his way because of some lit-
tle inconvenience at home. Don is getting on nicely, was in my of-
fice the other day, looks well and says he is well and happy.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 5, 1901.

Orrin H. Oxendine,
315 Guerry St.,
San Francisco, Cal.

Dear Sir :-

Replying to yours of Sept. 16th which came during my absence in the west, I have to inform you that without knowing something definite about your nephews and niece it is impossible to give a favorable reply.

Students entering Carlisle must be between the ages of 14 and 20, in good health and of good character, and connected with some Indian Agency. I enclose blanks which you can have filled out in proper form and return to me for consideration. If everything is satisfactory I will place transportation at such point as you name. We have no agent from the school in your vicinity, but there would be no trouble enroute if the children were provided with a letter to conductors and railroad officials. We send many of our girls as far as the Pacific Coast without escort, and have never had an accident.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 5, 1901.

Dr. A. W. Newhall,
Hagaman, New York.

My dear Doctor :-

I regret very much to report to you the death of Annie Vereskin, one of your party from Alaska. I enclose copy of my physician's statement in regard to her, by which you will see that she died of diphtheria, the immediate cause being heart exhaustion.

With the exception of Vera Wagner, the others are well and getting on nicely. Vera is at present in the hospital, but not really sick.

I have written to Mr. Ivan Vereskin, Unna, Alaska, of his daughter's death, and as you know him presume you will write also.

Annie was a happy little girlwhom teachers and care-takers had all learned to love.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 5, 1901.

Miss Lucy Schenandoah,
Oneida, Wis.

Dear Lucy :-

I returned the early part of the week to find that you did not come back with the other Oneidas. Mr. Reitzel hands me your letter in which you say you desire to return a little later and complete the course if it takes six years more. I am glad to know your determination in the matter. When ready to start, advise me and I will place a ticket for you. I suggest that you set the time as early as possible for the reason that the longer you are out the more you lose in class standing, and the harder it is to get back.

The school is already quite full and we shall not have room for many more.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 5, 1901.

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

Dear Florence :-

When your letter of Sept. 23rd arrived I was away from home and returned only this week. I find that Mr. Beitzel asked the general Eastern Agent of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad to arrange for a ticket to be delivered to you at Pon du Lac, and this was done promptly after receipt of your letter, so that there has been plenty of time for you to use the ticket. Please let me know at once whether or not you expect to return soon and when you will start. Sorry for the misunderstanding which caused the first delay. School work is well under way and you ought to be on hand in order not to fall behind.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 7, 1901.

Charley Johnson,
C/o R. B. Coleman,
Edinburg, N. J.

Dear Charley:-

Spencer Jamison as you know has ran away and his trunk and things came into my possession. Among the letters found in his trunk is the enclosed from you. I have read it over and my cheeks tingle with shame to think that I have a boy in this school who would think such vile things and even go farther than that and write them on paper and send them to another boy and try to make him think such vile things. I cannot believe that you understand how very wrong it is for you to think and say such words as you say in this letter. If you let your mind run on such things, you will grow worse and worse and your whole life will be vile. No decent people will want to associate with you. By writing such things to people and sending them through the mail, you have violated the postal laws of the United States, and if I should send your letter to the Postmaster-General and ask him to prosecute you, he could have you brought before the courts, your letter would be read out in the courts; you would have to acknowledge that you wrote it and sent it because it is your writing and the envelope is addressed by you, and the marks show that it has been sent through the mails. The punishment for doing that is a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $5000, and imprisonment for not less than one year and not more than ten years. The law fixes the punish-

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ment so that the judge could not punish you if he wanted to with
a less fine than $100 nor could he send you to prison for a less
time than one year. You can see how the law looks upon such bad-
ness and you are only a boy yet. You have I hope many years to
live and I hope they will be useful good years to you and to all
that know you, but they cannot be unless you at once make up your
mind to clean yourself of all such thoughts and never to allow
yourself to think such things much less to speak them or write
them. I hope this letter from your friend and school-father will
be enough to prevent you from ever writing and I hope from ever
speaking and thinking such things any more.

Your friend and School-father,

Die. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 7, 1901.

Miss Mary Sibbett,
Plymouth,
Richland Co., Ohio.

Dear Miss Sibbett :-

I enclose copies of my last and several other annual reports of this school, copies of addresses, and such other information as has been printed for distribution. We have never published a catalog. My last report will show what an undertaking it would be to get out a yearly catalog giving full lists, etc.

Copy of The Red Man is herewith. I have been away from home for several weeks, and the clerk who usually attends to such requests was also away, hence delay in material reaching you.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 7, 1901.

Miss C. Lillian Cooper,
723 W. Main St.,
 Owosso, Mich.

Dear Miss Cooper :-

Enclosed find printed information regarding this school, as asked by your postal of the 3rd inst. We do not publish a catalog. The annual reports cover most points that would be given in a catalog, but the number of students is so large that it would take a large book to name them all and give such information about them as would make the list valuable.

Trusting the material sent will suit your purpose, I am

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 7, 1901.

Miss Mabel Launstein,
Owosso, Mich.

Dear Miss Launstein :--

I send you herewith such printed material as we have in
reference to this school, and trust you may find therein the informa-
tion you are seeking. The blank is a sample of the kind used by
those asking admission as students.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 7, 1901.

Charles Higher,
Hayward, Wis.

Dear Sir :--

Enclosed find my check for $12.00 covering your bill just
received. Please send receipt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 7, 1901.

Mrs. H. C. Ditmer,
132 Holmden Ave.,
Cleveland, O.

Dear Madam :-

I send you herewith such printed matter as we have in re-
gard to the school, including several of my annual reports, by which
you may note something of the progress from year to year. We do not
issue a catalog, but have under way an illustrated booklet giving
additional information. This however will not be ready for some
time.

Trusting the material may reach you in time to be of use in the
preparation of your paper, I am

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 7, 1901.

Dr. James MacAlester,
Pres. Drexel Institute,
Phila., Pa.

My dear Doctor :-

Yours of Sept. 13th from Watch Hill, R. I. is before me. I returned only a few days ago from an extended trip in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota, having been urged by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and Senator Quarles to join their party in an official visit to some of the schools and agencies in the north.

I thank you for the favor accorded the school in your scholarship to Ida Swallow. A letter from Ida's patron tells that she passed the examination and seems to be getting on nicely. She is a bright girl and I have no doubt will do well.

I am not yet Colonel, but Lt. Colonel, this in reply to your postscript.

Faithfully yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 7, 1901.

Charles Dickens,

San Carlos, Ariz.

Dear Charles :-

I cannot send Grace Thumbo home as you ask, until her five
years has expired. She is getting on well, is at the school and will
attend our own classes this winter. Please explain to her relatives
for whom you write.

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P. S. - It will be useless to continue urging Grace's return. The rules must be enforced, as I have many times written you.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 7, 1901.

Jas. S. Earle & Son,
816 Chestnut St.,
Phila., Pa.

Gentlemen :-

Replying to yours of the 30th ult., I enclose cabinet size
photo approved by my family.

Yours very truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 4, 1901.

Editor,
The Pittsburgh Observer,
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Sir :-

As your weekly paper comes to the school among our exchang-
es, it seems hardly necessary to send me a copy personally. My time
is so full that I am quite unable to read all the periodicals that
come to my desk, and I think the complimentary copy might be as well
abandoned. Should anything of special interest appear in its columns
my attention will be called to the matter.

Thanking you for the courtesy heretofore extended me, I am

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 7, 1901.

C. D. Gibbs,

Williston, N. Dakota.

My dear Sir :-

Your letter of Sept. 25th in regard to the return of your
son Charles came while I was absent in the west on business connect-
ed with Indians.

Charles has been here only a little over a year, and you remem-
ber your anxiety to get him here. He is a bright boy and I hope will
do well, but when in my office early in the summer to see me about
something he wanted and I questioned him a little, he replied some-
what shamefacedly that he guessed he was a little lazy. I have had
no complaints about him on that score, and take it for granted he is
overcoming that disposition. It is your duty to let him remain here
and encourage him to make the best use of his opportunities.

I trust you can make some arrangement that will not interfere
with the progress of your son.

Yours very truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 7, 1901.

Miss Mary W. Whipple,
Birch Coulee Mission,
Morton, Minn.

Dear Miss Whipple :-

I find that San Whipple's letter to someone in Morton, Minn.
was sent a day or two ago, whether to you or his parents I am unable
to say, as it was gone before I knew it. One of the ladies in the
Outing Department glanced over the letter, and tells me it was a very
interesting and satisfactory one in regard to himself and his farm
home. He will attend public school in Bucks County this winter.

If the boys become negligent in writing, I would be obliged if
you would let me know.

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P. S. - San's address is Edgewood, Bucks Co., Pa., C/o Mr. S. C.
Scatterthwaite.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 8, 1901.

Miss Flora Golsh,
Lake Mohonk Mountain House,
Lake Mohonk, New York.

Dear Miss Golsh :-

Replying to yours of Oct. 4th, if it costs no more to go
via Panama than via the Southern Pacific route I have no objections
to sending you and Miguel that way. In looking over the Panama folder
however, I see first class passage New York to San Francisco is $100
for each passenger. The Southern Pacific has given rates not half so
much.

Mr. Allen is Carlisle's new assistant superintendent. Glad you
have been to Mohonk. It is a paradise, as you say.

Sincerely yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 8, 1901.

Mrs. Ruth Shaffner-Etnier,
4512 Osage Ave.,
Phila., Pa.

Dear Mrs. Etnier :-

I am very sorry you sent Margaret to Merchantville. You
could have easily telegraphed me or even phoned if there was great
emergency. You knew Margaret. Certainly she gave anxiety enough
while you were in charge of our girls to warn you to be careful.
We have been much perplexed by rowdy boys returning to our outing
districts after they had gone home. If we are to be bothered with
bad girls doing the same our difficulties will be vastly multiplied.

Yours sincerely,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 8, 1901.

Miss Dorothy J. Cleveland,
Anadarko, Okla.

Dear Miss Cleveland :-

We have an organization of King's Daughters' Circles and
literary societies in this school and it does not seem important that
we take up W. C. T. U. work as a special department. It gives us too
much to look after and the value, while something of course, is not
sufficient to make it as I think at all necessary. We are not bothered
here one tenth as much with whiskey as the Indians on their several
reservations are, simply because I will not allow it.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 8, 1901.

Rev. H. G. Ganss,
St. Patrick's Rectory,
Carlisle, Pa.

My dear Father Ganss :-

I return Miss Hughes' letter and the clipping and am very greatly obliged to you for the reading of them. Evidently, the light is slowly breaking into these dark and benighted places in regard to Carlisle, and we shall finally be understood, at least in a measure.

Faithfully yours,

Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 7, 1901.

Archie Crotzer,
Darlington, Okla.

Dear Sir :-

Replying to yours of Oct. 2nd, as you have a position and are probably beyond the age we are allowed to accept without special permission, it does not seem best to encourage you in your idea of coming here. Our school is already well filled and with those who have been promised and parties that are making up, we are likely to have all we can accommodate without going outside the age limits.

Yours very truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 8, 1901.

Charles LaCroix,
Darlington, Okla.

Dear Sir :-

Replying to yours of Oct. 2nd asking to enter Carlisle as a student, the fact that you are an employee leads me to believe you have had quite a little Government schooling and are probably beyond the age at which we receive students. On special endorsement and authority of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs we do sometimes accept students who have passed the age limit, but our school is now well filled, and with those already promised we shall probably have all we can care for without going outside. Your chances for improvement after having reached your stage would I think be far better outside an Indian school and in competition with white people.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 9, 1901.

Mrs. S. J. Gamertsfelder,
Naperville, Ill.

Dear Madam :-

Replying to yours of the 7th inst. I enclose copies of several of my annual reports of this school, and other printed matter in reference to this school and Indian education generally. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs each year puts out a report giving full information in regard to all schools, agencies, and tribes. You may be able to obtain a copy of last year's report through your Congressman. Aside from this I know of no source of reliable information.

Yours very truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 9, 1901.

Miss Nellie N. Peters,
Gresham, Wis.

Dear Nellie :-

The enclosed is copy of a letter just received from the
Department in reference to your application for a position in the
Indian Service.

Sincerely yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 9, 1901.

Miss Anna J. Williams,
Holicong, Pa.

Dear Friend :-

I have your letter with enclosure in reference to Scott
Foreman. I think best to refer the matter to Mr. Bentley Agent for
the Shawnee, who has the rolls and all the facts at hand, and he
will communicate with the boy or with me. I forward your letter
also.

Sincerely yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 9, 1901.

Otto Coleman,
C/O Mr. J. C. Bucher,
Boiling Springs, Pa.

Dear Otto :-

The Commissioner's letter says, "It will be necessary for you to give the names of your parents, date you left the reservation, your whereabouts from 1893 to 1899, and your manner of entering the Carlisle Industrial School." You came here in December, 1899 with Dr. Eastman from Santec Agency. With whom were you living from 1898 to the end of the year when you came here? In giving your parents' names, give both Indian and English names if they had both. Sign your name "Otto Coleman" and underneath write "Brings Them". Send this statement to me and I will forward it with papers of Mr. Ward and John C. Turtle to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Mr. Bucher will explain to you if you do not understand. This I think will cover all the evidence asked for.

Faithfully your friend and school-father,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 9, 1961.

R. B. Allen,

Saratoga Springs, New York.

Dear Sir :-

Replying to yours of Sept. 4th, I know no dealer in baskets, etc. in Alaska. Rev. L. M. Jones, Missionary at Juneau, Alaska, Rev. Curtis P. Coe, WoodIsland, Kodiak, Alaska, or Mr. C. E. Bunnell, teacher, at the same place, could probably direct you.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 10, 1901.

Mr. C. G. Heyd,
Camp Hill, Pa.

Sir:-

The carpenter, Mr. Gardner, reports that he is experiencing considerable difficulty in obtaining the lumber for which you have a contract. He is in immediate need of 300 ft. Pine lumber, 16" wide, surfaced two sides, and desires to know if he can obtain this amount of the Beetem Lumber Co. and have it charged to your account. An immediate reply will be appreciated. We have tried to get you over the phone but have failed in all cases.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 9, 1901.

Hon. W. F. Likly, Pres.,
Niagara University,
Niagara, New York.

Dear Sir :-

Your note about Edward Pesarell and one from his father
saying he had made arrangements to enter Edward at the Niagara Uni-
versity, are all I have in regard to the matter. I am ready to send
the young man to you as soon as a settlement of his affairs here can
be accomplished. He has been working for a while at Boiling Springs
near here where he had a very pleasant home, but came in a few days
ago complaining of rheumatism in his ankle. That however is not suf-
ficient to interfere with traveling, and he can leave within a day
or two. I have an arrangement by which I can send him to Buffalo at
half rate, and it would be well for you to meet him there. Will tel-
egraph you when he starts just when he should arrive in Buffalo. From
your note and Edward's father's, I understand you will be ready to
receive him at any time.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 9, 1901.

Mr. H. Pasarell,
Yauco, Porto Rico.

My dear Sir :-

Yours of Sept. 26th came while I was away from home, and
was held for my return. I very willingly release your son from this
school to enter Niagara University, as you have arranged, and this is
quite in line with what I seek to do for all who are sent to Carlisle

I am writing Prof. Likely, Pres. of Niagara University, today,
having just heard from him. Edward will be ready to start within a
day or two. He has always conducted himself in a manly way at the
school and we shall always be glad to hear of his success.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 9, 1901.

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

My dear Chamberlain :-

I was away when your letter of Sept. 11th came. Returned
only last week, and have been trying to catch up with my correspon-
dence, but am not at all well.

Yours very truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 11, 1901.

Mr. Henry Smith,

Whittier,

Swain Co., N. C.

Dear Sir:-

Your son, Jacob, will leave Carlisle for his home on Monday afternoon next arriving at Whittier Tuesday evening. Please have him met at the train. He is rather run down in health and is sent home at his own desire with the hope that he may recuperate there.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 11, 1901.

Jacinto Subish,

Amago, Calif.

Dear Madam:-

Your son, Louis, has been in rather poor health for several
weeks and he desires to return to his home thinking that the south-
ern California air will benefit him. He will leave here on Monday
afternoon, the 14th., and will arrive in Temecula on Saturday
evening. Please meet him at the station. He is not in a dangerous
condition and I trust that he will be soon fully restored to health.

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Carliette, Pa. Oct. 11, 1901.

His Excellency,

The President,

Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. President :

When the tragic death of our great and good President occurred I was with Senator Quarles and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Mr. Jones, and others, among the Indians of Wisconsin on a trip that had been arranged months before, and it seemed best to us all to finish. I returned home last week and promised Mr. Jones that I would come to Washington this week and together we would pay our respects to you. I have not been well since my return, and a part of this week I have spent in bed. It is not best to leave home until I am in better shape, but I do not wish to defer longer saying some things to you that I think you will be willing I should say.

I watched with no little interest and with very considerable hope your beginnings as Governor in regard to the Indians of New York. It was evident to me that you intended in some way if possible to break up the hindering conditions of their reservation life. This leads me to believe that you will be anxious to do the same for all Indians, now that all have come under your care. Allow me to say that after more than thirty-four years of actual contact and experience in handling Indians, I think you cannot in a single instance do that so quickly. The reservation was both un-American and unchristian in its inception, and has been accelerating so in its progress.

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uation. It removed from the Indian the great law of necessity im-
posed by the Almighty in the beginning. It was alleged to be a pro-
tection against vice and the wronging of the Indians, but without ex-
ception it has been the greatest means of introducing vice and crime
among them, and the wrong it has done by hindering them from contact
with higher and nobler things is irreparable. The longer it is dur-
tained, the worse the conditions. The setting apart of great dis-
tricts and alleging ownership has been and will continue to be the
best means of destroying the Indian. I therefore trust you will as
forbids as possible push with all the power you can every means to-
ward doing away with reservation and tribal continuance and agency
supervision.

Lands in severalty has not proven an unmixed blessing, because
it decreases that the Indians must all be farmers, which is inc shoes
ent and forces them to continue to live together as tribal communi-
ties. Never in the history of the country has there been an unearned
payment of money made to Indians, whether for lands, under treaty, or
in any other way that was not really made to the surrounding white
people, and which was not an unmitigated source of evil to the Indi-
ans. I admit that we are in a box about it and the tangle seems al-
most inextricable. Admitting our treaty obligations and that the
land really is the Indians', I believe that less evil will come to
them by a full payment at once of all alleged indebtedness and the
allowance of land giving full ownership and power of alienation and
removal of all restraints tending to hinder such contact, and aid
ing them to fullness association with the best elements of our other
population. The "Lands in Severalty" scheme, hindering real owner-

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ship for twenty-five years or more, is not much encouragement to them to improve and develop the land. The tendency is to lease to white men.

A great curse to the Indian is the Bureau. What good fortune for the negro and the country that the Freedmen's Bureau was done away with! What would a Bureau do for Italians with a Commissioner and clarks in Washington to accomplish the necessary oversight, with agents everywhere to form Italian communities in this country? We must not expect the Bureau to kill itself. The disposition of those connected with it is hilarious with every added responsibility, and there is no end to the schemes originated in the Bureau to add to its perpetuity. Gradual curtailment aiming at elimination should be the policy.

My hopes when I began at Carlisle have not been grandly realized. I believed if I could show that Indians were as orderly and capable and easily developed as others, both Church and State would follow my plan. My efforts have met with opposition all the time, and that opposition was little born of the Indians. It came from agency, Church, and Bureau. I always believed and now after twenty-two years experience here know that the Indian in our public schools and in our communities reaches intelligence, ability, usefulness, and acceptability as quickly as any foreigner. There is no opposition to Indians in schools anywhere. Every experience has proven my judgment correct. Under our existing arrangements the earnings of the students of this school last year were above $28,000; - lazy, good-for-nothing Indians, mind you. We did not have to ask for a single place but had to refuse twice as many applicants as we could accommodate,

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During the summer vacation months we had 630 out at work for farmers and in families, and everyone of them received pay equal to the service performed. We have many patrons who have used no other help for twenty years. As the public school is the greatest Americanizer, I keep a large proportion of my students in the public schools, making them earn their keep by work out of school hours. 369 of our 1000 are so placed for the coming winter. This is what Carlisle has been increasingly doing from year to year for twenty-two years. It is the biggest feature of Carlisle and has everything of hope and possibility in it; but the Bureau has not profited by the example and enforced it elsewhere. My football team and band will make ten times as much noise in the country; yet both are infinitesimal in comparison as an outlook for the Indian. Carlisle has many alleged imitators in the other Indian schools of the country, but not a single one is trying to do what Carlisle does in this line, and yet as a means of removing fears and prejudices this element of contact is vital.

While teaching Indian youth to speak our language, giving them the rudiments of our education and each of them a usable knowledge of some civilized industry, it all help in the right direction, the fact that thereafter they do not have to go out into the national life to compete and struggle, but can and many of them do go back to reservations, rations, annuities, and tribal indemnity, is a tremendous drawback. Educating Indian youth to abandon tribal life with its licenses and government claims, in order to save themselves and become real individual men and citizens is almost a forlorn undertaking. Yet we do have some successes. Reservation schools, tribal schools, rivet to the tribe, to the reservation. You have had more

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than eighty years of tribal schools in New York, and the problem is a
somewhat educated and therefore stronger tribal element. But where
are the difficulties of ending the reservation, and consequently the
tribe, greater, while the moral circumstances existing rank among the
very worst. It is far easier to educate to right living and useful
ness the youth of a tribe heretofore uneducated than the youth from
such falsely helped tribes, and the physical conditions are generally
better. False sentiment and false reasoning have led the government to
barter to the tribe and overdo home education. The results
not being right, we are in a position to meet the issue of a charge
to systems that will induce disintegration of the tribe and desire
for citizenship.

To get the Indians into such kindly relations with our people as
will really help him, he must be taken beyond those communities where
he has had recent antagonisms. We ought to have within the limits
of our best communities removed from the tribes a considerable number
of schools working on Carlisle lines, but all tentative and with a
view to the full use of the public school systems at the earliest in
possible; and the agency schools which are only and must inevitably
always be traulizers, should be gradually discontinued. The building
of schools to boom western towns has been a universal wrong and
hindrance to the cause.

Send your what careful and intelligent observer to penetrate every
corner of Carlisle and its every feature, to look into the out-
ing, its principles and every part of it, and then have him so to en-
y one of the other schools and make you a report on what he finds,
and I am sure you will be convinced that there is great room for im-

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provement, and that stolpages entirely within your power can be made
and buildings-up accomplished while you are President that will far
more speedily absorb and citizenize the Indian than all that we are
now doing.

I wish to close this letter with a personal matter. I belong
to the regular Army. I never bought Indian detail. I never influ-
enced in any way my remaining in the Indian service, but have always
been ready to return to my army duties, and this is the spirit I am
in now, i. e., I am absolutely at your service. I believe in your
"Strenuous Life" and feel sure that for the Indian as well as in ex-
tra ordinary cause you will do vast good for all the people.

Believe me, dear sir, with greatest respect,

Your obedient servant,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Sept.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 11, 1901.

Antonio Pagan,
San German, Puerto Rico.

Dear Sir :-

Your trunk is here and on opening it nothing is found with-
in that is worth forwarding. Express charges to Porto Rico would far
exceed the value of the article you want, but if this were not so
you would not be entitled to anything left behind, because runaways
forfeit all their belongings. This is our rule for all runaways.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 11, 1901.

Mr. Howard E. Gansworth,
Interior Department Exhibit,
Government Building,
Pan-American Exposition,
Buffalo, New York.

Dear Howard :-

Prof. Clarke advises me he will be through with you on the 31st of October. Will you be here to take up work immediately after that? I am somewhat inclined to put you into the schoolroom for the reason that Guy Brown who has been helping Mr. Thompson is so well broken in and so satisfactory that I hate to discharge him, and I have a feeling that you yourself might prefer schoolroom work.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 11, 1901.

J. C. Zeigler,
Carlisle, Pa.

Dear Sir :-

Yours of the 10th in regard to a debt owing you by Daniel Dyser, who is a temporary carpenter here, is received.

I could not undertake to interfere with the personal affairs of a temporary employee and always hesitate except where the case has become excessively discreditable to interfere in the business matters of a permanent employee. You have your recourse through the ordinary channels.

Yours truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 11, 1901.

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

Dear Miss Grice :-

I have your letter with completed blank and blank from Mr.
Taylor. The position in question is under our outing agent, Miss Ely
who left some days ago on her annual leave of a month and will not
be back until early in November. I hesitate to reach a conclusion
in the matter before her return. This information seems due you in
order that you may not lose other opportunities.

Yours very truly.

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 11, 1901.

King Folding Canvas Boat Co.,
Kalamazoo, Mich.

Gentlemen :-

Have you any improvements in your folding boats ? I sold
mine a year ago and am thinking of getting another about a sixteen
 footer. Please send me your catalog and best prices.

Yours truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 11, 1901.

Mr. T. W. Brahany,
C/o Hon. J. V. Quarles, U.S. Senate,
Milwaukee, Wis.

My dear Mr. Brahany :-

I have been laid up nearly ever since I got home. My clerk
has gotten together the material you want. I find that Senator Mc
Cumber's speech was considerably abbreviated by the reporter. It was
quite an elaborate effort. I trust you will find on the enclosed
sheet the data needed for your proposed article. I send photograph
under separate cover.

Senator Quarles left us at Jimtown, as he called it (Jamestown).
The Commissioner and I went on to Mandan to select a site for the new
school to be built there. What an abominable proceeding it is to put
a school at that point! Mandan is not exactly a dead town, but it is
a rough frontier place and there is no other purpose in establishing
an Indian school there than to secure a building or buildings that
will help to save an over-boomed town. That the contact of the young
Indians with the people of that town including saloons, etc. will be
an up-lift to the Indians is pretty nearly preposterous. If I were
managing the business I would not only put a stop to that school, but
I would wipe out of existence a dozen or more of the other schools
established for similar purposes with no better surroundings.

The Senator urged me strongly to go back to White Earth and go
fishing and hunting with some of my Indian boys, and really the pros-
pect was as good as any I ever had, but conditions here at Carlisle
demanded my home-soming and I had to forego the pleasure. If I could

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have gone I am sure I would not now be so nearly hors du combat.

With most pleasant memories of our trip,

Faithfully yours,

880

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 11, 1901.

Acme Folding Boat Co.,
Mansburg, Ohio.

Gentlemen:

Please send me your catalog and best prices. As I weigh about 230 pounds and would want a companion I would like a boat about 16 ft. long which can be folded up and checked from place to place.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 12, 1904.

Dawson Cook,

c/o General Delivery,
Kansas City, Mo.

Dear Sir:-

We have just instructed the General Passenger Agent of the
Penna. read to place one full fare and two half fare tickets to
your order at Kansas City, Mo., reading from Kansas City to Gar-
lisle. You had better call at the Union Depot for these tickets
and if you do not find them there, go up to the city office of the
Missouri Pacific railroad as they are routed that way. There
might possibly be a delay of a day or so in the tickets arriving
but I do not think so. If they are not there at the time of your
first inquiry, you may rest assured that they will reach there in
a very short time.

Very truly yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 14, 1901.

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

My dear Brother Trippe :-

Your September letter followed me in my travels thru Wis-
consin, Minnesota and North Dakota, and finally reached me at home.
Your letter of Oct. 1st arrived soon after, but I have not been well,
scarcely able to be about part of the time since my return.

The girls you speak of, being of Van Arnum stock, do not seem
at all desirable. In fact I think I will have to refuse them. The
Van Arnums we had some years ago gave no end of trouble, not only on
their own account, but their influence on others was very injurious.
those who had been good students and well behaved were in several in-
stances led away by them. The harm such characters work is not bal-
anced by any good we can do them personally. As you know, we are un-
der constant observation and comment, and we should have at least
fair material to work on. I am sorry to say that New York has fur-
ished an undue proportion of our most troublesome cases. I have
several times accepted doubtful characters simply out of pity and a
desire to help, but it lowers the standard of the school instead of
raises it, and I am heartily discouraged. Just now we are reason-
ably free from this element, and it is my purpose to remain so. Here-
after worth and character must be essentials for entrance to Carlisle

I am sure you will understand the position I am taking, and I ap-
preciate your position and anxiety to get the children under good in-

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 14, 1901.

Rev. S. Edward Young,
Pittsburgh, Pa.

My dear Sir :-

We have had some propositions for an engagement with our
Band to play in the park in which you preach. We were asked to play
on Sundays and agreed to that provided we were allowed to limit the
program to sacred music only. I should be very glad indeed to help
your work along for it is just the kind I believe in, open air ser-
vice, going to where the people are, like our great prototype.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 12, 1901.

Chauncey Y. Robe,
Indian School,
Genoa, Neb.

My dear Chauncey :-

Your photo reached me in advance of your letter which just
came to hand. Am very glad to have both and to know you are meeting
your responsibilities creditably and without being weighed down by
them, for that is what your picture says to me. Certainly I will
send you my own photo as soon as I can get one from Mr. Choate.

With kind regards from us all,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 12, 1901.

Peter Parvin,
Box 97,
Grandville, Mich.

Dear Sir :-

Replying to yours of the 8th inst., I see you are able to
utilize the schools of Grand Rapids and are therefore better placed
than you would be in any Indian school. We send our boys and girls
to the country to attend public schools and they earn their keep
by work out of school hours. Every student is required to do this
at least one year. This winter there are 369 boys and girls so placed.
You have these opportunities without entering an Indian school. You
want to forget you are an Indian. It is a great deal better for you
to identify yourself with white people and remain where you are.
Carlisle is for Indians who are more ignorant and have not your ad-
vantages.

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 12, 1901.

Miss Eva Watson, Prin.,
Friends' School,
Hillside, I. T.

Dear Miss Watson :-

Yours of the 8th just received. Sarah is all right and
in a good country home. She was out all summer, but on inquiry I
find her letters did not go regularly because she failed to put the
address on the envelope. During the summer home letters are a lit-
tle neglected, altho they should not be. We try to keep patrons and
pupils up to time in this respect, but there is occasionally a lit-
tle oversight. I am informed that Sarah's letters were forwarded just
a day or two ago.

Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 12, 1901.

Rev. O. S. Kriebel,
Pres. Perkiomen Seminary,
Pennsburg, Pa.

My dear Sir :-

Please give me your judgment on the enclosed letter. Eva's
letters heretofore expressed much satisfaction and led me to believe
she was doing well. She has had occasional trouble with her eyes, but
that does not now seem to be the real cause of her complaint.

Please return the letter with your reply.

Yours very truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 12, 1901.

William Carrefell,

Reserve, Wis.

Dear Willie :--

Considering all things I do not think it will be of particular advantage to you to return to Carlisle. You have been out of school so long that more than likely you would have to fall back several classes, and it would take quite a while to make up the work you have lost and reach the senior class again. At your age I am afraid this would not be satisfactory to you. As you understand, I must under the late rules have special permission from the Department to admit students over twenty-one. Where there is exceptional reason these requests have always been granted, but in your case I do not feel that conditions justify that. You are fairly equipped to look after your own affairs, and any further schooling should come through independent effort on your part.

When you think the matter over well I am sure you will come to
the same conclusion.

Faithfully your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 12, 1901.

Miss Katherine Florence George,
Jenkintown, Pa.

Dear School Daughter :-

Your letter of Oct. 6th is before me. I returned a week
ago Tuesday, and have had as much as I could attend to in the way of
correspondence and other matters, for I am not at all well.

I have been considering your request, and it seems to me not at
all the thing to let you give up your schooling for a musical course.
One who is educated in music only is not fitted for success. There
are a great many things more necessary to know in order to become a
home maker, a teacher, or a business woman. While music is a desirable accomplishment one ought not to make too large sacrifices in other directions to acquire it. Your duty and your privilege is to keep on and finish your course. Then you will have a better foundation, and the extra training will be more profitable. There is nothing to prevent your developing your voice by study and practice in connection with other school lessons, and while at the school you had good opportunity so to do. Just what your chances in this particular line are this winter, I do not know, but as you know you can do a great deal for yourself. You told me in the spring you did not care to go home. Asking to go to the country implied that, and I see no reason for relieving you of that obligation. Keep on doing well where you are and when the time comes next spring you can of course choose for yourself.

Faithfully your friend and School-father,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 14, 1901.

Mr. Philip Webster,
Santee, Neb.

My dear Sir :-

I have yours of Oct. 7th asking that your step-son, William W. Jones be given musical advantages. While I would be very glad to meet your wishes, it is not practicable to take up music as a department for the boys. We have a limited number of piano pupils among the girls, and a band and orchestra for those among the boys who show special talent in that direction. The principal object of this school is to train students to usefulness and independence. Every one of them ought to learn to do one or two things well. A knowledge of farming and some good trade I consider the really essential things. William can take on the extras later when he can manage for himself. There is an organ in one of the boys' society rooms and if under the rules of the society and the quarters he occasionally finds a chance for practice, that is all right, but I could not promise anything regular. It would interfere too much with his work and studies. A number of others have been asking the same privilege, and I cannot favor one more than another. Vocal music is taught to all, and that is valuable.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 14, 1901.

My dear Mrs. Campbell :-

Yours of the 8th inst. just to hand. It is a pleasure to
know you enjoyed your trip so much, and Mrs. Pratt and I both regret
we missed your visit. Mrs. Pratt just returned a day or two ago from
Jamestown. I have been back nearly two weeks, but have not been well
The irregularities of travel affect me more unfavorably than in former
years. Don't know when we shall get to Chemawa. It is possible I
may go down into the Southwest with the Commissioner sometime this
year, but don't know how far such a trip might be extended.

With kindest regards to Mr. Campbell, Irene and the boys, I am
as ever,

Mrs. Nellie J. Campbell,
Chemawa, Oregon.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 12, 1901.

Mr. Samuel A. Slack,
New Hope, Pa.

Dear Sir :-

Enclosed are letter from Indian Agent Bentley and paper
which he wishes Charles Mahardy to sign and have witnessed. Will
you please attend to this as directed by Mr. Bentley and return to
me as soon as possible, with the agent's letter. Being on the ground
and having all such matters to look after he is no doubt better able
to judge than Charles himself would be.

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Mr. Geo. W. Quigley,
Willow Grove, Pa.

My dear Sir :-

I thank you for your frank letter about Lydia Webster. I
have written her a fatherly letter and trust she may not give you
any further trouble. Should she continue in this line I would be o-
bliged to you if you would punish her in proportion to her offense,
just as you think I would. She must be cured of her bad habits, and
we all owe her such care and training as will accomplish that.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 14, 1901.

Mr. DeForest Snow,
Farnham,
Erie Co., New York.

My dear Sir :-

Replying to yours of Sept. 2nd, your daughter Julia is too
young to enter Carlisle. We cannot receive any below fourteen.

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Carlisle Pa., Oct. 15, 1901.

Mrs. Lillie Schall Niles,
York, Pa.

Dear Mrs. Niles :-

I thank you for your word about Cynthia. Cynthia was permitted to make a visit to York on the solicitation of Dr. Crawford. I have just had a talk with her concerning her experiences there and find that what you say is true, but she insists that she was all the time in the company of the girl, Minnie Henry, whom she visited, and that the young man whom she had never met before and did not know intended to be there, was invited by Miss Henry. She did not know who gave me the information, nor did I tell her. I drew from her the facts as given. If our friends keep us posted in this way we can do much towards correcting faults. Training is only a matter of correcting faults. Cynthia has been trying as hard to be a good girl since coming here as anyone we have ever had, and in the main is successful. If I had known she would be in bad company I would not have allowed her to go to York, and I am sure she herself would not have wanted to go.

Yours very truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 15, 1901.

Mr. Chas. E. Bunnell,
Wood Island,
Kodak, Alaska.

My dear Mr. Bunnell :-

Yours with the vouchers received. Your party is doing
well. We have put your big boy into football and he is already do-
ing good work as full back in the second team with great promise of
becoming a most successful player. He has gotten over his discontent
and apparently is quite in his element. The others also are doing
well.

With kind regards to Mrs. Bunnell,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 15, 1901.

J. P. Crippens, Treas.,
Niagara University,
Niagara Co., New York.

My dear Sir :-

Edward Pesarell left here last night, as you were tele-
graphed, and should be with you by this time. He was detained to
get money that was coming to him from the country. He is a promising
young man, who I think will do well in your institution, and I am
very glad to forward him to you.

Yours very truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 15, 1901.

Miss LydiaWBester,
C/o G. W. Quigley,
Willow Grove, Pa.

My dear Lydia :--

You are growing up into womanhood and I trust you will make
yourself a good, honorable woman. I hope you may have a good home and
loving friends and relatives about you, but everything depends upon
yourself. The kind of a girl you are, the same kind of a woman you
will be, only on a larger scale. If you are industrious, truthful,
and honest in every way, you will be an industrious, honest, and use-
ful woman. It is very important that you be careful in your conduct
while young. Wrong habits will not grow less as you grow older, but
will become fixed so that you cannot rid yourself of them unless you
begin as soon as you find yourself at fault. Industry, energy, hon-
esty and usefulness bring happiness. Idleness, carelessness, and dis-
honesty bring only sorrow. I trust you will see your duties in this
light and from this on will be very very careful in all you do and
say.

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302

Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 14, 1901.

H. A. Washburn,
Bethel, Wis.

Dear Sir :—

Enclosed find copy of my last annual report; also Course of Study used at Carlisle. We do not issue a catalog, but I hope to have ready in the course of a few months a booklet in regard to the school, work done here, etc., which will be illustrated.

I enclose other printed matter giving points not covered in the Report.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 15, 1901.

Mrs.abel Parkhurst Thoman,
Huron, S. Dak.

Dear Madam :-

I have yours of the 11th inst. in regard to Alex. Parkhurst. A letter from his aunt some time in September had the same request, but has not been answered. I was waiting to see what Alex. was going to do. So far he has not shown himself worthy of any favors. Before he was here two weeks he ran away, but was arrested and brought back to the school. As he seemed penitent and promised to give no further trouble he was very leniently dealt with, which turned out to be a mistake, for last week he ran away again. This time also he was arrested and brought back by an officer, and is now under punishment.

For those among the boys who show special talent we have a band and an orchestra; for the girls we have piano lessons, but of course only a limited number can receive instruction. There are a good many ahead of Alex whose behavior entitles them to consideration first. It has not been the custom to give the boys piano lessons, nor do we have time to take it up. We try to give them a knowledge of farming and skill in some trade. To accomplish that in connection with other school work requires a steady purpose on the part of the boys. Private lessons for which Alex paid himself would necessitate many interruptions in his work. While music is desirable as an accomplishment, it would not advance him along the lines he needs most.

-2- Mrs. Thoman,

Please explain these conditions to Alex's father and aunt for

Yours very truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 16, 1901,

Capt. W. C. Miller,
Chairman, Committee,
Carlisle, Pa.

Dear Captain :-

We have a number of cases that have been used for our several World's Fairs' exhibits. If any of these will suit your purpose you are welcome to use them. They are knocked down and stored away now and it will require some work to get them up. There is one in use in the sloyd room from which you can judge of the size, etc. It would be better for you to come out and talk the matter over and see what we have.

I do not seem to have anything of sufficient antiquity to make it historically valuable, but can tell better when you come out.

Best regards,

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 16, 1901,

M. B. Swift,
Lisbon, Ia.
My dear Sir :-

Dose the 6th, 7th, or 8th as suits you best, but let us know just when you will come a little in advance of the time, so that we may be ready. This in answer to yours of the 13th.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 16, 1901.

Joseph Aitken,
Origam, Minn.

My dear Sir :-

Referring to your letter of Sept. 21st asking to be admitted as a student here, I am sorry to tell you that your health does not make it practicable. We can only accept students who are well and give reasonable promise of completing the course.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 16, 1901.

The Advo Folding Boat Co.,
Harrisburg, O.

Gentlemen :-

Enclosed find my check for $51.00 for which please send me under your circular of Oct. 4th one No. 5 16-ft. Acre Folding Boat with oars, row locks, seats, waterproofing, and spare canvas. I am fond of fishing and weigh 230 pounds, and this seems to be the boat that would serve me best. You may send me also an air pusher, I should like the tubes, but the price staggers me. Perhaps you can quote me a lower rate on those.

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P. S. - Ship by express.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 16, 1901.

Miss Margaret Wilson,
Hatboro, Pa.

Dear Margaret :--

Enclosed find my check for $10.00, the amount you ask to
draw. Glad you have such a delightful home and that you intend to
please your country mother by cheerful, faithful attention to your
duties. Hoping the new glasses may correct the trouble with your eyes
I am

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 16, 1901.

P. B. Hall,
614 Arch St.,
Phila., Pa.

Dear Sir :-

In answer to yours of the 24th ult. I send you pamphlets, reports, etc. giving something of the history and growth of this school, now twenty-two years old.

We have a few contrast groups of students, but these have been used numerous times in various publications. Last spring a set of one hundred, including classes, work shops, interiors of buildings, gymnastic drills, sports, etc. were taken. I have the negatives, and am having prints made. When ready they can be had from my office or the printing office at the school. These were taken in part for exhibition purposes at the Buffalo Exposition.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 16, 1901.

Mrs. Mary Miller Dodge,
Harlen, Mont.

Dear School-daughter :--

I have your note of the 8th, the first I have received from
you since January 13th. I wrote you in answer to that, and it is pos-
sible I showed it to someone here, Miss Burgess, Miss Ely, or Miss
Cutter, or some of your friends here. I may also have let John read
it, or published a part of it in The Helper. I do that often when
students' or graduates' letters show progress and appreciation.

I have no recollection of a letter from you in April or May, nor
can I find one in the files.

Trusting that things are still going well with you, and with
kind regards from your friends here, I am

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Lt.

Oct. 17, 1901.

Mr. Edmund Cerson,

1358 Broadway, Room 7,
New York, N. Y.

Dear Sir:-

I am just in receipt of your favor of October 16th and regret
to say that Colonel Pratt is at this time absent from the school
and does not expect to return before Monday or Tuesday of next
week, and I am therefore unable to give you what might be his final
price. However, judging by figures that he has quoted to other
people, I should say for an interesting trip such as this, he would
be willing to accept $100 a day and expenses for the band of 50
pieces. By expenses are meant transportation to and from and board.
Upon your reply to this, Col. Pratt will conclude the arrangements
with you.

I regret that Mr. Shenk did not call here yesterday.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 19, 1901.

Rev. Curtis P. Cee,
Wood Island,
Kodiak, Alaska.

My dear Sir :-

Yours of Aug. 12th was a long time reaching its destina-
tion, and when it arrived I was away on business, so that it has re-
mained unanswered longer than I wished.

I am very glad to report that the children brought in by Mr.
Bunnell are doing well. At first a number of them were very homesick
which is not strange, but since the weather is cooler and they have
become accustomed to things they seem quite contented. They fit in
nicely with our students and I have good reports of them both from
their teachers in school and shops. In regard to money, they will
have opportunity to earn all the money they need under our outing,
as soon as our summer outing season comes around. If they have small
amounts it will be all right to send them to me to be credited to
them on our books. Their tickets to the country cost something, and
this they pay after their earnings are sent in; so if they have a
small credit to begin with there will be no danger that they fall be-
hind. We of course supervise the use of their money, so that they
cannot waste it. I enclose a set of blanks showing something of our
outing requirements and money rules. The following pupils have been
sent to country homes for the winter, and will attend public schools
with white children:-

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Rev. Curtis P. Coe.

Pariscovia, C/o James Field, Hatboro, Pa.

Nastia Achwact, C/o W. W. Davidson, Moorestown, N. J.

John Loaskakoff, C/o Thos. D. Brokaw, Dutch Neck, N. J.

Theodore Shelikoff, C/o Chas. C. Bond, Ringoes, N. J.

Pariscovia Alexandroff, whom Mr. Bunnell told me it was your
wish to have sent here from California, came under my arrangement
but was so far gone in consumption that my Doctor recommended her
immediate return.

Mikefer Shouchuk, one of the party, has joined our football team
and bids fair to become one of our finest players.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 19, 1901.

Mr. Francisco Velez,
Layos, Puerto Rico.

My dear Sir :-

Replying to your inquiry about your daughter Elvira, I am happy to tell you that she is getting on nicely and there is nothing in her conduct that need give you uneasiness, so far as I know. She is in a country home for the winter, and will attend the public school there. The family is a very good one, and Elvira is under good influences. I enclose some of our outing papers and blanks, which show something of the manner in which this feature of the school is conducted. We take great care to give the children proper homes and good school privileges. Reports are sent in regularly by the parents, and if anything special turns up we are notified at once. Our students are usually very anxious for these opportunities, and I consider the Outing the most important feature of the school.

Your daughter may be addressed, C/o Mr. W. B. Wolf, Palmyra,
N. J.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 19, 1901.

Mr. John Collins,
702 N. Forty-third St.,
West Phila., Pa.

Dear Friend :-

Your letter of the 15th to Col. Pratt was opened in his
absence. Col. Pratt is at Lake Mohawk, Mrs. Pratt is also away from
home, and Miss Nana is in Brooklyn for the winter. Both Mrs. Pratt
and the Colonel will be at home next week, but I do not know just
when. The school is always open to visitors, and especially to friends
of such long standing. There are many at the school who remember your
former visit with pleasure, and I am sure Col. Pratt will be pleased
to have you at any time. He will probably return early in the week,
and write you personally. I enclose timetable marked, and if it suits
your convenience to come before Col. Pratt replies, please let us
know so that you can be met.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 19, 1901.

Stephen Silverheels,
C/O Wm. Simpson,
New Hope, Pa.

Dear Stephen :-

Your sister sends me the enclosed sheet giving answers
to questions asked on the blank herewith, and wishes you to write
them in the proper spaces. Her letter I send also, and you can
fill out the blank and return to me and I will forward it to Wash-
ington for you. You understand of course that this is necessary in
order to prove your claim to money coming to members of the Seneca
tribe under the late act of Congress.

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The duplicate blanks must be filled out exactly alike, and one copy
sworn to. Mr. Simpson will help you if you do not know how.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 19, 1901.

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

Dear Mrs. Reuben :-

Alice Doctor is in a country home for the winter because that is a part of the school curriculum. Every student is required to attend public school at least one winter of the five, and is sent away from Carlisle for that purpose. Association with white children will do very much more for your daughter than attendance at any Indian school. Alice herself if she is really in earnest and wishes to improve herself, will soon see that this is so if she does not already. She is getting on very well, and you have no cause for regret that she has an opportunity of this kind.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 19, 1901.

Mrs. Electa Schenandore,
Oneida, Wis.

Dear Mrs. Schenandore :-

Yours of the 7th is before me. I have just called Lena to
the office and she tells me she has written you regularly; that she
is well and doing nicely. She seems quite happy, but a little puz-
zled that you did not receive her letters.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 19, 1901.

Mrs. E. E. Senter,
1322 W. 11th Ave.,
Denver, Colo.

Dear Madam :-

I have addressed and forwarded the letter to Winnie Reed
as you ask.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 19, 1901.

Mrs. Anna J. Williams,
Holicong, Pa.

Dear Mrs. Williams :-

Enclosed find letter Of Indian Agent Bentley in reference
to the property interests of Scott Foreman. After explaining the
matter to Scott Foreman and letting him read the letter, please re-
turn for our files.

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Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 19, 1901.

Mrs. Cora Silverheels Jemison,
Irving, N. Y.

Dear Madam :-

I have sent your letter with sheet of numbered answers to
Stephen in his country home, instructing him to write the answers in
the proper spaces on the blank I sent him, and return to me. I can
forward it to Washington for him if you wish.

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