In reply to:

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

Carlisle, Pa., Dec 5, 1893.

E. V. McElhorne

475 Franklin Street, Phila.

Dear sir:

Capt Pratt directs me to say he has been called to Washington and N. Carolina, and that he will be absent 10 days. When your papers are received they will be forwarded to him and he will advise of his decision by wire.

Very truly yours

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED OR REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF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

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

Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 5, 1993.

F. J. Martin,

Penn Mutual B'l'd'g
925 Chestnut St., Phila.

Dear sir:

Capt Pratt has been called to Washington and
North Carolina, will be absent from the school 10 days. When
your papers are received they will be forwarded to him and he
will advise you of his decision by wire.

Very truly yours

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Carlisle, Pa. Dec. 5, 1893.

William P. Ely

124 S. 36, St. Phila., Pa.,

Dear sir:

Capt Pratt has been called to Washington
and N. Carolina and directs me to say when your papers are re-
ceived they will be forwarded to him and he will wire answer.
He will be absent about 10 days.

Very truly yours

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In reply to:

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

Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 5, 1893.

P. Harry Applebach

517 Minor St. Phila., Pa.

Dear sir:

Capt Pratt is absent from the school, expects to return in 10 days. I send you application blanks to be filled out by yourself and two statements to be made by influential endorsers.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 8, 1893.

R. A. Fraker,
Altoona, Pa.,

Dear sir:

Capt Pratt is now absent in North Carolina; will return in about 5 days. He selected three of the 40 applicants for position of stenographer and expects one of the three will be appointed, on his return to the School.

However your application will come under his notice as soon as he returns.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 8, 1893.

J. C. Williamson,

Blue Jacket, I. T.

Dear sir:

Capt Pratt is absent in North Carolina, for a few days. Your letter in regard to your son Curtis has just been received at the office.

We have made earnest and persistent inquiry and search, but find no traces of him yet. One of our boys who was placed in the same vicinity left a few months after Curtis did, and a month ago reported to his farm home, and is now with us.

After this we repeated our inquiries and interviewed the found boy as well as all the persons with whom your son has lived, but to no avail. We think it probable he may yet be found. I sincerely hope he may. Any information received will be communicated to you at once, and if he is heard from we shall send a messenger after him at once.

Very truly yours

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In early 1895,

Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 12, 1895.

C. K. Ober,

155 La Salle st.,

Chicago, Ill.

My dear Mr. Ober:--

I am just back from a month's absence in Colorado to find your letter of the 5th of July. It has led me to go over the whole matter of our transaction, in regard to Dr. Eastman.

I invite your attention to my letter of June 15, 1894, in which I placed our position fully before you. I see now that the purpose, or at least the effect, is to Indianize the Indian, and that your Society is fully captured by the influences that would do that; that you are not disposed to take into account the lines and thought of Carlisle in the matter; that, through your Society, reservations are to be the dumping grounds for the charity of a gullible public, just as they have been in all the past, and are today through the churches. I do not believe that it is a God-given work on these lines. It is in open defiance of the principles of the Bible as I understand them. I am not in sympathy with it, and shall leave any further contributions from our Society entirely to the Society itself, expressing to it the views that I have

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To: D. E. W. L.

DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGICAL SURVEY
OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA

Carlsbad, Pomer., Aug., 13, 1896.

Colts Fire-arm Manufacturing Co.,
Hartford, Conn.

Gentlemen:--

I send to you today by express, a revolver which I have had since '75. Please have the same thoroughly overquelled and put in first-class shape, and returned to me with 100 rounds of ammunition. I wish to use it and would be obliged for your prompt attention. Send bill and I will remit by check.

Should you have something similar to this fire-arm, of better make, perhaps a little smaller, I should be glad to have your catalogue and price.

Sept.,

(3)

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To reply to:

Carlisle, Penna., Aug. 14, 1895.

Wiley Morgan,

Cr. Wm. X. Gorman,

Newtown, Penna.

Dear Wiley!--

I wrote to Caddo George in regard to your marriage, trusting that I might be able to smooth the way and make it all pleasant and right for you. I received the enclosed letter in reply.

Mr. Crane, the Baptist Missionary who writes the letter, I know to be very unfriendly to Carlisle, and in favor of holding the Indians on their reservations. Of course he could easily bring about a change in your father's mind. However, you are of age, and by the laws of the United States, your father has no control over you, though he can, of course, deny you the inheritance of his property. These are matters you will have to decide for yourself.

Dictated. (G)

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aply to:

William L. Robertson,

Porcupine, S. Dak.

My Dear Mr. Robertson:--

I see "where we are at" in our views on the Indian question. Let me tell you that when Morgan was Commissioner there were not wanting many like yourself who desired him to build up a system of Indian primary schools, high schools, academies, and colleges, and that was the end to which he bent most of his energies while he was Commissioner.

I regarded it then, as I do now, a fatal mistake. No good has come to the tribes who have had the longest test along purely Indian school lines. Such schools do but build the Indians out of, instead of into, the United States, and I am not in favor of $1.00 from the Government to Indian schools which do not build the Indians into the United States. Indeed I long ago took the position that it was a great wrong to the whole people of the United States, the Indians included, to give the public money for the sole purpose of educating them in tribal schools, and building them up as tribes.

In regard to the treaties, I will say to you that the treaty under which the Sioux people are fed today, has been far more

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destructive of life, health, and manhood, than all the wars and
every other influence combined, and if it follows on in the future
as it has in the past, the Sioux Nation is doomed to death, not
because of their inability to meet, cope with, and be a part of
our civilization, but simply, solely, and wholly because the
treaty will, in the future as it has in the past, enable them to
continue dependent upon the country, and throttle their individual
ambitions and purposes. Individual freedom is the very essence
of all development and prosperity of the civilized portion of
America.

Carlisle will never be a college if I can prevent it,
and it will die as an Indian school just as soon as it is possible
to have all the Indians in the school system of the country.

I have "put myself in the place of the Indians" many times
and every time realized how utterly insane both they and their
counsellors were, how utterly unable to see what was right and best
for them, or that which would give them life instead of death,
and prosperity instead of pauperism and degradation.

In regard to Nellie, if she can stand as a noble woman
and an educator among educated and noble people, and demonstrate
that the Indian blood which runs in her veins is no hindrance to
her womanhood and to her usefulness in the great family of man-
kind, she is doing more for her race than a hundred others, who,

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with the same chance, equipment, and ability she possesses, fail
to do that and fall back to wallowing in the mire of reservation
influences.

I trust the time is not distant when there will be no
Sioux tribe or nation, or any other tribe or nation recognized
in any way, shape, or manner, but when there will be, as I believe,
an increase instead of a decrease of Indian blood, and that it will
be healthy because wisely and intelligently developed, or at least
a component, variable part of the American nation.

Dietzel, (8)

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Penna. Aug. 14, 1898.

Mr. Chas. D. Larkin,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

My Dear Mr. Larkin:--

You agreed to return to me the manuscript of my speech. It has failed to reach me so far, and, as it was the only copy I had, I would be glad not to lose it.

After the Convention, I went out to White River in Western Colorado, and had one of the most royal trout fishing sprees of twelve days to be found in these United States, or any other country. Two of us got over 300 pounds of native brook trout, averaging nearly 3/4 of a pound, and running up as high as three pounds in weight. It was the most perfect trout stream I have ever run across.

Dictated. (#)

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In reply to

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

Carlisle, Penna. Aug. 14, 1895.

J. S. Galbreath,
Kipp, Mont.

My Dear Sir:--

Your son Webster went out in May under our outing system for the summer. The requirements are that they shall write home letters from their country homes the same as from the school. Webster failed to send in his home letter, and it was called for last week. He should write you between times. I have written and trust the matter will be cleared up. My visiting agent has just seen Webster. He is in good health, and is greatly benefited by his outing, and will return to the school in the fall with much more vigor to carry on his studies than if he had remained here.

Dictated., (G)

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Is it likely to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT,

J. Roe Young,
U. S. Indian Agent,
Pima Agency, Ariz.

My Dear Sir:--

I am just home from Colorado to find the draft you made on me in July had been returned. I am sorry to say that it would have had to return had I been here. I have no personal funds with which I could stand by you and I could not, of course, use official funds. Had you provided me with data covering your expenses, I might have paid you as you desired, but I could not do it without that. As it is, your accounts are back on me for irregularities which I am afraid will give me considerable trouble in explaining.

Dictated. (G)

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T. J. Kenan, Secy., Co.,
Room 36, Legislative Bldg.,
Harrisburg, Penna.

My dear Sir:--

I have your circular in regard to the International Exposition at Atlanta, and in reply must inform you that all the exhibit we feel we ought to make there, is to be in connection with the Indian Department. The whole Indian service is making an exhibit that has been practically under our direction, and ours forms only a part. We cannot therefore join with the State in its educational exhibit.

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT,

Rev. Geo. Norcross,
Carlisle, Penna.

My dear Doctor:--

Julia Dorris, a member of our church, writes me the enclosed letter. Will you please comply with that part of it in regard to her letter. Julia is a dear, good girl, and I trust we may always have reason to feel pleased with her conduct.

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Aug. 14, 1995.

John Sinclair & Co.,

#1 Broadway, New York City.

Gentlemen:

Referring to my appeal to you to place $100.00 in Glas-
gow for my daughter, I have to respectfully advise you that by
her letter, she failed to receive my telegram, and got off without
the funds. On her return from Iceland, towards the middle of
September, she will then have the telegram and get the money, and
on presentation of the expenses, I will remit covering your favor.

Her appeal for funds was based on discovering just before
starting; that their stay in Iceland would be prolonged because
the line of boats they had been depending upon to return to Scot-
land, had been taken off and they would be in Iceland much longer t
than they anticipated.

Thanking you for what you have done, and what you will
do in this matter, I am,

Dictated. (G)

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER

Nancy Zeh-nah,

Cr. Capt. Scott, In chg. Apache Prisoners,

pt. Sill, Okla.

Dear Madam:--

I find on inquiry that your sister Susie Reed, just
before she died, desired that her things might be distributed
between two of her girl friends here at the school, That has not
been done yet, and will not be until the nurse returns, who had
charge of Susie when she died, and to whom she stated what she
wanted done with her things.

Dictated. (c)

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Julia Dorvis,

Mr. William McClellan,
Albuquerque, N. M.

My Dear Julia:--

The day your letter to me was written, I left Carlisle for Colorado to take a month's rest in the mountains in company with Mr. Stevick, and I only returned to the school last Sunday. That is the reason you have had no answer from me.

I was glad, dear Julia, to get even your late letter. I did wonder why Julia did not write. We were all so sorry about Dear Annie's death. She was so patient and promising.

I think you have done wisely in going to Albuquerque. The people at home will not change their habits of life, and will not give the boys and girls who return from the schools a fair chance, the boys and girls have a perfect right to go out and look after themselves, and do the best for themselves they can.

I am delighted to get the good news you give me about some of our boys and Sarah Jones. Things have improved some, but not a hundredth part as much as they should have improved among the Pueblos.

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I have asked Dr. Horváss to kindly send your letter.
I should be glad always to hear from you, and trust you will con-
tinue to stand as firmly for the right in the future as you have
in the past. With much love from us all,

Cordially, your friend,

Dictated. (a)

Carliole, Pa., Aug. 14, 1895.

William Leighton,

Crow Agency, Mont.

My Dear William--

I have been hoping to hear from you in regard to the pros-
pects of new students from Crow. Your letter asking for a ticket
gives me no satisfaction. I will arrange and have a ticket for
you at the Agency station by the 20th, as you request. At the
same time I would be glad to have you use your influence and help
build up a good party for us.

Your letter dated the 6th was only received by me today.

Always, your friend,

Dictated. (G)

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER

Carroll, Pomer. Aug. 14, 1995.

Alton B. Cod,

Kipp, Montana.

MyDear Sirs:

Your letter of July 19th was sent to me in Colorado
where, on White River in the Western part of the State, I was tak-
ing a small vacation, and indulging in a little trout fishing.

I am truly obliged to you for the kindness of giving
expression to your views and experiences, and for the good words
in regard to our returned boys.

The battle seems to be on between the *Mother of Harlots* and the civilization of this nineteenth century. It takes many curious turns, but you and I are agreed as to the value and influence of the former among the Indians.

I take pleasure in sending you a little book of repro-
duced photographs of Carroll and its work.

With thanks for your good wishes and, as the Indians say,
"my heart shakes hands with you," I am,

Dictated. 4/91

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Penna., Aug. 15, 1895.

Samuel L. Englar,
Linwood, Md.

Dear Sir:--

Our band is at present disorganized, and the boys are
scattered for the summer. It will be along towards October before
they get together again, and in the meantime we can accept no
engagements, of any nature whatever.

Dictated. (G)

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In reply to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
IXTH ANNUAL SCHOOL SERVICE,
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUES.

Carlisle, Penna. Aug. 16, 1895.

D. W. Collins,

Pendleton, Indiana.

My Dear Collins:

It is unfortunate that your affair comes off on the dates of the Chickamauga dedication, and I have already engaged a room for Mrs. Pratt and myself in Chattanooga, and hope to be present at the reunion of the Army of the Cumberland.

It is too bad that again I cannot meet with you, but really I do not see how I can help it, now. With most cordial greetings to all my old comrades when they do meet, I am, as ever,

Dictated. (G)

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Karlisle, Penna., Aug. 16, 1895.

R. C. Ogden,

With John Wanamaker,

Philadelphia, Pa.

My Dear Mr. Ogden:--

The bearer, David Turkey, is one of our graduates of last February. He is very anxious to give himself three or four months in one of the Business Colleges of Philadelphia, and during the summer he has worked on a farm and earned the means for his night schooling in the college.

What he wants now is a place where he can earn enough to pay for his board and washing. David is a good, trusty, young man, strong and capable. It occurred to me that possibly it might be in your power to use him in some of your lower departments. If so, it will be a great favor to him, and a personal gratification to me.

Dictated. (G)

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In regard to:

Carlisle, Penna, Aug. 16, 1895.

Pennington Powell,
Ross Fork, Idaho.

Dear Penningtons:-

It is not best for you to undertake to get children for
Carlisle, nor, with your years, do I think it best for you to
return to Carlisle. You are a man now, have had your chance, and
let it rest at that.

Your friend,

Disturbed. (G)

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Penna., Aug. 17, 1895.

John Tweedale,
1725 P st., N. W.,
Washington, D. C.

My Dear Major:--

I send you a copy of a little book of pictures I have gotten out about Carlisle, most of which were taken by my Indian photographer. I have enough to spare to send to most, if not all, of the army officers. Have you any book of addresses or Department brosters which would give me the addresses of the officers. If so, I would be greatly obliged for your kindness in sending it.

I am delighted to know that my friend Brown has gone to Knoxville. He deserves it, and he will be a credit to the service there.

Dictated, (G)

Capt. 10th Cavy., U.S.A., Supt.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Penna., Aug. 20, 1895.

William Hazlett,

Midvale, Mont.

Dear William:--

I had hoped that some of my boys and girls would turn
themselves loose in civilization, and struggle for the good things
of life with the rest of the people, instead of leaning on the
Government. You are among those I had anticipated would do that,
and I am disappointed that you now ask me to help you into a
place, at the Indian Office.

Dictated. (G)

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in reply to:

Rev. J. J. Kerr,
Newville, Penna.

My Dear Sir:--

I am in receipt of your letter to Rev. Mr. Wile, in reference to Mr. Hursh. You state nothing of Mr. Hursh's special qualifications. The only vacancy at present is a temporary one of Stenographer and Typewriter. For that I only want a person until the end of September. If Mr. Hursh is proficient in this line I should be glad to hear from him at once. He should also be a neat penman.

Dictated. (G)

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In reply to:

Walter Kitewai,

Laguna, N. M.

Dear Walter:--

If there are a number of pupils at Laguna suitable for
entrance at Carlisle, who desire to come here, I should be glad to
make arrangements for you and them. You are now 25 or 26 years
of age and rather old to re-enter school, after being out for six
years. Still if there was a party coming in, I would be willing
to take you and give you another chance. Unless there is a party
coming, I think you had better give it up for the present.

Dictated. (G)

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Penna., August 20, 1895.

Miss M. S. Cook,

Indian Office,

Washington, D. C.

Dear Miss Cook:--

Yesterday I forwarded the Captain's annual report, and
in looking over it this morning, I find a slight error in the
tabular work. I thought perhaps you might be able to correct it
for me on the report, without bothering to send to the Commissioner
and have the report returned for correction.

On the first page of the report in the table (5th line)
concerning the Assinaboine tribe, the last column shows a total
of 20 remaining at the school. This number should be 12, as may
easily be seen by the addition of the two preceding columns, speci-
fying the sex, Viz: M.-13; F.-6.

I would be greatly obliged if you can make the change
necessary on the two copies forwarded, and hope it will not occa-
sion you any trouble. This letter is semi-official, as it is at
Capt. Pratt's request that I write you.

Sincerely yours,

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To reply to:

Edw. J. Buffalo,
Odanah, Wis.

Dear Sir:--

Your letter inquiring about a party of pupils to be admitted to this school, at hand. Dennison Wheelock, one of my young men from this school, will be at your Agency shortly, and you may present your claims to him. He is out at present looking up some new pupils for the school.

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in reply to

Rosa Bourassa,

Worth, Mich.

Dear Rosa:--

William Petoskey is to bring in a party from Northern
Michigan in a few days, and unless you can see your way to a
party of students from your vicinity, I think it would be just as
well for you to return directly to Carlisle, when your leave ex-
pires.

Dictated. (G)

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In reply to:

Miss Ella G. Hill,

Chambersburg, Penna.

Dear Miss Hill:--

I think you had better come over and see me at once about
the matter.

Dictated. (G)

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In reply to:

Mrs. Isaac Seneca,
Versailles, New York.

Dear Mrs. Seneca:--

I have arranged with the Railroad Company to deliver three tickets at Gowanda to Miss Nellie Kennedy, one each for herself and sister, and the other for your son, Victor, and they will be at a low rate. Just what the rate will be I do not know yet. Victor can bring the money along with him and reimburse me when I get the bill from the Railroad and know the price.

I shall be glad to have Victor with us, and hope we may be able to do him great good. We think a great deal of your daughter, Nancy, and believe she has the promise of great future usefulness.

Dictated. (G)

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Carlisle, Penna., Aug. 20, 1995.

Miss Nellie Kennedy,
Gowanda, New York.

Dear Nellie:--

Three tickets are placed with the R. R. Agent at Gowanda for yourself, your sister, and Nancy Seneca's brother.

You can all pay me for the tickets when you reach Carlisle. They will cost you only a trifle more than one-half the regular rates.

Dictated. (G)

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Penna., Aug. 21, 1895.

Mrs. Nellie Chandler,
Fort Sill, Okla., Ty.

My dear Nellie:--

Your letter came to me several days ago. You know I am always glad to hear from any of the returned Carlisle students, especially from those who---boys and girls while here---are now men and women, doing for themselves in the world, and bringing respect and honor to Carlisle because honoring and respecting themselves.

Our little souvenir is attracting quite a good deal of attention, and causes a good many of the old students to think back over the years they spent here, and to write about them.

I think perhaps you would feel a little strange if you should drop in among us now--there are so many changes since you were with us, in buildings, employes, etc. Still the same old Carlisle spirit is here--the determination to stick to it, and we keep pegging away.

Glad to hear you are getting along so nicely, and have your position for another year. Hope your success will continue. We are getting ready for the opening of school here on the first of September, and of course everybody is busy. All your old friends here join me in wishing you well. Remember me to any Carlisle boys or girls you may see, and believe me,

Faithfully, your friend,

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In reply to:

Miss Florence Wells,
Colville Boarding School,
Colville Agency, Washington.

My Dear Florence:--

Your letter of July 16th has remained among my correspondence since it came, waiting until I should get home from Colorado, where I have been resting for a month in the mountains and with my daughter, Marion. I had a very pleasant time, indeed, and enjoyed some very fine fishing.

I was very glad to hear from you, and to know of your success. I hope you will be pleased with your new location, although I imagine you will find it quite different from the Eastern schools.

We are all getting ready for the opening of school next month, and of course everybody is busy. The work of getting in some two hundred new students keeps me pretty much on the jump, myself.

I shall be very glad to hear from you at any time, and to know how you like Colville. I know you will do yourself credit, there, as you have everywhere. You have only to hold yourself in these lines to make yourself a success always.

Cordially, your friend,

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in reply to:

Carliola, Penna., Aug. 22, 1893.

Colts Patent Fire-Arm Mfg. Co.,
Hartford, Conn.

Gentlemen--

I have your letter of the 20th of August in reference
to my revolver, and a new one. For the present, I will make the
one you are now repairing, serve.

Dictated. (G)

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 23, 1895.

Angeline Chippewa,
Hoyt, Pa.

My Dear Angeline :

Under the rules of the Department, you are to remain at
Carlisle until next year's students go home. Then you are entitled
to go also. This should be no hardship to you, but rather a great
pleasure and satisfaction to you and your parents, as you are get-
ting your education without cost to them. When you come in, come
and see me.

(dictated)

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 23, 1895.

J. O. Kerwood,

Eureka, Nev.

Dear Sir :

Your letter of the 17th of July has just now been received.
The price for four copies of the book will be $1.00, and we pay the
postage; but there was no money in your letter.

On receipt of One Dollar, I shall take pleasure in mailing
you four copies. They will be cheaper if sent to one address.

(Dictated)

P.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 23, 1895.

Miss Lina B. Lunt,
Kickanoo Mission, Mac Loud,
Oklahoma Tx.

Dear Madam :

Yours acknowledging our Picture Book is received. I
should be glad to have Miss Test give me the names of her former
pupils who were in the first graduating class. I am anxious to
keep track of these things. I have a book of record in which I
endeavor to keep a fair account of each pupil's opportunities,
both before they entered this school and while with us.

(Dictated)

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 23, 1895.

Miss Annie Lockwood,
Govt. Indian School,
Santa Fe, N. Mex.

Dear Annie :

I have your letter to me and your letter to Mr. Standing
but have not heard from Col. Jones.

I have made up my mind to let you return to Carlisle, and have
asked that a ticket to Carlisle be placed at Santa Fe for you. Go
to the ticket agent and give him your receipt for the ticket.

You had better start with five days' lunch.

I have written Col. Jones. Either you or Col. Jones should
telegraph me at my expense when you start from Santa Fe, that I may
be on the lookout for you. Hoping to see you soon, I am

Your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

(Dictated)

P.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 23, '1895.

Miss Delia Randall,

Care of the Hospital,

New Haven, Conn.

My Dear Delia :

I have your letter of the 19th, and am very greatly please
to hear from you and your work.

It makes no difference what we undertake in this world, to
make a success, we must work. What we pass through now only pre-
pares us for some test beyond. We learn to do big things by com-
mencing with little things and building bigger and bigger. There
is no other way.

I am so proud of the success of our nurse girls. All over the
field they have done themselves great credit.

Phoebe was just here, but is now giving herself a month's rest
at her home in the Territory. She has done well, saved money and
looks and is womanly.

I am so glad they give you such pleasant outings at the H.o.-
pital. Then there is a lull here and there in the drudgery.

All goes well with us here at the school. Dr. Montezuma is at
Pine Ridge. Miss Barr is away on her vacation, and Bettie Wind is
in charge at the Hospital. Flora Campbell has been appointed as

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teacher(assistant) at Haskall, and Susie Mc Dougall at Genoa. Both
leave Monday for their new fields of labor.

We do not expect Nana and Miss Shaffner back until about the
27th of September.

The walls of the new addition to the gymnasium are just about
up; they will be completed tomorrow. What a help this will be to
the boys. As you get The Helper, it is not necessary for me to
try to give you the news. I am always glad to hear from you, and
trust you will not fail to keep me advised.

Faithfully Your Friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

(Dictated)

P.

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OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT,

Carlstle, Pa., Aug. 26, 1936.

Mark D. Everettts,

Pawnee, Okla. Tx.

My Dear Mark :

I have your letter, but you do not explain to me what
trouble you are in or what your trial is about, and of course I
am entirely unable to help you until I know; and if you have been
off the track, I do not know that it would be best for me to help
you. You had many opportunities to make a man of yourself, and to
show that you were worth something. My information from time to
time was not favorable toward you. I am very sorry.

(Disturbed)

P.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 26, 1895.

Julia D. Dorris,

C/O Mr. Joe. J. Mc Koin, Supt.,
Albuquerque, N. Mex.

Dear Julia :

I anticipate that sometime during the late fall or early
in the winter I shall be in Albuquerque and shall be greatly pleased
of course to meet you and all the returned Carlisle students. In
the meantime I shall be glad to hear from you occasionally and get
from you such news as I can of those who have been at Carlisle, the
condition of the Indians and their general feeling towards us.

P.

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

Cardiffle, Pa., Aug. 26, 1995.

Albert Bishop,

Ft. Shaw, Mont.

My Dear Albert :

Yes, there is an opportunity of studying Civil Engineering
at the Lehigh University. My son Mason graduated from it. I am
not sure about the medical department. There is a department of
electric engineering. James Given will graduate from that next
year.

The better way for you to find about the school would be to
write to the President of the University and speak of your desires.
I consider Lehigh University one of the most substantial institutions in the world. Those who graduate from it are prepared for
and invariably obtain profitable employment at once. It takes a
capable intellect to graduate from there. The d ullards and char-
acterless are sifted before they get through. Out of more than 100
in the class in which Mason graduated only 47 pulled through.
Mason was No. 3 in his class. He now gets a higher salary than I
do, although it is only seven years since he left school. Jas.
Given will get a good place and a large salary immediately I am
sure.

I believe you have it in you not only to go through Lehigh,

YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 27, 1895.

Eugene Takkaphour,
Suffield, Conn.

To Dear Eugene :

I think it would be very pleasant for you to make a trip
to Virginia, and we shall certainly be pleased to have you with us
in February.

Elizabeth Wind has had charge of the hospital all this month.
I am very sorry to hear the news about Mrs. Howland. Please remem-
ber me most kindly to her and her daughter.

About your friend, Miss Field, I cannot see an opening here
now. All the places are filled for the ensuing year.

Our addition to the gymnasium is taking on its top dressing,
and we expect about the middle or last of September to have it in
shape for our uses. It is going to be a splendid addition to our
facilities. The boys have been contributing quite liberally to
help in its equipment. Don't you want to give us a contribution?

Mr. Standing is in Atlanta, fixing up the Indian exhibit. Dr.
Montezuma and Dennison and Mr. Spray are in the West getting chil-
dren. The pupils are now coming in, and we expect by the middle of
September to have quite a full school.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 27, 1895.

C. B. Perryman,

Tulsa, Ind. By

Dear Sir :

Replying to your inquiry of the 25th I have to inform you that Ellis Childers entered Carlisle Jan. 22, 1861 at the age of 13.

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OFFICE OF OFFICER-GENERAL

Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 28, 1895.

Mrs. C. A. P. Smith,

Loganport, Ind.

Dear Friend :

The enclosed from Dr. Godding explains itself. I realize
it is not what you want, but it may be the means of bringing about
what you desire.

I doubt very much whether so long as Jacob is living, the pay-
ment of his pension could be transferred to you, but if it could be
arranged that he might transfer it to you or a good part of it, it
might accomplish the purpose. In haste,

(Dictated)

P.

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In reply to:

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT,

Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 29, 1895.

Mr. Frank Patterson, Pres.,
Seneca Nation,
, N. Y.

My Dear Sir :

My Dear Sir :

It will be alright to keep Jacob Jimison for the inter-
esting occasion you speak of, which no doubt will do him as much
good as the few additional days he would have in school, and you
may forward him on the 5th, as you state.

I am much gratified to receive your commendation of our school
and that you find our work telling favorably on the young people
you have committed to our care.

(Dictated)

P.

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In reply to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT

Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 29, 1895.

Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson,
Gen. Agt. Education in Alaska,
Washington, D. C.

My Dear Doctor :

Flora Campbell was appointed Asst. Teacher at Haskell
at $540.00, and left on Monday. Her address will be Haskell Insti-
tute, Lawrence, Kansas. Florence Wells was transferred from Genoa,
Met. to Colville Boarding School, Colville Agency, Washington.

An glad to read you are back from the icy regions and must
compliment you on what you are doing for Presbyterianism in the
heart of Mormonism. Hope to see you soon.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 29, 1895.

Nancy Wheelock,
C/o Josiah Wheelock,
Seymour, Wis.

Dear Nancy :

Vacation is just over. School begins in September.

Country students will come in on the 15th, and I wish to get all together promptly.

Dennison Wheelock will be in Seymour in a few days, and I
shall expect you to come back in his party.

Your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

In reply to

Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 29, 1895

Alice Powles,
C/o Simon Powles,
Oneida, Wis.

Dear Alice :

Country students come in on the 15th, and I wish to get all together promptly,

A party will be returning with Dennison Wheelock and I shall
expect you to be with them.

Your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 29, 1895.

Daisy Mc Intosh,
C/o Mrs. A. J. Mc Intosh,
White Earth, Minn.

Dear Daisy:

Country students come in on the 15th, and I wish to get all together promptly.

I expect you back with Dennison Wheelock's party.

Your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 29, 1895.

Mardeen Walmagance,
Mr. Pleasant, Mich.

Dear Mardeen :

I expect you to return. Write me at once when you will be ready to start and where I can place a ticket for you.

Your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 25, 1895.

J. A. Brown,

Rt. Belknap, Mont.

Dear James:

Vacation is about over. School begins in September.
Country students come in on the 15th, and I wish to get all together
promptly.

I expect you to return and graduate. Write me at once where I
can send you a ticket and when you will be ready to start.

Your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 29, 1895.

Julia Cobell,
C/o Mrs. Mary Cobell,
Kipp, Mont.

Dear Julia :

Vacation is just over. School begins in September.
Country students come in on the 15th, and I wish to get all together
promptly.

I expect you and your brother to come back at once. When you
receive this, write me at once what day you will be ready to start
and the name of the R. R. station, and I will have tickets there
for you.

Your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 29, 1895.

Thos. Guardipeo,

Piesan, Mont.

Dear Thomas:

I expect you back. Write me at once where to place a ticket
for you and the day you will be ready to start.

Your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

Carlisle, Pa., An. 29, 1895.

Lydia Powlas,
C/o Abram Powlas,
West De Pere, Wis.

Dear Lydia :

Dennieop Wheelock will be in Oneida in a few days. I expect
you to come back in his party.

Your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 29, 1895.

Mary Wilkinson

Ft. Barthold, N. Dak.

Dear Mary:

We are expecting you back. When will you be ready to start
and where shall I place a ticket for you ?

Your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry. Supt.

In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 29, 1895.

Isaac Webster,
Oneida, Wis.

Dear Isaac :

I shall expect you to come back in Dennison Wheelock's party.

He will be in Oneida in a few days,

Your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry. Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 29, 1895.

Any Shane,

Wegensport, N. Dak.

Dear Amy:

Your letter dated in July was received and answered by Mr. Standing. I am now writing to arrange for the incoming class. Please tell me about yourself, whether you can join the class at Crow Agency. If so, you should be there very shortly, as Dr. Montezuma will be there very soon.

We shall be very glad to have you return; also others who went home with you. Let me hear from you at once.

Your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

P. S. A former letter to you was misdirected.

Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 29, 1895.

Whitney Powlas,
Oneida, Wis.

Dear Whitney :

Vacation is about over, School begins in September.

Dennison Wheelock will be in Oneida in a few days. I expect you to come back in his party.

Your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 30, 1895.

John Lonestar,

Round Lake,

Sawyer Co., Wis.

Dear John :

Vacation is just over. School begins in September.
Country students come in on the 15th, and I wish to get all together
right away.

I expect you back in one of Dennison Weehoeck's parties. He
will be in your neighborhood soon. Write me at once.

Your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 30, 1895.

Joseph Cobell,
Kipp, Mont.

Dear Joseph :

Your friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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

Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 31, 1995.

Phoebe Howell,

Pawnee Agency, Okla. Ty.

Dear Phoebe :

I am glad to hear of your safe arrival, but sorry to hear
of the robbery of your brother's house. I had heard that you may
of Sam Townsend. Am also sorry to hear such reports of Stacy. I
suppose the temptation down there to try to be an old chief is pretty
strong, and Stacy's desires and qualities rather tend that way.

I hope you will see Rose and give her my love. And so glad to
hear of her good work. I give your letter to Missa Burgess and
try to send, as you request.

Katie Grindred has been here and has gone to her relatives in
Indiana to stay two or three months. She looks as though she needed
a rent.

Students are coming in rapidly. By the end of next week I
anticipate we will have nearly or quite all. Teachers will all be
back tomorrow, and school begins on Monday, hoping you may have a
pleasant visit, and with kindest remembrance to all my old friends
at Pawnee and the Carlisle students with whom you meet, I am

Faithfully your Friend,

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Dept.

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

Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 2, 1995.

William Moore,

Econtuchka, Ind. Ky.

Dear William:

Your letter was received some time ago. I am always glad to hear from my boys, as you know, especially so when they are doing the best they can, as you say you are.

It is never too late to turn over a new leaf, though it is almost always impossible to regain lost advantages. If you always hold yourself above the temptations that you will have to meet wherever you are, I am sure you will succeed, and I am gratified that you show such a determination to redeem your good name and correct past mistakes in conduct. It would be a great shame to waste your abilities for the want of effort to control some evil habit.

School begins today. We are going to have a full school this year, and larger facilities for the boys in the way of a new addition to the gymnasium, which we expect to have completed by October.

With every wish for your welfare and continued effort at reform, I am

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In reply to:

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

Carliable, Pa., September 1st 1898.

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

Sir:-

I have the honor to report myself on duty in charge of
this School under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved
June 27th, per S. O., No. 104, Headquarters of the Army, A. G. O.,
August 23rd, and letter of instructions from the Honorable Secretary
of the Interior, dated September 6th, all 1870.

My address for the next month is as above.

N.

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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In reply to:

Capitol, Pa., September 1st 1895.

To the Adjutant,

10th U. S. Cavalry,

Ft. Custer, Montana.

Sir:-

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

N.

Capt. 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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In reply to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE.
OFFICE OF SUBORDINATED ENT.

Carlisle, Pa., September 1st 1895.

Major John Simpson, Q. M., V. S. A.,
Quartermaster's Department, V. S. A.,
1428 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Sir:-

Herewith enclosed please find forage requisition in duplicate for my two private horses for the month of September 1895.

N.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 2, 1905.

Freddie Hare,
Hospital,

Trenton, N. J.

Dear Freddie :

I am so very very glad to hear of your improvement and
shall be still better pleased to hear that you are able to travel.
I will then send you a ticket to Carlisle. You owe a great deal to
the kind good nurses and the doctor, and I trust you will not fail
to thank them for their kindness to you.

All goes nicely here at the school. We have delightful weather
The school grounds never looked prettier. School opened this morn-
ing and by the middle of the month we shall be quite full.

Thomas Mason who also had typhoid fever in the country, is
now in our hospital and is getting well so fast we expect him to
be up in a day or two.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 2, 1895.

Katie Grindrod,

Rockport, Ind.

My Dear Katie:

I got your note telling me of your arrival at Rockport.
Thank you. I do hope you may pull up rapidly and that you may not
have to delay beyond November. "It is better to wear out than to
rust out", is an old saying it is well for us to remember sometimes.

Eva Johnson came in on us this morning unexpectedly. She
regretted very much that she had not been here in time to see you.

With love and best wishes from all, I am

Faithfully your friend,

Sept. 10th Cavalry, Sept.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 2, 1895.

Mrs. Ida J. Allen,

Perris, Cal.

My Dear Mrs. Allen :

I write just a line to thank you for your very pleasant
letter of the 22nd of August; and to tell you that your sister
arrived this morning from Washington to spend a fortnight with us
and then return to Washington to take up her kindergarten.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 2, 1895.

Mr. Petoskey,

Petoskey, Mich.

My Dear William :

Glad to hear that you arrived home safely and that your
trip was pleasant and agreeable to you. I hope you will not omit
to speak to the boy's father about his health and let us understand
each other about it. If any really good pupils present themselves,
especially those who could travel alone and you can guarantee their
health and character, I shall be very glad to hear about them.

Within the next two or three weeks, I shall want to get in
about 125 more.

With kindest regards to Mrs. Petoskey and to my other friends
there, I am

(Dictated)

P.

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Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 3, 1895.

Walter C. Gayhart,
Supt. High School,
Austin, Nev.

My Dear Mr. Gayhart:

There is such a touchy condition of things all over the
Indian field and such an amount of jealousy, particularly against
us, that I think it better for the present not to press the matter
of getting any children here except through the agent himself.

Dictated.

(P)

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

Carlsile, Pa., Sept. 4, 1893.

Miss Susie Mc Dougall,
Genoa, Neb.

My Dear Susie :

I have your very interesting and neatly written letter,
and am glad indeed to hear of your pleasant trip and your cordial
welcome there.

By this time you have begun school no doubt, and are becoming
accustomed to your duties in the school room. I hope you will have
a pleasant and profitable year, and hope to hear from you often.

School began here on Monday, and everything is going on as
usual. We have many new pupils, and more are coming every day.
When the pupils come in from the country, our ranks will be fuller
even than last year.

The weather is beautiful, and everyone seems well. There is
no news except what you read in The Helper.

Give my regards to Miss Fisher and other Carlisle people there

Sincerely Your Friend,

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

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Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 4, 1898.

Pennington, Powell,
Rossport, Idaho.

Dear Pennington :

Miss Hamilton and Prof. Bakeless intercede for you and
under the promises made in your letter to Miss Hamilton on Aug. 25th
I am very willing for you to join the party which Agent Fisher is
now arranging for Carlisle.

Distated.
(P)

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Julia Jonas.

2.

admit for one moment that it is best for you to stop where you are
for any reason whatsoever.

You may live for many years and you may be called upon to assume
very grave responsibilities. It is right that you should be
prepared for these responsibilities. I am here looking over the
past and present and into the future for every student. My hopes
have been high for you for several years past and I have believed
that your future would be a useful one. I meet with many disa-
pointments and it is not right that I should be disappointed in
your course, and I shall not be if you hold out faithful.

You can keep up with your class where you are and return to Car-
lisle in the Fall, and graduate in February. In the meantime you
will have some of the best influences that any young woman could
hope to have in your excellent home with Miss Edge.

You are old enough to look out for yourself and make the people
at home quiet themselves about your going home. Tell them
plainly that you do not intend to go home until you graduate.

There is more kindness to your mother and your relatives in
refusing to go, than there is in your giving up graduating and going
home now.

Always your friend,

Capt& Supt.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 1, 1895.

Mrs Hugh L. Campbell,
St Xyier, Mont.

Dear Mrs Campbell:-

I thank you very cordially for your full
letter, especially for the little news you have sent about Persis,
and others. I have just written to Persis a brief note, I do hope
she will do well. It is pleasant always to hear of even a slight
benefit that accrues to those who have been with us if only for a
short time. I have heard nothing from Albert for several
years, how glad I am to know that he is doing well.

Willie Leighton and Frank Shively are both back at school and doing
well. George Suis was to come back and continue at Dickinson
College, but I cannot furnish the transportation, but he
put in an appearance. I trust with you, that Amy Shanes marriage
may be a wise one. What you write of Mary had come to me before,
I had thought to keep them here, and since their return have made
provision for them to come back but both have declined. Mary was
a source of anxiety to us here, especially in the beginning.

I thank you for your special interest in the children both here
and returned. I should be glad to hear from you on these lines
at any time.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 1, 1895.

Miss Alice Hotchkin,

Penn Van, N. Y.

Dear Miss Hotchkin:-

When your letter came, I had just left for
Lake Mohonk, was taken sick there, came home, was in bed for two
weeks and ailing altogether for three weeks. It seems to me that
with your timidity that it would not be well for us to undertake
a change. I cannot make a change without some certainty that the
person who undertakes it, not only is capable of filling the place,
but has intentions of making herself a part of us. I have a
feeling that your apprehensions about it, does not meet these
conditions.

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In reply to

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 1, 1895.

C. K. Ober,

Field Secretary Y.M.C.A.

Chicago, Ill.

My dear Mr. Ober:-

We had a very pleasant visit from Dr Eastman, and our boys will aid something toward his support. I do not think they will give as much as they did last year, for they have just moved into their new quarters, a very pleasant room which I had fitted up for them. Having taken upon themselves these obligations, just what they will do I do not know, but feel sure they will do something. I withdraw nothing of my remarks of Dr Eastman's work, and feel that it is not the wisest and best course. You hold to opinions that pull the Indians back to the reservations. I hold to opinions which would draw them away. You have your views. I have mine. We are not together in it.

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Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 4, 1905.

William H. Horstman Co,
6th Cherry St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Gentlemen:-

Referring to your letter of the 31st ultimatum, I have to say that the boys want the banner as described, but with the colors arranged so that the gold lettering will come on the black silk. To be lettered on one side only, and the colors to be black and orange.

The society occupy a new hall on the 15th inst., and want the banner by that time sure. Can they rely on this?

Answer and oblige

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 4, 1895.

My dear Little Wolf:-

I was very glad indeed to receive your letter of October 25th. It always gratifies me to know that the children who have left Carlisle to return to their homes, have an interest in the school, and especially to know that they endeavor to interest other Indian boys and girls in the cause of education. I hope that you may be able to induce some of your friends who are not now in school, to come to Carlisle.

Let me hear from you again.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 6, 1895.

Mr Charles Wheelock,

Oneida, Wis.

My dear Charles:

I have yours in regard to William Swamp. We are overcrowded with boys, but will have room for girls, so if you could get girls to come along, I should not object to his coming.

With regard to yourself, we have so many of our own who are competent that it is not practicable for me to set them aside and give you a place here. In regard to the car shops and the work there,

I saw and had a talk with my son about it the other day, and he told me that they were discharging men right along because of lack of work. This being the case it would be quite impossible to get you a place there when they are throwing out experienced men. The Fall is laying off time with mechanics and workmen every where, as you know. I am sorry, would be glad to help you if practicable.

Inclosed please find letter from Agent Keller.

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Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 6, 1895.

Jenas Greenbird,
Finconning, Mich.

My dear friend:

It grieves me to be compelled to tell you of the
death of your son Harvey, which occurred in this school night
before last. He had inflammatory rheumatism which went to his
heart, and his death came quite sudden and unexpected to us.

He was buried in our school graveyard yesterday afternoon, and the
funeral services were conducted by a clergyman from Carlisle.
I will erect a stone over his grave.

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Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 7, 1895.

Mrs Sarah Hark

Dear Mrs Hark

I am sorry as you that Noah is under punishment for getting drunk. The new boys friends of his, one other from and other place, and one boy who has been here several years, five in all, went to town, bought whiskey from a colored man on the street and got very drunk. They returned to the school, were violent and exceedingly profane and ugly in their language. It was necessary to punish all five of them, and they are now in the guard house, having to crack stone every day. I cannot of course permit such things, and other boys disposed to follow their leading must be warned. It will be impossible for me to send him home, for that would be a reward instead of punishment. I trust that when his punishment is over and he goes back to school he will do very much better.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 7, 1895.

Chauncy Yellow Robe,
Genoa, Neb.

My dear Chauncy:

I thank you for your kindly condolence in regard to Herbert. It was a great loss and shock to us. He was apparently so well and strong in every way, and was so full of grand and good purposes, accumulated during his ten years at Carlisle, that it seems very hard to be reconciled to the wisdom of it all, yet we must not question the kindly over ruling Providence who takes care of His affairs.

Dear Herbert died in the full possession of a strong Christian faith, we will undoubtedly meet him on the other side if we are faithful here.

As I write our boys are probably closing their game with Yale, on Thanksgiving Day they play on the great Manhattan field N.Y. with the New York Y.M.C.A. This is where the annual game takes place between Yale and Harvard. 18 to 0 against us. Our boys are anticipating more returns than they have ever had from all other games put together. I am glad to know that you are attending to duty, and are success-

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Chauncey Yellow Robe.

ful and satisfied at Genoa. The holding up of Carlisle by so many
of our graduates and pupils who have gone into other schools
is the one thing which sustains me more than any other.

I am always glad to hear from you. With love to Miss Fisher, Miss
McAdam and Susie,

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 7/95.

John Collins,

702 North 43rd, St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

My dear friend:

I am exceedingly grateful for your sympathetic letter, and also for your philosophy, which I consider as very remarkable. The tenacity of purpose, and continued good works all present themselves in the countenance. I place it among my collection of others of this kind and friends. An only sorry you did not put your name on the back, and give me as another aged friend who has passed away, his exact age, being particular to extend the years, months and days into a total of days.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 7, 1895.

J.R. Young,

U.S. Indian Agent,

Sacaton, Arixona.

My dear friend:

The apprehensions you were under last year seem to
be more and more realized. Even the old blue grass region has
drifted from her moorings and set out on a new tack. What are you
going to do about it?

I think we understand the situation and agree in our opinions. I
expect to live by some things in the future as I have in the past,
and I certainly expect that things will be radically different,
and that too perhaps before many months. However, it may be that
sixteen will be the number. In regard to this special case I can
only say that so long as work is done properly I must not find
fault, and that is the case so far.

I did hope that I may have the pleasure of seeing you, and feel very
greatly tempted to see you some time this winter.

I have had the grip, was in bed two weeks, and have a cold that does
not seem to want to leave me, and I think if I could come down in
your country for a month it would do me some good.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 7, 1895.

Mr V.S.Hillis,

Indian Office, Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr Hillis:

What the boys wanted was the distinction of
having Dr Hailman here. I did not imagine that either the Doctor
or the Commissioner would come, but sanctioned their inviting them.
The boys have been so anxious for the building which has come to
them, and it is so completely what they wanted that they feel in-
clined to spread themselves quite a little. While personally I
should be glad to have you come, I could hardly feel like urging
the boys in the matter, for the arrangement is entirely their own.

I hope that we shall have you and Mrs Hillis with us at Commencement

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 7, 1895.

Miss Julia Jonas,

Downington, Pa.

Dear Julia:

I have given instructions that when the girls are
sent out in the spring it shall be arranged that some one take your
place and you return to Carlisle. I trust that in school matters
you will have no trouble in keeping up with your class. I think
it will be just as well for you to remain until May, rather than
having a change made with the earlier going out of the girls.

We have found that the girls under Miss Edge's care have no trouble
in keeping up with their classes, often going beyond them.

I am sure that when you go out in the world and look back at Car-
lisle, you will feel that the time spent with Miss Edge was one of
your most valuable experiences.

Your money is placed at interest, so it will be accumulating
something all the time.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 7, 1896.

J.H.Bradford,

904 M.St.,
Washington,D.C.

My dear friend:

I have not intended to let your kindly note of
Sept 3rd., remain so long, but it came when I was ill and I have
been ailing ever since, more than two weeks in bed and daily con-
ditions making me unequal to the labor of my position. I thank
you for the kindly appreciation of the Red Man and trust you have
the last number.

There is much that I would say but I cannot now, I can only say this,
that I am waiting patiently as I can, though at times I cannot help
showing irritation. Sub Rosa, yesterday encouraged me some.

Capt. 10th Cavy, Supt.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 7, 1895.

Pierie N. Freedon,

Secretary Dickinson College,
Carlisle, Pa.

Dear Sirs:

Pardon my inattention to your note, I have been away.

I am not in favor of making an Indian reservation of your gallery.
I do not object to your canvassing to a reasonable extent among our
boys through the young men of the school who are going to college,
to sell tickets for your entertainments, but I should like such as
do go to have the liberties of other patrons. If they care to
go in the gallery, it should be all right, if they prefer to go on
the floor, that should also be all right. Any arrangement that you
make with any of our young men for selling tickets should be
subject to my previous opinion.

I must say this however, that we have more or less of entertainment
out here which we have to pay for, and as we usually get little or
no patronage from the college, I do not feel that there is any rea-
iprocity in the matter, and I am not specially anxious that any
considerable number of our students should be encouraged to go.

Yours truly,

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in reply to:

Carlsle, Pa. Nov. 7, 1895.

Sirenus Kehr,

1101 Chamber of Commerce,
Chicago, Ill.

My dear sir:

It has taken a little time for me to work up an interest in regard to the lecture for General Howard. Our Grand Army Post here have finally taken it up and agree to assume the responsibility for it. My desire is to have the General here the last Wednesday and Thursday in February, to be present at the commencement exercises of this school, he himself would like to come, and particularly like to do so if he could have a lecture. Our people will fix the lecture either Friday or Saturday following, or a day or two preceding the Wednesday and Thursday. Now if you can make this arrangement we can handle the lecture at the price named.

I am very sorry that General Fitz Hugh Lee's health does not permit, for we had thought of running the two together, which would make both of more interest. We are only twenty seven miles from the battlefield of Gettysburg, and something from the two great leaders would be calculated to stir up a great deal of interest.

This is a college town, and the lecture business is considerably overdone, still with the cooperation of the small towns near us.

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Sirenus Kehr.

can probably handle the expense of the General's coming very well.
Please let me hear from you as to whether you can make this
arrangement, and as promptly as possible.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE,
CAPITOL OF CONNECTICUT.

Capitale, Pa. Nov. 7, 1895.

Mr Fred Prick,
Manesborough, Pa.

Dear Sir:

I have not been able to take up the electric clock matter before. In consulting with different people about it I find there is no enthusiasm for it, and the feeling that we can get on better without it than with it. I think therefore we will drop the matter for the present. Please return our plan of the premises.

BLURRED TEXT

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 8, 1895.

Miss Janette Swan,

64 Union Ave.,
Allegheny, Pa.

Dear Miss Swan:

I am in receipt of your favor of the 31st., ult.
and in reply would state that the bead work, bark canoes, etc., may
be bought of the Oneidas and Menominees of Wisconsin. If you
would address Miss Abbie Burleson, Oneida, Wis., I think she would give
you the information you desire. The Chippewas of Wisconsin and
Minn. do very nice work especially in birch bark, and these might
be reached through Fairbanks & Co., White Earth, Minn., and Andrew
Young, Odanah, Wis.

The Sioux Indians of Dakota, do very pretty bead work, and among the
southern tribes, the Pimas and Papagoes of Sacaton, Arizona, the San
Carlos and White Mountain Apaches do considerable work in basket
weaving. These tribes could be reached by addressing the Indian
traders, at Rosebud Agency, S. D., Sacaton Arizona and San Carlos, Arz.
Trusting that I have fully complied with your request, I am

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To reply to:

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 8, 1895.

Rev. John Robinson,
Sisseton Agency,
S.D.

My dear friends:

Yours of the 29th., ult, only reached me yesterday. I thank you most heartily for it, both the opinion and the reason are exactly in my line. I have no doubt however, but that Congress this winter will modify, and perhaps entirely change the attitude in regard to getting children. I shall use your letter in part to sustain what I want to say to the Committee myself. If there are other facts or arguments you wish to aid me with, be assured they will be most welcome.

Mr Holman was so completely under the thumb of the Catholics that he did not care to listen to any one else. I gave up in disgust and said to myself "I will wait". Patience has its reward and I feel this to be especially true in this instance. Instead of one hundred fifty Catholics, as was the case in the last House, we have about one hundred fifty who are Anti Catholic.

If the Catholic insist on running the Catholic party, and getting Catholics into Congress, there must of necessity be an Anti Catholic

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 9, 1895.

Maggie Darco,

Beaulieu, Minn.

Dear Maggie:

Your letter of Sept. 16th., including for the
Indian Helper was received in due time, and I am glad to hear
such favorable news from you. Carlisle is prospering as you no
doubt see by the Helper copies of which have been sent you as you
requested.

You ask about Miss Schaffner and the girls, they are all well.

Your friend,

Sept. 8, 1905.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 9, 1895

Miss Ida Powlas,
Oneida, Wis.

Dear Ida:

Your good long letter of October 17th is at hand.

It is very gratifying to me to hear of the steady advancement of those who have been under my care at Carlisle.

I know of course that you have discouragements as we all do, but push right ahead and do the very best your circumstances permit, no one can do more than that.

I should be very glad to have you and your friends present at our Commencement, and I will see that you get tickets at a reduced rate. At present I have an arrangement whereby I get tickets from DePere to Carlisle, for $11.30, and no doubt will be able to get the same rates at that time.

With best wishes for your future success, I am

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in reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 9, 1905.

Susie Young Kelsey,

Thurston Station, Neb.

Dear Susie:

I was glad to receive your nice letter of Sept. 26th,
but very sorry to learn of the sorrow that has come to you in the
death of your little daughter.

Am always glad to hear good news from former Carlisle students
but it grieves me to hear such reports as you give of some of
the boys who are on the downward course.

Wishing you success, I am

Your friend,

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 9, 1898.

Miss Nellie Kennedy,

Gowanda, N.Y.

Dear Nellie:

Was glad to receive your letter of October 2nd,
which told of your safe arrival at home. I am sorry that you
were compelled to give up your studies at this time, but don't
become discouraged, we will hope that your health will permit of
your continuing your school work next Fall.

Always your friend,

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In reply to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE
OFFICE OF SUBORDINANT

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 11, 1906.

Martha H. Washington,

Poplar Creek, Mont.

Dear Martha:

I was glad to receive your letter of October 13th, and to learn that you have such a nice position in the school. It is very gratifying to me to know that the boys and girls of Carlisle, go out in the world to hold positions of trust, and I wish you continued success in your work.

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in reply to:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE,
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 11, 1990.

Joseph Laderoute,
Jacko, Mont.

Dear Joseph:

I received your letter of Sept. 20th, in due time, and
am glad to know you enjoyed the book I sent you. Carlisle is
growing and pushing right ahead; our girls and boys take an
interest in their work and are improving rapidly. I thought
you would in time see the error you made in going home. As you
say, "there is no use in crying over spilt milk", but neither is
there any use in becoming discouraged and giving up all effort
toward something better. Do the very best you can and try to
make a man of yourself.

Always your friend,

Cult. 10th, Savy, Supt.

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In reply to:

Carlsle, Pa. Nov. 11, 1895.

Constant Bred,

San Carlos, Arizona.

My dear Constant:

I am very glad indeed to get your nicely written letter and especially pleased to know that you are doing so well in your responsible position as interpreter for the agent. How time flies, and how rapidly changes come. Yesterday you were a boy here in school at Carlisle, now you are a man with a family of two children, and engaged in an important work. I am glad to know that you have been so constantly faithful. You tell me that three fourths of the others who have returned are doing nothing but leafing around among the Indians. I have wondered whether if you had not been employed by the Government you would not have been doing the same thing. Tell me in your next letter if you think you would have been able to be a man and keep on the right side as you have done, if you had been thrown back among the Indians. Please remember me kindly to returned students even though they may not be doing well. I leave the Helper to give you the Carlisle news.

Always your friend,

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

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 11, 1890.

Mary B.Mitchell,
Horton's Bay, Mich.

Dear Mary:

Your letter of October 1st, is received. I inclose
the $1.00 to which you refer, from Jonas.

I am glad to hear good reports from former Carlisle students.

Let me hear from you again.

Always your friend,

Capt. 10th, Cavy, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 11, 1895.

Miss Barbara Showainy,

Albuquerque, N.M.

Dear Barbara:

I received your letter of October 26th, and was glad to note that you are so pleasantly situated, it always pleases me to hear of the progress of those who have been students here at Carlisle.

I spoke to Dr. Moross about your church letter, and he said that he has already given you a letter from the church in Carlisle to the Presbyterian church of Laguna, and that he had written you in regard to the matter, so you have no doubt received his letter before this.

Let us hear from you again.

Capt. 10th, Savy, Supt.

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In reply to:

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

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 11, 1898.

Ernie Black,

Cheyenne Agency, Mont.

Dear Ernie:

I was glad to get your letter of October 26th, and to know something about you. I should be glad to receive a party of students from Northern Cheyenne, but I can only take them if there are as many girls as boys and if they fill all the requirements which are, over twelve years and under twenty years of age, in good health and of good character, and if the consent of parents is given before the agent.

Now if there are three girls to add to the three boys you speak of, and all are able to pass the doctor, and otherwise fill the requirements, I should be glad to make the necessary arrangements for them to come. All these matters must be arranged therefore, and the best way is to do it through the agent.

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Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 14, 1904.

The C.A.Nichols Co.,

Springfield, Mass.

Gentlemen:

Inclosed please find my check for $10.00 for one set "History of ready reference" bound in sheep, and oblig-

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Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 16, 1895.

George Nocoeeluke,

Bethel, Alaska,

Dear George;

Your very welcome letter of July 13th is received.

I am glad to hear of your success in life and hope you may continue to prosper.

Carlisle is the same Carlisle, only grown larger and reaching out
still further in her aims and purposes. We have about seven hundred
and fifty pupils enrolled but many are in the country at present.
our foot ball team has been winning laurels of late. They played
with the Yale team a few weeks ago and on Thanksgiving Day will
play the New York Y.M.C.A. on the great Manhattan field where the
games are played every year between Harvard and Yale.

We have built a new addition to the gymnasium which was dedicated
last night with very interesting exercises. The gymnasium is
fitted up very nicely indeed, with all the appliances necessary
to fully develope strong young men. The new rooms are to be used
by the different literary societies and the Y.M.C.A. as a place of
holding their meetings.

The boys sent out a number of invitations for last evening and a

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good many accepted, so we had quite a gathering. The band gave
a very nice concert, after which the boys served refreshments, and
this was followed by speeches made by a number of our pupils and
visitors from town, so altogether we had a very enjoyable time.

I am glad to know that you are trying to help your people. It is very gratifying to me to know that the boys who have been here at Carlisle go home with a desire to work and help others, instead of going right back to the old life.

With best wishes for continued success I am

I send you and David one of our picture books of the Carlisle
school and hope you will be pleased with them.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 16, 1895.

General Fitz Hugh Lee,

Lincburg, Va.

My dear General:

I am a Captain in the 10th Army of the regular
army, and have been in charge of the Indian School here for the
last sixteen years, having suggested and established it. I send you
a little brochure and copy of my last report. I am a member of
the Grand Army Post of Carlisle, and a friend of Captain W.E. Miller
who has written you in regard to a lecture here. Indeed we have
canvassed the matter together and expected to make ourselves
somewhat personally responsible that your coming should be an
entire success. Captain Miller has shown me your letter received
by him this morning, which only leads us to hope that some time in
the future you will visit us and give us a lecture. I have been in
correspondence with Mr Kehr of Chicago who advertises you in
connection with General Howard, and have practically arranged that
General Howard be here and lecture on the last Friday in February
next, that is the week of the Commencement at our school. We
graduate twenty six, the largest class in the history of the school.

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Page 3.

Now would it not be possible for you to be here and give us a
lecture at or about that time?

It would be especially gratifying if we could have you present
at the Commencement exercises on Thursday. We always have a dis-
tinguished delegation coming from Washington by special train,
which includes both administrative and legislative officials, and
I anticipate an unusually large number at the coming Commencement.
If you could be present on Thursday when we have our greatest
audience and at the time give us a few moments in speaking I can
guarantee you an audience of fifteen hundred or more, among whom
will be some very distinguished people. We shall be glad to take
care of your expenses and entertainment, and if you can arrange
to deliver a lecture we should be glad to meet the terms Mr. Kehr
advises for General Howard.

I believe that your coming General, would be a source of great pleasure to a large number of friends that you have in the town of Carlisle, and feel assured that nothing would occur to mar your own pleasure.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 16, 1898.

Cyrus Kehr,

IIICI Chamber of Commerce,
Chicago, Ill.

Dear Sir:

I thought I had made my desire plain to you in regard
to General Howard. Please understand that on the last Wednesday
and Thursday in February we have the Commencement exercises at
this school, at which time there is always a large delegation from
Washington, including members of the House and Senate and Government
officials, and for a few years back we have had over fifteen hundred
in all present. Our exercises are largely noticed in the newspapers,
and it is a good and suitable advertisement for General Howard, in
whose distinguished career I am interested, together with hundreds
of thousands of others. My especial desire is to have the
General present on these two days and have him deliver the address
to the graduating class of twenty six young Indians. This he will
do me he would be glad to do if it could be accomplished in connection
with his engagements, and suggested that I write you and arrange a
lecture for him in Carlisle. Of course I wish him at the school,
on these two days, and there will be no opportunity for his absence.

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Carlisle, Pa. Nov. 16, 1898.

Dr C.R. Dixon,

Haskell Institute,
Lawrence, Kansas.

My dear doctor:

I have only been able to find two men in the
Service that I care to ask to come to Carlisle you being one, the
other asks to be transferred to Carlisle in May next. He is
involved in stock and property matters at the Agency where he
serves and for that reason cannot without considerable loss to
himself come now. I have thought a great deal about you and our
pleasant relations while you were here, think you will fit into
our work better than the other party would.

I have an intimation from those in authority that the scope of
Carlisle work will be very greatly enlarged in the near future,
possibly beginning next year; numbers will be considerably increased.
Under these circumstances I feel that I will be justified in asking
for an increase in salary of my school physician.

There seems to be no doubt but that the changes that may occur at
the next presidential election will compel an entire reversion in
our favor.

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Dr Dixon.

If you will come to Carlisle now I will do all that I agreed to
in my former letter by way of covering your expenses in coming here
and will make your salary $1400.00 per year, giving you the differ-
ence from my Charity Fund, until I can secure departmental confir-
mation in the matter whenever that may take place.

On receipt of this please telegraph me immediately your conclusion
and if you agree to it, please send me your application for transfer
that I may forward it to Washington together with Dr Montezuma's
resignation.

The doctor seems determined to leave us about December 1st, in
order to avail himself of the friendly offer from one of the
foremost physicians of Chicago.

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In reply to:

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

Carlisle, Pa., November 18th 1892.

Syndicate Publishing Co.,
236 South Eighth Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Gentlemen:-

Enclosed you will find my check for $14.40 for which please send to my addressee set of the Encyclopedia Dictionary, as advertised in the Ram's Horn. Please send receipted bill.

N.

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Carlisle, Pa., November 18th 1895.

Theo. Presser,
1708 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia.

Dear Sir:-

I enclose my two personal checks covering your bills for
the 1st and 11th. Please send me receipt in full.

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In reply to:

Mrs. Kate Howe,

Corner 7th and North Sts.,
Logansport, Indiana.

Dear Aunt Kate:-

For the past two years it has been difficult for me to meet my financial obligations. The loss of one thousand dollars per year in my pay has bothered me not a little. But agreed to bear for Mother now and inasmuch as through all the years I have practically done it all I think it right he do it. Mother has never ceased to blame me for the loss of her property, notwithstanding the fact that I have given her and paid out on her account much more than the property is worth, and you know that I was not in the least to blame for the loss. It was all managed in Logansport and the issues brought before I came into the transaction in any way. However that is neither here nor there; the conditions call for action. I have a letter from Mat asking me to join him in determining what to do. I had already indicated that Mother's condition demanded institution life. He was unable to keep her in New Orleans. I was unable to keep her here, and it seemed impossible to make her contented to live with her relatives in Michigan.

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Mrs. Kate Howe, page 2.

I have not yet recovered from the very severe attack of grip I had, which was the third I had had in the last three years. It leaves me with a deep seated cold and makes it imperative that I take the best care possible of myself. I am under treatment and I do not feel that it is wise for me to travel so far as Logansport, besides, as I said, I am financially unable. You are on the spot, you have had the case under constant observation and could perhaps form the best judgment of anybody as to what ought to be done. I would be glad to know what you think ought to be done and I believe that Mat will now take care of the case.

Your affectionate nephew,

(Dictated)
N.

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In reply to:

J. M. Pratt, Attorney-at-Law,

325 Camp Street,

New Orleans, La.

Dear Brother:-

Can't you go to Logansport and in connection with Aunt Kate arrange and do all that ought to be done for Mothers I am still suffering from my severe attack of the grip and am in such a condition as to make it imperative that I do not take any chances of changes in temperature. As I wrote you before, I think that the time has arrived when we must look the case square in the face and consider whether institution life is not the best that can be done for Mother. I attribute Mother's condition principally to the loss of her property, which was not in any sense either your fault or mine. Her constant railing at me for the last ten years and her violent expressions against Howe have indicated the gradual oncoming of the malady. No amount of temporizing or pacifying or assurance on my part of my constant care seem to have any influence. About one-half the time there was aberration and the other half an apparent proper use of her facilities. Aunt Kate has had her more constantly under observation than we have and should be a good

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adviser. I have written her this morning, in answer to a letter from her, and have told her of the agreement between us and of my difficulties, both financial and physical, but stated I would be glad to know her judgment in the matter.

Your affectionate brother,

(Dictated)
N.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., November 19th 1896.

Mr. Guy LeRoy Stevick,

Denver, Colorado.

Dear Guy:-

The packages were delivered to us yesterday just after dinner. I selected the No. 1 blanket, or rug, from Mr. Taxmen's and hurried it off to New York. The other articles I have submitted to our people here but no one seems to care for them at the prices so I have thought best to return them at once, which I do by the United States Express addressed to The Palace Gem Store, the two blankets and the mountain lion skin in one bundle. Herein I send you Government check for $62.00, which is the price of the blanket, $65.00, less 20%. I am sorry to have put you to so much trouble and am very greatly obliged to you and Marion for getting the blanket, which we think a very fine one and quite what we wanted. I trust the things will get back in good shapes and there will be no hitch of any kind. I return the bills herein.

We have seen a little rough draft of your proposed new home, sent over by Mason, but before passing judgment, we wait for the plans Marion promised to send. Mason's house is under roof and the plastering going on and they are hoping to move in it by February.

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Carlisle, Pa., November 19th 1895.

Mr. Robert C. Ogden,

Grand Depot,
Philadelphia.

My dear Mr. Ogden:-

This will introduce to you Miss Jessie A. Ackermann,
about whose book and plans I spoke to you during my recent visit to
Philadelphia. As I fully explained the matter to you then, there
seems nothing further necessary now than this simple introduction.

Trusting you will be able to favor Miss Ackermann, and with
cordial regards, I am,

(Dietated)
N.

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in reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., November 20th 1995.

Dear Brown:-

I am pleased to get your letter of the 17th. I had noted
the success of your corps at Atlanta and also the complimentary
local estimate in the paper you sent.

I quite entirely agree with you that Dr. Dabney is a big man.

I am also especially glad that your school and home matters
work out satisfactorily. I trust that your tour may be as complete
to you and yours as you anticipate.

It was a great mistake sending Clapp to Pine Ridge. I have
had repeated information that made me somewhat ashamed that I had
entered into controversy with him. He is antagnostic to schools
away from the reservation and is down on missionaries, and in fact
I can hardly see that he has any of the qualities needed in a man
dealing with a lower race. True, Penney was not much better. Both
are as cold blooded and heartless in their actions and estimates of
Indians as it is possible for man to be. Things are going down
everywhere among the Indians. There is a deal of weakness and wick-
edness and I feel pretty sure that Congress will stir up some very
bad things in regard to management. For the last three administra-
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each succeeding one. I was very anxious to get past Cleveland's first, and thought I was going to have things in good shape during Harrison's term, but Morgan and the Indian Rights Association ran the machine and I was finally more anxious to get by Harrison's administration than I was to get by Cleveland's. I am now more anxious than I was before in either former administration to get through Cleveland's second term. Whether I shall be able to make it successfully or not is something of a question.

I have had quite a siege of grip and the seeds of it remain with me yet. My lungs are giving me much trouble.

Nana returned from her very pleasant trip in England, Scotland and Iceland, and is again with me in the office.

With kindest regards to Mrs. Brown and the family, from us all,

(Dictated)

N.

Captain George LeRoy Brown,

University of Tennessee,

Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Carlisle, Pa., November 20th 1895.

Mr. John Wanamaker,
Philadelphia.

My dear Mr. Wanamaker:-

You know that I would not intrude upon your valuable time
one moment without good reason.

The beater, Miss Jessie A. Ackermann, is the Round-the-World
Missionary of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Her travels
and labors in the good cause have included all lands, her great
success has given to her the highest endorsement of the large
bodies she serves, and brought her the friendship of many rulers,
officials and dignitaries. Worn with her vast labors, she is
compelled to rest and is writing a book on her travels, in which she
hopes to have your interest. Miss Ackermann has been my guest for
several weeks, and has frequently entertained us all with charming
accounts of her travels, which gives assurance that her book will
be of much more than ordinary interest. But Miss Ackermann can
speak for herself, and I hope she may be so fortunate as to secure
your co-operation.

With cordial regards,

(Disted)
H.

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To reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., November 21st 1895.

Stewart Bread Co.,

1115 Spring Garden St.,
Philadelphia.

Gentlemen:-

We are much pleased with the sample of your bread. I
would like to try it for a week. Do you make whole wheat or graham
bread? If so, you may send me 8 loaves of that and 7 loaves of the
white bread daily for one week. If you make only white bread you
may please send me 10 loaves daily for one week. On Saturday you
may send a double portion.

(Dictated)
N.

Capt. 10th Cav'y., U.S.A., Supt.

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In reply to:

Albert Lee, Esq.,

Harper Bros.,

Franklin Square, New York.

Dear Sir:-

The little account of our team in the Tribune was written
by Mr. Jones, one of the principle editors of Harrisburg, on informa-
tion I gave him at his request. I send you photograph of the team
by this mail. I am pleased that our boys have attracted your
attention. I hope you will give them a better reproduction of
the picture than the Tribune did. You may be interested to know
that our team will play the New York Y. M. C. A. team on your
Manhattan Field on Thanksgiving day.

(Dictated)
N.

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Carlisle, Pa., November 20th, 1901.

Rev. Dr. George Horaceus,
Carlisle, Pa.

My dear Doctors-

I am very sorry indeed to hear through Mrs. Pratt of your further troubles and suffering on account of your eyes, and trust you may soon be relieved.

There will be one of our young men, perhaps more, and several of our young women who will want to unite with the church. Beloved Lone Wolf will see to the young men and Miss Shaffer the young women, and that they are brought to the attention of the session.

(Diated)
N.

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Carlisle, Pa., November 22nd 1896.

Chas. E. Zeigler,

Carlisle, Pa.

My dear Sir:-

Mrs. Pratt has spoken to me of your entertainment on the 29th. Dennison Wheelock, our band leader, and James Flannery the first cornetist in the band, will be glad to play a couple of duets for you and Miss Jessie A. Ackermann, the Round-the-World Missionary of the W. C. T. U., who is now visiting us, will be glad to give a recitation or two.

Trusting this may be satisfactory to you, I am,

N.

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

Carlisle, Pa., November 22nd 1895.

Gen. G. O. Howard,

Cyrus Kehr,

My dear General Howard:-

I have arranged, in connection with Captain Miller and our Grand Army Post, for you to deliver a lecture in Carlisle on the last Friday night of February, as Mr. Kehr has granted us this evening and also consented that you should be with us on the Wednesday and Thursday preceding, which are the Commencement days of our School. This now makes it very nice for us and I hope to make it pleasant for you. Your coming also enables us to have as usual a very distinguished friend of the Indians to deliver the diplomas to the graduating class. Our class now numbers twenty-six, which is larger than any previous graduating class in our history.

Remember, we want Mrs. Howard to come too. Mrs. Pratt and I shall expect you to be our guests.

You are to have $125.00 for your lecture which according to Mr. Kehr includes your traveling expenses, but I will furnish transportation for Mrs. Howard to and from any point where she may be if on this side of the continent. Please drop me a note in time to get

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., November 25th 1895.

Mrs. N. C. Jordon,
Andover, Mass.

Dear Madam;

I am in receipt of a package of literature covering "Kindness to Animals," and thank you for sending me the same. I shall utilize it in the school-room work.

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N.

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In reply to

J. L. Hammett,

352 Washington Street,
Boston, Mass.

Dear Sirs:-

I enclose my check for $13.92 covering your bill of the
20th.

The line of chairs you offer does not hold out any inducements
to me and the rubber tips are so expensive that I shall have to be
contented to stand the noise.

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Carlisle, Pa., November 23rd 1895.

Rev. O. W. Stevens,

345 Mulberry Street,
Williamsport, Pa.

My dear Mr. Stevens:-

Saturday night will suit us even better than Friday night
and we will take up the matter of our return later. The party will
be pretty evenly divided as to sexes, but of that I can tell you
later when we get down to it. I should like to hear from you a
week or so before the evening arranged in your letter in order that
I may be assured that our coming will be all right.

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E. H. Brockway,

Proprietor Asylum House,

4th Ave. and 24th Street,

New York City.

My dear Mr. Brockway:-

My foot-ball boys are going over to fight your New York
Y. M. C. A. team on Manhattan Field, Thanksgiving Day. They will
leave here so as to reach New York a little before six o'clock. I
want you to take good care of them and do not want their stopping
place noised about. They will reach your hotel about half after
six o'clock, Wednesday evening, the 27th. They will want supper,
lodging, breakfast and dinner. Please have their meals strictly
consist of the following: for supper, steak, broiled; potatoes,
baked; one or two other vegetables; toast; stale bread; milk and
fruits for breakfast, eggs, boiled; mutton chops, broiled; potatoes,
mashed or baked; toast; stale bread; milk; tea or coffee and fruit;
for dinner, beef, roast; potatoes, baked; milk; tea or coffee.
Please do not add to this menu. There will probably be 19 persons
, either myself or my Assistant Superintendent, Mr. Standing, my
Disciplinarian, Mr. Thompson, my School Physician, Dr. Montezuma and
16 boys. The 16 boys can go two in each room. It would be better

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COPY TELEGRAM.

A. J. Standing,

Philadelphia.

Can't find address. Look in Times of 16th and 17th.

(Signed) Pratt.

COPY TELEGRAM.

Dr. L. Webster Fox,

1304 Walnut Street,

Philadelphia.

Send those whom you think best.

(Signed) R. H. Pratt.

via Postal 9,62 A. M.

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To apply to

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE,
OFFICE OF A PERPETUATE INT.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Carlisle, Pa., November 26th 1895.

Dr. C. R. Dixon,

Haskell Institute,

Lawrence, Kansas.

My dear Doctor:-

While I was considerably disappointed to get your telegram, I am somewhat repaid by your kindly letter. My anxiety to pass through this winter with especial success is very great and your presence with us guaranteed a greater measure of success in your particular line than I could hope for from anyone now in the Indian service. You know the work so well that if your friend, Dr. Finch, were under the Civil Service and available as he might then be, I would gladly give him the appointment. I will delay making selection until later. My attention has been particularly directed to Dr. Daniels now at Pine Ridge, and I offered him the place. He cannot see his way to come here until the first of May. Since your declining I have written him again, hoping he might change his mind. But if Dr. Finch were available today I would gladly give him the appointment.

Dr. Montezuma leaves us the first proximo, but his resignation does not take effect until the 8th of January. I shall, therefore have to provide temporary supply anyway and this gives time for

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Carlisle, Pa., November 26th 1898.

Amos E. John,

Haskell Institute,

Lawrence, Kansas.

My dear Amos!:-

I was glad to get your kindly note and the appreciation
you have for the little souviner.

I trust that you Carlisle boys may install into Haskell the
outing system and so gain money, as our boys did, and help in
building a gymnasium, as our boys have done. Our boys helped
towards the expense of building the gymnasium to the extent of over
$4,000.00. If you Haskell fellows would wake up, you might do just
as well. Laborers are wanted just as much in Kansas as anywhere else
and if you are good laborers, as our boys are, you will always be
in demand.

I congratulate you on your football success. Compete, contend
show that you are capable in all lines and that you are manly and
gentlemanly under all circumstances, and the world will want you
and become more of a home to you than your Indian reservation.

(Dictated)
N.

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In reply to:
---

Annette Guisson,

Miss Lydia A. Hunt,

San Carlos, Arizona.

My dear Annette:

I was glad to get your letter and to know that you had arrived at your destination safely. Do you not consider it remarkable in that young woman, and young Indian women at that, and young Apache Indian women as well can start from Carlisle away on the eastern coast and go all the way to San Carlos, two-thirds of the way across the continent, without male escort, with such safety and such speed and know all the time what they are about and take care of themselves so well? I do. Yet outside of you and Naomi there is probably not another Apache women at San Carlos that could do that.

I am so glad that you are having a chance to see for yourselves just how it is at San Carlos. By your good conduct, your intelligence, your neatness in dress and your modesty of bearing, I am sure your people will be impressed and begin to change their minds about the benefits of eastern schools.

All goes well with us at Carlisle. Tonight we are to have a funny man, Mr. Clarke, to lecture to us. On Thanksgiving Day we

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER

Carlisle, Pa., November 27th 1896.

Miss Florence Wells,
Tonasket School,
Loomis, Washington.

Dear Florence:-

Your letter came several days ago, and I am glad to hear
that you are well and find your work so pleasant. You seem to be
going farther and farther away from Carlisle, but I trust you are
still faithful to Carlisle principles.

We are anticipating a very pleasant Thanksgiving tomorrow. The
foot-ball team has just left us for New York where they will tomorrow
play with the Y. M. C. A. team of New York on the large Manhattan
Field. If the weather continues pleasant they are assured of a
large crowd of spectators for the game and they hope not only to
win but to realize much from the gate receipts. The team has made
a good record this year and has attracted much attention all over
the United States. The band goes to Mt. Holly tomorrow to join
in a fireman's parade there. We expect to have our usual Thanks-
giving services in the chapel in the morning and a big dinner at
noon, for which we have provided sixty-five turkeys besides many
other good things, and in the evening Miss Ackermann will give a
lecture on her trip to the bottom of the sea, for the benefit of

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Carlisle, Pa., November 27th 1895.

Albert Lee, Esq.,

Harper & Bros.' Editorial Rooms,
Franklin Square, New York.

Dear Sir:-

Replying to your letter of the 26th I return herewith
the picture of the foot-ball team with the names and tribes of
the members given. We are much pleased with your reproduction of
the picture and shall be glad to have the notice you will give us.
The boys have just left us for their game in New York to-morrow.

N.

Supt.

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Carlisle, pa., November 26th 1895.

Benjamin Caswell,

Ft. Belknap, Harlem, Montana.

My dear Ben:-

It was pleasant to hear from you again, and your letter
made up in quality for your long silence. I am always glad to hear
from my old Carlisle pupils, and always feel badly when they do not
write to me occasionally.

I am glad that you have a position and I know that you will
do well. You have had good preparation for your work and the future
is yours to shape.

We shall be pleased to receive your article. The December
Number of the Red Man is just about to go to press, but if you
send your manuscript in time we will put it into the January number.

The boys left us this morning for New York where they are to
play the Y. M. C. A. team on the great Manhattan Field tomorrow
afternoon. If the weather continues as pleasant as it is today
we are assured that they will have a large crowd out to see the
game,— there were forty thousand people on the field the other day
to see the Yale-Princeton game,— and they hope not only to win the
game but to realize a good sum from the gate receipts. The boys

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have done well this year and have created a national interest in
their playing. It is counting for Carlisle and the Indians every
where. When we can show the people that we can compete in all lines
then many of the misdirected efforts, and wrong methods in
dealing with the Indians will be revised by strong public opinion.
The game at Annapolis was a disappointment to us too. The difficult-
ty lay in the fact that the endets did not play as clean a game
this year as they did last year, and they made their gains by
slugging and unfair ruling by the umpire. This was so unlike
our treatment there last year that we were considerably chagrined.
The other records have been good, excepting that with Bucknell,
when, however, our team was weakened because several of our best
players were not able to play that day. Next year we hope to do
even better. You know our motto is to each year improve over the
last.

The dollar you enclosed has been placed to the credit of your
nephew, Robert Hallett, as you requested.

With best wishes from all your Carlisle friends,

N.

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Mr. E. J. Stackpole,

Editor "Evening Telegraph,"

Harrishurg.

My dear Mr. Stackpole:-

I send you my check for $15.60 covering the deficit for Den's Harrisburg venture, and you may please send me either receipted bills or your own receipt for this amount as a voucher for my account. We get some of the sensations of show people by this, so that there is at least experience in it.

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In behalf of:

Carlisle, Pa., November 29th 1895.

Hans Anderson,

Ugr. "Kirkebladet,"

Blair, Nebraska.

My dear Sirs-

I thank you warmly for your very cordial letter and take
great pleasure in sending the pamphlet to Mr. Nielsen, as you request
and also a copy of the New England Magazine and a copy of the last
for you.

(Dictated)
H.

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

Carliole, Pa., November 29th 1945.

My dear General:

I send you the contrast Apaches, the small party in which appears exactly the same students. I also send you two pictures of larger parties in each of which appears some who were not in the other.

I have been anticipating a visit to Washington to personally tender my congratulations on your appointment to the command of the Army, which all of us who have had anything to do with the Indians are most grateful for. I hoped that then I might have a little of your time and get you to listen to some of my views on the Indian question as formulated from my peculiar experience. There seems now no certainty of my being there soon and unless the opportunity to see you comes within a short time I will bore you with a letter.

(Distributed) N.

Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
Commanding the Army,
Washington, D. C.

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

Carlisle, Pa., November 30th 1895.

Hon. Thos. B. Reed,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Sirs:-

If, in making up your Indian Committee, you give it a
majority of men in favor of the gradual abolishment of the Indian
Bureau and who will favor the immediate withdrawal of Government
protection over the farcical combines called Indian Nations,-
Cherokees, Creek, Choctaw, etc.,- in the Indian Territory, you will
make no mistake. The Indian Bureau is now largely the Indian
problem, and back of the ugly oligarchy opposing statehood and
citizenship for the Five so-called Civilized Tribes is the protect-
ing care of the United States. The real problem is to end these
influences.

With great respect,

(Dictated)

N.

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

Carlisle, Pa., December 3rd 1896.

John Dougall & Co.,

31 Park Row,

New York.

Gentlemen:-

I shall be very glad indeed to make use of the twenty copies of Sabbath Reading, or an additional number if you care to send them, as offered in your letter of the 30th ult. We now have a large class of students who are intelligent readers of all the literature that we place before them and the regular visits of such papers as yours are more than welcome.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., December 3rd 1895.

Goodman & Dickerson Company,
69 Deerborn Street,
Chicago.

Gentlemen:-

Replying to yours of the 29th of November, I will say
that I shall be glad to have you do what you propose. I have asked
Mr. Dennison Wheelock, one of our first graduates and now one of my
clerks and our Bandmaster, to write the article descriptive of the
School and its work, which you desire. This he will do very shortly
With this article I will send you photographs of some of the pupils
as they arrived at the School, which will show some of the material
we began with, and this feature with some pictures of the School
will be sufficient. The before and after taking feature of the
pupils has been a little overdone.

(Dictated)
N.

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Carlisle, Pa., December 4th 1895.

Major John Simpson, Q. M., U. S. A.,
Quartermaster's Department, U. S. A.,
1428 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Sir:-

Herewith enclosed please find storage requisition to
duplicate for my two private horses for the month of December 1895.

N.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., December 1st 1885.

Sir:-

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

N.

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In reply w.

Carlisle, Pa., December 1st 1895.

To the Adjutant,

10th U. S. Cavalry,

Fort Custer, Montana.

Sir:-

I have the honor to report myself on duty in charge of this School under the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved June 27th, per S. O., No. 194, Headquarters of the Army, A. G. O., August 33rd, and Letter of Instructions from the Honorable Secretary of the Interior, dated September 6th, all 1879.

N.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., December 4th 1993

Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee,
Lynchburg, Va.

My dear General:

I am much gratified by your letter of the 26th and the
prospect that you may be with us at our Commencement. We usually
have some very fine weather at that time of the year; we have had
four Commencements at that season and all have been favored with
delightful weather.

My plan to accomplish your purpose of including Gettysburg in
your trip would be to have you come from Washington with the
Congressional party by special train, as we arrange, on Wednesday
morning and after our Commencement exercises go over from here to
Gettysburg and spend as much time as you desire, then return to
Washington via Carlisle. This I can easily arrange and I believe, on
account of the complications of the other routes to Washington, it
would be both more convenient and expeditious. I shall take great
pleasure in arranging this for you and also securing for you the
best facilities over the battlefield. Inasmuch as I am constantly
sending or taking friends over the field I perhaps have as good faci-
lities for forwarding your purpose as almost anyone you could find.

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I think you will be interested in a large photograph of some
three hundred and forty of our pupils, who, a few days ago, visited
the battlefield under my care, going in a special train for which
they themselves paid. The photograph was taken at the Devil's Den.

As the time approaches for our Commencement I will write you
again. Please note in your engagement book that the days for our
Commencement are the last Wednesday and Thursday in February.

I have a number of Comanche and Kiowa pupils here, among them
two daughters and one son of Quanah Parker, the chief of the old
time Quahada Comanche disturbing element along the borders of Texas.
I served against them from '67 to '75, during which time we had two
campaigns and I have an indistinct recollection of hearing Horace P.
Jones describe an engagement sometime in the fifties at Rush Springs
just east of the Wichita Mountains, in which your name, if I mistake
not, was mentioned. Mr. Jones has been the interpreter for the
Comanches for forty years. He was with Major Neighbors on the Clear
Yank of the Brazos when the Comanches were located there. I have
now, or have had in the past, under my care the children or grand-
children of the old Comanche and Kiowa chiefs you fought, some of
whom, after quite a good many years of trial, have fully demonstrat-
ed that civilization both benefits and sticks.

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Carlisle, Pa., December 6th 1996.

Miss Lydia L. Hunt,

San Carlos, Arizona.

My dear Miss Hunt:-

I have your letter of the 6th, also your telegram of yesterday. I telegraphed at once to Agent Dyer, fully trust you will manage the getting of the girls to Dening. I have an extraordinarily low rate from Dening to Carlisle, but have to take part of the way over the Atchinson and Topoka Road and part over the Pennsylvania.

A letter from Nami informs that Justin Shedeo has been dismissed from the School. That taken in connection with your telegram leaves me to fear that something has happened between Justin and the girls. However, I must wait for particulars. The Indians have not to learn all over the field that their youth must have a chance to escape from the old conditions.

I can well imagine that the results of your skill and energy would commend themselves to everybody and am satisfied that, doing the best that can possibly be done under such circumstances, the surround you.

In regard to corporal punishment, I found three cases in vol.

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Carlisle, Pa., December 5th 1905.

Mrs. Laura Shoemaker,
Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Dear Cousin Laura:-

Mother has got into a condition that makes her a great
deal of care. She is not responsible at times. Emma, Santa's widow,
died recently and since then Mother has been living with strangers
in Logansport. Brother Mat, at New Orleans, has undertaken her
expenses, which I have carried so many years. He has written to
relatives at Delta to see if they would not take her. Mother was
unwilling to return with him to New Orleans and is unwilling to live
with us. She seems determined to stay in Logansport. But perhaps
is she had urgent invitations to go to relatives, either to you or
uncle Luther or to Delta with the relatives there, who would be
willing to go. How do you feel about it now?

I trust you are all well.

Your affectionate cousin,

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Carlisle, Pa., December 5th 1895.

Dear Brother Mat:-

I have nothing from Mother since your letter of November 22nd, and am anxious to know the outcome of your efforts towards sending her to Ohio. It would seem to be far better that she be with relatives, if such relatives are willing to be troubled with her. We have a cousin living in Grand Rapids, Mrs. Laura Shoemaker, a daughter of Uncle Luther who has several times written me of her desire to have Mother with her, especially for the small sum I paid. I paid them $6.00 per week while Mother was in Michigan either with Uncle Luther or Aunt Jane, and they would probably be willing to take Mother providing Mother would be willing to stay. That is the great point. I sent Mother money every month in addition to sending the $5.00 per week for her board and care. She accumulated quite a sum and then left for Logansport without anybody's consent. Cousin Laura and Mother used to be particularly chummy. Cousin Laura was visiting her father while Mother was there. Mother talked a great deal about her. I have written Cousin Laura the situation and so if you do not succeed and it is practicable to make the change to Grand Rapids that may be done.

I trust your expectations for the Traction Company employment

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

Carliole, Pa., December 5th 1895.

Cyrus Kehr,

1101 Chamber of Commerce,
Chicago.

My dear Sirs:-

The Grand Army have doubtless advised you of our acceptance of General Howard for Friday evening, February 26th, if not you may consider this the final settlement of the matter; General Howard to be with me for our Commencement the two previous days, the 26th and 27th. We have secured General Gordon and are rather hoping to add one more, probably General Sickles.

Yours truly,

(Dictated)
N.

Capt. 10th Corps., U.S.A.,
Sept.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE
OFFICE OF INDIGENOUS NATIONS

Carlisle, Pa., December 6th 1895.

John Habberton, Associate Editor, etc.,

401 East 23rd Street,
New York,

My dear Mr. Habberton—

I am greatly obliged for your cordial letter of the
second, and have my foot-hull captain engaged in preparing the
three hundred words and the other information you desire. I will
also try and look up "the good Indians" for you.

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N.

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Dear Sirs,

Col. M. H. Kidd,

Wabash, Indiana.

My dear Colonel:-

I was in Colorado during the summer and had quite a talk with Senator Tellar about the Ute business, in which your name was mentioned. I have not yet seen Secretary Smith's report but any position taken that allotments are going to save the Indians by any means we may take is all folderol. The real fact is, the Indians would be far better off without the lands than with them. They could then escape from the ignorant, changing, sentimental supervision and there would then be some individual responsibility and some prospective chance that here and there at least individuals would rise out of the horrible conditions they are now in into the life with us, which is the consummation, and the only consummation, that offers any help. It is all fudge to talk about keeping whiskey away from them under any circumstances. When the whites get around them they pour the whiskey in and an army ten times as large as our army and ten times as many police could not keep it out. They do but go down when massed, and allotments are additional knots and ties to keep them massed. As the Indians go down, and they do go

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down, the Department goes up. When I began here a little over four
million dollars was sufficient, now over eight millions is required
to run the Indian bureau,-- one half of this may be laid to education
the other half to manufacturing helplessness. We are not warned by
the condition among the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory
that we are wrong, but rather accept these conditions as the one and
only way to do it and go right ahead and inaugurate in all the
tribes the system of education that will reproduce the Five
Civilized Tribes' condition. Peace, rest, and progress have not
been secured in any particular by the allotments made to the Utes,
but rather the contrary. I think the greatest enemy the Indian has
is the man who binds him inevitably to such conditions as the
reservation and allotments even, for this is but a reduced reser-
tion. But it is not worth while to discuss the matter. I can only
say that I patiently wait for another change, hoping for more
commonsense management.

The time for the meeting of the Board of Indian Commissioners
is usually in January and we may expect soon to get invitations. I
have written a line to General Whittlesey, telling him of your wish
and address and you will be invited. Then if you do go to Washington
on that or any other account I beg you will come and see us.

Our Commencement will be the last Wednesday and Thursday in
February. I shall see that you have an invitation and shall hope
for your presence. Then I shall be glad to have you judge of
Carlisle from a personal inspection and examination as to its work
and purposes.

Faithfully yours,

R.H. Hoad

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COPY TELEGRAM.

Capt. Myers, Indian Agent,
San Carlos, Arizona.

Please start Annette and Naomi on the 9th. Have stage
Company send me bill for San Carlos to Fort Thomas. Have girls
pay local rates to Deming where Agent Sante Fe Road will furnish
tickets to St. Louis. St. Louis Agent will ticket to Carlisle. If
girls have no money for local to Deming please advance and I will
reimburse. Advise Annette particularly about rechecking
baggage. Wire me when they will reach Deming.

(Signed) Pratt, Capt.

Sent via W. U. 4.50 P. M.

COPY TELEGRAM.

Geo. T. Nicholson, Q. P. A.,
Chicago.

Have your Agent at Deming give two tickets reading to
St. Louis to Annette Suisson about the 10th.

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In reply to:

Richard Davis,

Boggy, Washita Co., O. T.

Dear Richard:-

I have just received yours of the 26th ultim, eleven
days in reaching Carlisle. What is the matter with the mail? I am
glad to get your letter to see just how you feel and to know what
is going on. I would advise that for the present you go slowly.
I understand the situation and do not intend, no long as I have
anything to do with the Indian work, to fail to stand up for what
is right. But sometimes it is best to endure for a while. "It is
a long lane that has no turn."

I understand fully the disposition to down Carlisle students.
Your case is exactly in point. Paul Good Bear is another, and others
whom I might mention that you know well. You know I have always
advocated the Indians and whites together. If it can be accomplished
there as well as you indicate it is being accomplished in some cases
I rejoice to hear it. My impressions have always been that the whites
immediately about the Indians were generally so inimical to their
interests that regular attendance and good results could not be
secured. If I am mistaken in part or in whole no one will more

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promptly acknowledge it and reorganize his opinions than I will. You
know me well enough to know that, we have got about fifteen months
yet to look forward to without securing much change. My hope is
that then will begin a new era in Indian matters.

If you find the local mixed schools so advantageous you
certainly have the right as an Indian to leave no stone unturned to
forward and develop them. I invite your attention to my correspond
ence with an Indian which appears in the next Red Man which I have
thought best to publish. It is right on this line.

Our School is in full flow with seven hundred and fifty odd
students and the results of all of our competitions with the whites
along all lines only encourage me to push ahead. Even our foot-ball
boys have won encomiums and victories that tell greatly for the
whole Indian cause. This you will also find in the Red Man and this
week's Helper, copy of which I enclose.

Mrs. Pratt and Nana join me, as would all others afterlials, in
love to Nannie, yourself and the children.

Faithfully your friend,

(Dictated)

17.

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Miss Lottie Herrick,
Delta, Ohio.

Dear Cousin Lottie:-

I have yours in regard to taking Mother. Brother Mat
wrote me of his letter to you. If you will keep it a matter of
entire confidence between us, I will say in case Brother Mat does
not pay for Mother's keep I will. For almost thirty years now I
have been practically wholly supporting Mother. Mat has done
absolutely nothing. It so happens that I am now in a strait and
need relief from this expense if practicable to obtain it. I placed
the matter before Mat and he agreed to assume the care of Mother
from this on. He tells me that he can do it, and I believe that he
will.

I shall be very glad indeed if you can take Mother and she will
remain contented with you. The chances are that having your own
Mother for an associate Mother will be all right. At Emma's there
were only young people and Emma herself, but Emma got along with
her very nicely. Among strangers, as she is now, she will of course
in a short time become discontented. If we could only have kept her
away from Logansport I think her mind would not have shown its
present intermittent weakness. I am not well enough to go to

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Hoganport or to Delta just now and your cousin Laura is also
illing, so that the going of Mother to Delta will have to be engineer-
ed by you and Kate, should that arrangement be best.

Cousin Laura Shoemaker of Grand Rapids, Michigan, has several
times written asking me to have Mother and desiring to have the
pay I gave, but Mother has never gone there. I shall be so glad to
know that Mother is settled somewhere and unquestionably it would
be better for her with relatives than with strangers. In the
spring or summer perhaps some of us can run down and see you.

With love to you and Aunt and all the relatives, I am,

Your affectionate cousin,

(Disted)
N.

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Carlisle, Pa., December 6th 1898.

My dear Robert:-

The beautiful and fragrant mementos of my birthday arrived at noon and now grace my desk. I thank you, dear Robert, for remembering me. It is very sweet and loving of you.

We were all interested in seeing your photo in an Andover paper. Your pedigree indicates a good composite make up that ought to tell

It is arranged that General O. O. Howard deliver our diplomas, and General Fitz Hugh Lee, who burned the Barracks at the time of the Gettysburg battle, has promised to be with us for our Commencement. These with Dr. Buckley, Chaplain McCabe, Rev. and Mrs. Robert A. MacFadden, members of Congress and others indicates that we shall have an unusually big time at least.

With kindest remembrances to you and yours (that is to be),

Faithfully your friend,

(Dictated)
N.

Mr. Robert A. MacFadden,

Andover, Massachusetts.

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Carliole, Pa., December 7th 1895.

Chas. E. Dagenett,

Indian Exhibit, Interior Dept. Bldg.,
Exposition, Atlanta, Ga.

Dear Charlie:-

I have your letter of the 2nd. We have no understanding at
this end of the line in regard to Mr. Standing's going to the
Exposition, to attend to the distributing of the school exhibits.

It is good for you to have this experience, and no doubt you
are picking up many points in your visit to the Exposition.

We have sent quantities of the Helper and Red Man for
distribution at the Exhibit, and perhaps you have been interested
in this.

With greetings from us all,

Your friend,

N.

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In reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., December 10th 1895.

Miss Josie Vetter,
Rulo, Nebraska.

Dear Josie:-

I send you $200.30. You asked for $200.00. Your money is in one hundred bonds drawing 6% interest, payable every six months. I took two of these bonds and the interest from the first of July to the 9th of December is $5.30, making the $200.30 I send you.

I am glad to know you are getting on so well. Give my compliments and love to Bessie and thank her for the namesake.

Mrs. Pratt has been quite ill for a week past, rheumatism in her shoulder and neck which has given her much pain, but she is better now.

Richenda is at school in Philadelphia. She was at home for Thanksgiving and will be home again at Christmas. She is four inches taller than her Mother.

Nana's letters have attracted wide interest and as Nana is writing this at my dictation she is glad to hear that you were interested in them.

Rose Howell left Marion May 12th 1895, I think greatly to her disadvantage. She is with her people down in the Territory.

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Betty Wind is here as Assistant Nurse in our Hospital. She is engaged to be married to one of our boys. Lillie is practicing her profession in Hartford, Connecticut. Lillie makes from fifteen to twenty-five dollars per week. You remember, Josie, this is what I wanted you to learn and you might have been just as well off now. We have six girls now who are graduate nurses and getting good salaries.

We should be delighted to look in upon you in your new home and
it may be that sometime we can.

Faithfully your friend,

(Dictated)

N.

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Dr. Barnard,

Dept. of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-

I have seen some pamphlet cases I understand are your invention and furnished by you to the Departments. Miss Quinn, one of my teachers, formerly of the Agricultural Department, informs that you furnish the small ones at 20¢ and the larger ones at 22¢ each. If this information is correct you may please send me 30 of the small and 20 of the large size. On receipt of which together with the bill I will remit with check.

Capt. 10th Cav'y., U.S.A., Sept.

(Dictated)
N.

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H. H. Ballard,
Pittsfield, Mass.

Dear Sirs:-

Omitting the largest size and the smallest size you may
please send to me 100 of your clip binders assorted sizes, on
receipt of which together with bill I will remit with check.

(Dictated)
N.

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In vouch to:

Carlisle, Pa., De c. 10th 1895.

Alfred Manchester,
25 Beason St.,
Boston, Mass.

My dear Sirs:-

It costs us one year with another about $140.00 per capita for our students, that is for food, clothing, tuition books and all expenses, not counting the transportation. I shall be glad to undertake for you any pupils you may send here either from the Crow or any other Agency at that.

Sept.

(EDictated)
N.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE,
DEPT. OF INDIAN TRADE

Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 10th 1895.

J. A. Means,

Carlisle, Pa.

Dear Sirs:-

Will you please send to me 1000 Dennison gummed labels
in sizes about 7/8 by 1/2 inches.

(Dictated)

N.

Capt. & Subt.

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in reply to:

Carlisle, Pa., December 12th 1895.

C. H. Coulter, Business Manager,

"The Western Veteran,"

708 Wall Street, Kansas City, Mo.

My dear Mr. Coulter:-

It is pleasant to receive your letter of the 9th with
its commendation of our editorials.

I send you by this mail a copy of the New England Magazine and
some of my printed articles, which will contain the information you
wish, I think. They will give you the true facts in regard to Carlisle
and you will probably be able to gather from them what you wish.

If you will select the pictures you desire from our little
book I think I can lend you three or four as you desire.

N.

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