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Carlisle, Pa., May 15, 1901.

Mrs. Helen Keshena,
Keshena, Wis.

Dear Mrs. Keshena :-

I have your letter of the 12th inst. in regard to your son Frank. What you say about his sleep walking is news to me. He has been with us four years, has made very good progress, and has been in good health all along. About a month ago he went to the country, and I have a very good report from his patron as to his industry and health. My school physician passes upon all pupils before they are allowed to go to the country, and the trouble he speaks of may have been due to temporary indigestion. I will keep the matter in mind and let you know should anything serious develop, but I do not fear that. Good air, food, and exercise such as he gets on a farm, will build him up I am sure.

Glad you wrote me, so that I may watch the boy.

(P)

P. S. - I have sent your letter to Frank's patron.

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Carlisle, Pa., May 15, 1901.

Mr. N. Perrier,

Ochelata, Ind. Ty.

My dear Sir :-

I have your letter of May 13th signed by yourself and your
wife. Thomas and Eugene are both in the country, Eugene having gone
out in the fall, and Thomas this spring. They are doing nicely, and
are not only earning something for themselves but are learning les-
sons that will be useful to them all their lives.

Under our rules it is not allowable to send them home for a vis-
it. The Government pays all the necessary expenses in connection with
their education, and you are at no expense whatever for them, so that
it is your duty to encourage them to keep on and get all they can
out of their opportunities. Pupils come here for five years and we
cannot shorten the term for any reason but graduation. A visit at
your expense could not be considered because of the disturbing effect
it would have on the boys and upon others who would immediately want
to go home for the summer, and whose parents would urge it.

(P)

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Carlisle, Pa., May 16, 1901.

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

Dear General :-

The enclosed letter from one of my Osage Indian boys in
the Ninth Infantry will give you some idea of how well the Indians
are doing in the army.

Dictated(P)

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Carlisle, Pa., May 16, 1901.

Miss Dolly Johnson,

Pawhuska, Okla. Ty.

Dear Dolly :-

Glad to hear from you and especially glad to know that you
have an intention to make yourself useful. What you need to do is to
apply on the enclosed blank to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
stating that you are a graduate of the Carlisle school, when your
case will be taken up. They will probably ask me about you and I
shall be glad to say what I can in your behalf. Often they do not ask
but appoint on the more application and the fact that the applicant
is a graduate. If any of those having charge at your agency should
want to use you, and ask the Department for you the appointment would
be made direct and without question.

With kind regards,

Very cordially yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., May 16, 1901.

Rev. L. M. Lawrence,
Iroquois,
Erie Co., New York.

My dear Sir :-

I have yours about Walter Jemison and have arranged that he be looked after. Thanks for the information.

I guess you are about right about Miss Whittaker. We have got to accept the fact that we Anglo-Saxons are not all perfect.

Dictated(P)

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Carlisle, Pa., May 16, 1901.

S. N. Palmer,
State Normal School,
Bloomsburg, Pa.

Dear Simon :-

Your plan to go home is about the worst you could make.
There is not a clean spot in the whole Indian field within my know-
ledge where a young man or young woman who desires higher education
or higher life, can go and not be tainted. I fear you will disappoint
your friends, injure your chances and probably close your educational
career by doing what you propose. However, you are a graduate and I
will make no objection to giving you a ticket home when you are ready
if you still wish to go.

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Carlisle, Pa., May 15, 1901.

Mr. John C. Lay,
Brant,
Erie Co., New York.

My dear Sir :-

I have yours of the 13th about Percy, but cannot grant your
request. Pupils enter Carlisle for a period of five years and are
to remain through that period without visiting home. We have many re-
quests from parents, but to all I am compelled to give the same ans-
wer. Percy can go to the country this summer, and earn some money,
and if I can make satisfactory arrangements in the fall, as I now
contemplate, the school or such members of it as can afford the trip,
will make a short visit to the Exposition. If Percy has earned enough
money, he will be included, provided of course the plan can be car-
ried out.

Percy is a good boy and is getting on nicely, and it is much to
his interests to remain and get all that the school in all its fea-
tures can give him.

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Carlisle, Pa., May 15, 1901.

Mr. C. V. Shimer,
Brainards,
Warren Co., New Jersey.

Dear Sir :-

I enclose a letter from Mrs. Keshena, mother of Frank, who
is with you. Please watch the boy and let me know if there is anything
seriously the matter. Please return the mother's letter.

(P)

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Carlisle, Pa., May 17, 1901.

Major Geo. H. Torney,
Commanding Army & Navy Hospital,
Hot Springs, Ark.

My dear Major :-

Am glad to tell you my rheumatic condition has been very greatly improved since my treatment at the hospital. I have no pain and can handle myself with comfort and with perhaps as much elasticity as the general run of men at my age.

TELEGRAM.

17.

H. C. Peakes,
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Your message today. If here, yes. If Pittsburgh, no. Have engagement afternoon.

Ettinger.

W. U. - Collect.

2:55 P.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., May 17, 1901.

Benjamin Walker,

Decatur, Nebraska.

My dear Friend :-

I am glad to have your letter of the 13th asking me to see
that your two boys study hard, that you want them to know something,
etc. By this I understand you yourself are much interested in the
education of your children. Too often the contrary is the case and
letters from home disturb and hinder the progress of the children
more than they help. Thomas has been very urgent about going home,
but my judgment is that he ought to stay right here. He has done ex-
ceptionally well in school and ought not to have his school period in
terrupted until he quits for good. Both he and Benjamin are good
boys and I am hopeful they will make the best use they can of an ed-
ucation.

I wish you would write to Thomas and tell him it is your judg-
ment he would better remain in school.

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