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Carlisle, Pa., May 27, 1901.

Ko-you,

Fort Sill, O. T.

Dear friend :-

I have sent your letter to Col. Randlett and asked him to look into your matter, and I am sure he will do whatever he can that would be right and just to you. Col. Randlett is an excellent man and has the interests of the Indians at heart. I apprehend you are, like all other Kiowas and Comanches, required to take an allotment and the that you are now located on military reservation and could not hold that permanently. I may be mistaken about this, but when I was at Fort Sill your house was pointed out to me and then it was certainly on the military reservation. If this is so, of course you cannot take your allotment there but must go outside. Your best way is to go directly to your agent, let him understand it, and he will aid you in every way I am sure.

Trusting that all may turn out well for you, and that you are in good health, and with kindest regards in which Mrs. Pratt, the girls and my boy join, I am

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Carlisle, Pa., May 27, 1901.

Isaac Seneca,

Versailles, New York.

Dear Isaac :-

Notwithstanding my letter to you in the winter in regard
to a place in the Indian service, I have sent your name to Mr. Wilson,
copy of whose letter I enclose. If you care to apply for the place
at the salary named, write to him and to me. He does not know you,
but would be guided pretty much by what I can say of your qualities.

Faithfully your friend,

P. S. - I have also suggested another name.

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Carlisle, Pa., May 28, 1901.

Miss Daisy G. Laird,
Indian School,
Fort Lewis, Colo.

Dear Miss Laird :-

I have yours of the 20th. You would better make application
for transfer to Carlisle in August, and send to me now.

I may be able to consider your sister later.

Yours very truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., May 27, 1901.

Florence Richert,
216 Lexington Ave.,
Buffalo, New York.

Dear Madam :-

Replying to yours of the 8th inst., I find I can make much
more satisfactory arrangements elsewhere for our band, and shall there
fore not need to consider your proposition.

Yours truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., May 27, 1961.

Col. James F. Randlett,
U. S. Indian Agent,
Kiowa & Comanche Agency,
Anadarko, Okla.

Dear Colonel Randlett :-

Ko-you, one of the men who was a prisoner in my hands in Florida, now living at Fort Sill, writes us the enclosed letter. I wrote you once before on his appeal in regard to fixing his house, and you were kind enough to look after his interests. I am sure you will do what ought to be done in this case. When I was out there last he was living on the military reservation, and I apprehend this may account for his anxiety. I write him that I have written you, and also indicate to him what I think may be the trouble. If he has been located on the military reservation he should of course be taking his allotment some place outside of that. We were rather fond of Ko-you when he was with us in Florida, and I should be very glad to serve him.

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Carlisle, Pa., May 28, 1901.

Miss Alice Johnson,
C/o Mrs. Paul Jones,
Hatboro, Pa.

My dear Alice :-

I have your letter of May 15th. As you are pleasantly lo-
cated it seems to me better that you remain where you are. If you
went home you would have to give up your chance of earning money dur-
ing the summer, and would not be benefited by the freedom and license
of the reservation. It so often happens that young people going home
for the summer with the intention of returning in the fall to take
up their studies here, have their thoughts turned entirely away from
their lessons and work, and do not make such good progress afterward.

I want to do what is best for you, and this is the conclusion I
have reached after considering it carefully.

Faithfully your friend and school-father,

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Carlisle, Pa., May 28, 1901.

Wm. L. Shearer,

Wellsboro, Tioga Co., Pa.

My dear Sir :-

I handed your letter of May 23rd to my band leader, expecting him to give me the information and to write you before this, but he carried the letter unnecessarily long and it slipped my mind.

I fear you are so far away that the expense of our band will hardly be in your reach. However, that is for you to determine. I can say that it is in far better shape now than ever before and is improving every day under the skilful and accomplished training of Lt. Ettinger.

Our contract with the Buffalo Exposition is until the 25th of August, so that the fifth of September is within our reach. We could hardly go to you for a day's work for less than $150 and expenses. As we have a half rate on the railroad and the band numbers 47 pieces, you can determine the aggregate expense. It is costing me a great deal of money to get the band ready for this engagement at Buffalo, and I am running into debt quite a good deal, hoping to get out by some special efforts of this kind.

Personally, it would be a very great pleasure to visit your section of the country and to be the guests of yourself and Mrs. Shearer and should the band go that may be possible. Have not yet had a fish ing experience and something is due me on that account.

With kind regards to Mrs. Shearer,

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Carlisle, Pa., May 28, 1901.

Rev. E. A. Sanford,
Bridgeport, Okla. Ty.

My dear Sir :-

Of the Cheyennes and Arapahoes now here we are sending home about the first of July George Balenti, Charles Bent, Louis Whitsheild, Dawes Whitebird, Raymond Buffalo Heat, Henry Row of Lodges, Ella Moore, Minnie Zallowager and Lydia Gardner. Grover Cleveland enlisted in the army and Edward Hoag in the navy. Edward ran away to enlist. He has been in the navy more than a year and I understand is getting along very well.

I only now have the Southern Workman and will read your article soon. In glancing over it I see you advocate putting Indian and white children in the same schools. That of course I most heartily approve of always.

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May 28, 1901.

Mr. J. E. Bjorson,
Box 1292,
Winnipeg, Canada.

My dear Sir :-

I have been away from home a great deal lately; spent six weeks at Hot Springs, Ark. on account of rheumatism. I find your translation did come, but it seems impossible to find it. I am much annoyed by the carelessness in connection with it and that I have not been able to read it and you have not had my thanks for the trouble you took. Mrs. Pratt thought she had it, but has searched high and low without finding it. A diligent search in my office and elsewhere gives the same result. Under the circumstances I am sure you will excuse my not having sent my thanks earlier.

Carlisle, Pa., May 28, 1901.

Prof. C. R. Coolidge,
Georgia School of Technology,
Atlanta, Ga.

My dear Sir :-

Your letter of May 18th to Prof. Bakeless came in due time
and was handed to me by him. I am looking for a man to take general
charge of our shop work here. We run our shops on practical lines,
i.e., we strike no licks except to produce and do quite a little man-
ufacturing. We make a variety of carriages and spring wagons, shoes
for the boys and girls, harness and tinware for the Indian service,
print a weekly school paper and do a great deal of job work for the
school, do our own tailoring, baking, laundry, and farm work, dairy-
ing, blacksmithing, carpentry including building and repairing, steam
fitting, etc. What I want is a man to take charge of all these dif-
ferent departments and work them up into better and broader lines,
one who has ability and ideas. The salary is $1500 a year with quar-
ters, electric lighted and steam heated. The place is not vacant un-
til the first of July.

You seem to have had quite a little practical experience. If on
your way north it is convenient for you to stop here I wish you would
do so, but please inform me in advance so that I may be at home.

Letters of President Hall and Prof. Coon are herewith returned.

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Carlisle, Pa., May 29, 1901.

Miss Edith Sutcliffe,
Boarding School,
Rosebud, S. Dak.

Dear Edith :-

It is very pleasant to have your letter describing your
life on the prairie and to know how you are situated. Glad you enjoy
your work and am sure the experience will help you, though it is not
exactly what you had in mind.

Carlisle looks beautiful now. The trees are all in full leaf
and full of birds that keep up a constant song. Severe thunder storms
and heavy rains for the past week have somewhat gloomed the days,
but everything is growing well.

Mason's wife is with us for a few weeks with the baby. The other
children have whooping cough and so cannot leave home. Our daughter
Marion who lives in Denver will be here with her family sometime in
June. Mrs. Pratt and I want to go to Princeton to see Howard Gans-
worth graduate in a few weeks. Dickinson Commencement will be on
hand next week, and as we have several students there that is of
quite a little interest to us. We have sent out several large parties
of girls and boys, and on June 18th nearly a hundred more will go.
This will still leave us with over four hundred in quarters. We have
had a very successful year, but our plans for next year look to much
improvement.

With kind regards,

Faithfully your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., May 29, 1901.

Ramon Rodriguez,
Garcia,
San Juan, Porto Rico.

My dear Sir :-

Your brother came here for a definite period of five years.
Of course if an opportunity opens for him to take higher education
it will become my duty to favor that all I can, and I shall do so;
but to send him back to you after being here so short a time and on
the limited expectations you have, is quite impossible. Your better
way is to submit his case to Dr. Brumbaugh and if he proves to be one
of the bright and capable young men the island is going to educate as
a physician or lawyer I shall let him go for that purpose with great
pleasure; but it can be settled here just as well as anywhere whether
he is to have that special opportunity or not.

Antonio is getting on very well.

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