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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 2, 1901.

Hunter B. Kitchen, Sec.,
Martinsburg, W. Va.

My dear Sir :-

We have made a uniform price of $100. per day and expenses
for our band, and I may say it is giving better music than ever be-
fore. We have one of the finest band leaders in the country, to whom
I pay a salary of $50 a week. The band will take a conspicuous part
in the inaugural parade in Washington, and is employed by the author-
ities of the Buffalo Exposition for one month next summer, receiving
$3,500; so you can see the price asked for engagements elsewhere is
not high.

They could leave here at 4:16 P.M. and be with you at 6:45, which
I suppose would be in ample time for your evening entertainment. They
could return to Carlisle in the morning, but I would be better sat-
isfied if it were possible for them to return the same night even if
very late. The trains, however, do not seem to run to suit.

I have a half rate in moving the band over the C. V. R.R. If
you could not do better than that, our rate could be used.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 4, 1901.

Mrs. Carline Carson,
Snyderville, Wis.

Dear Madam :-

Your daughter Muriel, while strong and healthy in appearance and able to be about, is constantly under the doctor's care, and it is probable that at the close of the school year I shall have to send her home on account of her health. I should fear your other children were in the same condition, and as we cannot allow our school to become a hospital, but must have good healthy children, I think best not to encourage you about your other children coming here, at least for the present.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 4, 1901.

Rev. H. M. Dyckman,
Pottstown, Pa.

My dear Sir :-

We do not happen to have an Indian boy whom I could recommend to come and speak to your people. We are in the midst of preparation for our commencement which occurs the middle of March, and the seniors among whom I should look to find one, if at all, are all so busy that I do not think it best to make a break in their work for the purpose of preparation, which would take both time and assistance. There is a young man, a graduate of Carlisle, Mr. Howard Gansworth, who will graduate from Princeton this year, and who is eminently capable of the service you wish, and could make off hand a good appearance before your audience; but he is also extremely busy and ought not to be drawn upon now. However, you might write him.

In regard to your visiting here, any time that suits you will be satisfactory to us. The school days, Mondays to Fridays inclusive, are the best for visitors. We shall be glad to see you at any time.

My daughter is now taking a course in Kindergarten in Pratt's Institute, Brooklyn.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 4, 1901.

Mrs. Charlotte Davis;
White Earth, Minn.

Dear Mrs. Davis :-

I have your letter of Jan. 21st, and in reply have to say
that Department orders allow pupils to decide for themselves at the
end of their five years' term whether they will go home or remain for
another year. Your children will have that privilege when the time
comes.

In regard to Oscar, Prof. Bakaless informs me that he will be
in the eighth grade when he returns from the country, and that on ac-
count of his weak constitution he has made as good progress as he was
capable of; the time spent in the country is of much benefit to him,
and as you understand is part of the regular school curriculum, which
all must take. Oscar does not learn rapidly. Theodora is very slow
in her studies and has only reached the fifth grade.

If it is your wish to take them from Carlisle I shall not oppose
you, and will send them home early in July.

Yours very truly,

Major 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 4, 1901.

Ed. Jackson,

Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

Dear Ed. :-

Your letter of reminiscence is before me, and I am glad the
memories are so pleasant. The boys and girls we have now are much
the same as formerly, and enjoy skating, sledding, and snowballing
just as you did. The school is pretty full, and all are busy, as com-
mencement is not far off. There have of course been many changes
since you were here. I doubt whether you would know any of the pu-
pils now except those that came from your locality. A number of the
old employes are still here, who remember you and your contemporaries.

In regard to returning here as a pupil; the rule of the Depart-
ment forbids receiving those who are above twenty years of age except
for special reasons, so that it is hardly worth while to take that
up. There are so many younger pupils who need the chance. Hope you
are making the best of what you learned here. With kind regards and
best wishes,

Faithfully your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 4, 1901.

Hon. W. A. Jones,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Friend :-

I think I better enclose to you Mr. Burton's letter. I do not know him personally, but know quite a little of him, and from what I have learned believe him to be a pure, straight, efficient man. Mrs. Cook spoke in the highest terms of his wife the other day when we were sending one of our girls, Pasquala Anderson, to teach the Osoba day school under Mr. Burton's supervision, and I told her to write Mrs. Burton and tell her what a good girl Pasquala is.

The Indians of that whole section would be in far better condition morally if Mr. Keam had never been there. Of course I say this to you in confidence, but know what I am saying. I knew his influence fifteen years ago and have heard of it from time to time since. Aside from this, Mr. Keam is headquarters for a lot of ethnologists who are of his class. The establishment of the Keam's Canon school was due to these ethnologists. They succeeded in getting into the Indian Appropriation bill without any backing at all from the Department, a clause giving Mr. Keam $25,000 for his miserable buildings that were not worth more than 10% of that. In fact, at the time I was told by the then Indian agent who had charge of the Navajoes and Moquis that the only really good thing about the establishment was the spring; that the government virtually paid $25,000 for it. From my information, Mr. Keam will naturally work against any man endeavoring to pu-

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rify the morals of those people. Of course, I understand that Mr. Burton's case must rest on his record, but if as he alleges he is fearlessly doing his duty as I can understand under adverse and even dangerous circumstances, he is entitled to very great consideration and Keam and his crowd should not be allowed to down him. While writing this I sent for Mrs. Cook, who tells me that she visited Mr. Burton's day school in Southern California and knows that he did an exceptional work there. In fact, she says he had the best day school and helped the people more than any day school teacher within her knowledge.

While writing I will speak on another subject. Mrs. Cook reminded me of something she said to me when Miss Reel was here. Miss Reel informed her that the position of principal teacher at Chemawa ($1200) was likely to become vacant soon, and wanted to know if she would be willing to take it. She talked the matter over with me and at that time concluded to remain at Carlisle. She now tells me that family conditions have recently assumed such shape as make it necessary for her to help support her mother, and as she is educating her son she feels rather driven to sacrifice her preferences and take a higher salary if she can get one. Mrs. Cook is very bright and capable, and I should be sorry to lose her, but under the circumstances I cannot hope to keep her here if the Department has a higher salary and wishes to use her elsewhere. I should expect her to do as good work as any woman in the service occupying the same position.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 5, 1901.

Mrs. H. G. Stoetzer,
311 Walnut Ave.,
Fairmont, W. Va.

Dear Madam :-

I send you today my annual reports for 1899 and 1900, also
copy of my annual report for 1890 which gives a historical sketch of
the school, and other printed material which we have for distribu-
tion. From these I trust you can get such data as you want.

Yours truly,

Major 10th Cavalry, Supt.

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My dear Friend :-

Several weeks have passed since the Asst. District Attorney was here and looked up the title on the Kutz farm. I am waiting to settle with Mr. Kutz and then go away for a let-up. My information is that it went back to Washington some time ago. Will not you kind ly run it down, and if possible hasten it and the fund, so that I may end the transaction and take possession? The State Legislature has probably passed the bill ceding the right of eminent domain today. As the bargain was entered into last July, Mr. Kutz has just cause for dissatisfaction, particularly as a large part of the value of the farm is at interest.

I have not been able to sell the lower farm yet, and inasmuch as the hay crop on the new farm for next year is very limited, have been inclined to hold on to the lower farm until fall so that we might not again be forced to buy.

Very truly yours,

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TELEGRAM.

Feb. 6, 1901.

Edwin Brinton,
30th & Market Sts.,
Phila., Pa.

Have Zimmer deliver trombone to Ettinger at his band room Sunday.

Pratt. Major.

Postal. 10:40 A.M.

Govt. Rate.

TELEGRAM.

Feb. 6, 1901.

H. G. Ganss,
Train 64,
C. V. R.R. (Beyond Mechanicsburg.)

Section of Legislature visits us this afternoon. Intended to tell you. Must stay here. Call me over phone Harrisburg or Phila.

R. H. Pratt.

W. U. - 9:45 A.M.

Govt. Rate.

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TELEGRAM.

Feb. 6, 1901.

Lt. Col. Chas. L. Cooper,
Fort Grant, Ariz.

Congratulations. Miles, Lt. General. Major Generals, Young, date
second, Chaffee fourth, McArthur 5th. Brigadiers, Bates, Wheaton,
G. W. Davis, Schwan, Sumner, Wood, Hall, Hughes, Randall, Kobbe,
Grant, J. Franklin Bell.

Pratt, Lt. Col.

W. U. - Govt. rate. Expense of Col. Pratt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 6, 1901.

Miss Lillian Archiquette,
Oak Lane,
Phila., Pa.

by dear School-daughter :-

I am very glad to hear what you have to say about your
home in your letter of Jan. 26th, and trust you have made the best
possible use of your privileges. Many of the girls are highly fa-
vored in this respect. It seems to me the wise thing for you to do
would be to continue where you are as long as you are needed there,
even though you have been here more than five years. The matter of
going home at the end of the year rests upon your own decision, and
only concerns me so far as it affects your interests. With the op-
portunity you have of continuing your education under such favorable
conditions, my advice would be against your going home. Young people
are apt to be hasty and impatient in their conclusions, as you admit
you were in wanting to return to the school; a longer trial proved
your mistake, and that should aid you in reaching a wise conclusion
in this case.

With kind regards,

Faithfully your friend and school-father,

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 6, 1901.

Mrs. Emma S. Jenkins,
Kirkwood, Mo.

Dear Mrs. Jenkins :-

Your note has been before me some time, but I have been
waiting the outcome with the lady referred to in my letter to Dr.
Gates. I anticipated that journeying around as she has been doing,
looking after our outing pupils, would make such inroads on her health
as perhaps to throw her out, but am favorably disappointed. She is
improving rather than the contrary. So long as she is equal to the
work I cannot of course consider others. There are changes every
year in so large a force as we have here, and I have no doubt there
will be some this year, so that I may be able to consider you for
teacher or in some other department.

There is some objection to adding to the number of people here
by bringing families, as we are already crowded. I fear the matron's
duties would be a great disadvantage to you; the work is early and
late and constant. The assistant matron has not yet found a place
as clerk; whether she will or not is doubtful. I think it would be
well, if you do not find something before, to write me again some
time in May. I prize Dr. Gates's recommendation so highly that I
would be glad to do anything possible.

Sincerely yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 6, 1901.

Mr. Pedro Owlingwish,
Warner's P. O.,
San Diego Co.,
California.

My dear Sir :-

Under the rules of the Department students are not permit-
ted to go home on account of sickness in the family at home. Ste-
phen's five years will expire in July next, and if he decides to go
home, will be sent then. He has been in the country for some time,
going to public school in the winter and earning money in the summer
for himself. He has gotten on nicely, is well, and it would be de-
cidedly to his interest to continue here. That matter is in his own
hands, however.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 7, 1901.

Oscar T. Taylor, Sec.,
Committee on Law and Insurance,
Pan-American Exposition,
Buffalo, New York.

My dear Sir :-

Your letter of the 5th inst. is satisfactory and I have accordingly signed and return herewith the three copies of contract for the band. Personally and officially, I should be glad if our boys are not required to play on Sundays. For such parades as you indicate I shall be very glad to have them serve.

An glad to tell you that under the inspiration of our magnificent leader the band is getting hold of the technique of the pieces in its large repertoire in a way they have never done before, and I feel confident that their service will prove strictly first class, making no allowance whatever for the fact that it is an Indian band.

I planned and took by special train to the Chicago Exposition 543 of our pupils in October, and am hoping to make a like excursion to Buffalo.

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Carlisle, Pa. Feb. 7, 1901.

Miss Estelle Reel,
Supt. of Indian Schools,
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Miss Reel :-

The band is to be in Buffalo from the 29th of July to the 25th of August. I am glad to say it has never produced better music than now. Two hundred of our boys in line and forty to forty-five in the band will take part in the inaugural parade, the railroads having kindly given us free transportation for them. I am asked to the commander of the serve on the staff of Parole General Greene, of New York; but my rheumatism has been bothering me so much and lately other complications, that I have made up my mind to go to the hot springs of Arkansas and try to get thoroughly well; an only waiting for permission and to get the Kutz farm matter out of the way. Unless I should meet with prompt relief it is not likely I shall be either at the parade or here at commencement.

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William Colombe, Ulysses Ferris, and others from whom we have not heard for many months. So far as I know, nothing has been heard from Robert Ewell and Hugh Leider since they reached the Philippines.

It is expected the Fifth Cavalry which has been in the states for some time will be called to the Philippines. That will take Grover Cleveland, Emanuel Powles, and Russell Whitebear. Paul Tee's company has just returned from Porto Rico and we are expecting Paul here as soon as he is able to leave the hospital. He will come to recuperate.

Affairs at the school run on as usual at this season. Commencement is not far off, and everyone is busy in preparation. The class that leaves this year will be the largest yet sent out. We are preparing to take part in the inaugural parade in Washington the fourth of March. Two hundred fifty of the boys including the band which is under training by one of the finest bandmasters in the country, will march, each cadet carrying a small flag in place of the implements as last time. The band has an engagement with the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo to play there next summer for four weeks. So you see there is much to keep all busy.

The health of the school is generally good. I have been so troubled with rheumatism for some time that it seems best to go away to the Army Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas for treatment. This may take me away before commencement, but I trust it will not be for long.

With kind regards from us all to yourself and any of our boys
you may meet, I am

Cordially and faithfully your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 8, 1901.

My dear Sir :-

Replying to yours of the 7th about the four Chippewa chiefs
coming to Carlisle, I have asked Mr. Wood, of the Penna. R. R. to
have his agent in Washington see you and deliver to you tickets to
Carlisle, either one way or both ways, as may be necessary. If they
stop at Carlisle on their way home only one-way tickets will be need-
ed, but if they are to return to Washington they should have round
trips. Tickets will be billed to me.

Shall be very glad to have them come. Please have someone advise me of the time of starting from Washington.

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Major General W. R. Shafter,
Commanding Dept. of California,
San Francisco, Cal.

My dear General :-

Thanks for your good letter and your interest in my ef-
forts. Your experience in Indian has been exceedingly unfortunate.
I have met hundreds of Indians whom I regarded as thoroughly civi-
lized. The Indians of Long Island of whom you speak, if my experience
is correct, are more negro than Indian. At one time I accepted of ten
of them as pupils of this school on the urgency of some humanitar-
ians who lived in that vicinity and wanted to help them but were not
willing to take them into their own schools, and insisted on shutting
them away on reservations to their own tribal life. Among the ten
there was not one who was not so negro in appearance that none
would have suspected there was any other blood there. The boy you
speak of having met at Pine Ridge was probably George Fire Thunder,
a competent and capable fellow when here, but instead of being with
us ten years, he was here about six. He is now and has been practi-
cally ever since he left Carlisle an agency employe, so that your
statement that his condition was worse than if he had never received
an education or been taught a trade is hardly fair. I agree with you
that there is immense loss in what we do by sending them back to the
tribal relations. The contrivances that have been inaugurated of
food without labor, annuities, and prospective distribution of land
are a stronger pull than the advantages of civilization. In fact,
there are many thousands of white men who are perfectly willing and

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do abandon our civilization and consort with the Indians to secure
these benefits for themselves and their progeny; so after all, it is
the contrivances to hold them intact as tribes on reservations that
the Government itself has made that are to blame for the Indians' be-
ing what they are. The great law of necessity which is the founda-
tion of all progress and all civilization is not allowed to apply to
the Indian. The government of the United States, claiming to be a
Christian government, lets the edict of the Almighty in the very be-
ginning, "In the sweat of his face shall man eat bread", apply to ev-
ery individual everywhere until it comes to the Indian. Then it says
the Almighty made a mistake insofar as the Indian is concerned. He
cannot be allowed to take care of himself, so we will do it.

Conditions and sentiments are changing rapidly and I am hopeful
that the system of making the Indians an offset to the River and Har-
bor Bill will sometime have an end, and that the Indians may get
their freedom from conditions far worse than slavery, for the reason
that slavery brought the cannibal African savage into the white man's
home and enforced to the fullest extent "the sweat of his face" pro-
gram, while the agency, reservation system relieves from that. X

Thank you, dear General, for your congratulations on my promo-
tion. I return the compliment to you most heartily.

Most sincerely yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 9, 1901.

Hon. H. M. Teller,
United States Senate,
Washington, D. C.

y dear Senator Teller :-

I want to write you confidentially to say something to you which will relieve me somewhat to say to one who stands for so much I believe to be right. I don't write often, so hope you will excuse length.

I notice that the nominations to be Brigadier Generals in the Regular Army, of Capt. Leonard Wood, Surgeon, U.S.A., Major General of Volunteers, Fred D. Grant, Brigadier General of Volunteers, and Capt. J. Franklin Bell, 7th Cavalry, Brigadier General of Volunteers are all held up by the Senate. This is righteousness, and if they are not confirmed by the Senate that will be confirmed righteousness. Grant graduated from the Academy and came west where I had been serving against the Indians for years, did nothing in particular and soon resigned. His record in the recent difficulties does not appear to be exceptional. His father received the highest honors this government could give, his memorials overshadow Lincoln's, his superior officer, the greatest character of the war and of the century. What Captain J. Franklin Bell, 7th Cavalry, has done to merit his promotion I do not know, but it hurts to be overlauded. More than two hundred of us in the Cavalry are senior to him. The picking out of juniors and giving them special privileges to distinguish themselves is an unwarranted reflection on all their seniors and hurts

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the service. To then permanently promote them over their seniors is
more hurtful.

Allow me a little personal history :- Lincoln's call for troops
was issued Apr. 13th, '61. On the 16th of April my name was down; on
the 18th I was in Indianapolis, Indiana, with the company in which I
had enlisted, and on the 20th was mustered in. Was among the first
troops to go into West Virginia. I participated in the fights at Phil-
ippi, Laurel Hill, and Carrick's Ford, and if Colonel, afterwards
Major General R. H. Milroy, of my then regiment were living today, he
would give me as good a testimonial for gallantry in both the fights
at Laurel Hill and Carrick's Ford as many on which medals of honor
are granted. Mustered out in July, I enlisted again in September and
remained until the close of the war, being promoted through the grades
except Second Lieutenant to Captain. I was with the advance of Bu-
ell's army, among the first to enter Nashville, Tenn.; was again with
the advance of the army to Grant's relief at Pittsburg Landing, Shi-
loh, and was among the very first troops to cross over the river on
the afternoon of the first day's fight, and participated in that bat-
tle. A small detachment only of my regiment was permitted to cross,
cavalry not being needed. I was in the battles at Corinth, Tuka, and
Tusculania, and in many smaller engagements which amounted to battles
but were unnoticed in the greater records, in following Bragg up into
Kentucky, fighting his rear guard daily. I was in charge of the ad-
vance guard in the capture of the Third Georgia Cavalry near Eliza-
bethtown, Ky. In the battle of Chacrin Hills under special orders of
Gen. George H.Thomas I commanded a small cavalry detachment that de-
veloped the extreme right flank of the rebel army, and after a run-

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ning fight barely escaped capture, winning the verbal commendation
of General Thomas and the colonel of my regiment, Ed. M. McCook. Was
in the battles of Stone River, Triune, Shelbyville, and Tullahoma;
was with the cavalry that raided the rear of the rebel army to tear
up the railroad south of Chickamauga, was in the midst of the fight
throughout at Chickamauga, and with the very last troops to leave the
field, repeatedly holding the enemy in check, several times in the
most trying positions. Was with the troops that drove Wheeler's cav-
airy from the army train of four hundred wagons loaded with supplies,
which General Wheeler had destroyed just north of the river soon af-
ter Chickamauga, and followed Wheeler for seventeen days in his raid
through Tennessee and helped prevent his cutting our railroad, fight-
ing severely almost every day, marching night and day; at one time
twenty-six hours in the saddle with only two brief stops to bait
horses and make a cup of coffee, driving him back across the river
at Mussel-shell Shoals. In 1864 was promoted from First Sergeant to
First Lieutenant on the solicitation to Governor Morton of my former
Lt. Colonel, Robert R. Stewart without any request from myself or
anyone in my behalf and entirely without expectation. Was provost
marshal of the district of North Alabama, a region filled with bush-
whackers, covering from Stevenson to Huntsville, during Sherman's
march to Atlanta, in constant contact with detachments of Confeder-
ates thrown over to try to break up the railroad, and with bushwhack-
ers. I ran down and arrested some of the most notorious rascals of
that section, who were held as prisoners to the close of the war,
some of whom were subsequently tried for murder on charges and evi-
dence that I brought. Was with Thomas when he confronted Hood as he

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crossed the Tennessee River, falling back before Hood and fighting daily to Nashville. As Inspector on the staff of Col. Stewart, commanding the first brigade of Hatch's Division of Cavalry, I several times performed special service for which I received not only the personal and official thanks of Stewart, but of General Hatch himself; at one time commanding two companies I held the rear of our cavalry and prevented the capture of hundreds of our men. I participated in the repeated charges of Hatch's Division of Cavalry which formed the end of the whip lash at the battle of Nashville in which the division captured nine pieces of artillery in different charges during the day, and my own regiment in a charge which was ordered through me and in which I was authorized to remain and participate, captured nearly 500 prisoners and three pieces of artillery, the regiment being dismounted. Having carried the order mounted, I remained mounted until my horse was shot. The charge was made up a hill against fortifications and artillery protected by infantry. I participated in nearly every engagement with Hood's rear guard as he left Tennessee.

Entering the regular army in March, '67, I served against the Kiowas, Comanches, Cheyennes, Arapahoes, and Apaches in the Indian Territory for eight years, commanding Indian scouts a good part of the time. I had charge of Indian tribes and Indian prisoners and was often placed in the foremost places of danger. Were General Milroy, Gen. George H. Thomas, General Hatch, or Col. R. R. Stewart now living they would give me testimonials, either of which would entitle me to a medal of honor with just as much right as at least half the medals of honor granted for service during the war; or were Gen. John

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W. Davidson or Gen. George P. Buell living, I could get from them commendation that would entitle me to consideration for service during our Indian campaigns.

I have been here at Carlisle for more than twenty-one years and Congress has treated me handsomely. I never made an attempt to get into an official report nor to push for newspaper notoriety. Indeed, all during the war I never thought of the official records, scarcely knew the need of them. It did not fall in my way. There has been no time from April, '61 until this present that I felt I had done more than my duty. I therefore never felt that I was entitled to special notice, nor did I at the time understand the significance of such notices. No man can say that I ever failed to do what I could in any emergency or in the execution of any order however perilous. When the war with Spain broke out I submitted that I was ready to return to duty with troops, or that I could and would in a short time get up an Indian command of any size including a regiment, and could make it do notable service, but I was notified that my duty was to remain here. I did what was required of me although I would have gone to the front with no less willingness. I do not complain that I have been mistreated, but I do object to the contemplated permanent overslaughing. If instead of J. Franklin Bell the President had sent in the name of James M. Bell, Lt. Col. First Cavalry, and colonel of one of the present regiments of volunteers, who served through the Civil War with credit, who has a most creditable Indian record, and who was severely wounded at San Juan, I could not complain; but I do feel hurt at having the 135th captain of cavalry jump me.

I wish to say another thing, just simply to let you know how things go. My regiment, the 10th Cavalry, practically saved the

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rough riders from annihilation at San Juan. I have talked with the
officers about it, and think I understand just what I am saying. In
the distribution of favors for that service Captain Beck of my reg-
iment, who was not wounded but somehow got special notice from General
Wheeler, has been shoved up to a colonelcy of one of the present vol-
unteer regiments. The officer who commanded my old company, Captain
Bigelow, son of the Hon. John Bigelow, was entitled to far more con-
sideration than Beck. He was wounded four times. I enclose you a
little clipping which I took out of The Army and Navy Journal and put
into my "Red Man". Read it. Bigelow is much more of a man than
Beck. It was his misfortune to be a Democrat and that his brother
made himself conspicuous in exposing conditions about Santiago. He
asked nothing. Captain Beck's wife is an arrant Catholic, and a wo-
man of very considerable presence. She was much in Washington til-
izing the influence of the Cardinal and Catholic bishops. Beck got
a colonelcy of volunteers, Bigelow nothing.

It may be just a little unsoldierly for me to say what I have
said above; but as you were my chief twenty years ago and have known
me intimately ever since, more intimately than anyone in the Senate,
although General Hawley has known me very well, felt as though it
would be a relief to me to write what I have, and to not so inappropriate
inasmuch as the Senate seem to have something of the same
feeling about these matters. If I had the whole experience to go
through again from '61 till now with the knowledge I have now of the
utility of looking after it to see that a record is filed of every
little thing one does, the showing would be very different.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 11, 1901.

Mrs. Susan Brown,

Orlandaigua Castle, N. Y.

Dear Madam:-

I have your letter of the 7th inst., in regard to your son Joe being abused by the other boys, and have placed your letter in the hands of the disciplinarian in whose immediate charge he is, and he says that Joe has never made any complaints to him of ill treatment. If he had done so, any trouble would have been corrected. I sent for him this morning after receiving your letter and I find that he is looking well and hearty, and his complaint to me was of some boys calling him names. I told him while that might not be pleasant, calling names broke no bones. You know there is always bound to be more or less of this among boys, but from the appearance of your son, I do not think you have any need to be anxious about him.

Diotated A.J.S.(M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 12, 1901.

Albert Razer,

Willow River, Minn.

Dear Albert :-

Apply to me for admission here as a student through the Indian Agent under whose care you are, and if he requests your admission and recommends it, I will be very glad to arrange a ticket at such point as you wish to start from, provided the authorities at Morris, Minn. also recommend you. I have just written to them.

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February 12, 1901.

My dear Jimmie :-

I thank you most heartily for your warm congratulations. It has taken thirty-eight years for me to reach the rank of Lt. Colonel. Wood and Bell, nominated for Brigadiers the other day, have seen only a little over half that service. The promotion comes to me as a matter of right in the ordinary way, not as a special favor. I began as 2nd Lieut. and have advanced as those above me died, were promoted or retired.

Thank you for your appreciation of my particular work. While I have a large school of a thousand pupils and we are doing what we can, it is so immeasurably insignificant as compared with what ought to be done that I find much dis-couragement in that feature. It seems to me after my long experience that the settled purpose of the government is to maintain the autonomy

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 12, 1901.

Mr. John Lay,

Lawton Station, New York.

My dear Sir :-

I should have answered your letter of Jan. 22nd long ago,
but for other matters which pushed it aside. In regard to Kelly's
coming home this summer, he only came last year, and is now well
started on a course which will be of much profit to him if not dis-
turbed in it. So far as I know he is quite contented and interested
in his studies, at least he has said nothing to me to the contrary.
We have quite a schedule of baseball and other engagements in which
he will take part this spring and summer.

Yours very truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 12, 1901.

Peter Felix,
Mendota, Minn.

My dear Sir :-

The Honorable Commissioner of Indian Affairs sends me your letter to him dated the 2nd of February, and asks me to write you in regard to your daughter.

Lillie went to the country in August and has been attending a good public school with white children. Reports indicate that she is in good health and getting along nicely in school, and there seems no reason for your being disturbed about her. My matron in charge of the girls is now visiting them in their country homes. She will be at the school again before long and will make a complete report in regard to every girl. I will then write you again in regard to Lillie. In the meantime believe me, we are doing what we know by experience to be the best for her and she is advancing educationally and in all womanly ways, so that she may be of real help to you when she returns home.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 12, 1901.

A. Noah Blakeman,
Chief of Staff, Inaugural Parade,
Star Building,
Washington, D. C.

SIR -

I have the honor to acknowledge with pleasure receipt of
the appointment as aide de camp on the staff of General Opdyne, Grand
Commander for the Inaugural Parade on March fourth next, and hereby
notify you of my conditional acceptance of the same.

The conditions are, I have been suffering from rheumatism as my
left shoulder, and while able to attend to ordinary duties the diffi-
quity has grown until it seems best to make a little trip to Hot
Spring, Arkansas for treatment. I hope not to be detained long and
to be able to participate in the parade. I shall leave on Thursday
of this week.

If I pass through Washington, will call and see you.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 12, 1901.

Col. George B. Cortelyou,
Secretary to the President,
White House,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Colonel :-

A conference with the Catholic priest of Carlisle just now
leads me to believe that representations made to the President recent
ly will give him erroneous opinions about Carlisle. It was stated
that a petition presented to the President by the Catholic bish-
ops asked that privileges be granted them at all schools the same as
they now have at Carlisle, and from what the priest says the Pasi-
dent has probably been led to think the attitude of Carlisle has
greatly changed in this respect. I wish to say there has been no
change. When I took the Indians to Hampton I urged General Armstrong
to let the priest look after the Catholic pupils, stating that in un-
dertaking the Government work he should be as broad as the Government
which is non-sectarian.

When I began at Carlisle I asked the different ministers of the
town to serve us in turn, each a month at a time, the priest with the
rest, but he declined. All the other ministers accepted and for
years we had that kind of service. When a new priest came I resub-
mitted the invitation, but all declined. My attitude from the start
was to give all the preachers, the priests included, every privilege
they desired for giving instruction and service to the pupils of
their denominations. Over and over again through all the years I
have told the priests that if they wanted them at dawn or midnight

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Soh. Cerate, you,

or at any time for any special service to let us know and their
children would be at the appointed place. Never through all the years
have they been refused any request whatever to serve their children
either on the school grounds or to have them sent in to the church.
Any impression that may have been given in any way that my attitude
on the question has suddenly become more liberal is untrue. It has
been unfortunate that the priests at work among the Indians have al-
ways opposed Carlisle and bitterly fought us. In doing this they have
always represented conditions contrary to the facts.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 13, 1901.

Mrs. Sarah Wilbur,
P. O. Box 200,
Shawano, Wis.

My dear Mrs. Wilbur :-

I am very greatly obliged to you for your frank letter in regard to Earnie. It seemed to me best to have a conference with the priest and with Earnie who is just now sick in the hospital with quinsey. The priest told me it would be impossible under the rules of the church for Earnie to become a nun so long as her father and mother need her assistance. He also disclaims that the nuns had any right or did in any way influence her. I then had a full and free talk with Earnie, showing her her duty to herself and her parents, especially bearing on the great consideration her parents had shown her in allowing her to come here and remain so long at school; and also told her that which I frequently tell all the children, that I stand in the place of their parents, representing them; that it is my duty to carry out their parents' wishes where the parents are intelligent enough to have right and proper wishes in regard to them; and I always do that. I told her it would be my duty in this particular case to see that your wishes were respected and she would have to give herself up to her school duties and to the accomplishment of your purpose in sending her here, and that if it became evident I was not able to keep her in the way she ought to go in accordance with your wishes I would be compelled to send her back to you. Earnie was quite broken down by our talk and said she had never intended to take any steps towards becoming a nun until after she had left the school.

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She talked to me quite freely about her hopes, especially for her younger brothers. The situation did not really appear to me so serious as it had seemed to you. I believe, my dear Mrs. Wilbur, that you can leave the matter in my hands and I will be able to manage it so that Earnie will come out all right. She has been a little over-zealous in looking after the interests of the Catholic Church in the school. Complaints have been made to me that she was proselyting. I said nothing to her about that for the present, thinking she had enough with what I had said about this particular matter, and that could be corrected in a later interview.

You understand that this is a government school and is therefore not in any sense sectarian. In looking after the best interests of the children under these non-sectarian conditions I have welcomed the cooperation of all the different ministers of the town in attending to the needs of the children belonging to their respective denominations. The Methodist minister has the largest following. He meets his members once a week on the school grounds, in town on Sundays, and at occasional times for special services. It is the same with the Episcopal and Presbyterian ministers, and so on. The Catholics have about two hundred among our children and have the same privileges as others to look after their children. I understand of course that Catholic parents want their children to remain Catholics, the Methodist parents want their children to remain Methodists, and so on, and I therefore endeavor to accomplish that purpose. Earnie, through the respect she has won by her excellent conduct, led me to trust her with the responsibility of the Catholic girls in going to and from their meetings and to some extent in looking out for them in quarters. We are all very fond of her, and I trust you yourself will

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 12, 1901,

Mr. Juan Pesuch,
Laguna, N. Mex.

My dear Friend :-

I have your letter of Feb. 6th and am glad to tell you that your son is getting on nicely. I had a letter from him just a few days ago telling that he is happy and contented and glad to have the chance of going to school in the country with white boys and learning farm and other work. He has improved wonderfully since he came to Carlisle, and it would be very much against his interests not to continue. Still, when the time comes he will have the opportunity of deciding whether he will remain or go home.

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TELEGRAM.

Feb. 11.

Thomas Sampson,
Kawkawlin, Mich.

Impracticable to send Henry home. Regulations do not admit sickness of relatives a reason.

Pratt, Lt. Col.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 13, 1901.

Gen. J. F. Boyd, Supt.
C. V. R.R.,
Chambersburg, Pa.

Dear Sir :-

I have yours of the 12th enclosing copy of a letter from
the G.P.A., J. R. Wood. The arrangements for starting our Inaugural
contingent from the school siding at 2:50 A.M. is entirely satisfac-
tory.

I am counting on leaving Washington on the return trip at 7:45 P.M. If possible for us to be in advance on the return, so as to insure no delay, it would be something of a boon to us. As the time to return of starting will be well after dark, no doubt all those who go down in the special train will be glad to start back then.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 13, 1901.

Honorable Andrew Carnegie,

New York City.

Dear Sirs,

The Carlisle School has one thousand young Indians in its care, representing seventy-six different languages, coming from every quarter of the United States, including Alaska. It has a most practical industrial system of education. Its young people are taught trades, and actually manufacture a very large variety of supplies, carriages, wagons, harness, tinware, build houses, make boots and shoes, run a printing office, make their own clothing, take care of our large steam plant, make our installations, etc. etc. No other school in the United States can show four hundred girls more expert in cooking, housework, sewing, and laundering. Each summer our Indian boys and girls to the number of over six hundred go out to work on farms and in families and get wages. Last year their earnings, all of which belongs to them, amounted to above $27,000 and they have saved and on interest over $20,000. I say this to you because I know from very large reading that you are eminently practical. This is a government school. By making students help themselves, we run it at a per capita cost of about $120 per annum and are substantially and well cared for with that.

In its early days before the government had much confidence, I was dependent largely upon outside help. Buildings, steam heat, a farm, and many other things necessary to success were gifts. In all about $130,000 has been so invested. We have made great progress and established beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Indian is not lazy and that he had plenty of capacity in any direction, if once placed

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where he may have a chance. Praetual industrial education is the
great end, but the aesthetic must not be omitted. Indeed, such has
been our advance that I am now compelled to give more consideration
to that. We have discovered much musical ability. In the develop-
ment of this particular quality, there is less of help and sympathy
from the government than we need for complete success. Through the
beneficence of friends we have a band of forty five pieces that will
take its turn with Sousi and Brooks' band at the Buffalo Exposition
for a month this summer. For a long time my musical people have
been urging that with our large chorus of voices a piano does not
furnish sufficient leading and that we need a good pipe organ. In-
as much as the government will not consider a thing like that, I
have concluded to seek elsewhere for I now feel that we ought to have it

In talking with various musical people hoping that a way would
open for us to secure it, I have been led to think you might if you
knew the facts, take us into account. $3,000 would give us a very
fair organ. My self and helpers would be happy and a whole lot of
Indians struggling for higher and better things, would forever bless
you if you could think kindly of us in this connection.

I have been hoping for years that in some way we might have the
honor of a visit from you, when I am sure you would see what an
advantage a library would be to us. May I not hope that you will
sometime step aside and look upon this section of the Indian problem.

With greatest respect,

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 13, 1901.

W. P. Campbell,
Asst. Supt. Indian School,
Chemawa, Ore.

My dear Campbell :-

Thanks you for your congratulations. It is agreeable to
find that so many of my old friends feel the same satisfaction in my
elevation that I do, that is that after thirty-eight years of ser-
vice Uncle Sam has finally in the natural order but for no special
reason been compelled to give me the rank I now hold.

Allow me to return congratulations somewhat and express my pleas-
ure that Chemawa has such a large enrollment. I do hope, Campbell,
that you will push the outing. You are more favorably located for it
than any other school except Carlisle and it should be a successful
feature. If Chemawa had been working on right lines all the time it
might be a good deal bigger than it is because it was started next
after Carlisle.

With best wishes to Mrs. Campbell and the children from
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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 13, 1901.

To The Honorable,

The Commissioner of Indian Affairs,

Washington, D. C.

Sir :-

I am sorry to be compelled to report that the bituminous coal purchased last fall on account of its cheapness and because the C. V. R. R. people found it equal to George's Creek for their use, has not proven satisfactory for our purpose either in the heat producing qualities or in the lasting of it. During the winter we have experimented quite a good deal especially with a standard coal called "Nantiglo", and also with the George's Creek. In both cases we found that the coal we had been led to buy was not nearly so powerful in heat producing qualities nor as economical pound for pound, as the other coals a little higher priced. It burns up with a flash and is soon gone and nothing we can do brings satisfactory results. It appears to need a different article of coal for such use as we make of it from what is needed for railroad engines. It is deficient in coking qualities. I am now satisfied that it was a mistake to have accepted the George's Creek bid last fall which I thought I might improve upon by asking for 1600 tons instead of 250 as we did at the original letting.

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to give it a fair test. We shall be out of debt in about 30 days and
it will take 375 more tons to insure our heat for the balance of the
year. The electric light people have an agreement with the Nantiglo
people at $2.60 per ton delivered at Carlisle and can arrange for us
to get 375 tons at the same price.

I therefore respectfully request authority to purchase 375 tons
of Nantiglo coal, delivered on the school siding at not to exceed
$2.60 a ton, and inasmuch as it is an emergency that I be authorized
to make it an open market purchase.

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TELEGRAM.

Feb. 12, 1901.

Postmaster,

Columbia, Mo.

Is there a Porto Rican boy named Nicolaus C. Daubon in your town ?
Will he come here if I send transportation in your care ? Commission-
er Education Porto Rico urges this. Wire answer quick.

Pratt. Lt. Col. and Supt.
Ind. Indus. School.

W. U. 9:00 P.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 14, 1901.

Lucius Miller,
Gresham,

Shawano Co., Wis.

Dear Sirs:-

Application has been made through Samuel Miller, a pupil
of this school, for the admission of two of his cousins, viz: Abra-
ham Miller and Tracey Miller, your children. Before this applica-
tion can be acted upon it would be necessary to have full informa-
tion in regard to the boys, especially in regard to their health.
For this purpose I enclose you herewith a blank that will give the
particulars desired. If you wish them to come to this school, have
them examined by a Doctor and the health and other conditions noted
as asked for.

The school period here is five years: none are taken for
a less time unless they graduate sooner. If everything is right,
there is no objection to their admission.

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Garling, Pa., Feb. 14, 1901.

Mr. E. F. Bradley,
Pier 19,

New York City.

Dear Sir:-

Your letter making application to this school has been
received. Before making you any definite answer in regard to your
application, it would be necessary to know more about you. Can you
get some responsible person to write for you, giving information
as to your age, your character, whether you are a full Indian or
mixed blood, and if so, what proportion of white blood you have? On
receipt of information as above, your case can be determined.

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Carliole, Pa., Feb. 15, 1901.

General J. F. Boyd,

Supt. Cumberland Valley R. R.,
Chambersburg, Pa.

Sir:-

Your letter of the 14th inst. to Col. Pratt in regard to
movement of train for the Washington party finds him away from home,
probably not to return until the middle of March.

In looking up the arrangement that prevailed four years
ago on a similar occasion, I find that it was the same as stated
in your letter of the 12th and was in every way satisfactory ; and
I hope that as intimated in your letter of the 14th, it will be
allowed to stand. The party at that time reached Washington about
7.00clock and I understand ahead of the regular No. 4, as now proposed.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 15, 1901.

Mr. John Powell,

Cherokee, N. Car.

Sir:-

Your letter of the 12th inst. finds Colonel Pratt away
from home for some weeks. It will be brought to his attention on
his return and you will hear from him. The matter you write about
is one for his attention.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 15, 1901.

Mrs. Amelia Little,

Herriman, Nebr.

Dear Madam:-

Your letter of the 8th in regard to Pearl Gleason's visit
home this summer finds Colonel Pratt away from home, but in looking
up the time that Pearl has been here, I find that it is less than
three years. She is not therefore entitled to go home under the
rules of this school for two years yet. Your letter will be brought
to the attention of Col. Pratt on his return, but I do not expect
he will permit the visit.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 15, 1901.

Mrs. J. Mishler,
Namekagon, Wis.

Dear Mrs. Mishler:-

I am very sorry that my answer to your letter of Feb. 3rd
must be disappointing to you, but it is not practicable to send James
home as you ask. He is not sick. He was in my office only a few
days ago, and I have seen him every day or so since. He did have
a cold a week or two ago, which is very common at this season, but
it was not serious enough to keep him from work and school for more
than a few days. Stella will graduate in a month from now and can
leave at once for home, if you wish.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 13, 1901.

Daniel S. Bear,
Hays, Mont.

Dear Friend :-

Your letter of the 5th inst., giving news of yourself and other Carlisle boys is of much interest. You, as well as the other boys mentioned, seem to have made good use of what you learned while at school. Glad you are so prosperous.

The school has improved and grown very much since you were a student here. A number of new buildings have been erected and others have been enlarged, so that now we can take care of one thousand, although the number is about twenty short of that. Every year our equipment is better and we are able to do better work in proportion. Our band is better than it has ever been, though not quite so large as last year. They will furnish music for the Buffalo Exposition one month in the summer. If you get our "Red Man & Helper" regularly you probably know of other things I might speak of. On the fourth of March over two hundred of the boys will march in the Inaugural Parade in Washington. The band also will take part.

It is nearing Commencement time, which we have changed from February to the middle of March. We are all very busy, seniors and all. The class that graduates will be the largest yet sent out.

I doubt if there are any boys or girls here who were students with you, but Mr. Standing, Miss Burgess, Miss Key and a number of the faculty you still remember.

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Remember me kindly to Belknap Fox and the others. With kind regards,

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 13, 1901.

Moses Hanlin, Jr.,
Alanson, Mich.

Dear Sir :-

I have your letter of Feb. 9th asking that your cousin, six teen years of age and of the Ottawa tribe, be admitted as a student here and that a ticket be placed for her use at Alanson.

I have asked that another ticket be placed at Alanson to be delivered to her, and you can come together, but I trust you will not start until all danger from contagion is past. You would better bring the doctor's certificate with you.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 15, 1901.

Miss Henrietta Fremont,

c/o Lincoln Institution,
324 S. 11th St., Phila.

Dear Miss Fremont:-

Replying to your letter of the 14th in regard to the condition of your finances, I have to say that after paying your board up to February 7th and your tuition for three months from Jan. 23rd, there is a balance of $17.24 to your credit.

I hope you will be able to get sufficient to carry you
through your course without a break.

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TELEGRAPH.

Postal, 3.20 P. M.

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 15, 1901.

N. Stetson & Co.,

1111 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Please wire shipping directions for the Backer piano to be
repaired.

Pratt, Dept.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 16, 1901.

Mr. Fred Siouxman,
C/o George Woolery,
Wood Hill,
Bucks Co., Pa.

Dear Fred:-

Your letter received this morning giving consent to leasing your land. The letter written to you by Mr. Tyler was not a very good one because it did not tell you enough about it, but it means that he will lease your land to a farmer for maybe three years who will break up part of the land and make it into a farm instead of its just being prairie. At the end of that time a new lease can be made unless you should want to work it yourself. I think as Major said in his letter that it is a good thing for you to do and that your consent will make it all right. I will forward your letter to Mr. Tyler and tell him I think he ought to write you and let you know the terms of the lease, although every such lease has to go before the agent and be approved by him so it will be all right.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 16, 1901.

Mr. John M. Tyler,
Gov't. Farmer,

Bridgport, Okla. Ty.

Sir:-

Your letter of the 2nd inst. to Fred Siouxman in regard to leasing his land has been submitted to him and his consent to the same is forwarded you herewith. Your letter to Fred in regard to the matter was not quite as full as it should have been to one who does not fully understand the matter as in the case of Fred, as you did not give him any idea at all of the terms or the duration of the lease. Fred is just now living in the country away from the school. If you will write a letter giving the information he desires addressed to him here, it will be forwarded at once so that he may understand just what the conditions are.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 16, 1901.

Miss Alta K. Handly,

Kickapoo School,

Germantown, Kas.

Dear Miss Handly:-

Your letter in regard to some Kickapoos entering this school from your locality finds Colonel Pratt away from home. This school is always on the lookout for additional pupils of the right sort; the difficulty in immediate action would be that our transportation funds are low, but as you speak of the last of June, that would not be much of a factor then.

The usual practice is for a party of ten or more, to give the expenses of an escort coming and returning; for a party of six or eight, one way only. If after consultation with the agent, he approves your plan, a blank will be sent you on which enter the names of those whom it is proposed to transfer to Carlisle which could then be forwarded here and further instructions sent you. I will say however that our experience in the past with the few we have had from your district has not been altogether satisfactory. They could not have been of the best material. In accepting any others from that district, the points of character and health would be especially important. Write again when you can see your way clearly.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 16, 1901.

Mr. John Lay, 2nd,

Lawton, N. Y.

Box No. 47,

Dear Sir:-

Your letter to Colonel Pratt in regard to your son finds
him away from home, but I see that he wrote you on the 12th inst.
about the subject of your letter. I presume that when you wrote
you had not received his letter and therefore let the matter rest
for the present as stated by him.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 16, 1901.

Mrs. G. W. Stouch,

Darlington, Okla. Ty.

Dear Madam:-

Following up the matter of George Washington Hagan in
accord with your letter about him, I have made more careful inquiry
with this result, that he rates as a good boy and got on well in
school until the last year or so when his eyes troubled him some-
what and interfered with his progress. He is not rated as a quick
boy but manly and well-disposed. He is now in the country as I
think I stated in my previous letter to Major Stouch, and for your
information I enclose a copy of his report for the month of January,
from which you will be able to get his present post-office address,
and I have no doubt he would be much pleased to hear from you.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 18, 1901.

Mr. Charles G. Roberts,
1602 Patterson St.,
Baltimore, Md.

Dear Sir:-

Your letter of the 16th in regard to an outfit of tools
which you wish to dispose of has been received. In reply I have
to say that while we teach quite a variety of trades, our several
shops are outfitted and we have no need to make additional purchases
at present.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 18, 1901.

Mr. Theodore Coleman,

Julian, Cal.

Dear Sir:-

I have your letter of the 11th inst. in regard to the
money sent to your daughter, Ida, and at once called her to the of-
fice and made inquiry in regard to it. She says that she has the
money and that she never told you that it was taken from her and not
given back to her. I recommended her to get her picture taken and
send you as soon as possible, and also set you right in regard to
the statement that the money had been taken from her.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 18, 1901.

Mr. Orlan C. Cullen,

White Sulphur Springs,
Water Lick Station, Va.

Dear Sir:-

Yours of the 16th inst. finds Col. Pratt away from home
for some time and therefore comes to me for attention. In regard to
the boy you speak of, I have to say that you are located out of our
district as we do not send them where they will be out of the range
of our visiting agent who looks after them twice a year. I will
also say that the local demand is greater than we will be able to
supply this year as our boys average so much smaller than in past
years.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 18, 1901.

Col. R. H. Pratt,
C/o Army & Navy Hospital
Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Dear Sirs:

Your letter from Washington was received duly. I have
not as yet received the coal authority nor the farm deed, but did
receive this morning information that funds had been transferred
to New York, the amount being twenty thousand; this of course
means that the matter is about through.

Making inquiry I find that Mr. Koser, the man that wanted
to rent the lower farm has made other arrangements and rented the
Warrior farm across the creek. Mr. Harlan speaks well of him as a
man and says that he has the outfit with which to work the farm.
I told him to see him and let him know that the farm was to be rem-
ted so that if he wished to change his plans he could as far as we
are concerned. I understand that I have your authority to rent
that farm to an approved tenant on usual conditions, we removing
everything to the upper farm, unless probably straw or something
like that.

Nothing has been received from Washington yet in regard
to any seating accommodations; from whom would the information
be, or who has the managing of it?

The new piano was received on Friday and is in use but
does not entirely please those who have to do with it. It is not
as much of an improvement as was expected: it is deficient in vol-

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I am informed Father Ganea it is here and asked him to come out and have a look at it. The old one is shipped and is expected to be back in time for commencement.

A letter the other day from Gen. Boyd stated that the Northern Central People were wanting to change the time of our train to Washington, and have us start the night before instead. Gen. Boyd said that he had written them and unless we heard further, the arrangement would stand as made. Nothing else of any importance.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 18, 1901.

Mr. Robert McArthur,

White Earth Agency, Minn.

Dear Sirs,

On the understanding you are ready to come to Carlisle and take part with the band work this summer, I have arranged that a ticket be placed at Detroit for your use. You will sign a receipt for the ticket when used and the bill will come to me.

As the band takes part in the Inauguration at Washington on March the 4th, we would like to have you here long enough before that to get accustomed to the new music etc.

Your friend,

Lieut. Col. & Supt.

P.S. Agent Southerland approves; see him.
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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 20, 1901.

Mr. George Granthan Baine,
15 Park Row,
New York City.

Dear Sir :-

After several trials and much difficulty in getting a clear photograph of the battalion, we have finally succeeded in getting two finished which I mailed you today. If you need more than these, will furnish as soon after notice from you as possible.

Asst. Supt. in charge.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 23, 1901.

Mr. N. C. Daubon,
c/o Moffit & West Drug Co.,
4th & Market Ave.,
St. Louis, Mo.

Dear Sir:-

Your letter of the 18th inst. received. If you are the
writer of that letter you must be a person of some considerable
education already and your mother may have been misinformed about
you. If you are getting along all right on your own account, you
have no need of this school; but if however as your mother under-
stands to be the case, circumstances have gone hard with you and
you wish to get a start, this school can do you good.

In writing again, please advise fully of your age, cir-
cumstances, education and prospects. The conditions of admission to
this school are that the government pays all expenses, including
transportation to the school, the usual course being five years un-
less the student graduates sooner. The graduating point of the school
is about half way through the usual high school course of a city.
The school is also a manual training school, every student having
contributed a certain amount of labor daily. It is intended for
Indians but has admitted a few Porta Ricans. Your case will be de-
cided after receiving full information as to what your needs are and
whether or not this will be the best place for you.

Very truly,
A.J. Slaney

Asst. Supt. in charge.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 23, 1901.

Mr. Fred Siouxman,

C/o George Woolery,
Wood Hill, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

In forwarding your consent to the lease that you signed
the other day to the farmer, I told him that you wanted to know a
little more about the transaction and this letter comes this morning
which explains to you what you have done, and I think will show you
that the lease is all right.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 25, 1901.

Mr. Elijah Hill,
Oneida,
Brown Co.,
Wisconsin.

Dear Sir:-

Your letter to Colonel Pratt about the return home of Abram this summer comes to hand in his absence. In reply I have to say that the home-going lists for the summer have not been looked to at all and your letter will come in for consideration when that work is being done.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 25, 1901.

Captain Chiquito,

Mammoth, Ariz. Ty.

Dear Sir:-

Your letter of the 18th inst. in regard to Dan Phillips
finds Colonel Pratt away from home and therefore comes to me for
attention.

I am sorry not to be able to tell you where Dan is. He
has been gone from here about two months and we do not at all know
of his whereabouts, but do not feel uneasy about him as he ran away
once before but turned up allright. He is quite able to take care
of himself wherever he is. We will keep watch and if any informa-
tion comes, will let you know at once. Your other son Lon Spiechi
is right with me in the office now, and graduates with our class
next month.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 25, 1901.

Mr. King Scott,

Gowanda, N. Y.

Dear Sir:-

Your letter about your daughter coming home this summer
for a visit finds Colonel Pratt away from home but as I read it I
note what you say about Mr. Runciman and the three years term. I
find he misinformed you as our period is five years unless the pupil
graduates sooner. I am not able therefore to make you the promise
asked for.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 25, 1901.

(COPY)

Captain Miller,
City Hall, Phila.

Dear Sir:-

Responding to your message just to hand Mr. S. W. Thompson
the Outing Agent of the school, comes to you and will take charge of
Bertha Fritts and bring her to Carlisle.

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(MESSAGE)

Capt. Miller,
City Hall, Phila.

Feb. 25, 1901.

Your message: Mr. S. W. Thompson leaves next train Philadelphia;
will take charge Bertha Fritts.

R. H. Pratt, Col. & Supt.

Postal 1.30 Govt. rate, school acot.
D.B.M.

(MESSAGE)

Feb. 25, 1901.

Howard Hawk,

Chamberlain, S. D.

Message received. Your request in regard to Rosa cannot be complied
with.

~~Soviet State charge~~
phld. B.E.M.

Pratt, Lt. Col. & Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 26, 1901.

Miss Dora F. Sprigg,
601 N. Main St.,
Hannibal, Mo.

Dear Madam :-

In reply to your application of the 18th inst. for a position of trust in this school either as teacher or matron, I have to inform you that all positions of the kind you mention are filled by transfer from other Indian schools or by certification from the civil service eligible lists, and I am not at liberty to consider other applicants, however good their references may be. At present there are no vacancies to be filled, but if there were I should be compelled to use the means indicated above.

Your application is placed on file, but under the conditions I cannot encourage you that favorable consideration can be given it unless your name is on the list of eligibles in the Civil Service Office, or unless you are already in the service.

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Feb. 26, 1901.

Dr. Fox,

When can Martin Machuki have his eye examined? See my letter
fifth.

Pratt, Lt. Col. & Supt.

Postal 8.12 A. M.
D.E.M.

Mr. James D. Flannery,

C/o Uncle Tom's Cabin Co.,

Battlecreek, Mich.

Col. Pratt directs me to offer you position with the band for Buf-
falo Exposition; salary $25.00 month. Come at once if you accept.
(signature) Standing, Asst. Supt.

10.55 A. M.
Postal (M)

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 26, 1901.

Prin. A. J. Davis,

State Normal School,
Clarion, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

Your letter of the 25th inst. finds Colonel Pratt away
from home and has been forwarded to him for attention.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 26, 1901.

Miss Ella Allen,

C/o The Continental,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Madam:-

Replying in the absence of Colonel Pratt to your letter
of the 23rd inst. I have to inform you that this is purely an Indian
school and we do not receive colored pupils. There is a good school
for colored boys at Hampton Virginia; one that can be recommended in
every way. A letter addressed to Hampton Institute, Virginia,
will get you all necessary information.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 26, 1901.

Prin. A. J. Davis,

Dear Sirs:-

Your letter of the 25th inst. finds Colonel Pratt away
from home and has been forwarded to him for attention,

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Carlisle, Pa. February, 26, 1901.

Mrs. Mary J. Sterling,
Morrisville,
Bucks Co., Pa.

Dear Madam:-

Your letter of the 21st inst. with letter enclosed has
been received. The clue is being followed all that we can without
any definite results as yet, but I thought it would aid still fur-
ther if we could have a small photograph of your daughter. I would
also like to be informed as to her age. Will inform you if any clue
is found.

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TELEGRAM

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 26, 1901.

Mrs. Kate Bockbeson,
Oldtown, Maine.

Your message to Ada handed to her; she is not at liberty to come
home on such a call. Letter sent.

Gov't. Rate, school acct.
1.50 P. M. Postal. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 26, 1901.

Mrs. Kate Stockton,
Cottoway, Maine.

Dear Madam:-

Your message to Ada has been received but your request
cannot be complied with for the reason that in a school of a thou-
sand pupils it would not do to have home requests of that nature
responded to whenever made. If that was done the school would be
upset all the time as there cannot but be cases of sickness in many
families represented here. Colonel Pratt is away from home just now
but I understand that he wrote to you to much the same effect as
this letter. Ada would like particulars.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 26, 1901.

Miss Sara E. Rhodes,

Slandour Agency, S. D.

Dear Miss Rhodes:-

I have your letter of the 21st inst. in regard to enter-
ing this school, so far as I can see your application is allright,
but I want to know a little more about you; where you have gotten
your education so far, whether you are enrolled with any agency;
whether your general health is good; and whether or not you are
full Indian, if mixed what proportion of Indian blood. It would be
well also to get some responsible person to write a letter in your
behalf so that when all the facts are at hand, a decision can be
reached in regard to the application.

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Carlsbad, Pa., Feb. 26, 1901.

Mrs. James V. Flannery,

Mr. Pleasant, Mich.

Dear Mrs. Flannery,

I received a telegram from Colonel Pratt last night di-
recting me to write to James and offer him a position with the band
that I am to go to Buffalo, the pay being $25.00 per month. Of course
his other expenses will be looked out for. I have wired him this
message to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where I see the company is up
to the 28th, but write you in case I should not be successful in
reaching him. If he accepts, we would like to have him to take part
in the Inauguration procession March 4th, and a ticket will be pro-
vided for him at once on his request.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 27, 1901.

Mr. Sanchez Lopez,
Yauco,
Calla Rosairo,
Puerto Rico.

Dear Sir:-

Your letter of Feb. 4th to Colonel Pratt has been recei-
ved but as he is away from home it comes to me for attention. In
reply I have to say that the matter of additional students coming
to this school from Puerto Rico is now being considered and the
selection will be made by the Commissioner of Education. Mr. Brum-
baugh of San Juan. You should either write to him or see him and
I will also give him your name as an applicant, but the decision as
to who will come will rest with him, being in Puerto Rico, and not
with us who are at so great a distance. Your cousin Matilda has
just been in my office and read your letter. She is looking well
and getting on well as are all the Puerto Ricans who are here.

Very truly your friend,

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TELEGRAM

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 27, 1901.

Dr. Fox,

1304 Walnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Martin Maehashi will call at your office today about noon.

Pratt, Lt. Col. & Supt.

S.45 A. M. Postal.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 27, 1901.

Mr. John L. Craig,

Oak Lane, Pa.

Dear Sirs:

Your letter of the 26th in the absence of Colonel Pratt comes to me for attention. We are pleased to have your testimony about Bertha Fritts in regard to whom I have to say that her move was one that came to her mind rather suddenly according to her own statement: that a few weeks ago when visited by the Agent of the school, she appeared to be happy in her work and school, and made no complaints whatever. She has of course made a serious break but is very young, not yet twelve years old, and I do not feel like taking the occurrence too serious. I have given her your letter which she seemed pleased to get, and thank you cordially for your interest in her welfare.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 27, 1901.

General O. O. Howard,
C/o Inaugural Committee,
133 & 164 Loan & Trust Bldg.,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-

Being informed by Mr. B. H. Warner, Chairman of the committee on Civil Organizations of the Inaugural ceremonies, that you will be in command of the division in which the Carlisle School is located, I wish to represent to you a little of our situation for the day; viz, that our train leaves Carlisle about 3 o'clock in the morning, reaching Washington at 7.00 and expects to leave Washington at 7.00 in the evening. On the last occasion it was all that our boys could do to make their train when dismissed from the parade.

I would therefore deem it a great favor if they could be so located as to be dismissed from the parade at as early a period as possible so as to make their train; also if while waiting to join in the parade they can have such a waiting position assigned them that they may get a view of the military parade as it passes. Feeling sure that you will favor the Carlisle boys in these points as far as you can and regretting that Colonel Pratt will not be able to take part in the parade as he intended, being down at Hot Springs, Arkansas, I am,

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 27, 1901.

Mr. Wilkins Cusick,
Pekin,
Niagara Co., N. Y.

Dear Sir:-

I have yours in regard to Enos Cusick coming home this summer. If I remember right he is not entitled by reason of time to go home yet. As to visiting the Exhibition, while there are no definite plans made yet, I feel assured that almost all the students will have a chance by means of an excursion to visit the exhibition, so that desire will be met. If you write to us again later, something more definite can be said in regard to it.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 25, 1901.

Rev. L. M. Lawrence,
Iroquois,
Erie Co., N. Y.

Dear Sirs,

I have your letter of the 25th inst., in regard to half-fare tickets from Elmira to Carlisle and return for two visiting Indians. These tickets have to be sent for from Philadelphia after we get the request and I have just now a letter sent to the railroad authorities asking for general arrangements for the commencement season, would it not suit your two people to come at that time? There is nothing the matter with the children that would need them to come sooner. They are quite well except a little trouble with Mary's eyes. If however their passes require to be used before the time specified I will ask for these tickets specially and send them to you. Let me hear from you in regard to this.

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Marlisle, Pa., Feb. 27, 1901.

Mr. Jacob J. Jamtvedt,

681 Prospect Street,

Jamestown, N. Y.

Dear Sirs,

Replying to your letter of the 25th inst. in regard to the boys going home this summer, I have to say that if I remember right there was home last year, and that requests for pupils to return home when not entitled to are not granted, for the reason that if it is done in one case it would have to be done in many that our organization would be broken up. I expect there will be a number of requests like this from your section of the country this year on account of the Buffalo Exhibition. As to them, while there are no plans formulated so yet, I make no doubt but that the bulk of our students will in some way or other be given a chance to see the exhibition,

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 28, 1901.

F. F. Helman,
Pen. American Exposition,
224 Ellicott Square,
Buffalo, N. Y.

Sir:-

Replying to yours of the 21st inst. in regard to a photo-
graph of the Indian School Band, I have to say that we have nothing
on hand that will suit present conditions and will therefore have
new photographs taken and sent you as soon as possible. There will
possibly be a delay of a day or two on account of the drum being out
of repair as they want to include that in their equipment.

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TELEGRAM,

Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 28, 1901.

Rev. L. M. Lawrence,
Versailles, N. Y.

Your message: letter received and answered yesterday. Tickets not sent; see letter.

Gov't. Rate, Collect,
3.08 P. M. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 28, 1901.

Mrs. Sarah L. Trippe,

Salamanca, N. Y.

Dear Madam:--

Your letter to Miss Barr in regard to additional applications from your district for admission to this school comes to me for attention. You know that in these cases we always like to have the full particulars in each case sent in on an application blank; also the assurance of the parents or guardians consent. I send you a blank for this purpose which can be filled out at convenience and returned to us. In regard to them coming by commencement time, I think it will be better not to try to do this because we are now quite full; we've not a bit to spare. When the graduating class has left for their home, there will be plenty of room and we can take the matter up. The twenty year old boy is two years over age and a special permit would have to be obtained in his case, which probably can be done if he is a young man of special merit or unusually desirable but eighteen is our required limit.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 28, 1901.

Miss Mary Barnet Gilson

313 Beatty St.,

Dear Sirs

Your letter to Colonel Pratt shows him away from home and therefore comes to me for attention. In regard to the application you make, it is not a question of qualifications, but to positions here, but whether or not you have passed the Civil Service Examination. Appointments at this school are throughout the Indian Service are now made from an eligible list furnished by the Civil Service Commissioners when called for, thus your letter will be brought to Colonel's attention on his return but the way in which the Civil Service. For particulars write to the Civil Service Commissioners, Washington, D. C.

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 28, 1901.

Editor of "The Press",
Phila., Pa.

Sir:-

I desire to call your attention to an item that appeared in your issue of the 25th inst. quite prominently headlined on the rarest page in regard to the escapade of an Indian girl, a pupil of the school. If this not with a view to her safety especially or answering what is stated there but in contradiction of the general tone of the item do it appear in the paper.

We are handling an application about a thousand Indian pupils from severity or more different tribes, coming from all conditions of life as regards grades of civilization, some from the completely wild tribes and others from those who have made considerable advancement, but, have all, as a part of their school training an experience of home life in all selected families, mostly in Eastern Pennsylvania and adjacent districts. During this time they are under the close supervision of the school and the general results are excellent, both for patrons and pupils. Occasionally there is a mishap; there was one in this case but not such a one as to justify the sensational notice it received in the press. For instance, the girl did not enter Carlisle at four years of age but nine, is now about twelve; she did not make her escape from her country home because there was no restrictions on her movements; she was not limited out because these arrangements terminate at any time

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Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 28, 1901.

Senator William F. Miller,
Carlisle, Pa.

Dear Sirs—

Will you on behalf of Colonel Pratt extend to the members
of the Senate a cordial invitation for such of them as may desire to
do so to attend our coming commencement exercises on the 14th of
March.

It is not practicable at this time for me to in-
vite the whole legislature to the beating capacity of our hall will
not admit of it. Admission will be by ticket only and it will be
necessary for those who desire to attend to make application for
those tickets through you or direct to the school before March the
8th. If you will do this you will greatly obligate.

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TELEGRAMS

Carlisle, Pa., March 3, 1901.

~~From: General M. E. K.~~

Your letter; records here only show Clayton Kirk to be discharged, have no knowledge of arrangement for other two. Can have all reach Washington 7 o'clock this evening by leaving here at two if so directed. Wire answer,

Postal 9.15
(u)

Standing,
Acting Adjutant.

A. J. Poston

511 Penna. Ave.,
Washington, D. C.

Wire me lowest rate three passengers Washington to Phoenix Arizona.

Pratt,
Lt. Col. & Adjut.

Postal 9.18
(M)

Carlisle, Pa., March 2, 1901.

B. M. Warner, Chairman,

158 Loan & Trust Bldg.,
Washington, D. C.

Your letter first; many thanks. Will be forty girls in party; due
sixth St. 7 A.M. Leave tickets station master addressed Col. Pratt
or A. J. Standing. I will call for them. No general orders for
marching column received,

Postal,
10.00 a. m.
(Signature) Standing, A.m., Adjut.

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Carlisle, Pa., March 2, 1901.

Dr. C. J. Rider,

Sec'y American Missionary Association,
4th Ave. & 22nd St., N. Y.

Your letter to Colonel Pratt stating your desire and expectation of
being present at our commencement exercises on the 13th and 14th
inst., came to hand in the Colonel's absence. I desire to say in
regard to it that if you can see far enough ahead and advise me that
you will be here, I can send you railroad tickets from here.

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Carlisle, Pa., March 2, 1901.

Dear Sir:-

I have your letter of the 1st. inst., and have also received
a letter in regard to you. I find that you are over eighteen years
of age and working for yourself in the largest city of the country
and do not come within the class for whom this school was intended.
I therefore decide your application in the negative and return your
certificate herewith.

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Carlisle, Pa., March 2, 1901.

Mr. Reginald Bottomly,

20 South Hanover St.,
Carlisle, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

I shall be pleased to send you the commencement tickets asked for in your letter of the 1st. inst. In regard the other matter you speak of, application has been made for the job by a young lady of Dickinson College who is much in need of money and an opportunity of earning a little, and while no promise has been made I had intended letting her try it this time.

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Article, No. 3, May, 2, 1902.

Mr. M. Chamberlain,
C/o New England Audit Co.,
45 Milk St.,
Boston, Mass.

Dear Sir:-

Your letter of the lot, inst. to Colonel Pratt in his
absence comes to me. In regard to Ado Sockbeson, two telegrams
have been received from her home. Ishawered that Ado was not at
liberty to come home on such summons and wrote stating fully the
conditions and the necessity of proper information before consenting
to such a thing, as these home calls are something we have to be
very careful about where so many students are involved. The post

The position with Ada is this: she wishes to do what a
daughter should in case of necessity but is fearful in going home
that she will not be allowed to return. I therefore desired your
advice before determining the matter. If so be that the parents
could get along, it is desirable that Ada should not go even further
commencement, because our classes simply move up and the school
runs on till the end of June. This from your letter, I imagine you
did not understand. Will it, or will it not change your advice in
the case.

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Garlicino, Pa., Mar. 9, 1961.

Mr. Fred P. Hall,
Jamestown Journal,
Jamestown, N. Y.

Dear Sirs:-

I forward you today a picture of our graduating class of which we are wanting a plate, the best you can make. It should not be larger than 8-1/4" x 5-1/2" a little smaller if more convenient would not hurt. We also want a small square plate 4-1/2" x 3" to go on the program. The square plate with names will not be needed this year, just the photographs.

I notice that we are later than last year in sending in this picture and we should have it back not later than Friday the 8th. I regret that the matter has not reached you sooner, but there have been delays with the photographer and otherwise and I now must depend on you for as quick a job as possible. Wire me an receipt of this letter what you can do. The small plate will be needed first.

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TELEGRAMS.

Carlisle, Mar. 3, 1901.

Wallace D. McLean, Chairman,
Columbian Bldg.,
Washington, D. C.

No general orders received for the Carlisle School contingent, arrive 7 A. M. Penna. R. R. Can you have orders delivered at train.

(aligned) W. G. Thompson,

Disciplinarian.

School Acct. Govt. rate.

5.00 P. M. W. U.

Mar. 3, 1901.

B. H. Warner, Chairman:

Room 153 Loan & Trust Bldg.,
Washington, D. C.

No general orders received for the Carlisle School contingent. Arrive
7. A. M. Penna. R. R. Can you have orders delivered at the train,
or 6th Station Agent.

(signature) A. J. Standing,

Asst. Supt.

Govt. Rate, charge.

5.00 P. M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Mar. 5, 1901.

Wright
Mr. S. E. Right,
Ferris Industrial School,
Marshalltown, Del.

Dear Sir:-

Replying to your letter of Feb. 27th, I have to say that
the engagement with the present Band-master extends through the sum-
mer. Beyond that there is nothing definite as to what will be done.
Your letter will be filed where it can be referred to in case of
need.

Carlisle, Pa., Mar. 5, 1901.

Mr. J. A. Lininger,
Carlisle, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

I have your letter of the 1st. in est., making application
for admission tickets. Your request has been filed and will be
attended to as far as circumstances will admit of. No tickets will
be mailed until after March the 6th.

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Carlisle, Pa., May, 5, 1961.

Mr. A. S. Baird,

Oneida, Wis.

Dear Sir:-

I have your letter in regard to Eunice. I find that she
is at the school here all right; has not been sent to the country.
Possibly she has expressed to you her intention or wish of going.
That has not come up for consideration yet. When it does your let-
ter will be considered, but I will not promise that it will be fol-
lowed altogether, because we find these summer absences very ben-
ficial. The children get a change, are looked after and appreciate
the school better when they come back to it. The experience obtain-
ed is considered a part of their education. Your letter evidently
speaks of something that Eunice intends to ask to do but which has
not been done as yet.

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Carlsisle, Pa., Mar. 5, 1901.

Mrs. Martha Bigtree,

Hogansburg, N. Y.

Dear Madam:-

Your letter of the 1st. inst., finds Colonel Pratt away
from home and therefore comes to me for attention. Your request
for Charlotte to come home is one of the many that we receive of
a similar character that cannot be complied with. We do not profess to
send pupils home on account of sickness in the family but do endeavor
to return them to parents if their health is failing in such a way
as to make it the best thing to do. With one thousand pupils here,
there is all the time cases of sickness at home that arise but which
do not furnish a cause for sending the pupils home. I must there-
fore give you an unfavorable answer to your request.

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Carlisle, Pa., Mar. 5, 1901.

Mr. B. H. Warner,
Chairman Civic Committee,
Room 158, Loan & Trust Bldg.,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:

On behalf of the young ladies of this school who visited
Washington yesterday, I desire to thank you for the hospitality
your committee extended to them which all very much appreciated, and
on the way home the girls voted that they had had a good time.

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Carlisle, Pa., March 6th, 1901.

Dear Sir :—

In the absence of Col. Pyatt, Supt., I desire through you to extend a cordial invitation to such members of the House of Representatives as desire to be present at the commencement exercises of this school on the afternoon of Thursday, March 14th.

Owing to the limited capacity of the hall and the great pressure for admission tickets it will be necessary for those who desire to be present to apply for tickets at once, not later than the 8th inst. Admission to the school grounds and hall will be by ticket only. Applications for tickets should be addressed direct to the school.

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Carlisle, Pa., Mar. 6, 1901.

Mrs. Mary A. Skenandore,
Oneida,
Brown Co., Wis.

Dear Madam:-

Colonel being away, your letter of Feb. 27th about Elsie
comes to me for attention. I have made inquiry from Miss Jackson,
the Visiting Agent, who saw Elsie just a little while ago, as to
what arrangement had been made for her. She said that Elsie was
very comfortably situated and is agreeable to stay where she is un-
till full when she will return to Carlisle.

As to her coming in at Commencement, I would be pleased to
grant that privilege if it came in all ways within our rules, but
I find that Elsie has not saved enough money to permit the expense,
having only $10.48 to her credit instead of over twenty dollars which
she should have before she could incur such an expense. The place
"Lansdowne" where she is one of our very best districts. The schools
are especially excellent as it is a settlement of the rich people
of Philadelphia who live just out of the city and have all arrange-
ments as good as they can be. Do not be unkind about Elsie.

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