Carlisle, Pa., June 17, 1901.

Rev. W. C. Kingsbury,
Hogansburg, N. Y.

Dear Brother Kingsbury;--

I will make the arrangements for your party at any
time you wish. It would be necessary for me to have a week's
notice in order to contract with the railroads and get the
tickets to you. The railroad arrangements I always make here
because I can make them much lower, and with the Pennsylvania
Company because we have a special half rate agreement with them
as far as Sodus Point on Lake Ontario. It would be better for
us if they should not come until towards the end of August be-
cause we do our repairing and cleaning up during vacation. Let me know
just about how many you will have in good time and the point from
which you start and I will make the arrangements and give you
full instructions.

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., June 17, 1901.

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

My Dear Commissioner:-

Dr. Winslow at Genoa writes asking my influence with
you in behalf of Chauncey Yellow Robe. I of course know nothing
of Chauncey's conduct. His letters to me have always been in
good heart though I have not had one from him for a number of
months. At Carlisle, Chauncey was one of the very best young
men we ever had, from start to finish. He was conscientious
and upright in his conduct throughout; a member of the Epis-
copal church and a leader in all good things. If he has gone
astray, I should be most willing to believe that it was a temp-
orary slip and that nobody would feel worse about it than he.
Dr. Winslow would like him as Disciplinarian at Genoa next year.
I think you better read Dr. Winslow's letter and I should be
glad if you find it consistent to let him have Chauncey. It
may save a good man.

Yours sincerely,

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Carlisle, Pa., June 17, 1901.

Mr. Lay Lynch,

34 E. 14th St.,
New York City.

Dear Sir:-

The band can go to Pittsburg for one week prior to its Buffalo engagement, which begins on the 29th of July for $1300, and we pay all expenses. They can play on Sunday if you require them to play only sacred music. About the time subsequent to the fair I cannot just now plan an engagement. Chances are we should want more money.

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Carlinle, Pa., June 15, 1901.

Hon. Robert T. Lincoln,
Pres. of Pullman Co.,
Chicago, Ill.

Dear Sir:-

Yesterday the 14th at 4 o'clock I had our railroad agent telegraph to Mr. Batterson in Philadelphia for a lower berth, Harrisburg to Chicago for this evening. This morning, no reply having been received, he telegraphed again. This evening at 5 o'clock, twenty five hours after my first telegram and only one hour before the train leaves here for this connection, Mr. C. F. Showers, the ticket agent here receives message from Mr. Batterson, as follows: "No lower berth on No. 21; see yours for Colonel Pratt."

That on yesterday no reply came to the message of yesterday seemed discourteous, and having so late reply to the message of this morning is a grievous disadvantage. The berth was required for a sick girl too weak to get into an upper berth, who was accompanied by Nurse, and the tickets were already provided.

If assurance were possible, I would gladly pay for the whole of state room rather than miss her going this evening because all the arrangements are made by telegraph for her to be met at her destination in Oklahoma Tuesday. I have now arranged with the ticket agent at Harrisburg by phone to telegraph again to Mr. Batterson for tomorrow evening on the same train and if he cannot get berth for that, then arrange for Monday.

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Hon. Robert T. Lincoln,-3-

This is not by any means the first time I have been dis-
appointed by delay in answering from Philadelphia until the last
moment and the answers then be of this character. As the answer
did not come until after the train had left Phila., it would
seem the delay may have been to see if all lower berths could
be sold for the longer haul. In such case ought there not to
be some regulation that would enable persons along the line to
secure berths beyond a peradventure when for that certainty
they are willing to pay the price of the longer haul? In talk-
ing with the ticket agent at Harrisburg, I find him without
power to serve travel with assured space except through tele-
graph and his customers are then subject to the same scant cour-
tesy I have had.

You will probably remember me as the Supt. of the Indian
School here when you were Secretary of War.

DEM

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Carlisle, Pa., June 17, 1901.

Mr. John D. Miles,
Antlers, Ind. Ty.

Friend Miles:-

I have just had a talk with the Commissioner of Indian affairs about the position and he thinks that we should by all means have a man who is technically trained and qualified to instruct, and who has had some experience in industrial education. I spoke of you and he said that he thought we had better get some one who could stand by the ship for a long series of years, which neither you nor I can reasonably expect to do though I have no doubt but that we are now worth several of these other fellows from our varied experiences.

I have just been over to Princeton to see one of my Indian boys graduate. He went there the regular time, four years, and graduates in a class of 237 which only represents about two-thirds of the number who originally entered the class. This is getting on isn't it?

Our daughter Marion will leave Denver Monday with her husband and brood of seven children to visit us for a month, and when we put Mason's five and Marion's seven together, we have a battalion of twelve grand children. What do you think of that?

I wish you and Mrs. Miles would come and make us a good visit. I can assure you of a warm welcome and you shall have just as good a bed to sleep in as I have and eat the same

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Carlisle, Pa., June 17, 1961.

Mr. Louis Reinken,
Pima Agenoy,
Sacaton, Ariz.

My Dear Sir:-

I have your letter about Thomas Kenol and your desire that he come to you. Thomas of his own notion has concluded to stay at Carlisle this year and it is so arranged. Next year he will have the chance again of either going home or staying until he gets through. This is the right accorded to our students. He will therefore not return this year.

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Carliole, Pa., June 17, 1901,

Miss Floria Laird,

Cheyenne River Agency, S. D.

Dear Miss Laird:-

I have been talking with the Commissioner about you
and your sister, and there seems to be an objection to turning
kindergartners into regular teaching service. They have to
take a new examination. I think therefore, that it would be
better for us at present to only take your sister. Besides it
may be well for her to see whether she will like it.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 17, 1901.

Mrs. Kittie Coates,
Versailles, New York.

Dear Mrs. Coates :-

I have put Lulu's name on the home list and she will leave
here for Canandaigua early in July, as you request.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 17, 1901.

Mrs. Annie Pennington Ranney,
Freiheit Schloss,
Keene Valley, New York.

Dear Mrs. Ranney :-

Don't pay any attention to the letter from Annie. She ought
not write you thus. She is earning money and could send her people
something every month if she chose to do so. To help along her
scheme would be simply encouraging mendicancy.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 17, 1901.

Mrs. W. T. Warren,
White Earth, Minn.

Dear Mrs. Warren :-

I have your letter in regard to Sophia and the tone of it
does not make me feel pleasant. I have had a good many of the Warren
family at Carlisle and have done the best I could for them, not only
carrying them thru the school but endorsing them to the Government
for positions afterward, and in doing what I have planned for Sophia
I am simply following the regular course. She is a Junior and in
less than twenty months can graduate and go home for good. In attempt
ing to save the Government the expense of sending her home and bring-
ing her back I am performing a public duty, and I would be derelict
if I did not do this. Your daughter is being educated without expense
to you and that you should feel aggrieved and harsh under the circum-
stances, seems unwarranted. The only sacrifice you make is in being
separated from your child. I have passed thru that myself with all my
children and am able to understand it very well. In every case I was
not only separated from my children, but had to pay all their expences.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 17, 1901.

Mrs. George R. Sullivan,
76 Madison Ave.,
New York.

Dear Mrs. Sullivan :-

Mrs. Nuttall, of Boston, wants to give one of our very
bright and talented young Porto Ricans a summer experience in the art
school under Dr. Denman Ross at Cambridge. President Eliot and other
friends are interested in the matter and anxious to see what the young
man may develop. I am to send him forward on the 2nd of July. He can
get into a car at Harrisburg that will take him thru to Jersey City.
Would it be practicable for you to meet him there if I wire you the
time of his arrival, and see him safely placed in the car for Boston?
Prof. Love, Secy., will meet him there and take care of him afterward

Please advise me in time so that if not convenient for you, I
may arrange otherwise.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 19, 1901.

Mrs. Scudder,
53 University Place,
Princeton, N. J.

Mudam :-

In view of your bill I have thought it best to consult my
lawyer and on his recommendation have concluded to say to you that
I will pay the bill for three days, $27.00, and of course for the two
extra meals making in all $29.00, if you give me a receipt in full;
that I shall not pay the $45.00 which would include the two days we
were not with you, unless I am compelled to do so under such stress
as you care to bring to force me to do that.

Advise me whether this will be satisfactory.

Yours truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., June 18, 1901.

Mr. Lyman A. Powlas,
Oneida, Wis.

My dear Sir :-

Your little boy Benny brings me your letter in which you
tell him you expect him home this summer.

I am sending home only those who have been here five years or
who have been recommended for home by my doctor. Benny is not among
these. He is well and seems happy and contented. He has been one of
the office orderlies for some time and I see him every day. Those who
have the care of him in school and quarters speak very well of him,
and it would be a detriment to him to disturb his contentment.

Last June under Department order I received eighty odd students
from Lincoln, many of whom were several years under the age at which
we usually accept them, so that all the year we have been overcrowd-
ed with a class that required much care and could not take part in
our industrial features to any extent. As they have been here only a
year and are fairly started on a course that will be of great benefit
to them if continued, the five year rule should apply the same as
with students received directly from the agency. Your letter to Benny
indicates such a reasonable disposition that I feel sure you will
see that what I have decided for Benny is for his own good beside
saving the government the unnecessary expense of transportation to
and fro.

Yours very truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 19, 1901.

Mrs. A. G. R. Sullivan,
76 Madison Ave.,
New York City.

Dear Mrs. Sullivan :-

The two boys arrived safely this morning and I shall keep
both and do the best I can for them. Thank you very much for your
attention to the matter.

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P. S. - Since writing the foregoing, the boy you specially sent came
to me with a letter to someone in Brooklyn and explains that he is to
attend a college there; that it was all arranged and he came here on-
ly to see his cousin. At his request I have therefore allowed him
to return to Brooklyn today.

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Carliole, Pa., June 18, 1901.

Rev. J. J. Methvin,
Anadarko, Okla.

My dear Sir :-

I was away when your letter came asking for material, pictures, etc. for use in connection with your article, but find that a package was made up and mailed you. We have plates for all the illustrations in both books. If you wish any of these and will indicate your selection I can send them to you or to your Nashville office as you direct, and they can be returned here when you are through with them; also one of myself for which you ask. The photos are labeled on the back, and are some that have not been used often.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 19, 1901.

Mr. Alfred A. Smith,
San Juan, Porto Rico.

My dear Sir :-

Your letter of May 31st was delivered to me this morning
by Oscar Rosell on his arrival here. Am very glad to welcome the
young man here as a pupil, and your endorsement of him enables me to
put him on a better footing. Such introduction is very materially
to his advantage. We shall do him all the good we can.

Glad to hear from you after all the years, and to know that you
have served Uncle Sam as a soldier and are now serving in his no less
important postal service.

With kind regards,

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Carlisle, Pa., June 18, 1901.

Mr. George Pradt,
Laguna, N. Mex.

My dear Sir :-

Your son is unsettled about being here and says he will write a letter from you saying he can go elsewhere if he wants to. George is in good health and has made good progress, being how a Junior. In about twenty-one months he could graduate from Carlisle. What he desires is to take a commercial course in an institution in New Mexico. I shall of course do what you wish in the future, but first you would better give consideration to another side of it before you include. The Carlisle school stands on the Indian side and it is of the utmost importance that I place myself in the public not only those who can succeed when going out from the school, but that I graduate a respectable class each year. George can study on this point and graduate in 1903, so that the interests of the Carlisle school would be somewhat served by his remaining here to the end. The commercial course he aspires to will not make his fully efficient unless he has additional education. He needs all we can give him here and more. Our curriculum reads only about midway between the grammar and public school grades. What George gets here is without doubt. He has arrived at that period of life when like most young people he wants to get at something quickly and has not had the time to understand the true of persistently in a given direction. A short time ago he wanted to go down into Virginia because one of our boys

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If George，请,
who is pretty well advanced in years was allowed to go on an offer
which he thought exceptionally fine for himself and another young
man. On account of his years and for other reasons I agree to let
him go and he made his own arrangements. It how appears it can all
into the hands of a reasonable and will not get anything for his months
of labor.

My judgment is that George would better stay here and graduate,
and a word from you will accomplish it; but if you think best to let
him return to New Mexico and the opportunities there, I will yield
of course. Please wire me the receipt of this, Government rate at my
expense, your judgment.

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June 20, 1901.

Mr. Carl Fischer,
No. 6 Fourth Ave.,
New York City.

Sir:-

Please send the following cornet solos, full band accompaniment, viz:-

Whirlwind Polka by Levy,
Le Chevalier Fantasia,
Alexis by Hartman,
Arbucklenian Polka by Hartman.

Please send extra second clarionet parts, one extra 2nd third cornet part and parts for alto clarionet; if none are published, 1st. alto parts will do.

Also send solo b. flat cornet part to Inflamatis from
Rossini Stabatmater arranged by Hey relles.

Send bill to Col. R. H. Pratt, Supt. Indian Industrial school, Carlisle, Pa.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 20, 1901.

Mrs. James Costello,
Box 102,
Grand Rapids, Minn.

Dear Mrs. Costello :-

I have been away from home and your letter has awaited my return. I still think just as I wrote you about Robert. If he came here it would be my aim to get him into the public schools, and so far as possible make him earn his way. Where I can do that for hundreds, it seems to me you ought to be able to do it for one. I should think there would be someone in your neighborhood who would care to have a boy to do chores mornings and evenings for his keep and let him attend the public school. I am sorry to say that getting their children educated for nothing, and the children getting their education for nothing, operate badly. "Easy come, easy go" is an old truism. What comes to a boy for nothing he does not appreciate. What he works for he does appreciate. When I was a boy I passed thru this experience beginning at thirteen years, and while it seemed hard at first, I realized how it was exactly what I needed.

However, if you cannot place Robert under proper influences nor give him school opportunities, but can get the Indian agent under whose care he is or ought to be, to ask me to take him I will make the necessary arrangements and will accept of him as a student. In my former letters I asked how much Indian he was, how much schooling he had had, etc., and would need to know this before reaching a final conclusion.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 20, 1901.

N. B. Ainsworth,

McAlester, I. T.

My dear Sir :-

On your recommendation of Murphy F. Tarby in yours of June 17th I shall be very glad to provide him a ticket to Carlisle if he wishes to come, and will give him all the opportunities Carlisle affords to forward his education. I should know the railroad station and the time he is ready to start. I wrote him June 7th in answer to his application, and your letter satisfies me as to his worthiness and right to enter here.

Thanks for your high opinion of what we are doing. We are at least attempting to do just that which you think we are doing.

Mr. Tarby's report card is herewith returned.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 20, 1901.

Rogers Peet & Co.,
669 Broadway,
New York.

Gentlemen :-

Referring to my check sent you recently in payment for
clothing and the information I gave you that it was necessary to
change the Prince Albert coat materially, and your reply that you
would stand the expense of it, my tailor's bill for doing same was
$3.00. When you send this, please return receipted bills.

Yours truly,

Carlisle, Pa., June 20, 1901.

Earl Purdy,
Indian school,
Chilocco, Okla.

Dear Earl :-

I have your letter about the band. It is now complete and
in the finest possible shape. You would not know it was the same
band you played in, Mr. Ettinger is so skillful in bringing it out.
It will certainly make a good name for itself and for the Indians at
Buffalo next month. The boys have worked hard. We have perfected the
instruments and they are all in splendid accord. Am very proud of
it. Had it been in such fine condition last year I should have made
great sacrifices to send it to Paris.

Yours very truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 20, 1901.

Col. John V. Purey,
Asst. Quartermaster, U.S.A.
1428 Arch St.,
Phila., Pa.

Sir :-

Replying to yours of June 19th, you may please ship 8 con-
ical tents and 50 camp oots to me at Gettysburg Junction via Penna.
lines. Send me bill for same and I will remit.

I thank you for this material help.

Carlisle, Pa., June 20, 1901.

Frank Jones,
Santee,
Knox Co., Neb.

Dear Sir :-

Replying to yours of June 17th in regard to your son Henry,
he is not due to return home this year, having come Dec. 11th, 1899
for a term of five years. It is therefore impracticable to send him
to you, even though you are willing to pay his fare. If it were allowa-
ble under the rules, it would be poor economy, as it would cost about
sixty dollars going and returning and you could hire a hand for two
months for half that amount.

Henry has good opportunities here, and should be encouraged to
make the most of them.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 18, 1901.

Mrs. Zelia Nuttall,
Hotel Brunswick,
Boston, Mass.

Dear Mrs. Nuttall :-

I will get a round trip ticket for Carlos Gallardo, good till Sept. 15th, and he can leave here Tuesday, July 2nd. I will arrange for his transfer in New York so that he will be certain to reach Boston all right.

A letter from Prof. Love, Secy. of the Lawrence School, tells me that satisfactory arrangements have been made. I am sure you will be charmed with the little gentleman. He is, as his Porto Rico teacher, formerly with me here, has written and we have found him at Carlisle, exceptionally talented. Will let you know the cost of the round trip ticket as soon as I am notified. I have a special arrangement with the railroads for my Indian pupils which I am also allowed for the Porto Ricans.

In regard to the two girls for whom you speak of doing something; in the last party that came to us was a Miss Marie Castro, from Mayaguez, who had a letter from her teacher, Miss Jenny Ordway, speaking of her in the highest terms. Here she proves to be just what Miss Ordway assured us. If you wish to forward the interests of one of these girls I think you could not find a better subject. The next choice would be a Miss Belen Nin, from San Juan, who also comes well spoken of, but is not so advanced nor so capable as Miss Castro. I wrote Miss Ordway that on her favorable reports I would do what I could to get Miss Castro out into higher and better lines than Car-

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Lisle offers. Yesterday in passing through the different departments I found her in the sewing room doing some exceptionally fine drawn work which is intended for exhibition purposes at the Indian School Conference in Detroit next month.

Yours very truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 20, 1901.

Miss Fannie J. Dennis,
Paraje,
Laguna, N. Mex.

Dear Miss Dennis :-

Replying to yours of the 15th on behalf of George Kowice for the return of James Taaga, I have to advise you that James himself decided to remain at Carlisle, and as he has done well at school this year and exceptionally well industrially, and our rules give him that right, I permitted him to go to the country for the summer and booked him to remain another year at Carlisle.

I wrote practically this same thing to George some time ago.

Yours very truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 20, 1901.

Miss Martha Owl,
Indian School,
Hupa Valley, Cal.

Dear Martha :-

I have yours of the 10th with enclosure. I had your account balanced without this, but am glad to find you so precise in business matters.

In regard to the vacancy at your school, it is entirely right for you to make application for the position of assistant teacher if you feel qualified to undertake it. Your standing here was good and the additional equipment you received by passing thru and graduating from the Carlisle High School should fit you for this kind of work I think. You are on the spot and have had a chance to observe what is required, and I would not hesitate to speak to Mr. Freer about it. A teacher must of course keep up in all subjects and methods. You have been out of school only a year, and during that time have gained experience that will help you with your pupils, should you be given the position. I of course know nothing of Mr. Freer's plans; he may have made some arrangement by this time. It will be all right for you to show him my letter if you choose.

Mr. Spray came yesterday with eleven girls and one boy from Cherokee. He returns tonight. We were all glad to see him. He inquired about you, and is also interested in your success.

With kind regards from us all, and best wishes for your success,

Faithfully your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., June 21, 1901.

Miss Felicita C. Medina,
C/o Mrs. Ruth Shaffner-Etnier,
4512 Osage Ave.,
Phila., Pa.

My dear Felicita :-

Thank you for writing me so soon after your arrival in
Philadelphia. Glad to know you are so pleasantly located. I am hop-
ing a great deal for all four of you girls in this venture; that you
will take hold and learn our language quickly and progress in your
studies rapidly, equipping yourselves for usefulness in your beauti-
ful island home. We shall always be delighted to have you come and
visit us when it is perfectly proper for you to do so, and you must
look upon Carlisle as one of your homes while in the United States,
and upon me as your school-father to a certain extent.

Please remember me to the other girls with my best love.

TELEGRAM.

June 20.

Leroy Kennedy,

Du Quesne, Pa.

Two tickets to Carlisle will be delivered you today at Oliver Sta-
tion.

Pratt. Lt. Col.

W. U. 8:30 A.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 21, 1901.

Miss Dahney N. George,
610 High st.,
West Chester, pa.

My dear Dahney :-

You ask to be dismissed from the Carlisle school because
you wish to paddle your own canoe. I have no objections to it and
will very gladly give the order, but before doing so think you would
better look at it in another light. So far as I know, no restrictions
are placed upon you except that you must be reported every month. As
you say, you have made an arrangement to be at the seashore this sum-
mer. That interferes with nothing here and no objection is made to
it; indeed, it is just what we would do for all who come under our
rules, as you know. If you are carried on the rolls at Carlisle,
when you have finished at West Chester you are entitled to your trans-
portation home should you want to go there; or to our help towards
getting to some point in the Indian Service should you accept appoint-
ment in the service. If you are taken off our rolls you lose this
privilege. It is not much and you may prefer to lose it rather than
submit to our requirements longer. If so, say so, and your name will
be dropped.

Glad to know you are getting on so well and trust there will be
no diminution but great extension of your opportunities and success-
es.

Faithfully your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., June 21, 1901.

N. Mitchell,
1 Winthrop Square,
Cambridge, Mass.

Dear Sir :-

I have your letter asking admission as a student here, and
find on inquiry that you are not connected with any Indian Agency. In
order to come here you would have to be forwarded thru some Indian
Agent or other responsible official in the Indian Service. Being in
Boston, which is headquarters in educational matters, it would seem
far better for you to attend the public schools there rather than en-
ter any Indian school.

Carlisle, Pa., June 21, 1901.

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

My dear Mr. Chamberlain :-

Thank you for your full letter about Mitchell. The Boston
schools are a good deal better for him than Carlisle would be, and I
have so written him. He would have to come to us from some Indian
agent, which I judge from letter would be impossible.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 21, 1901.

To The Editor of The Press,

Phila., Pa.

Sir :-

On the fifth page of yesterday's paper you give an account of an Indian held for theft, who claims to have attended the Carlisle school. Sometime ago this same Indian had a bootblacking stand on a saloon corner on Twenty-first Street, and was reported by The North American as a graduate of Carlisle, a prominent member of the football team, etc. I went there some weeks ago, had my boots blacked by him and talked with him about being at Carlisle all the time he was working. He told me a miserable pack of lies, claiming Apache origin whereas in The North American article he claimed to be a son of Sitting Bull. After he had finished I asked him if he knew me and he said he did not. I did not know him, and yet he claimed he was at Carlisle ten years and graduated. In my interview I could get absolutely nothing out of him that seemed straight and honest. On my statement to The North American correction was made of its former statement, and I am informed that the penny-a-liner who wrote the story has since been dismissed because of his Indian lie. Doubtless there are some bad and even criminal Indians who have been students at the Carlisle school, but Parker is not one of them.

Yours truly,

I.T. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 23, 1901.

Dear Mr. Commissioner :-

I wish to write you unofficially in reference to a matter
which this year especially seems likely to offer considerable grounds
for discontent with the methods of other non-reservation schools. I
find quite a number of our football players and baseball players ex-
ceptionally discontented, wanting to go home and wanting to quit Car-
lisle. I am satisfied they have been worked upon elsewhere, princi-
pally by Haskell. Those who have gone home to stay and, who are old
enough to quit school are planning to go to Haskell. For instance,
Thaddeus Redwater went home in the winter and is now married, but a
private letter from him indicates that he is to go to Haskell next
year. Before coming here Thaddeus was in the regular army. I took
him on the special solicitation of Major Stouch then agent for the
Northern Cheyennes. I held on to him and tried to help him over come
his unfortunate habits. He was particularly addicted to drinking and
was immoral, but as he always showed contrition and was very frank
with me about it I felt as though I ought to hope on and give him
another chance, until last fall when, out with the football team
he twice became intoxicated and attracted quite a little notoriety in
Philadelphia while under the influence of drink. I then told him he
must go home, and sent him. He is expecting now to go to Haskell, un-
der what circumstances I do not exactly know.

I spoke to you once of a letter which fell into my hands written

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to Martin Wheelock signed by Mr. Peairs himself. Martin has been one
of our best players. He should have graduated last year but was not
equal to the requirements and we could not justly give him a diploma.
He agreed if I would let him go home until fall he would return here
and graduate. I have every reason to believe that Haskell is working
upon him and he is to go there.

William Baine, a former pupil of Haskell and a graduate of that
school, and I think for a while did attend the University of Kansas,
was employed at Carson City, Nev. and on the solicitation of his su-
perintendent I took him here and gave him a chance in Dickinson Col-
lege. I immediately found he was not a good example for our boys. He
became diseased and I sent him home. He wrote me and others very con-
trite letters and begged to have one more chance. I gave it to him.
He abused that chance, and I sent him away. I understand he is booked
for Haskell. These are all football players. There are other cases
but I need not now enumerate them. Those named have long passed their
maturity. It seems to me there should be a sharp letter sent to us
all about taking students who have been in attendance at other schools
without the full knowledge of the Department and consent of the Super-
intendent of the school they have been attending. I suggest also that
in the transfer of pupils it be required that the pupil state on a
blank what schools he has attended, the period, and reason for his
leaving, and where he has attended a non-reservation school he should
not be accepted until the matter has been submitted to the Department
and the superintendent of the school he is leaving.

My uniform instructions to agents for this school are not to
accept of any student that belongs to another non-reservation school

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unless the case is submitted to me and they have my instructions on
each case. If in any instance I have not carried out this policy and
protected the interests of other schools it was because I did not
know the facts at the time and was imposed upon. There is so much
disposition on the part of young Indians to impose upon other schools by
entering under different names. The class just graduated from Chiloc-
co contained a William French who, it was advertised in the Chilocco
paper had attended Carlisle seven years. No William French ever at-
tended Carlisle and I disputed it. On getting at the facts I find
he is the same person but was known here as William Kernosh.

I do not wish to get into a quarrel with my brother superinten-
dents, although I am ready to meet the issues if it comes to that;
but it seems best for me to bring the matter before you in this per-
sonal way and let the initiative if any, be taken in your office.

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Carlsile, Pa., June 22, 1901.

W. B. Scudder,
Princeton, N. J.
Sir ...

June 22, 1901.

General T. F. Rodenbaugh, Secy.,
Military Service Institution,
Governor's Island,
New York City.

Dear Sir :

Replying to yours of the 15th, I will give
you something for The Journal before a great while.

Just now I am extremely busy.

Yours faithfully,

Yours of the 21st received. I will pay the $29.00 but only
under protest because I have no sort of value received for it. You
may take such action as you see fit in regard to the balance of your
bill.

Yours truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., June 22, 1901, 22, 1901.

Mr. Isaac P. Garrett,
Lansdowne, Pa.

My Dear Sir:-

I thank you very cordially for your
to the 21st received. I will pay the $29.00 but only
kind invitation to be present and witness the
graduation of your High School class and our
Lydia Gardner, but it is simply not at all prac-
ticable for me to be away. I am quite left
alone in managing the affairs of the school on
account of absence of employees. I have a note
from Lydia about it and wrote her yesterday
thanking you and Mrs. Garrett for your very
cordial invitation.

Very truly yours,

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., June 23, 1901.

Gail H. Antone,

Palmyra, N. J.

My Dear Gail:-

I have your letter wanting to go home. You went out this spring under the general arrangements of the school that if you went out you signified your intention of remaining at Carlisle for another year. These arrangements having been made it is not practicable or best to disturb them. If I commenced that I would have to open a door for a great many others and that is impracticable. The great thing for you and the great thing for your mother is for you to get just as capable as possible. After that you can do a great deal more for your mother than you can as you are now.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 22, 1901.

Mr. Harry E. Heller,
632 Chestnut St.,
Phila., Pa.

My dear Sir:-

Referring to your file No. 4408 we are getting quite a good many tickets marked charitable and some marked U. S. A. It would not be entirely improper to do either in Miss Stuart's case. Certain it is if she does not get the rate, she will not go. We have a half rate to and from Chicago.

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Carliole, Pa., June 22, 1901.

Mrs. L. A. Winney,
Tiff City, No.

Dear Mrs. Winney;—

Because she is not very well we had concluded to let
Annie Lewis go home this summer and see if that would not pull
her up into better shape. She has not done as well here as we
had hoped she would but it is probably due to her health. Per-
haps a few months time or even a year will put her in good shape
and if so, I will very gladly arrange for her return to Carliole.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 33, 1901.

Mr. R. R. Todd,

Carlisle, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

Replying to you of yesterday in regard to a position
at this school, I have to respectfully advise you that Mr. Kensler
has not been promoted and there are no changes here that I could
consider you for. Such help as we want is of a very peculiar
kind requiring technical skill and which has to be established
by Civil Service examination before the Civil Service commission.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 23, 1901.

Mr. Joseph C. Hart,
Indian School,
Oneida, Wis.

Dear Sir:-

Replying to yours of June 20th we are just making up
the list of home goers. Those to return of the Oneidas are:-

Abram Hill,
Joel Cornelius
Wallace Denny,
Wilson Charles
Jane Schenandore
Lucy Schenandore
Minnie Schenandore
Louise Christjohn
Libbie Archiquette,
Lucinda Hill.

All the others have arranged to remain at Carlisle. With
these the matter of returning to Carlisle is for you to determine
pretty much. Of course if they go to any school, they should
return to Carlisle. Abram Hill seems unable to make progress
in school and he will probably not want to return but should
not go elsewhere. Joel Cornelius is old enough to quit and so
are some of the others.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 22, 1901.

Mr. Jesse H. Bourne,
21 Brockton Ave.,
Haverill, Mass.

Dear Sir:-

On the 15th inst. I sent you a ticket New York to Carlisle hoping that you would come down and look the field over. On the same day you wrote me that it would be impracticable for you to consider the Service, but as the ticket has not been returned, I have been hoping you might still be able to control the situation and that I should see you. If it is as you state in your last note, please return me the ticket.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 22, 1904.

Mr. Harry Hayes,
Adamiah, Idaho.

Dear Sir:-

A letter signed Ezekiel (his mark) with your name
attached as witness asks us to send James Dixon home because
Ezekiel, his son, is getting ill. We cannot do that for the reason
that James has not been here his full time for which he came.
Please inform Ezekiel.

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St.B. Innes,

Carlisle, Pa., June 23, 1901.

1137 Lombard St.,
Phila., Pa.

Your letter; best rate Carlisle to Huntsville $13.00. I will
cover, Philadelphia to Carlisle.

Pratt, Lt. Col.

9.30 A. M. Postal.

Carlisle, Pa., June 22, 1901.

Dr. James H. McCurdy,

International Young Mens Christian Association
Training School,
Springfield, Mass.

Dear Doctor:-

Your letter of the 20th to Professor Bakeless is be-
fore me. If $600 per year payable in monthly installments with
furnished room, light and heat will secure us the services of Mr.
Fred Young for the next year, I think I would be glad to have him
come to us and let his future with us depend upon his qualities,
but would first like to know more about him, his age, family
obligations etc. Please let me hear from you promptly about
this.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 22, 1901.

Mr. Edward Hoag,
Monangahela, U. S. N.,
Ft. Monroe, Va.

Dear Edward:-

I have your letter of June 20th telling me of your
experiences in the Navy and of your pleasant station at this time.
I am very glad to hear from you and to know that you are doing
so well. In regard to the visit to Bucks Co., I would a little
rather you came here instead. I do not want our boys down there
to get the notion that they can do as you did. They had better leave
the school honorably after they have graduated or served
their proper number of years. I have instructed that the "Helper"
be sent you and on that you will have to rely for the news.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 24, 1901.

Levi Levering,
Fort Hall School,
Blackfoot, Idaho.

Dear Levi :-

I am sorry there has been such long delay in writing you,
but I was away for some days, and Mr. Thompson has been away so that
I could not find out what has been done. He will return in a few
days and I can then write you more definitely. I had handed your let-
ter to him, and no one else can do anything about it in the meantime.

Sincerely yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., June 24, 1901.

Miss Clara L. Smith,
Wycombe, Pa.

Dear Miss Smith :-

I have your registered letter of the 20th and have read it with care. You seem to forget that you come at a time when we have cleaned out everything in the shape of your needs, and after we had denied simply hundreds of applications because we had not the boys, you asked us for a boy who was engaged to go elsewhere. Under these circumstances it was impracticable for us to give you a boy that would at all serve you. As you suspect, we had to recall Allen Sword and discipline him. Your suspicions of Miss Ely when you were here, which almost led me to entirely countermand what I had said I would do for you, it seems are not yet withdrawn notwithstanding the ample evidence of her unprejudiced dealing given you in my office. You now tell me you have other revelations to make, in regard to what I know not. I cannot spend my time in such trivial controversy. You say you did receive my first letter, but did not answer it on the grounds that you could not reach me by personal letter directed by yourself, which is not true. I am led to believe that any relations we may have in the future will be of this suspicious and unnecessarily both-eroseme sort, and therefore undesirable.

It is simply impossible for us to provide you with any kind of suitable help this year, and the fact that you do not appreciate the situation but persist in your demands only aggravates the situation.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 24, 1901.

My dear Mr. Commissioner :-

You may be interested in the enclosed extract sent me by
Mr. Betts who recently called upon me and visited you afterward.

It seems to me wise and proper to allow only the Puyallup Indi-ns to attend the Puyallup School. This extract would indicate that
neighboring communities feel called upon to manage these schools in
their own interests, taking little account of the general Indian man-
agement, and welfare of the Indians.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 25, 1901.

Dennison Wheelock,
W. DePere, Wis.

Dear Dennison :-

I have yours of the 21st advising that it would be possible
for you to come and play the cornet in the band for the Exposition,
or if we needed cornet players and you could not come you might find
one or two for us.

We have recently brought Moses Shongo here and he does pretty
well, but of course not so well as you would do, and I find a general
desire on the part of the band and the leader to have you with them.
If I could stand the expense and it were best for you I would very
gladly engage you, but the band is getting to be pretty expensive a-
gain and I am not willing to add any considerable expense that is not
absolutely necessary to make it as complete a success as possible.
What I want is simply to make it a supremely satisfactory band to all
music lovers, and it looks as though it was getting to be just that.

Fred Smith is not strong, but has become capable. Mr. Ettinger
says he is sure you would gain many valuable points which would help
you in any band work in the future, if you cared for that; and in
the condition Fred is in he would be glad to have you in addition to
him, and would drop Fred down a little lower. This much for the sit-
uation.

A few days ago I had a letter from Mr. Pierce at Flandreau, stat-
ing that he wanted a person competent to fill the position of band
leader and disciplinarian and wanted to know my opinion of you as a

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disciplinarian. I of course could say a good word for you and did
that you always kept your band under good discipline and I thought
you entirely capable in that direction; so that you will probably
hear from him soon and it may serve you better to go there this come
here. Should it appear to you that you could come this way in time
to get into the harness early in July and stay until about the end of
August, I will contrive it and do whatever I ought to do in reference
to pay.

With kind regards to Louise,

Sincerely your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., June 24, 1901.

David U. Betts,
Gates, Wash.

My dear Mr. Betts :-

I have your letter of the 17th with its enclosed clipping
from I suppose a Tacoma paper, and am obliged to you for it. I have
sent the clipping to the Commissioner because I think he ought to
know how these towns feel called upon to manage the Indian school
business.

Trusting that all goes well with you and with kind remembrances
to Mrs. Betts,

Very sincerely yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., June 24, 1901.

Rogers Peet & Co.,
569 Broadway,
New York.

Gentlemen :-

I acknowledge with thanks yours of the 22nd enclosing check
for $3.00 which I have turned over to my tailor.

Yours truly,

Carlisle, Pa., June 25, 1901.

D. K. Jonewolf,
C/o B. P. Beveridge,
224 Third St., N.W.
Washington, D. C.

Dear Belos :-

Enclosed find my check for $4.50 covering the portions of
tickets returned in yours of the 22nd.

Yours very truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Sept.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 24, 1901.

Mr. J. H. Bourne,
Haverhill, Mass.

Dear Sir :-

I have yours of the 22nd indicating that you have reconsidered the matter of your coming here and that you will come down to see me about the 5th of July. We have made up our minds not to be in a hurry in selecting the person to fill the place, for the reason that we hope to find one who will take hold of it heartily and be willing to stand by the work. The position of assistant superintendent has been abolished and this place established in its stead at the same salary. This in itself would indicate that the one holding the office of Chief of Industries would be very close to the superintendent. The Principal of the schoolrooms and the Chief of Industries will be practically on the same basis. The school is divided into two parts, half at work and half at school each day, reversing from morning to afternoon periods each month, so that the school and industries have equal chances with the pupils in the daytime. The school rooms have the added advantage of an evening study hour four nights in the week.

If it were possible for you to come earlier than the 5th, I would very much prefer that you do so, as there are other applicants to consider; but if you cannot do that I shall wait on account of the recommendations I have in regard to you.

I send you a photograph of the house which you would occupy. It is on the high ground and next to my own quarters; is provided with

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steam heat from the general plant and electric lights from the general
system; has four rooms down stairs and five upstairs. They are small
but comfortable with ample closet accommodations. We have a congenial
family of employees and the opportunity to do work in this line are
not equaled anywhere else in the Indian field. The town of Carlisle
has a population of about eleven thousand, and has better advantages
both commercially and educationally than the average town of its size.

It will be better however for you to come here and look things
over from this standpoint.

Yours truly,

In. Col. 18th Cavalry, Dept.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 25, 1901,

Mr. Henry Ortley,
Veblen, S. Dak.

Dear Sir :-

I have your letter in regard to Samuel, and have to inform
you that under the rule observed at this school which allows pupils
to decide for themselves whether they will go home at the expiration
of five years, Samuel indicated his desire to remain by applying for
a place in the country for the summer. A good place was found for him
and having entered upon this obligation of his own wish, he is booked
to remain at Carlisle another year.

Samuel has made good progress here and is at an age when there
should be no interruption in his education. I should have written
you earlier, but have been away from home and much occupied since my
return.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 25, 1901.

Mrs. Mary B. Reuben,
Akron, N. Y.

Dear Mrs. Reuben :-

I have yours of the 11th about Alice Doctor, and am glad
to tell you she is in good health. I have just had my doctor examining
her and that in his report. There is therefore no cause for uneas-
iness on your part, nor reason why we should send her home. During
the summer she will have plenty of time to play, and her half day at
work will be suited to her years and strength.

Yours very truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 25, 1901.

Dear Mrs. Reuben :-

I have yours of the 11th about Alice Doctor, and am glad
to tell you she is in good health. I have just had my doctor examine
her and that is his report. There is therefore no cause for uneasi-
ness on your part, nor reason why we should send her home. During
the summer she will have plenty of time to play, and her half day at
work will be suited to her years and strength.

Yours very truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 25, 1901.

Oral Armstrong,
Irving, New York.

Dear Sir :-

The Commissioner of Indian Affairs sends me your letter to him in regard to the return of your daughter Edith, and the reasons you give for asking her return, and directs me to answer you according to the merits of the case. I have to say therefore that Edith is getting all she earns, and though not allowed to spend it as fast as she makes it, it is hers and she only has the use of it. The restrictions placed on students in regard to money matters are for their good. It is very important that they learn habits of economy, and I expect to continue the regulations adopted for this purpose. If you wish to send Edith a hat or shoes I have no objections, but it is just as well that she wear what is provided by the school. She is in good health and without interference from home will do quite well.

As her five years will not be out till 1904, and there is no health reason it is impracticable to send her home, as you ask.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 25, 1901.

Mrs. Amelia Little,
Mefriman, Neb.

Dear Mrs. Little :-

I have your letter of June 19th about your daughter, Pearl Gleason. Pearl went to the country some weeks ago, but is again at the school. I had my doctor examine her lately and he reports that she is all right now. Early in the spring she had a severe cold, a very common ailment in any locality at that season. There is no reason to be uneasy as to her health. In regard to her going home, as she has not been here five years she is, of course, not entitled to return now, and I cannot send her. Sickness in the family cannot be sufficient considered cause to warrant pupils' return. This is a rule we were compelled to establish years ago on account of the numerous appeals alleging such reasons, and we observe it strictly; otherwise there would be serious and constant interference with pupils' progress.

I trust your health may improve, and think it advisable to spend
the money her transportation would cost in comforts for yourself
in your feeble health.

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Buffalo, Pa., June 25, 1901.

Lay Lynch,
34 N. 12th St.,
New York City.

My dear sir :—

What I proposed was a clean cut price of $1500 for the week prior to our going to Buffalo. I stated, and it became more apparent that I am right about it, that if we enter into any arrangement after Buffalo we should expect a higher price. We cannot undertake to play here and there for the same expenses. It will be only with the expectation of quickly relieving ourselves from the debt which has come upon us because of thisatura that we go into it at all. I don't see how we could play Sunday, the 28th, because the boys ought to be in Buffalo in time to begin Monday week, and it was our intention to get them there Saturday night. Of course if they play in Pittsburgh they can go from there Saturday night as well as from here. If there were a good train with sleeping car accommodations leaving after the Sunday concert, we might possibly arrange to let them spend the Sunday there, but would expect a proportionate increase in the receipts. The price stated was with the expectation that you would charge enough additional to get your pay out of it and give us the amount stated.

We shall have 44 or 45 in the band. There will be a lady soloist, Mrs. Ettinger, the wife of the leader, and there are quite a number of soloists in the band, most notably,clarinet, and Bruce the cellist and Indian euphonium player.

Yours truly,

Metropolitan

In. Oct. 16th November 1901 Comm.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 26, 1901.

Mitchell Ance,
Elk Rapids, Mich.

Dear Sir :-

Your daughter Clara leaves Carlisle Thursday morning the
27th, via Suspension Bridge and Port Huron and should reach Elk Rapid
Friday evening.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 26, 1901.

Mrs. Charlotte Davis,
White Earth, Minn.

Dear Mrs. Davis :-

Complying with your wish I am sending Theodora home, leaving here Thursday evening in company with other girls going to northern points.

She should reach Detroit early Sunday morning.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 26, 1901.

Felix C. Walker,
Croworeek, S. Dak.

Dear Sir :-

Your daughter, Pearl Walker, leaves Carlisle Thursday morn-
ing, the 27th, ticketed to Chamberlain. She travels in company with
other girls going to their homes, and should arrive in Chamberlain
with Susie Face at six Saturday evening.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 26, 1901.

Mrs. Julia James,
Saganing, Mich.

Dear Mrs. James :-

Your little boy, Abram Henry, is not strong and my doctor
thinks it better to send him home. Accordingly, he will leave here
Thursday morning ticketed to Saganing, and traveling with other pu-
pils going to points in Michigan. He should reach Saganing Friday af-
ternoon.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 26, 1901.

Mr. Sampson Renville,
Keller, S. Dak.

Dear Sir :-

George Quinn, your ward, who has been a pupil of this school for five years, has decided to go home, and as under our rules he is entitled to go, I have arranged that he leave here Thursday morning, the 27th, in company with other boys also going to their homes. He should reach Brown's Valley about six o'clock Saturday evening.

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Carlisle, Pa.,

June 26, 1901.

Miss Mable K. Bristow,
New Brighton, Pa.

Dear Madam:-

Replying to yours of the 24 requesting position as teacher
here, I have to respectfully advise you that teachers are sup-
plied by the U. S. Civil Commission, and it would be necessary
for you to be on their eligible list in order to get an assign-
ment, provided we had a vacancy. It seems now that there will
be a vacancy to fill between July 1st and the 1st of September.
If you wish to get into the Indian Service, unless you are al-
ready on the service list, you must apply to the Civil Service
Commission, Washington, D. C., and take the examinations.

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Carlisle, Pa.,

June 26, 1901.

The Lindner Shoe Co.,
Carlisle, Pa.

Gentlemen:-

Enclosed find my check for $6.00 covering your bill of
June 26th. I am greatly pleased with the shoes; the material
is fine and they are well made, comfortable and such good look-
ing shoes and I am very greatly under obligations for your
attention to my needs.

Yours very truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., June 27, 1901.

Johnson Owl,
Wilmington, Del.

Dear Johnson :-

I have your letter of the 20th, but know of no boys who can
go now. Those whom I could recommend and who want to take up that
kind of work need more schooling, and are making such progress that
it would not be to their interests to interrupt their course. Glad
you and Archie are getting on well.

Carlisle, Pa., June 27, 1901.

John A. Fritts,
Bald Knob,
White Co., Ark.

My dear Sir :-

I have your letter of the 24th in regard to Bertha. Under
the circumstances I think best to keep her here There would be no one
to care for her if she went to you, and she would not have the com-
forts we are prepared to give her here. We have a nurse and doctor,
and everything convenient, and will give her the best of care.

The government makes no provision for money to be loaned, and I
have no personal funds that I could advance you.

Yours very truly,

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Carlisle, Pa., June 27, 1901.

Theodore Coleman,

Julian, Cal.

Dear Sir :-

I am in receipt of letter from Supt. Hall, forwarding your letter to him in regard to your daughter Ida, a pupil of this school. I have had my doctor examine Ida and he reports to me this morning that she is in good health and adds "She says herself she is well and happy." Ida is somewhat restless no doubt. She signed to go to the country, but as she was a failure when tried and those who employ girls ask for reliable ones, she has not been sent out. So far as I can find out this is the only reason for indisposition she has. She will of course have opportunities again in due time, and I trust may do better than before.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 27, 1901.

J. L. Love, Secy.,
Lawrence Scientific School,
Cambridge, Mass.

Dear Sir :-

I have yours of the 25th in reference to Carlos Gallardo, and have arranged that he leave here in time Tuesday morning, July 2nd to meet the Colonial Express in Philadelphia, reaching Boston at 8:20 P.M. the hour you prefer. He will be instructed to leave the train at "Back Bay Station", as you wish, and I will give him a letter for use en route. I do not anticipate any trouble in passage, however, as we send many students to distant points safely.

Carlos is about 5 ft. 1 in. in height, has dark eyes and hair, and delicate features, and is slight in figure. His manner is rather timid, but he is intelligent and has a reasonable command of English.

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Carlisle, Pa.,

June 27, 1901.

Dear Mrs. Warren:-

Sophia herself decided to remain at Carlisle and this is her right under the rules of the school, sanctioned by the Commissioner of Indian affairs. I have recently talked to the Commissioner about it, speaking of your special case and he says that if the girl desires to remain at Carlisle to finish her course to let her do so as she will go home immediately after commencement next March. There certainly is no hardship to you; the rule seems entirely the proper one. Sophia is to remain here for awhile to finish some duties and afterwards go to the country for the balance of the vacation.

N. F.

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Messrs. Witmark & Sons,
34 W. 29th St.,
New York City.

Gentlemen:-

We are sending to you by today's express a copy of
the Prime Donnais Album, also a copy of the Bel Raggio Aria from
Semermadie and the following songs; "I am thine forever," and
"Take me Jamie Dear". We want band parts to accompany
the voice to Aria from La Traviata, page 280 to 292 as marked
in the album, voice to be in original key as that in album. The key
of the Bel Raggio Aria and song "I am thine forever" to be
changed so the voice will stand in A flat. The "Jamie Dear" song
should be changed so the voice stands in E flat. I make these
changes on account of the uncertain playing of band instrumen-
talists in keys with so many sharps.

We would ask you to please quote us lowest cash price for
parts to all the above that I may submit them to Col. Pratt for
his approval. The following instrumentation is what we should
like: 2 flutes, E flat clarionet, 1,2,3 & 4 B flat clarionets;
1 & 2 oboes, 1,&2 bassoons, bass clarionet, alto clarionet, 1,
2, & 3 B flat cornet, 1, 3, 3, & 4 horns; 1, 2, & 3 trombones,

Messrs. Witmark & Sons. -2-

We desire to use the arrangements during our engagement
at the Pan American Exposition covering the month of August,
and would request you to kindly reply at once stating in connec-
tion with price how long it will take to furnish us parts asked
for.

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., June 27, 1901.

Elizabeth LaPrairie,
34 West St.,
Media, Pa.

Dear Elizabeth :-

I have your urgent letter, but do not see how I can relieve
you from your obligations. Before you went to the country you under-
stood that you could not do that and go home too. It would not be
right for me to let you break your agreement. I am very sorry for the
sickness in your family at home, but if I sent you home on that ac-
count after you had decided to remain here, I would be called upon to
do the same for the other pupils. You know it is a rule which we
strictly observe that pupils cannot leave school for any other rea-
sons than graduation, expiration of term, ill health, or dismissal.
You are booked for another year on your own decision, and I trust you
will make the most of your opportunities till the time comes around
again for you to say what you will do.

With best wishes,

Faithfully your friend and school-father,

(P)

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Carlisle, Pa., June 27, 1901.

Mrs. G. R. Sullivan,
76 Madison Ave.,
New York.

Dear Mrs. Sullivan :-

Referring to my request that you meet our little Porto Ri-
can boy, Carlos Gallardo, and see him properly forwarded to Boston,
Mr. Love, who is to meet him at Back Bay Station has just written me
to send him on the Colonial Express leaving Phila. at 10:50 A.M. on
the 2nd. This is a through train, and I will therefore not need to
have him met. I thank you, however, for your ready response to my
calls.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 27, 1901.

Jose Seonia,
Laguna, N. Mex.

My dear sir :-

I have yours of a month ago, and would have written you
earlier but for absence and pressure of business when I returned.

Howice is in the country and is doing so well and has such a
good home that it is best to leave her right where she is. I am sure
you want her to become a good and useful woman and she is under the
influences that will forward her toward that. Harry is at the school
and is not entitled to go home, having been here only four years. He
also is doing well, has made fine progress, and is in excellent health
For some time he has been my morning orderly, so that he is with me a
good deal. A visit home would make havoc for both him and Howice,
besides making unnecessary expense either to you or the government,
and I could not grant it for the reasons stated.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 27, 1901.

Mrs. Lucy Isaac,

Onondaga Castle, New York.

Dear Mrs. Isaac :-

Your letter of June 12th to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is referred to me with instructions to reply to you direct.

Your son Albert White entered this school in the fall of 1900, being among those for whom transfer to Carlisle was arranged by the Department. He was in the country at the time, or for some other reason was not forwarded with the main party, and I was appealed to later in his behalf, and accepted him. Albert has gone to the country for the summer, and is with Chas. T. Woolverton at Rosemont, N. J. His experience will be very valuable to him, and I cannot disturb him in it. He is getting on nicely, likes his place, and the people like him.

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Michael Balenti,
Calumet, O. T.

Dear Sir :-

Your son George leaves here Monday evening in company with
other boys, ticketed to Darlington, and should arrive there about
noon Wednesday. George leaves the school in good health and has made
very good progress while here.

(P)

Carlinle, Pa., June 28, 1901.

Buffalo Meat,
Darlington, Okla. or Omega, Okla.

Dear friend :-

Raymond leaves here Monday night with other boys for Dar-
lington, and should arrive there about noon Wednesday. Dawes White
Bird and Louis Whiteshield, in whom you are interested I believe, are
also among those returning.

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Mrs. Katie Webster,
Onondaga Castle, N. Y.

Carlisle, Pa., June 27, 1901.

Dear Mrs. Webster :-

I have yours of June 16th in regard to your daughter Lydia.
Lydia came to us a year ago by transfer from Lincoln Institute, with
others we were ordered to take. We do not accept students for a short
er period than five years, and it seems proper that the Lincoln party
come under the same rule as others. Lydia is well and does nicely.
She seems happy and contented, and it is to her interest to remain
where she has good opportunities.

Yours very truly,

TELEGRAM.

June 28.

Burford Innis,
1137 Lombard St.,
Phila., Pa.

Your message received from which I understand you are getting your
own tickets. Am I correct ? Wire answer. Shall be glad to see you.

Pratt. Lt. Col.

Postal. 9:20 A.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 27, 1901.

Mrs. Esther Skenandore,
Oneida, Wis.

Dear Mrs. Skenandore :-

I have a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs en-
closing your letter asking that your son be returned to you on ac-
count of his father's sickness, etc., and am instructed to reply to
you direct.

Due came here from Lincoln Institute a year ago without any so-
licitation from this school, but by order of the Department. He is
one of the smaller ones, and would be a burden on you rather than a
help at this time. As he is in school and all his wants and education
are provided for, it seems only proper that he should be left where
his interests are forwarded and where you are at no expense for his
support.

(P)

Carlisle, Pa., June 28, 1901.

George Bent,
Darlington, Okla.

Dear Sir . :-

Charles Bent, a pupil of this school, leaves here Monday
evening, the 1st, in company with other boys, ticketed to Darlington,
and should arrive there about noon Tuesday.

(P)

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Carlisle, Pa., June 28, 1901.

Albert Nash,
Thurston, Neb.

Dear Son :-

Joseph leaves here Monday evening, the 1st, in company with
other boys, and should reach Thurston Wednesday afternoon. He has
made good progress while here, and should take up his school work
again in the fall.

(P)

TELEGRAM.

June 28.

Jesse Lyon,
Syracuse, N. Y.

Your message. Have told Elmer. He is only ten years old and to send
him home is not practicable nor really best.

Pratt. Lt. Col. & Supt.

W. U. 9:35 A.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 28, 1901.

John Mackey,
Niobrara, Neb.

Dear Sir :-

Your daughter Mary leaves here in company with other girls
Tuesday evening the 2nd, and should reach Springfield the evening of
the 4th.

(P)

TELEGRAM.

June 28.

Dr. Welsh,
State Normal School,
Bloomington, Pa.

Did you get Mrs. Cook's letter ? Please wire what has been done with
Simon Palmer's trunk. He wishes to leave for home tonight.

Pratt. Lt. Col.

10:15 A.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 28, 1901.

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

Dear Mrs. Etnier:-

Referring the matter of the vaccination of your Porto
Rican girls to Doctor, he says that they had not yet been vac-
cinated and advises you to have it done before the opening of the
schools. I return you the certificates. Sorry to hear that
Zoraido's finger should prove such a serious matter. It was
not understood here in the hospital to be at all serious.

I wanted to go down and see Lydia graduate too but was
not able. The home goers are on the way and before the fourth
we shall have most of them off.

Dr. Seabrook's letter is also returned.

Bic. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., June 28, 1901.

Mr. Ossian H. Line,
61 E. 9th St.,
New York City.

Dear Sir:-

I shall not be able to go to the National Educational
Convention at Detroit. I was not to speak before that convention
but was to speak before the Indian Section, mostly in the way of
discussing questions. I had not intended to make any set
speech as it seems impossible for me to find the time to prepare
one. Thank you for the desire to have anything I might say.

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa.,

June 29, 1901.

H. A. Jones,
#23 Deuan St.,
New York.

Dear Sir:-

I have yours of the 14th instant, and send you today a
picture of the Porto Ricans attending this school. I send you
also by this mail some printed matter in regard to the school
which will give you something of our methods and work. My prin-
cipal teacher has given me the enclosed classification of these
students and something of their aims and prospects. I am sorry
the answer to your letter was so long delayed; I trust the
material reaches you in time for your purpose; the cost of the
photograph is 40 2/3.

/F. D.)

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Carlisle, Pa.,

June 29, 1901.

W. H. Toleman,
105 East 22nd St.,
New York.

Dear Sir:-

Enclosed find my check for $2 in payment of my renewal
subscription to "Social Service" for one year. Please return
receipted bill.

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Carlisle, Pa.,

June 29, 1901.

J. R. Mitchell,
Selden, Tex.

Dear Sir:-

I send you by this mail some printed matter in regard to
this school including late annual reports, statistics, copies of
several of my addresses on Indian education, etc.

(F. O.)

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Carlisle, Pa.,

June 29, 1991.

Christine Majoda,

Valley Center, Cal.

My dear Christine:-

I enclose check for your trunk which ought to be in Temecula
by the time this reaches you. You know the trunk was not check-
ed in Washington and this caused the delay which I very much re-
gret. I trust you are gaining your health and hope to hear
from you occasionally.

Faithfully your friend,

(F. )

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 29, 1901.

Mrs. Eliza Billy,
Akron, N. Y.

Dear Mrs. Billy :-

I have arranged to send your son Nicodemus home, leaving
here Monday evening, and arriving at Akron shortly after noon Tues-
day, the 2nd.

(P)

Carlisle, Pa., June 29, 1901.

John Nori,
Laguna, N. Mex.

Dear Sir :-

Bessie Gotholda has decided to go home this year, and I
have accordingly arranged that she leave here Tuesday evening, the
1st. She should reach Laguna very early Saturday morning. I write you
because I understand she will go to your home on arrival there.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 29, 1901.

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

My dear Sir :-

I have yours of the 19th, making inquiry in regard to Mary
George and others. Mary has been in the country a year and a half, and
has not expressed any wish to go home. She attends a very good school
in Hatboro, and gets along well. The family she has been living with
are refined and it is a very pleasant home for her. On account of
these advantages it is in every way best for her to continue till
fall, when she will come in to the school for the winter.

Lawrence Jimeson 's address is Wycombe, Pa., C/o John C. Mat-
thews. He probably wrote his father before he was sure where he would
go. He is getting on nicely, and his father should have had a letter
from him before this. Fillmore Jackson's son Raleigh, entered here
May 16, 1899 for five years, and is therefore not on the list to go
home this year.

Our band is in excellent shape. Shongo does very well, but will
do better when he has become accustomed to the class of music we use
and the methods of the band leader. We hope he will make a name for
himself.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 29, 1901.

Christine Mojade,
Valley Centre, Cal.

Dear Christine :-

I have checks for your trunk and Andreas Moro's, but do not know which belongs to you. I have therefore sent both to Mrs. Babbitt and asked her to find out which is Andreas' and then send the other one to you at Valley Centre. I am very sorry you have had any trouble with your baggage. The trunks, as you know, were not rechecked in Washington, and this caused the delay. They should be in Tempeola by the time you receive this.

Faithfully your friend,

TELEGRAM

June 29, 1901.

Potter, Supt.,
Chemawa,
Via Salem, Oregon.

Adair, matron here, asks ten days extension or returns immediately
Answer quick.

Pratt, Supt.

Postal 11.28 A. M.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 29, 1901.

Andreas Moro,
Warner, Cal.

Dear Andreas :-

I sent your letter to the railroad people, and they have
finally got the matter straightened out. I now have the checks, but
do not know which is yours and which Christine's, and so send both
to Mrs. Babbitt, asking her to find out which is yours and then send
the other to Christine. The trunks ought to be at Temecula by the
time you get this. Am sorry for the trouble this delay has caused;
but glad you wrote me fully so that I can guard against mishaps of
this kind in the future.

Carlisle, Pa., June 29, 1901.

Mrs. J. H. Babbitt,
Warner, Cal.

Dear Mrs. Babbitt :-

I send you two checks for trunks belonging to Christine
Mojade and Andreas Moro, who left here May 29th, both ticketed to Te-
mecula. Through some mistake in Washington the trunks were not re-
checked, and Andreas wrote me that they had not reached Temecula.
As I cannot tell which check belongs to Andreas and which to Chris-
tine, I will be greatly obliged if you will see that each gets the
right one. Christine's address is Valley Centre, Cal.

(P)

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Carlisle, Pa., June 29, 1901.

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

Dear Brother Trippe :-

Pan-American professional ball, hot weather, or general cantankerousness, one or all, seem to have taken hold of a number of our New York boys and led them to run away. One of the latest is Al-len Blackchief. My recollection is that Allen's father is one of your elders in our church, and I cannot believe he would countenance Al-len's course. Allen has not asked to go home, we have heard of no dis-content on his part, and his general conduct at the school heretofore has been entirely in opposition to this latest move. I hear that In-dians are being employed at the Pan-American at good wages, some of them Carlisle students. We know that professional football and base-ball men have been industriously approaching our boys with tempting offers.

I write you for counsel, and wish you would talk with the agent and perhaps some of the leading Indians, and let me know if it is not possible to make an arrangement whereby any runaways from this school may be returned here by some official among the Indians, if I would pay the expense; and if such an arrangement could be made, do you think it would help to break up the practice ? We think here it would If the boys found out that as soon as they got home they would be ar-rested and brought back instead of being harbored and encouraged, they would quit running.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 29, 1901.

Mrs. Mary Big Bear,
Onondaga Castle, New York.

Dear friend :-

Your grandson is not in good health and my doctor thinks
best that he be sent home. Accordingly, he leaves here Tuesday morn-
ing with Dora Moses, both ticketed to Syracuse. They should reach
there Tuesday evening, the 3rd.

Harrison was for some weeks in Philadelphia where we sent him
for eye treatment. He was helped very much, but his other ailments
are of a nature not to be cured.

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Carlisle, Pa., June 29, 1901.

Mrs. Chas. Tallchief,
Irving, New York.

Dear Mrs. Tallchief :-

On account of your uneasiness in regard to Mary, I have de-
cided to return her to you. Her eyes are not cured, but are in bet-
ter condition than they were for a while. She leaves Carlisle Monday
night and should reach Irving the next morning.

(F)

Carlisle, Pa., June 29, 1901.

Mrs. Elizabeth S. George,
Onondaga Castle, New York.

Dear Mrs. George :-

As I wrote you on May 14th, I shall send Dora Moses home
because of expiration of time. She leaves here Tuesday morning via
the Phila. & Reading, and should reach Syracuse the same evening.

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Carlisle, Pa., July 1, 1901.

Mr. Oakley Pierce,
Iroquois,
Erie Co., New York.

Dear Sir :-

On the recommendation of my doctor I am sending your little
boy home. He will leave here tomorrow, Tuesday evening, with Gertie
Gordon, who goes as far as Gowanda, and should reach Lawton's Wednes-
day morning.

(T)

TELEGRAM.

July 1.

Rosa Isaac,
Syracuse, New York.

Your message today. I wrote conditions June 27th to Lucy Isaac.
There will be no change from that.

Pratt, Lt. Col.

W. U.

10:50 A.M.

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July 1, 1901.

Mr. Githen,
C/o Wm. H. Horstmann Co.,
Phila, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

We have decided to use on the coats the blue straps with monograms and narrow black braid same as we talked about; the trousers to have two red stripes same as regular musician military regulation and the coats to be open fly front pattern with hooks and eyes in addition to the buttons. The caps you understand are to be lettered "Carlisle", and to be same as sample cap, only using the Old English letter. We deem it advisable to keep the uniform made by Henderson, so you will not need to make a uniform for Thomas Medicine Horse as we can make it fit him. Another one that I would ask you not to make a uniform for is William Washington as I have dropped him from the list and will send you the sizes for the other fellow. James R. Wheelock, John Warren, and John Feather will be here within the next three or four days and I will send you their sizes.

I am returning by today's express the sample cap to be embroidered with the other style of lettering. I trust you will push the uniforms through as fast as possible, and beg to remain,
Yours very truly,

Dio. by order Col. Pratt, Band Master.

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159

Carlisle, Pa., July 2, 1901.

Mr. Walter Comah,

Uniontown, Pa.

Dear Walter:-

I have your letter of June 30th and must tell you that
our rules do not permit of our sending children home because
their fathers or mothers are getting old or they are sick or
other relatives are sick; nor is it a sufficient reason that
lands are about to be allotted to any pupil. It is the duty of
the Agent and his people to look out for absent ones and your
interest will be looked out for all right. I can guarantee that
because I know your agent to be a grand and good man. You should
write to him what you would particularly want looked after, and
if he can arrange it for you I am sure he would be glad to do it.

Faithfully your friend,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

Dic. (M)

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160

Carlisle, Pa., July 2, 1901.

Miss Lizzie Esau,
Haskell Institute,
Lawrence, Kas.

Dear Miss Esau:--

I have your letter asking to come to Carlisle because you think you would like Carlisle better, and you say you like Haskell alright. There seems therefore no good reason for even thinking of your transfer, and it would be impracticable to try to secure one for the reason that there is no cause for it, except that you think you would like Carlisle better. One of the great troubles of the Indians is their disposition to change. They do not hang on and try to work through a situation or difficulty as they ought. If you do not like Haskell as well as you think you would like Carlisle, it shows that you are of a changeable disposition and that you are unreasonable in your desires. I cannot think of accepting you as a pupil under any circumstances except your Superintendent recommended it.

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., July 2, 1901.

Capt. Geo. McK. Williamson,
Quartermaster, U.S.A.,
Schuylkill Arsenal, Phila., Pa.

Sir :-

My storekeeper, who was formerly a commissary sergeant in
the army, tells me that your department can supply camp seats and
camp tables. If this is the case, will you please send me for my per-
sonal use one camp table and six camp seats, with bill for same and I
will remit.

(P)

July 2, 1901.

Dear Mr. Jones :-

If not in any way inconsistent, please let
me have a copy of Dennison Wheelock's letter to you,
mentioned last evening.

Sincerely yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., July 2, 1901.

Mr. Glen S. Warner,

Springville, N. Y.

My Dear Mr. Warner:-

I have yours of the 1st. inst. and have read it with care.
I believe that in some way we shall be able to make up a good
team without resorting to the duplicity so common in the football
field and I want this year to be the abandonment of the system at
this school. I do not favor the return of Parker. Will give
consideration to Kelly Lay and Charles Williams if their cases
come up. We carry the seeds of failure all the time by resort-
ing to questionable methods of inducing football players to come
here especially for football. Within the limits of right, I
will give no end of leeway.

I shall probably see you in Buffalo within a fort-
night. Will let you know when I come there.

Dreadfully hot here today; 104 in the shade on my
front porch.

Hall of Carnegie has been here twice to urge a game with
his team and he has been especially insistant, claiming a promise
to one of their managers. He acknowledged hiring our boys but
said it was a business and that we suffered no more than all other
institutions etc. etc. I told him that I would not allow a game
even though he got you to agree to it, which he proposed to do by
hunting you up. He had a long alleged telegram for me to read

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Carlisle, Pa., July 2, 1901.

Louise O. Rogers,

Bloomsburg, Pa.

My Dear School Daughter:-

I have your letter asking to go home this year. You will be entitled to go home next year both by graduation and expiration of the period for which you came. As neither of these conditions exist now, it would not be possible for me to send you home this year. I can send you home then but cannot bring you back because you will then have graduated and passed beyond Carlisle's curriculum.

In regard to bringing in children, there are so many rules to be observed that it is not a matter safely to be entrusted to young people. Even the levellest heads I can find make inexcusable blunders and we get a great deal of material we ought not to have. You probably understand this quite as well as I do.

I am sure that a visit home Louise, would not be helpful; I know it would not be economical, and taken alltogether as a matter for your best good, I feel glad that I must hold you to the present conditions which I am sure you will later find very helpful and most valuable.

Faithfully your friend,

Dic. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., July 3, 1901.

Mrs. N. S. Simmons,

No. 22 Lafayette St.,
Schenectady, N. Y.

Dear Mrs. Simmons:-

I have your letter about Helen Frates. Helen says while she wrote you for a hat and pair of shoes she did not say that she had none and that she did not say anything about other clothing. She has been quite ill in the hospital but is improving now. One of the most unfortunate experiences we have with Indians is that the disposition to help them is so often abused. Our Presbyterian church here in Carlisle took up one of my brightest boys in the history of the school and insisted on sending him through Lincoln University near Phila., and giving him a theological education with a view of his becoming a help among his people. He was used by the church to travel around and speak at meetings and he got into the habit of asking from those with whom he had come in contact and had treated him kindly for help until he demoralized himself thoroughly. I found out on one occasion that he actually asked eight different people for an old overcoat and got the overcoat in each case and then sold the overcoats to his school companions. I also found out that he wrote to a number of persons that he needed $10.00 to get some very important books and several of them sent him the amount he asked. This Girl has deceived you a little. She

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has all the clothing necessary to make her entirely comfortable
and she is not now and never has been required to do any work
she is unable to do. If the Indians had to earn all that they
get, it would be far better for them in every way.

Dio. (M)

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nning order, so that the boys may have their meals in the tents which
I send with them for that purpose. Be sure to see that the accommo-
dations are all right, as the boys arrive at night.

I have arranged that Mr. Smith, manager of the Western Beef Co.,
the Buffalo branch of the Swift Co. with whom we have a contract here to
furnish you Fresh beef daily. Please find Mr. Smith and tell him
just where the meat is to be delivered, and when to begin. Sixty lbs.
a day will be needed, and it is to be a fair proportion from the dif-
ferent quarters of the beef.

I had expected to go up with the boys and help establish them,
but that is impracticable. It is my intention, however, to be in Buf-
falo some time next week to see that everything is satisfactorily set
tied. On receipt of this letter please wire me that you have it and
will attend to it. I leave here tomorrow evening.

Mr. Van der Mey will call on you Friday morning, and you will
give him all the information you can. No contract for bread has been
made. Find out where the best arrangement can be made, and Mr. Et-
tinger will consult with you and perfect an agreement. Fifty pounds
a day will be needed.

Dictated (P)

I enclose Mr. Davis's letter.

305

Carlisle, Pa., July 25, 1901.

Rev. F. W. Merrill,
Mission House,
Oneida, Wis.

My Dear Brother Merrill:—

It looks now as though it would be possible for me to get away from Carlisle from time to time and to visit various points where we have Carlisle interests among the Indians. Oneida is among the very first. The Commissioner has concluded that I had better have not only an Assistant Superintendent but also a Chief of Industries which will relieve me of a great deal of pressure, and as soon as these two positions can be filled satisfactorily and things gotten to work, I propose to strike out and go a fishing, not only for the finny tribe but for Indians. You can expect to see me there but I can hardly anticipate this until some time in the fall. In the meantime Mr. Hart is engaged in making up a party for Carlisle and I would be glad if you would confer with him and give him the benefit of your suggestions and influence in making up a party of real good pupils. I anticipate that they will hardly come in before about the time school opens in September but Mr. Hart will direct that.

With kindest regards,

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., July 25, 1901.

Dr. Carlos Montezuma,
100 State St.,
Chicago, Ill.

My Dear Doctor:-

I have yours about the trip to Arizona. I could send
you down as agent to see what you can do in the way of making up
a party of students. I could not send your companion but would
arrange that he have the benefit of any rates I may be able to
get. I am just off for Maine but will be back towards the end of
next week.

Die. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., July 25, 1901.

Rev. W. O. Kingsbury,
Hogansburg, N. Y.

Dear Brother Kingsbury:--

I am going to Eliot, Maine, Saturday to be there over
Sunday and Monday and propose to run across to Hogansburg early
next week and see you and them on down to Buffalo where the band
is located and home. I think you can count on me being with you
Wednesday of next week, and if you choose to get your party to-
gether then I will look them over gladly. Unless you have other
word from me you can look for me at that time.

Enclosed I send you twenty more consent blanks and a cou-
ple additional descriptive rolls.

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., July 25, 1901.

Rev. M. F. Trippe

Salamanca, N. Y.

My Dear Mr. Trippe;--

We all think a great deal of Allen Blackchief and no-body anticipated that he would do what he did. I should be en-tirely satisfied to have him return if he will do so at his own cost and make an apology for his running away and say nothing further about it. I shall let him have all the benefits the school can give and shall be only too glad to graduate him as I hope with honor to himself and to his father. Referring to his abuses in the football and athletic teams, if he had come to me and stated the case I should certainly not have required him to do what he did not want to do. We supposed that he of all the boys in the team was gladdest to be on it. His whole conduct indicated that.

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Carlisle, Pa., July 25, 1901.

Mr. D. E. Lorenz,

152 W. 66th St.,
New York, N. Y.

My Dear Sir:-

I wish I could but I can't go with you on the Celtic next February. It strikes me at a time when we are busy getting ready for our commencement which occurs about the middle of March. If you started sometime this fall or during the winter, I would certainly be with you with one or two of my family. It really is a trip I want to take but I must be here for commencement next year.

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Carlisle, Pa., July 25, 1903.

Mrs. Mary Bailey Wolf,
Cherokee, N. C.

My Dear Mary:-

I have your letter which quite fills my heart with great
sympathy and long desire to help you. I am very very sorry to
say that it is not practicable. I could not recommend you to any-
body without stating all the circumstances. My advice is for you
to write to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and tell him that
you are one of my girls, passed from the beginning through, that
you graduated from the high school in Philadelphia, that you taught
here and that I loved you as a teacher; that you were unfortunate
in your conduct, that you married the young man, assistant carpenter,
who was here and that you went away from me; that you have work
in you and that you know Col. Pratt would speak well of your ability
to teach. Ask him if he cannot send you and your husband as tea-
cher and carpenter to some school where you could live down the
prejudice that comes from having made an unfortunate error. Mark
it confidential. Tell the Commissioner to talk to me about you if
he wants to and I think by that means something may come to you.
If he speaks to me about you, I will back you up.

With kind regards to George,

Faithfully your friend

Dio. (M)

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

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Carlisle, Pa., July 25, 1901.

Mr. Alexander Antoine,
Kenwood,
Madison Co., N. Y.

Dear Sir:-

You write to me but do not tell me who you are or where
you are from. Children living here have to be identified by some
Indian Agent. If you belong to an agency, get your agent to
write to me and I will talk to him about it.

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TELEGRAMS

Carlisle, Pa., July 25, 1901.

Mr. Glen S. Warner,

Springville, N. Y.

Alexander & Walletsie are with Ringling Brothers circus. Will be in Omaha within a few days. Would like to send you after them.

Wire answer.

Pratt, Lt. Col.

12.10 P. M. W. U.

C. G. Conn,

Elkhart, Indiana.

Your letter 22nd. Cornet must be here Friday evening; band leaves Saturday morning.

Pratt, Lt. Col.

Postal 12.05 P. K. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., July 25, 1901.

Lt. Joel B. Ettinger,
Band Leader.

Sir :-

With the exception of those whose pay has already been ar-
ranged for, I expect to pay all the band boys $10.00 a month during
July and August, under special authority which I expect the Commis-
sioner of Indian Affairs will grant. Of course, this payment will be
considered in the light of earnings, and I shall expect every boy who is
a student of the school to be subject to the same restrictions as
other students in regard to expenditures. If they have twenty dollars
in the bank it is allowable tho not desirable that they spend two
thirds of that amount and save one third. Otherwise they will be ex-
pected to save two thirds until they have accumulated the twenty dol-
lars.

This of course does not apply to those who are not actual stu-
dents of the school.

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Carlisle, Pa., July 25, 1901.

John G. Haas,
39 E. Orange st.,
Lancaster, Pa.

Dear Sir :-

I have your bill of July 24th for $3.50 and enclose my check for $.55 and credit July 16, 1900 for $2.95 which I have with you. This I understand covers your bill. Please receipt and return bill with letter of credit cancelled as part of the payment.

Yours truly,

Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt.

Carlisle, Pa., July 25, 1901.

Miss Minnie L. Ferree,
Box 255,
Chautauqua, New York.

Dear Miss Ferree :-

The picture book and other material in regard to the school went to you promptly, and I trust have been of service to you in the preparation of your paper. I had expected to go up to Buffalo with the band next Saturday and had thought of running over to Chautauqua for a day or two, but that is impracticable just now. I leave here tomorrow to be gone some days, but expect to return by way of Buffalo and hope to see a little of Chautauqua then. You may tell Bishop Vincent if you see him that I shall probably be there Thursday or Friday of next week.

Hope the sessions have been profitable to you.

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Carlisle, Pa., July 25, 1901.

Miss Elizabeth Heston Smith,
140 E. 15th St.,
Phila., Pa.

Dear Miss Smith :-

It so happens that a vacancy is about to occur in my cler-
ical force in Miss Ely's office. The salary is $35.00 a month. If
you care to consider that, come up and see me toward the last of
next week. I leave tomorrow, but will be back about the 2nd of Aug-
ust.

Dictated(P)

TELEGRAM.

July 25.

Major Chas. Wolf,
C/O Military Bureau,
Pan-American Exposition,
Buffalo, New York.

Have asked Perna. R.R. to run cars into Exposition grounds. Your co-
operation gratefully accepted.

Pratt. Lt. Col.

Postal. 2:20 P.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., July 26, 1901.

Miss Helen Hays,
Shippensburg, Pa.

Dear Miss Hays :-

Replying to yours of July 23rd, I have to advise you that
we have no vacancies in our sewing department here, and I know of
none likely to occur, so that I could not help you in that line.

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Carlisle, Pa., July 26, 1901.

Miss Hilda B. Bonger,
C/o W. A. Bonger,
Russebud, S. Dak.

Dear Miss Bonger,

Mines writing you on the 23rd I have a letter from Agent McLeaner in which he approves of your transfer to Carlisle. If you will let me know the time you will be ready and point from which you wish to start I will make the necessary transportation arrangements. On notice from you I will have a ticket placed at Valentine or such other point as will suit your convenience. From what the agent says about you I suppose you are competent to travel without escort. A great many of our girls come and go alone, and meet with no trouble whatever.

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Carlisle, Pa., July 27, 1901.

Mrs. Antoine Dennis,
Odanah, Wis.

Dear Mrs. Dennis :-

I have your letter asking that Lizzie be sent home to take care of the children. Lizzie has not been here long enough to be entitled to go home, and it is therefore impracticable to send her to you; you are willing to pay her fare. The expense of her going and returning would very likely exceed what you would pay some competent person in your absence to care for the family.

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Carlisle, Pa., July 29, 1901.

Mr. Guy H. Beaulieu,
White Earth, Minn.

Dear Sirs :

Your letter in regard to children for this school, ready
to start as soon as transportation is arranged, comes to hand during
Col. Pratt's absence. He will be at home by the end of the week, and
the matter will be taken up.

Transportation, St. Paul to Chicago, on our tickets is usually
over the Burlington and C. & N. W.

P. O. - In further communication please state the proportion of Indian blood as this a point on which Col. Pratt wishes information.

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Carlisle, Pa., July 29, 1901.

Miss Celicia Metoxen,
Oneida, Wis.

Dear School-daughter :-

Mr. Compton, Supt of the Tomah School, Wis., has asked me
to recommend someone for the position of Asst. Cook at his school at
a salary of $300 per annum. He says,

"The person in this position is really dining room matron and
has charge of the dining room and the children at meal time. The
place pays $300 per annum and of course the privilege of boarding
herself, using the school rations so far as necessary."

I wrote him that I knew of no one just now whom I was willing to
recommend who was not already employed. Since then your name has been
suggested. If you care to try for the place write Mr. L. M. Compton,
Supt. and send him this letter or copy of it. From your standing here
and in the country I believe you could fill the place to Mr. Comp-
tor's satisfaction. Should Mr. Compton then write me about you, I
shall be glad to tell him how we esteemed you here.

Faithfully your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., July 29, 1901.

Alexander Redwing,

Santee, Neb.

Dear Sir :-

Replying to your letter of July 22nd about Jennie, I am
happy to tell you that so far as I can find out Jennie has had no
trouble whatever with her eyes since coming to Carlisle. I have made
careful inquiries from those in charge of the different girls' de-
partments, and all say they have no knowledge of the trouble you
fear. My nurse at the hospital does not know Jennie as she has not
been at the hospital for any ailment. She went to the country May 1st
and we have had good reports in regard to her health and no mention
of sore eyes. From this you will see that you have been misinformed.
Students in the country for the summer do not go to school, but if
they remain out during the winter they attend the public school near-
est their country home. While here Jennie attended regularly.

I trust you will not be uneasy about her, as there seems to be
absolutely no cause.

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Carlisle, Pa., July 29, 1901.

Mrs. Sarah C. Skenandore,
Oneida, Wis.

Dear Mrs. Skenandore :-

Your letter of July 26th just received. Col. Pratt is away
from home for a few days, but copy of your letter has been sent him.
Your letter is the first word we had of Abram's accident, and we are
very sorry his running away has ended so disastrously. He left his
country home at out ten days ago, and the inquiries were made about
him nothing was known of his whereabouts. We had expected he would
return to the school of his own accord, as boys often do when they
have had enough difficulties to bring them to their senses. On re-
ceiving your letter we telegraphed the hospital authorities, and the
following is their reply :-

"Abram Hill while stealing ride on Central Railroad of New Jersey near Plainfield, slipped and train went over one arm. Amputation at hospital of right arm at shoulder. Hand of other arm badly lacerated. Boy doing well.

Supt. of Hospital. "

It seems Abram wished to cover his tracks. If he had given the
school address, something would have been done at once. He is under
good care there and we will have daily word from the hospital as to
how he is getting on.

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Carlisle, Pa., July 30, 1901.

A. B. Smith, Pres. & Gen. Supt.,
Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Co.,
Lebanon, Pa.

Dear Sir :-

Replying to your letter of July 29th in reference to the
Indian band for your Mt. Gretna Exposition Aug. 19th to 23rd, I have
to advise you that the band is under contract with the Buffalo Expo-
sition authorities for the period, July 29th to Aug. 25th, and is
now in Buffalo on this account. It is therefore useless to quote
price, as you ask.

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Carlisle, Pa., July 30, 1901.

Mr. Cly Shelley,
Cly, Pa.

Dear Sir :-

I have yours of the 24th in regard to the band. What I tried to tell you by phone was that the band is at Buffalo and that Col. Pratt is also away and will not be back before the end of the week. It is therefore impossible to give you a rate for Sept. 7th before that time, and as it is not the custom to divide the band and send only half at a time it is not likely that rate will be quoted then for less than the entire band. The matter, however, will have Col. Pratt's attention on his return.

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Carlisle, Pa., August 3, 1901.

Mr. Edwin L. Moore,
Dent, Okla.

My Dear Edwin:-

I shall very gladly give you all the advantages of board
and keep Carlisle can give to aid you in your laudable intention to
go higher. Come when you get ready and just simply make use of
Carlisle as long as you wish. I will even favor you with a ticket
to return if you will let me know the point from which you will
start.

Dio. (M)

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Carliole, Pa., August 8, 1903.

Elizabeth Heston Smith,
140 N. 15th St.,
Phila., Pa.

Dear Miss Smith:-

After reading your letter of the 27th ult., which I find
on my return from a week's absence and talking to Miss Ely, it
seems best perhaps to drop the matter of your coming here to fill
the place suggested.

Lto. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 3, 1901.

F. S. Livingston,
15 E. 14th St.,
New York City.

My dear Sir :-

In my absence my clerk sent you a copy of the photograph of Porto Rican students including all that were here then. Several have come since. There is really nothing upon which we could build any special news or account. The children have been here but a short time and have done well so far. Some of them are very bright and interesting, but beyond that there is little to say, so that I do not see how it is possible to meet your wishes. Why not run up and see them yourself? With the genius of a newspaper man for finding out news you might get something worth while. Just now we have with us a Porto Rican teacher, Mr. Miro Mestra, who seems to be an exceptional character and very much of a gentleman. He expects to spend several months in this country, perfecting his English, and comes well endorsed by Dr. Brumbaugh, Commissioner of Education for Porto Rico.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 5, 1901.

Rev. Robt. G. Pike,

North Decatur, Ga.

My dear Brother Pike :-

I have asked the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to send you his last annual report, which will give you the most reliable information in regard to the Indians of New Mexico, Arizona, and the Pacific Slope that you can get. It is made up of the reports of agents and superintendents in the Indian field, and contains statistics in regard to the different tribes.

I have also directed that "The Red Man and Helper" be sent you free for one year. Glad to hear from you again.

Jemima Wheelock I understand is married for the second time, and is now the wife of Dennison's father. Her first husband died, Dennison is with our band which is furnishing music for a month at the Pan-American Exposition.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 3, 1901.

Mr. A. B. Evans,
C/o San Joaquin Ice Co.,
Fresno, Cal.

Dear Sir :-

Pariscovia Alexandroff arrived here last Sunday night, hav-
ing been detained in Chicago by Mr. Coe on account of extreme weari-
ness. My doctor examined her Monday morning and reports her well a-
long in consumption and recommends that she be returned to Califor-
nia. Accordingly, she will leave here Tuesday evening next, ticketed
to Fresno, and unless detained in Chicago by Mr. Coe to whom I have
written, should reach you Monday morning, the 12th.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 3, 1901.

Mrs. Sarah C. Schenandore,
Oneida, Wis.

Dear Mrs. Schenandore :-

I am just home after a week's absence. Abram was brought
to the school yesterday. His right arm is off at the shoulder and
the second finger of his left hand off at the first joint. The other
fingers will be all right. There is no need of his going home. In
fact he will be much better off here, for we shall take the very best
care of him. We all regret exceedingly the misfortune he has had, but
as you can see it was due only to his own action.

In regard to your coming to see him, I could arrange that you
have the benefit of our low rate, but I could not take care of your
expenses.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 3, 1901.

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

Dear Brother Kingsbury :-

I was unable to work out any better connections over the
N. Y. C. than you can make via the New York & Ottawa, so there is no
need of feeling bad that we did not take a better route. I have asked
that one ticket covering your entire party be delivered you by the
agent at Nyando on your application Thursday. Would be glad if when
leaving Nyando you would yourself send a telegram stating the number
of boys and number of girls you have in your party. Should you find
any change in the schedule that would make you arrive at a different
hour than that worked out by Mr. Hamilton, please wire me an route so
that we may meet you at the station.

I spoke to the doctor about one, two or three exceptionally stout boys
for a special purpose. If you happen to strike any of this kind,
bring them along. I anticipate that your party will be in all twenty
five, but leave the matter more or less to you as I want you to be
perfectly comfortable about it.

Faithfully yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 3, 1902.

Mr. Joel A. Coe,
7150 Normal Ave.,
Englewood, Ill.

Dear Sir :-

My doctor recommends Parisovia Alexandroff well along in
consumption and recommends that she be returned at once to Califo-
nia. Accordingly I start her from here Tuesday evening next and she
should reach Chicago about 2:50 via the Parna, R.R. Wednesday after-
noon. Please meet her there and see her comfortably forwarded. She
will have a ticket thru to Fresno over the A. T. & S. F. R.R.

If you find it best to detain her to rest, please wire Mr. Evans
in Fresno when she will arrive.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 3, 1901.

Rev. J. W. Evans,
Portersville, Cal.

Dear Sir :-

Pariscovia Alexandroff arrived last Sunday evening. My doc-
tor on examining her the next morning reported her well along in con-
sumption, that she would soon be an inmate of our hospital and a
care to the end. I accepted of her anticipating that she was in good
health and should have been informed of her condition before she left
California. Mr. Bunnell is here and he and my school physician con-
our that Pariscovia would better return at once to California and a-
wait the decision of her friends in Wood's Island. Accordingly I
will start her from here Tuesday evening next, and will notify Mr.
Coe to meet her there and see that she is comfortably placed on the
Santa Fe train, ticketed to Fresno. If they detain her there they
will notify you and your son in Fresno, to whom I write also today.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 3, 1901.

A. G. Spalding & Bro.,
126 Nassau St.,
New York City.

Gentlemen :-

I have your letter of July 25th asking whether I want a set of guttapercha balls or the hard rubber balls. I cannot for the life of me understand your methods. I bought from you a set of croquet balls which you spoke of highly in your advertisement. They burst one after another and you replaced them and those burst in the same way. Now it looks to me that a proper regard for your own reputation and a desire to hold on to a customer who has certainly not been among the least, would lead you to see that we have a set of good balls. You say you will make an allowance on the balls we have. I do not ask for an allowance. I want a set of good balls and it is your business to see that I get them. You do not state what you will allow us on returned balls. The manner of your writing is peculiar and unsatisfactory. Send me a good set of balls or do something to rectify matters, if you please.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 3, 1901.

Pres. W. H. Councill,
Normal, Ala.

My dear Councill :-

Replying to yours of the 26th ult. in regard to reaching
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, I am so peculiarly placed that it would be out
of order for me to attempt to help you now, if indeed my endorsement
were any help to you, for the reason that I am myself an applicant to
him for the means to erect a library building here. I never met Mr.
Carnegie and am approaching him thru others. When he returns to A-
merica it is expected that I will see him about this matter, and it
may be then a way will open for me to say a word for you, which I
would of course do gladly. My opinion about it is that your own per-
sonality would be the best door to his good graces.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 3, 1901.

Rev. Robert A. MacFadden,
Chocorua House,
Chocorua, New Hampshire.

My dear Robert :-

Let me know a little while before hand just when it will
be convenient for you to come to Carlisle, and I will take care of
your expenses and be delighted to have you with us. Mrs. MacFadden
and the baby form part of this proposition if you will bring them a-
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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 3, 1901.

Gus. H. Beaulieu,

White Earth, Minn.

My dear Mr. Beaulieu :-

It is imperative that we have the sanction of the Indian agent and the written consent of parents in every case before accepting children. If these conditions were complied with I could at once place transportation. Enclosed are consent blanks for the parents or guardians of the children, Julia Beaulieu, Maggie Cougar, Josie McLain, and Herman Goodyer. Please have them filled and return to me with information as to proportion of Indian blood of each, degree of advancement, and agent's endorsement. I can then place transportation to Carlisle using the Burlington Road to Chicago, and will be glad to have you take them as far as Chicago and cover your expenses en route, as you propose.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 5, 1901.

Mrs. Jaris Pierce,
Onondaga Castle, New York.

Dear Mrs. Pierce :-

Replying to yours of the 26th ult., in regard to the sons
of Chief Hawley Hill, I send you herewith transfer roll on which
please have the examining doctor make his report, and consent blanks
for the father to sign. When these are returned to me, I will ar-
range that transportation be placed at Syracuse to be delivered on
your order for the boys.

Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 5, 1901.

Vincent Nahtailsh,
622 Lexington Ave.,
New York City.

Dear Vincent :-

I just returned Saturday from a week's absence. Had a de-
lightful trip up the Hudson to Lake George, Lake Champlain, Thousand
Islands, and Buffalo.

Paul Teenah can now be reached at Camp Mackenzie, Puerto Prin-
cipe, Cuba. I had a letter from him there only a few weeks ago. He is
well, and has quite a good deal to tell about the doings of his com-
pany.

Glad you are well and continue to prosper.

With kind regards,

Faithfully your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 5, 1901.

Miss Lida Jones,
247 Pike St.,
South Wabash, Ind.

Dear Miss Jones :-

I have been away for more than a week, and returned Saturday to find your letter awaiting me. I find Mr. Beitzel has attended to your remittance for July and Mr. Kensler to the shipment of your goods. Am asking the G.E.A. of the C. & N.W. R.R. to send me a ticket Chicago to Reno, Nev. for you at our half rate, to be used some time between the 19th and 26th of this month. Immediately it is received I will forward it to you. Do not know what the cost will be, but if you wish I can reserve the amount from your August salary to pay for it, so that you will not need to send me a check.

Hope you are having a pleasant vacation.

(P)

TELEGRAM.

Aug. 5.

J. B. Ettinger,
321 Fifteenth St.,
Buffalo, New York .

Meet Miss Barr, morning train, seven thirty-five.

Pratt. Supt.

7:55 P.M. Postal.

Same message to J. B. Ettinger, Mgr. Indian Band,
Pan-American Exposition,
Buffalo, New York.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 5, 1901.

Mr. Geo. Grantham Beine,
15 Park Row,
New York City.

My dear Sir :-

I read with pleasure your account of the Carlisle School
in the Strand Magazine for August.

In regard to the photographs, we have just had a complete set
taken by Miss Frances Johnstone, who has all the negatives. They are
excellent pictures, but we have only one set, which I am intending to
use in getting out an annual on which a committee is now at work.
There are over a hundred pictures. Can't you run up and make your
own selection ? If you can, count on me for your expenses coming and
returning and entertainment while here.

Dictated(P)

TELEGRAM.

Aug. 5.

Your message. Have asked transportation be delivered you immediately
by Brooklyn agent for Porto Rican boy.

Pratt, Lt. Col.

Postal. 4:12 P.M.

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363

Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 5, 1901.

Joseph Humming Bird,
C/o Indian Band,
Pan-American Exposition,
Buffalo, New York.

Dear Joseph :-

TELEGRAM.

Aug. 5.

J. B. Ettinger,
In charge of Indian Band,
Pan-American Exposition,
Buffalo, New York.

Your message. I send you $300 today and will manage settlement with
Pan-American Exposition authorities from here. See letter today.

Pratt. Lt. Col. & Supt.

Postal.
2:45 P.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 5, 1901.

Mrs. H. Rumsport,
1208 Moore St.,
Huntingdon, Pa.

Dear Mrs. Rumsport :-

Miss Ely shows me your letter to her in which you desire
to remain away until the last of the month. This would necessitate
our getting someone else or depriving Miss Noble of any absence
at all, which is hardly fair. I trust you will make it convenient to
report not later than Saturday, the 10th. Please advise me as promptly
ly as possible.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 5, 1901.

Lt. J. B. Ettinger,
In charge Indian Band,
Pan-American Exposition,
Buffalo, New York.

My dear Mr. Ettinger :-

I told Howard Gansworth that during the balance of the stay of the band he might occupy a cot in the band room and take his meals with the boys, because his expenses run so far beyond what we had anticipated. On my return I find that vegetables are scarce here; so whatever seems necessary and best for the boys you would better buy. They ought to have something in that line every day, and also some fruit if you can get it. I do not know what Mr. Van der Mey took along in the way of dried fruit; that of course will be used first, but an occasional change of fresh fruit would be very palatable.

What have you determined about the washing ? I would suggest that you give these matters personal oversight.

Did you get the cornet from Conn that Dennison ordered ? I find no bill for it and no answer to my telegram urging it for several days before you left. It belongs to us.

Enclosed find a copy of The Red Man. I suggest that you give careful and thoughtful reading to Prof. Bakeless's article which has my endorsement, and in its sentiments will out something of a figure in our industrial affairs.

Just after leaving you I met the official in charge of the Indian Department exhibit. He had been listening to all your programs

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up to that time. We walked some distance together, and as he is a
German and something of a musician I was pleased to hear his expres-
sion that he was greatly surprised at the quality of the music our
band is giving, and that he considered the rendering of most of it
equal to Sousa's.

Joseph Hummingbird claims he had no money and asks for $6.00. As he has money in the bank here you can pay him $6.00 and take his receipt as against his account here.

Your telegram reaches me just as I am writing this. When I
talked with Mr. Buchanan he asked whether we would want to settle
weekly or at the close. I said we would be satisfied to settle at
the close of the engagement and he so notified his auditor.

You will of course keep the most careful account of all expenses
and take receipts. Enclosed is my check for $300. When you need more
let me know.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 6, 1901.

Mr. B. F. Schweier,
Mifflintown, Pa.

Dear Sir :-

I shall expect your daughter Miss Isabel to report two or three days in advance of the first of September, in order that she may get herself settled in quarters. Let her notify me some days beforehand. She has done well to get entered for civil service examination.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 6, 1901.

Miss Marguerite Scholder,
Mesa Grande, Cal.

Dear Marguerite :-

I have recommended you to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for a position in the school at Oraiba where Pesquala is. If the place is not already filled I hope you may receive the appointment.

Glad to hear of your improved health. With kind regards and best wishes,

Always faithfully your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 6, 1901.

Supt. and Agent, Edgar A. Allen,
Quapaw Agency,
Wyandotte, Ind. Ky.

My dear Allen :-

The Commissioner informed me Saturday that on my request the salary of $1700 had been allowed for an Assistant Superintendent at this school, and asked if I wished you to be appointed. I telegraphed back that I did, believing from the telegram that his judgment remained the same as when we talked it over.

I wish you would advise me fully of your coming, and as early as you can. There will be an element of quarters to look after. We are crowded and must build. Just now we are putting up additions to the store house and dining-room, and that is all we can push forward at one time, so that we may not be able to complete a dwelling before November. I was wondering if I could not use part of the Asst. Supt.'s house until that time.

I should be glad to have you report here just as soon as practicable.

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Carlisle, Pa., August 6, 1901.

Dear Sir:-

When the Indians were together on your porch they spoke
of Simeon Woodman who had returned home from Carlisle about a year
ago, saying they did not know why he came home. I wish you would
tell them that Simeon was addicted to taking things that did not
belong to him and that he would not keep his obligations when he
was out and remain any place where I gave him a chance; always
running away. He went home because he was worthless.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 6, 1901.

Mark Penoi,

Orr's Island, Me.

My dear Mark :-

As you will see by The Red Man I used quite a little of
your letter because it was so interesting. You will be glad to have
Miguel Mooat to help you I am sure. Miguel has been on the lower
farm all summer and has been a stand-by there. He leaves tomorrow
morning.

Faithfully your friend,

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Aug. 6, 1901.

Dear Mrs. Etnier :-

Knowing how very competent and interesting
you are in presenting any matter you undertake before
an audience I certainly most heartily approve of your
proposed lecture on Porto Rico. Your experience as
Supervisor of the schools of the city of Ponce and
Ponce district, taken in connection with your wide ex-
perience both in China and the United States in the
same line, especially qualifies you for your proposed
undertaking, and I have no doubt of your success.

TELEGRAM.

Aug. 6.

M. E. Coe,
7159 Normal Ave.,
Englewood, Ill.

Meet Parisovia Alexandroff Penna. Station 2:50 P.M. Wednesday, 7th.

Pratt, Lt. Col.

W. U. 5:45 P.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 6, 1901.

Mr. Dennison Wheelock,
With Indian Band,
Pan-American Exposition,
Buffalo, New York.

Dear Dennison :-

Replying to yours of yesterday, what you ought to do is to notify Mr. Peirce at once that you will accept the Flandreau position and he will ask for you. You should also notify the Indian Office. It is a matter, as I understand it, entirely within your own province. From what I know of it I can see nothing in the way of your securing the place unless Mr. Peirce has in the meantime made other arrangements. Mr. Jones is away from Washington just now and I believe expects to be gone for some time; so that there is no one to whom I could go about it. As it is not Carlisle business it would be improper for me to take it up in any way except verbally with Mr. Jones who opens the way for me to do such things. I am not so sure of Mr. Tonner.

In order to enable you to cover the advance I made you I shall expect to carry you on the rolls here until the end of August. I see you contracted from Miss Amy the full amount due you to the expiration of the Buffalo engagement. What I let you have was a personal loan.

Faithfully yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 6, 1901.

Frank Hudson,
345 Lehigh Ave.,
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Dear Frank :-

I send you a copy of my last letter to Miss Smith. She came to Carlisle full of venom against Mr. Thompson, the cutting agent, and against Miss Ely, who you know has been as patient and forbearing in all the many conditions she has had to contend with in her arduous position, as anybody could possibly be. Whatever Miss Smith may have been while you were there, she evidently is a good deal unmingled now. Her manner in my office indicated that she was altogether too incon- siderate to be entrusted with the care of one of our boys; but as they had been old patrons I related notwithstanding her manner, and agreed to let her have a boy. She said she had already made arrange- ments for a hired man, and I said if she would let me know when the time came I would do the best I could for her. She did not apply for the toy until everything was closed out and it was too late to send her anyone at all suitable. She was informed of the fact, but was not satisfied. We felt that Allen Sword's failure in the country was partly due to her influence, because we did not send him back to her. The fact that Miss Smith appeals to you after my letter is additional evidence of her determination to dominate. I am sorry my course in this matter does not seem to commend itself to you.

Sincerely yours,

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Carliole, Pa., August 6, 1901.

Mrs. Sarah Harris,
Gushing, Okla.

Dear Madam:-

Replying to yours of the 20th ult. which has been held
for my return from a week's absence, I have to advise you that Mr.
Gulick, the clerk, wrote me recently of several young people wish-
ing to come to Carliole, and I have arranged that tickets to Car-
liale be provided to be delivered by the railroad agent at Stroud
on Mr. Gulick's order.

Dio. (M)

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Ida Swallow,
Oak Lane, Pa.

My dear Ida:-

You are not so far from Drexell Institute. I could get
you a scholarship there I am sure in most any department, includ-
ing the business department. Would it not be practicable to re-
main right where you are so pleasantly situated and to make the
trip to and from Drexell daily and take some course there. Talk
it over with Mrs. Mander and see if she will not make use of you
out of school hours for your keep and allow you to do that. It
would be far better for you than coming back to Carlisle to attend
the business college here.

Die. (M)

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Capt. Edwin B. Winans,
Acting Adjutant 15th Cav'y,
Presidio, San Francisco, Cal.

Sir:-

Absence from home for quite a period led me to forget
the annual efficiency report. I have heretofore been furnished
with blanks direct from the Adjutant General's Office and sent the
reports there and without your letter, this report would have taken
that course.

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Carlisle, Pa., August 5, 1901.

Mrs. William P. Campbell,
Chemawa, Oregon.

Dear Mrs. Campbell:-

I have yours of Aug. 1st., in regard to bringing a party of children to Carlisle and have asked the Union Pacific Agent in Portland, Mr. Craig, to deliver to you as many tickets to Carlisle as you may call for. Pay from Chemawa to Portland the best rate you can make, take sub vouchier receipts for all expenditures of a dollar or over and keep a memorandum of all expenses, and I will settle with you on your arrival here.

In your letter you state you will bring Indians. Please do not bring any that are much else; of course you will bring me desirable pupils or none and not any that are under fourteen please. Wire me when you start, stating number of boys and the number of girls you have in your party.

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Carlisle, Pa., August 8, 1901.

Miss Isora R. Garrett,
A.& M.College,
Normal, Ala.

My dear Miss Garrett:—

Thank you for your letter and the information that your visit to us was pleasant. If your quartet ever comes this way, count on a good audience here at Carlisle, particularly if it is in the winter time, and surely count on a cordial reception at the Indian School. I trust you are all using your opportunities the very best you can and I sincerely hope and more than half believe that you can accomplish much for Normal by developing your musical powers to their highest accomplishment. Real fine music takes the people anywhere. You will be glad to hear that our band is winning great honors at Buffalo. They are now on their second week and report says that the greatest attraction at the fair just now is the Indian School Band. Please remember me to the other members of your quartet and to Mr. Innis and especially to my good friend Professor COUNCILL, and believe me to be most cordially,

Your friend,

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Messrs. A. G. Spalding & Bros.,
126 Nassau St.,
New York, N. Y.

Gentlemen:-

As the season is pretty well over I think I will make one more trial with the balls we have. Please replace the broken ball with a good one at once.

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Lt. Col. Charles L. Cooper,

Lt. Col. Charles L. Cooper,

Lt. Col. Charles L. Cooper,

Lt. Col. Charles L. Cooper,

my dear Cooper:-

Glad to get your bumpy letter and thoroughly understand,
appreciate and endorse all that you advance, especially the poli-
tics of it.

Some time ago I was appealed to to endorse a certain man
for Commissioner of Education for Porto Rico; I did so as I could
and very warmly. He was not appointed but another man was appointed
who it is known did train more or less with our Pennsylvania po-
litical corporation. On writing to one of my former employees, a
lady teacher in Porto Rico, in reference to a boy coming here, I
unwittingly stated that I was sorry to say that the man I endorsed
had not been appointed but that the other fellow had and that I
supposed it was politics; whereas I got a long curtain lecture
from Governor Allen whom I knew very well and esteem highly, al-
leging politics did not enter into the management of the affairs
of this administration. I never replied to the Governor's letter
because I could not without antagonising and it did not seem best
to do that. You speak of the youngest son of Keyes being appointed
in the army and his older son having been killed. This is all news
to me, nor can I recall Keyes' family, though I suppose I should.
My last knowledge of him was in '74 when I was detailed for Indian
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-8- Lt. Col. Chas. L. Cooper.

I congratulate you on Harry's prospects; hope he will
succeed. My boy, Mason, has just been placed in charge of the
Street Railroad Department of the Pennsylvania Co., for the erection
of new buildings for this special line of work and the control of
about 1500 men, and his salary increased to $4000 a year. It is
not such a bad thing to be born in the army after all, is it? My
boy is a good deal of an inventor. He recently improved on a for-
mer invention of his on a railroad crossing, making a better
article and much cheaper, so that in the course of seven months, the
Pennsylvania Company saved over $8000 in manufacture and have an
article that is especially marketable.

I had remained at Hot Springs about six weeks, came back
apparently about well but lately the trouble has returned a little,
not however to the extent of preventing my attention to the affairs
of the school. A change has been made in my Assistant Superinten-
dent and I am expecting the appointment of a man to whom I can
entrust the affairs of the school and go away for a let up, and
I believe this is all I need to enable me to get in good shape
again; otherwise my general health is first rate.

Dio. (M)

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Mr. Howard B. Gansworth,
Indian Department,
Government Exhibit,
Pan American Exposition,
Buffalo, N. Y.

My Dear Howard:-

I have written a note to the Commissioner telling him
that I am willing for you to remain and I think on Mr. Boykin's
appeal for you it will be all right. I am glad they have fixed
your salary so that you can stand it.

Miss Barr arrived with the boys safely last night. Lawrence Mitchell is not very sick and Ben Walker has had no hemorrhages since he left Buffalo so that the outlook is much better.

Die. (M)

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TELEGRAM.

Aug. 8.

Chillion Reeder,
Woodbourne, Pa.

Check and receipts for George DeGray's signature sent you at Newtown
July 17th. Please get them, have all properly signed and return to
me immediately.

Pratt. Lt. Col. 15th Cavalry, Supt

W. U. 11:00 A.M.

TELEGRAM.

Aug. 8.

Chillion Reeder,
Newtown, Pa.

Check and receipts for George DeGray's signature sent you July 17th.
Please return all properly signed immediately.

Pratt. Lt. Col. & Supt.

W. U. - 10:25 A.M.

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Mr. Jake View,
Dale, Okla. Ky.

Dear Sir:-

Angelina is here to graduate. Being so near graduation it is the rule to hold on to such until they do graduate so that they may come out of the school with a diploma. Do you wish to prevent her doing that? Am I to understand that you place little esteem upon her finishing her course? If you do write me again just how you feel about it and I will reconsider my judgments if that seems best.

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Mr. James R. Wheelock,
Indian Band,
Pan American Exposition,
Buffalo, N. Y.

Dear James:-

A letter from the Indian Office yesterday indicates that Dennison would be appointed to Flandreau. This leaves the position here of Band Leader at $720 vacant Sept. 1st. My intention in regard to that was to have the band-leader do something else besides band work. It is the only position at my disposal giving more salary which I could use you for and if Mr. Ettinger remains with us as I anticipate he will and wishes you for that position, I shall cheerfully give it to you with the proviso that outside of band duties, you will help in the Printing Office or elsewhere as I may designate. This of course would be healthy and best for you.

In regard to the visit to Oneida Mr. Hart expressed some dissatisfaction with your course when there before and I have just written and stated to him that you asked to make the trip and bring the children and that I would not send you without his approval, but if he did approve, I would be glad to send you and you could go at the end of August. This seems about the best I can do for you and I shall be compelled to yield and will do so cheerfully to any outlook elsewhere that gives you greater promise.

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Carlisle, Pa., August 8, 1903.

Mr. W. L. Robertson,
Porcupine,
Pine Ridge Agency, S. D.

Dear Sir:-

I am still anticipating that you will make up a party of pupils for Carlisle. Supt. Brown of your Boarding School was here recently and assured me that there was friendliness to Carlisle, on the part of all officials at Pine Ridge and that I might count on his encouragement all the time to students that could come from his school. I have written Mr. Brown by this mail and now write you. Please undertake it if you can see your way and advise me what you want in the way of help. I will place tickets at any point you name as many as you need at any time, and of course will cover all the expenses of gathering and bringing in and your return. Please advise me promptly what you will do.

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Carli le, Pa., August 8, 1901.

Mr. John F. Lynn,
Attorney at Law,
1008-1/2 Market St.,
Wilmington, Del.

Dear Sir:-

Replying to your letter, I have to advise you that Archie
Wheelock is an Indian, a ward of the Government, who came here for
a specified purpose and for a specified time and under the rules
and purposes of the school, he was allowed to go to the Wilmington
Malleable Iron Co's works to learn a special mechanical accomplis-
ment that would put him on his feet and enable him to take care
of himself. He understood all the circumstances and entered into
a regular agreement about it. He left his place, sought work else-
where and being under my care and having violated the rules, he
is recalled to the school. By the decisions of the courts, the
schools have entire jurisdiction over the pupils from the time en-
tered until discharged and then they are to be returned to their
Agents' jurisdiction unless formally released therefrom. This is
always done when there is a full understanding and the Government
is satisfied that the young Indian can be thus turned loose. Archie
should return to the school as he has been instructed to do and
would no doubt have done but for your interference. If I permitted
Archie to violate his agreement, it would be a precedent and I
should have to allow every other young man who desired to take the
same course. I can assure you from a good experience that Archie's

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—- Mr. John T. Lynn

new engagement would not carry any better than the one with the
Malleable Iron Co., and that he would simply drift and drift. He
has not yet the ability, courage and independence of character neo-
essary to enable him to pass out to safe citizenship but the ex-
perience I am giving him and the patience I have with his fail-
ures, will I trust, bring to him that courage and ability in time.
I make no request to Archie Wheelock to return to Carlisle, It is
my order that he return.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 8, 1901.

Jacob M. Jimeson,
Gowanda, New York.

Dear Sir :-

Replying to your letter of the 4th inst. in regard to Frank
lin White, I have to advise you that fourteen years is our age limit now.
We received an over proportion of small children from Lincoln last
year, and were all winter at a disadvantage on account of them. When
the boy you speak of is old enough I can accept him if he is all
right in health, character, etc.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 8, 1901.

Federico Degetau,
Resident Commissioner from Porto Rico,
1761 P. St., N.W.,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Sir :-

On my return from a week's absence I found your card. Am sorry to have missed your visit, but trust I may have the pleasure of your acquaintance some time in the future. Prof. Bakeless has just handed me your letter to him, and suggests that some of our printed matter in regard to the school be sent you. Accordingly, I have had sent you today an assortment of papers, annual reports, copies of addresses, views of the school, course of study, etc. We have no catalog, but are at work on an Annual which we hope to have ready for the public before long. Will gladly send you a copy when out, if you care for that.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 8, 1901.

Mr. William H. Patterson,
Sanborn, N. Y.

My dear Freind:-

I have your letter of Aug. 6th and am glad to know that
you have come through your difficulty with such safety. Rachael
is here at the school, looks well and is doing very well. I think
there is no need for you to feel anxious about her.

I do wish we could stop the running away of Indian boys.
It seems as though a good many of them were without any principle.

I have been hoping to see you up on the reservation this
year, but so far have been so busy I could not get away.

Die. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 8, 1901.

Mr. Glen S. Warner,

Springville, N. Y.

My dear Mr. Warner;--

I have yours of Aug. 7th., and as the boys knew that I was coming I rather expected you would be informed of it and would meet me in Buffalo. I was there only from 9.00 in the morning until 8.00 in the evening.

Potter informed me the two boys with Ringling's circus were old students at Chomawa and had run away several times. They are probably not worth the powder; only experience will serve to inculcate them. You may have two or three suitable for your purposes in the party from St. Regis due Saturday morning.

With kind regards to Mrs. Warner,

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug, 9, 1901.

Mr. J. B. Ettinger,
Manager Indian Band,
Buffalo, N. Y.

My Dear Mr. Ettinger:-

Miss Barr and the boys arrived in good shape and Mitchell
is pretty nearly well. What he really needed was something to eat.
He says they starved him in the hospital; the same was the case
with Ben Walker. This morning the Doctor recommends on account
of diseased lungs that I send Ben Walker home and I shall do that
as soon as he is able to travel.

I had an appeal for a day's play at the park at Olean
and I notified them that they could have Monday the 26th of Aug-
ust; that you could leave on the morning train, reach Olean at
10.00 and leave Olean at 10.25 that night for $150 and your
meals while there. This came through Mr. Brock, a former employe
here. You did right to pay the bill at the hospital for that neces-
sarily is part of your band expenses. Myron Moses is with us
more as an employe and he asks the balance of his July pay. If
you have paid him a portion, pay him something more on his $10.00
on his receipt; there are others, like Shongo, the two Warrens,
Sundown and Bruce who are with us more as employes and to whom you
might be more liberal with money should they ask for it. I would not
speak to them about it but if they want money, pay them a por-
tion of their salary.

Loring and Francis, two boys belonging to the Indian

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 9, 1901.

Ida White Tonsey,
146 Sherman St.,
Chicago, Ill.

Dear Madam:-

As you are not on a reservation and as you or your boy
are not under the care of an Indian Agent, it is quite impractic-
able for me to accept of your boy as a pupil in this school. In as
much as you are in the city of Chicago which has excellent schools,
your boy is far better off in the schools of this city than he could
possibly be in any Indian School.

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 9, 1901.

Joseph N. Loring,
Indian Congress Band,
Pan American Exposition,
Buffalo, N. Y.

Dear Joseph::

I will arrange for you and Sylvester Francis to come back with our band if you come here with the full determination to remain for five years, unless you graduate sooner, and give yourself up entirely to the curriculum of the school, which includes remaining with us over summer. I cannot have boys and girls to go home every year. If I do, all the boys and girls who want to do that will be claiming the right and we cannot have such a condition in the school. If you cannot come freely on this basis, do not come at all; if you can come freely on this basis, talk to Mr. Ettinger, the leader of our band about it and he will notify me and I will provide the tickets.

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 9, 1901.

Myron M. Moses,
Pan American Exposition,
Buffalo, N. Y.

Dear Myron:-

I have written Mr. Ettinger to let you have some money.
I trust that you will save something and not allow the enticements
of the Exposition to sweep you off you feet in regard to your ideas
of economy. You will need money after bit and the best way is to
hold closely to the saving line. If you can succeed in saving in
a great temptation, it will be much easier to save when the tem-
ptation is not so great and you may become thrifty and after bit
have a working capital.

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 9, 1901.

Miss Delia Webster,
West Chester, Pa.

Dear Delia :-

I have your letter asking to go home. When you want to the
country in May you gave up your right to go home, and so agreed to
stay another year. I thought this was a very wise conclusion, and
still think so. You are getting too old to have many more years
of schooling, and while you are in school and have a chance to keep
on, that is the right thing for you to do.

If you and Miss Jackson decide that it is best to return to
the school and attend here this winter, all right; or if you want to
remain out and go to public school I have no doubt that can be ar-
ranged; but I am anxious that you keep on and go as high as you can.

Sincerely your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 9, 1901.

Mrs. Marie E. Ida de Castro,
Mayaguez, Porto Rico.

Dear Mrs. Castro :-

The arrangement for Marie Mercides to go elsewhere is not
completed and I am not entirely sure of it. A most excellent lady
in Boston who is helping the four girls from Ponce expects to provide
for two more in the same way. It is part of our policy to place ev-
ery student in individual contact with the best people and opportu-
nities of the country; and as the lady asked me if I had two other
girls for the places she could arrange, I suggested Marie and her
friend, and spoke to them about it. This was probably the cause of
her letter to you. I anticipate the opportunity will come in the
course of a few weeks or months. Under such an arrangement as the
lady would make and I would agree to, the girls would be specially
taught, particularly in the use of English, and I am sure would ad-
vance far more rapidly in that line than they do here where the dis-
position among so many of the Porto Ricans is to keep on with Span-
ish. Just what institution will be selected I do not yet know, but
I assure you, my dear Mrs. Castro, the girls will be placed under
good influences, even better than here at the school where a large
proportion of the students are not on the highest plane of intelli-
gence.

With kind regards,

Sincerely yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 9, 1901.

Charles Roberts,

Charlevoix, Mich.

Dear Charles :-

When you were at Carlisle you often took things that did not belong to you. You did this both at the school and in the country. I thought you would give up the habit and become a good trusty boy, but you did not give it up. You used every chance you had to take things and deceived your employer and those who were trying to help you. For this reason I am afraid to have you among our boys and girls at the school, and if you were here would be afraid to send you out.

Sincerely your friend,

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 9, 1901.

Mrs. Marguerite LaF. Diddock,
Baneroot, Neb.

Dear Mrs. Diddock :-

I was absent from home when your letter came. I know of no cause for Marguerite's discontent and desire to go home. She is in the country for the summer, and if she wishes can return to Carlisle in September and attend school here this winter; if she wishes to remain out, we can arrange that. These matters are being considered now. Marguerite has made no expression to me, and it looks as if you may have been misinformed. Nettie returned last week and can no doubt tell you if there has been any trouble between herself and Marguerite.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 10, 1901.

Mr. Dennison Wheelock,
Carlisle Indian Band,
Pan American Exposition,
Buffalo, N. Y.

Dear Ben:--

I have yours of the 6th. The balance of your pay for
the month after covering$10.00 to me and $48.91 to Miss Ely, leaves
you $1.69. I send you check for $15.00 and you will owe me $13.31.

In regard to James' going to Oneida, I have written Hart
and am waiting his reply. If he favors it I shall send him. If you
go too, the two tickets for you and Jim to return to Carlisle would
serve for the two Indian Congress Band fellows who wish to come back
with the band. Please advise Mr. Ettinger I say this.

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 10, 1901.

Mr. Henry Selkirk,
White Earth, Minn.

Dear Sir:-

It is necessary that students to be transferred to Carlisle come with the approval of the Agent as well as the parents. I have sent your letter to Agent Sutherland and told him that I would pay transportation for the boys at Detroit if he recommends them and approved of their transfer.

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 10, 1901.

Miss Ruth Coxes,

Kyle, S. D.

My dear Miss Coxes:-

Mr. Robertson, an uncle of my Miss Nellie Robertson is now making up a party for Carlisle and if possible I would urge you to join that. Should you not be able to do that I can make a special ticket arrangement for you, but it would be better for you to come in with the party if you can. Mr. Robertson's address is Porcupine, Pine Ridge, South Dakota.

Dio. (M)

TELEGRAM.

Aug. 11, 1901.

Ettinger,
321 Fifteenth St.,
Buffalo, New York.

Your message. Send one of your helpers here with Moses.

Pratt. Col.

Postal. 5:35 P.M.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 10, 1901.

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

My Dear Bro. Lawrence:--

Your Senecas in this school number a little over a hundred more than their proportion. I have today on our rolls 975 pupils and quite a number of parties are making up in different directions which will crowd our capacity. Under these circumstances I do not feel that it is best to authorize a party from the Senecas this year, but if there are a very few exceptional students, over 14 and under 20, I will listen to what you have to say about them and if I can, will make room for them. I do not see how I can do better in this. I of course understand well the conditions surrounding these young people at every home and at every reservation, and I long to help everyone; I am doing all I can. I must say to you that I am constantly imposed upon by both Indian parents and by those who have charge of them at home by loading upon me as you suggest unfit material. The Indians are no worse than the whites. It is the constant disposition of our own Anglo-Saxon race to put the and incompetents incorrigibles into institutions and prisons. We, therefore, can find no fault with our red brothers for doing the same thing. It was my intention to see you all on the reservation during a proposed visit to the Pan American. I have been up twice about matters for the school but for brief visits only. I have not been able to look into the qualities of the Exposition. I had hoped I would be free to do that but my Assistant Superintendent is not to

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 12, 1901.

Miss Cornelia Hollbrook,
"The American,"
Addison, N. Y.

Dear Miss Hollbrook:-

Nemencia Oriola is here in good health and from all in-
dications is quite happy in her new surroundings as I am glad to
say are all the Porto Rican children. They are evidently greatly
pleased that they have Carlisle advantages. If you return to Porto
Rico, I would suggest that it might be of some value to you to come
here and see the children so that you may tell their friends about
them. If you can do that, I can send you a half rate ticket from
Elmira to Carlisle and give you a half rate from here to New York.

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 12, 1901.

Willard M. Gansworth,
C/o Carlisle Indian Band,
Pan American Exposition,
Buffalo, N. Y.

Dear Willard:--

I have given instructions that you be put upon the Aug...
just roll for $17.55. There was due you for June$7.50 and I find
on looking it up that the time-keeper at the printing office failed
to put you on the time book. This will correct that.

Die. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 14, 1901.

Dear Miss Jones :)

The C. & N.W. people send me the enclosed order, which you will present to the Depot Ticket Agent in the C. & N.W. station in Chicago, and receive your ticket. The rate given is $36.25. I will pay for it here out of your August salary, as per my letter to you of Aug. 5th.

Wishing you success in your new field, I am

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 14, 1901.

Miss Janis Pierce,
Onondaga Castle, New York.

Dear Mrs. Pierce :-

I have the papers this morning in regard to the sons of
Hawley Hill, and have asked that two tickets be delivered you at
Syracuse for the two boys. Call on the agent of the Delaware, Lack-
awanna & Western, and receipt for the tickets. The tickets will
bring the boys thru to Carlisle. You would better give them a lunch
and notify me when they leave Syracuse.

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If you should find no tickets with the agent of the D. L. & W.,
got to one of the other stations. It is possible they will be issued
by another road. They ought to be ready for you in two or three days.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 14, 1901.

Mr. R. H. Pyle,
Broad Street Station,
Phila., Pa.

Dear Mr. Pyle :-

Referring to my telephone message today and my message can-
celling reservation of Section 10, Car 3. Train 21, via the Pan
ndle route to Chicago this evening, and what I said to you by phone,
I enclosed my check for $8.00, so that you may be safe in the matter
if cancellation order did not reach you in time. The section will
not be used. Your telegram reached me at 3:40, so I fear you were
out of the office before my return message could be delivered. Some
time when I see you I will explain.

If you got my telegram cancelling the order for berths in time
to withdraw the arrangement via the Pan Handle route, this check can
be returned; otherwise, keep it to reimburse yourself.

I am very sorry to give so much trouble to you a very busy
man, and am greatly obliged to you for being willing to attempt to
help.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 15, 1901.

Rev. Frank P. Mt. Pleasant,
Sanborn, N. Y.

My dear Sir:-

There seems to me comparatively so little to warrant my
taking the school in the fall to the Pan American Exposition that
I have concluded not to do that and let the children save their
money.

In regard to Mr. Kensler swearing, Mr. Kensler has been
here ten years and this is the first charge that I have heard of
that kind. He has sometimes a brusque manner that is not pleasant
and is likely to make those who approach him feel aggrieved, but
at heart he is an excellent man and one of the most industrious I
have on the grounds; early and late in attention to his duties
without the slightest complaint and making me feel anxious that
he will not be where I want him. I am glad to have your boy's
statement about it for I shall be on the lookout and if his state-
ment is corroborated, of course I will take some action. I have
questioned Mr. Kensler and he denies it absolutely.

Sincerely your friend,

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 15, 1901.

Mr. Joel R. Ettinger,
Manager Carlisle Indian Band,
Pan American Exposition,
Buffalo, N. Y.

My dear Ettinger:-

You understand that the combination car and one coach
will be at the same place near the Stadium for your company to
embark on the morning of the 26th and you will have to be prompt in
getting through with your breakfast and into the car. I have noth-
ing further about the arrangement for Olean. I suspect the price
is too high but if people want our band they have got to pay for
it. We won't go into the business for the sake of traveling around
the country. I had you telegraphed last night about Walker's
trunk. He is waiting here to go home and the trunk should have
come at once. If Moses is not able to pick out his own, Walker can
separate things here and we can ship them back to Moses. The
trunk should have been sent at once when asked for. I will pay
Conn for the cornet today. It is all right about Loring and Francis
but they must not be using tobacco.

Sincerely yours,

Dieo. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 15, 1901.

Mr. Johnson Miller,
Carlisboro, Okla.

Dear Sir:-

Mr. Gulick, the clerk for the Shawnee, who seems to be
located near you is making up a party for Carlisle. You may apply
to him and if you can show that you are of good character, and of
good health, have parental consent, are over 14 and under 20, that
you are entitled because of not being of the five civilized tribes
to enter Carlisle, he will take up your case and conclude it.

I have sent your letter to him with a copy of this letter.

Dic. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 15, 1901.

Rev. Robert A. McFadden,
Chelsea, Mass.

Dear Robert:—

Have you any suggestion to make in regard to the bequest
of $1000.00 to this school in the will of Harriet W. Taber late of
Boston. You will remember that Mr. Clarence C. Smith of 227 Tre-
ment Building, looked it up in a note to you dated January 9th, 1900,
and found that this school is a legatee in that will for $1000.00.
He might know the conditions and prospects. See enclosures.

Hope you have had a delightful summer and can take to your
duties with renewed vigor.

Did. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 15, 1901.

My dear Doctor:-

I have asked Mr. Black, Passenger Agent for the Atchison & Topoka road to deliver you a ticket to San Carlos and bill the same to me for settlement and when you make up a party as I trust you will there, or at Pt. Apache or both, I will see that tickets are placed for your bringing them in. I enclose you check for $100.00 towards the incidental expenses connected with this trip and if the pressure is greater and you will need more, can send it to you. I shall want you to accept of no children under 14, none over 20, preferably under 18. They should be in good health and of at least fairly good character and should have parental and agent's consent. Blanks and descriptive statements are herewith for you to operate. Keep me informed of your movements and prospects. You can show this letter to the Agent at San Carlos and at Ft. Apache. Sorry I cannot make the trip with you but it is impossible. School opens the 1st. of September and I must get ready for that, and the Commissioner wishes me to make a trip with him and a party of Senators starting about the 5th of Sept. This I hope to do because of its advantage to the school. Keep a careful memorandum and take receipts for all sums over a dollar.

Die. (M)

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Carliole, Pa., Aug. 15, 1901.

Simon Webster,
Oneida, Wis.

Dear Mr. Webster :-

Your letter of Aug. 12th is before me. Your daughter Delia went to the country last May under an arrangement to remain until the middle of September or longer if that seemed best. She will have a voice in deciding that. By going out in the spring she waived her right to go home this year; it is therefore not practicable to send her now. Delia did not have any school opportunities until almost grown and it would be injustice to her to deprive her of them now. She wrote me some days ago that you wished her to return, and I told her just what I have said to you. If she could hold on till graduation it would be far better for you as well as for her. Graduation placed John and Cynthia in positions to take care of themselves, and Delia can do as well if she has a chance.

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Carlisle, Pa. August 15, 1901.

Mrs. N. Gill-Kirk,
1236 Hinman Ave.,
Evanston, Ill.

Dear Madam:-

Replying to your recent request we enclose addresses,
reports and other printed matter pertaining to the School which will
give you the desired information.

Carlisle, Pa., August 15, 1901.

Rev. Geo. Pax,
Glencoe, Minn.

Dear Sirs:-

Replying to yours of the 13th we are sending you under
separate cover the illustrated catalog requested.

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Mr. Benjamin Walker,
Decatur, Neb.

Dear Sirs:

Your son Ben had a slight hemorrhage before the Band went
to Buffalo, but rallied, and so the Doctor and nurse discouraged
his going he insisted upon it that he was well enough to go and was
permitted to do so, and after about a week the strain of playing
so much brought on another hemorrhage. I sent my nurse to Buffalo
and brought him to the School.

The Doctors decision is that he had better not be left here
where he will insist upon playing in the Band and will exercise more
than he ought, and had better be sent home. I have arranged that
he be sent home as soon as his trunk arrives from Buffalo, which
will be this evening or tomorrow.

Ben is a thoroughly good boy and we dislike to lose him and
trust that he may recover and return to Carlisle. We think out door
employment will be the best antidote. It seems that hemorrhages
are somewhat of a relief for tuberculosis and we know of quite a
good many cases who have suffered years ago who are now in good
health.

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Carisle, Pa., Aug. 15, 1901.

Mr. William M. Robertson,
Day School Teacher,
Pine Ridge Agency, S. D.

My dear Mr. Robertson:-

Mr. Odell who has charge of the small boys with his wife are to be transferred to some western school, Mr. Odell as principal and his wife as teacher, and the positions in charge of small boys, and Assistant Matron for small boys will be vacant. The one in charge receives a salary of $800.00 and the matron who assists $420.00. My mind turns towards you and your wife for the places. Nellie is with you and can tell you all about it. If you and Mrs. Robertson think you can undertake the work, telegraph me immediately to that effect with request for the transfer and it will be made. On talking it over with Mrs. Cook, she thought the two older girls would fit into the girls' quarters very well and your son could fill the position of Assistant Disciplinarian in the small boys quarters at $10.00 per month. This would cover his necessary expenses of his passing through Dickinson College. It is important that I have your decision for or against just as soon as possible. The Indian Office phones that the transfer will be made immediately if you desire and I request it.

Sincerely yours,

Dio. (M)

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 16, 1901.

Edwin L. Moore,
Dent, Okla.

Dear Edwin :-

You would better join the party Mr. Gulick is making up.
He expects to come east soon with several, starting from Stroud. You
can show him this letter as your authority for joining his party.

Sincerely yours,

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Carlisle, Pa., August 16, 1901.

N. B. Ainsworth,
McAlester, Ind. Ter.

Dear Sir:-

I have asked that a ticket be placed with the agent of
the M. K. & T. R. R. at McAlester for Mr. Tarby to be delivered on
his receipting, and I have no doubt that by the time, or soon after
you receive this letter it will be there. Please have him make use
of it promptly.

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Carlisle, Pa. August 16, 1901.

Mr. David U.Betts,
Supt. Indian School,
Lower Brule, Ind. Ter.

Dear Betts:-

Replying to yours of the 12th asking my influence with
the Commissioner for transfer from matron to teacher's position for
Mrs. Betts on the ground of her service here as a teacher, I find
that the time she taught here was so very limited and her whole
stay so short that I am not warranted in speaking in her behalf on
this line.

Glad to hear of your promotion but sorry you are not well. Un-
questionably the transfer from such a moist to such a dry climate
will have an effect upon you for a time.

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Dr. James A. Mac Alister, Pres.,
Drexel Institute,
Phila., Pa.

My dear Doctor :-

I enclose to you a letter from one of my good girls who is something of a musician, but wishes to fit herself for service as a stenographer and typewriter. She can board where she is now located in Oak Lane, and will have means to pay her car fare and buy the necessary books, etc. I have been bold enough to say to her that I believed I could get you to give her a scholarship. Will you not add this favor to your many others in helping the Indians and Carlisle along? You can communicate either with Miss Swallow direct or with me. If you can accept of her I think you will find her a studious and desirable pupil.

Fraternally yours,

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Rev. J. A. Magraw,

Red Lake Agency, Minn.

My dear Brother Magraw :-

If you are under the care of the Leech Lake Indian agent
as I suppose you are, you can communicate with Captain Mercer at O-
nigun, who thru Mr. Williams, Supt. is planning to send a party of
boys and girls to Carlisle. If Captain Mercer accepts of your nephew
he can join that party. This seems the only way in which I can help
you.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 16, 1901.

Alex Parkhurst, Sr.,
Huron, S. Dak.

My dear Sir :-

Since writing you yesterday my clerk invites my attention
to the fact that we have on file information in regard to your son
in the descriptive statement forwarded by Agent Bingenheimer last
May. While I deplore the sending of young Indians into Indian
schools anywhere when they have good advantages in white schools, I
am willing if you still think best to receive Alex here and will
provide a ticket for him at Huron or such point as you may name.

My policy is to send students from here into the public schools
just as fast as I can. Last winter we had above three hundred out
of our thousand students attending schools with white children, and
these are the ones who had superior advantages. A number of our boys
and girls are attending colleges, normal and other advanced schools.

With this statement I leave the matter to you and will cheer-
fully respond to your wishes when I know what they are.

Diated(P)

P' S' -The particular clerk who took down my letter to you yesterday
had no knowledge of the previous correspondence and I did not recall
it.

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Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 17, 1901.

Mr. G. S. Warner,
Springville, N. Y.

My dear Mr. Warner:--

I enclose a letter just received from Martin and have written him that I would arrange for him to come in with a party that is coming from Oneida by the end of the month, or would send him special ticket if that was not convenient for him; also for James Swomp but he must have Pairs' approval to take Swomp before I would receive him. I have written Pairs.

A young man who has finished his course at Chilocco a year or two ago and has been working in the coal mines in Oklahoma is coming here. He is highly recommended and seems to be a candidate for your purposes. He will be here within a few days.

Yours truly,

Dio. (M)

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