The Ontario
Washington, D. C.

September 1, 1915

Librarian of Congress
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

I hand you herewith copies of the two photographs I spoke to you about, giving pictures of the first party to arrive at Carlisle; the boys in one picutre and the girls in the other. They came from the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Sioux Agencies, Dakota, which were then without schools, and none of these pupils had had school privileges prior to their enrollment for Carlisle. In this party were the children of the most prominent Chiefs of these two agencies; Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, Two-Strike, Milk, White Thunder, American Horse, etc, etc. Five of those presented are the children of Spotted Tail.

A suggestion in the Indian Office that the picture was of sufficient historical importance led to its being enlarged from a small 4 x 6 and its being so prepared. It was urged that copies should be placed in the Congressional Library and the Indian Bureau. The coloring was done by Mrs. Angela DeCora Deitz, an Indian, who is the Art Instructor at Carlisle. The enclosed pamphlet, "American Indians, Chained and Unchained", is filed with the picture as telling the story of the school.

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