References to surname Balenti at Carlisle Indian School.

C&A Carlisle School, Pratt to G.W.H. Stauch. Aug. 6, 1901.
No notes on this........Henry Row of Lodges, Lewis White Shield, Dawes White Bird, Charles Bent, George Balenti, and Raymond Buffalo Meat.

Text Copyright (c) 2004 John Sipes
(Berthrong Cheyenne Collection. Carlisle School Section.)

Arapaho Bee Newspaper, Feb. 26, 1908, By John Seger, Mrs. Belle Balenti.
Belle Balenti, an Indian woman of the Cheyenne Tribe....entered school at the age of 13, the band which her mother, uncles and brothers belonged were the last to surrender in 1874.When they did they were guarded on the north side of the North Fork River.
One of the young braves broke when being shackled to be sent to Fort Augustine. This brought firing and the Indians went to the Sand Hills where they had hid most of their arms. Hills surrounded on all sides except one with a pond on it. Two companis of cavalry and the firing of two gatling guns. 16 soldiers and 4 Cheyennes killed in the whole afternoon. Belle in a sand pit while the firing going on in the sand hill.
At night the Indians stole out through the pond to Whirlwinds camp north of the agency, some went to the Northern Cheyennes in March.
Next January she entered school, after a year she taught a camp class. Also taught in the school. Married at seventeen to Mike Balenti a soldier at Fort Reno of the regs. Took an allotment on North Fork bottom. Still lives there in neat frame cottage. Has six children. Oldest now married and settled down on a farm. Went to school at Halstead.
Second son attended Carlisle, educated and became an architect. Took out citizenship and is in business in El Reno and doing well.
Mike, third boy, played football at Carlisle, won a football game against Chicago U. Received $150.00 a month past season and has offer at $250.00 for this season.
John also at Carlisle.
Daughter Hattie received education at public schools at Calumet and the district school near her home.
Bought a piano from the proceeds of cattle raised.

Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Indian Service, Jan. 20, 1909, Thomas Otterby, Addt. Farmer at Bridgeport to Chas. E. Shell, Supt., Darlington.
N/W 1/4-24-14-13, allotted to Kias Williams, Decd. and his heirs are Belle Balenti 1/3 interest; Shaking Herself 1/3 interest; Charging Bear 1/12 interest; Fred Siouxman (Fatty Eyes) 1/12 interest; Small Eyes 1/12 interest; Bob-Tail Coyote 1/12 interest.

Colony Courier, Aug. 28, 1913.
We favor Cheyenne Belle for the Indian lady candidate for a free trip to the Panama Exposition. We do not believe another Indian woman in Oklahoma having the oppurtunities has accomplished so much. She was a little girl in the Cheyenne camp and was under fire in the battle of the Sand Hills fight just west of Darlington on the North Canadian in 1874 and later got her schooling in the reservation school under John Seger
She married Mike Balenti, a soldier at Fort Reno. Mike Balenti, the famous football and baseball player is her son.
(Sipes/Berthrong Cheyenne Coll. Ft. Marion POWS)

H.B Peiars, Chief Supervisor of Education, Haskell, Lawrence, Kansas, to Leo Bonnin, Supt. at Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, May 15, 1923.
Letter requesting info.on how many students that completed 8 grades or more in Government Indian Schools and their success or failures since they left school in the government or public working areas of employment. Supt. Bonnin stated- From Carlisle Indian school: Benajh Miles, born 1867, Arapaho, 1/2 blood, farmer, Calument, Okla.; Emily Kaney, born 1878, Cheyenne, 1/2 blood, housewife, Ark. City, Kan.; Henry Row of Lodges, born 1879, Arapaho, full blood, farmer, Greenfield, Okla.; Lydia La Mere, born 1881, Arapaho, full blood, housewife, Walthill, Neb.; Emil Hauser, born 1883, Cheyenne, 1/2 blood, nightwatch, Salem Ind. School, Chemawa, Ore.; George Balenti, born 1884, Cheyenne, 1/4 blood, with highway, State of Okla., Okla. City, Okla.; Kish Hawkins, born 1878, Cheyenne, full blood, U.S. Indian Police, Concho, Okla.; Michael Balenti, born 1886, Cheyenne, 1/4 blood, Professional Baseball, Sioux City, Iowa; Julia Prentiss, born 1879, Cheyenne, 3/4 blood, housewife, Calument, Okla.; Peter Hauser, born 1886, Cheyenne, 1/2 blood, Umpire, profess. baseball, McAllister, Okla.; George Frass, born 1879, Cheyenne, 1/2 blood, farmer, Calument, Okla.; Fred Roundstone, born 1886, Cheyenne, full blood, farmer and stockman, Lame Deer, Montana; John Balenti, born 1890, Cheyenne, 1/4 blood, (no occupation given); Rosa Seneca, born 1883, Cheyenne, 1/2 blood, housewife, Ark. City, Kan.; Nina C. Gabaldon, born 1884, Cheyenne, full blood, housewife, Wichita, Kan.

Calumet Chieftain, Aug. 4, 1921 (From the Jackson, Tenn) Sun.

Mike Balenti, a veteran short stop, formerly with the Chattanooga Club of the Southern League and St. Louis Browns, reported to manager Fulghum Sat. Morning from his home in Calumet, Okla. Balenti was in teh line-up Sat. and showed the local fans that he could hit the ball and field as well. Mike had a rather easy day in Sat. game but in a few days he will be covering all the territory around short stop in spectacular style.

The new short stoop from Jackson is a farmer of ability and the locals are to be congratulated upon receiving him, and if it han't been a bad year on the farm, it is probably that Mike wouldn't be here playing baseball.

He is a graduate of Carlisle University, which is the largest institution of leaning for Indians in teh United States. Carlisle has turned out many famous athletes such as Thorpe, Guyon and others who made anational wide reputation in the sporting world. Balenti like many other athletes of his race is an all-around man, having played football, baseball, baseketball adn other outdoor sports.

As a coach at Baylor University, Balenti made a reputation for himself as his teams were the strongest the school has turned out in years.

Besides being an ahtlete, coach and player, Mike is a culture and refined gentleman and stands out in ability and aggrissiveness. All who have seen him play say that not a cleaner and more sportsmanlike athlete ever stepped on the diamond.

Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, Concho, Okla., Sept. 9, 1925. Students who have not retuned back to Chilocco Indian School.
George Balenti, parent William Balenti, Geary, Okla.; Mable Hawkins and Nellie Hawkins, parent Mrs. Katie Z. Hawkins, Geary, Okla.; Margaret Riggs, parent Stacy Riggs, Clinton, Okla.; Dulce and Lillian White Bird, parent Dawes White Bird, Watonga, Okla.

Calumet Chieftain Newspaper, July 28, 1932.
Michael Balenti came to the U.S. at the age of 16, to Cleveland from Austria, Hungary, enlisted in the Army. Father a locksmith, who died, when Michael was 6, had three older brothers killed in the Army service. Served at area now Fort Reno from 1874 when fight took place at Twelve Mile Point of North Canadian River. Orderly for Col. Lewis.

Geary Times Journal, May 27, 1937

Mary Balenti, 22, daughter of Mike Balenti, former Carlisle Indian School football and baseball star and major league baseball player, graduates from the Oklahoma College for Women at Chickasha. Immediately after her graduation she will have a position in the business offices of the college. Miss Balenti is a granddaughter of Mrs. Bell Balenti of Geary. Mike Balenti played short-stop for the Cincinnati Reds.