Familiar names of visitors in attendance: 
A.K. Smiley, founder of the Indian
Rights Assn and head of Lake Mohonk retreat center. Gov. of Pa, Judge Sadler,
Carlisle dignitary, etc,, etc.
Farm patrons from Bucks, Delaware,
Montgomery and Columbia counties from PA.
Pouring rain.
Dignitaries trekked from school
room exhibitions to the gym for gymnastics exhibition.
Band played for lunch.
Susan Longstreth in attendance.
The Secretary of the Interior seemed
to assume that the scholars in this group would be finding roles in Indian
Service and laid out the sterling characterstics ascribed to these roles
in his address. Interesting, that this would be the expectation for their
success, since Pratt so hated the Bureau. Pratt must have been squirming
in his seat at the vision of his most noted first graduates working for
the Bureau. Also from his speech, "The saved disappears, and the man stands
redeemed, regenerated and disenthralled, touched by the magic influences
of mercy, humanity and justice." He then went on to extoll the accomplishments
of Logan and Tecumsah after complimenting students on their assimilated
demeanor. (Sec. Noble)
Graduating class: 1889
Cecilia Londrosh (Winnebago)* valedictorian
She sent her son to Carlisle
in 1910 but he ran away the next year. |
Kish Hawkins (Cheyenne)*
In 1913 was farming in Kingfisher,
OK. |
Clara Faber (Wyandotte)*
Went to Millersville Normal
until 1891. Deceased by 1900. |
Eva Johnson (Wyandotte)*
Stayed on Outing and then
married the Supt of Colony, OK. Family |
William F. Campbell (Chippewa)*
In 1907 was married and
county attorney for Mahnomen County in Minnesota. Had served 3 years in
DC as attorney for the Chippewa Indians. Deceased before 1918. |
Thomas Wistar (Ottawa)
Graduated age 25. |
Lilly Cornelius (Oneida)* salutatorian
Came in from Green Bay.
Deceased by time records made at NARA. |
Esther Miller (Miami)*
Stayed a year after graduating.
Married THE Charlie Daganette |
Edwin Schanandore (Oneida)
From Green Bay, Stayed on
as Ass't Disciplinarian; in 1907 was divorced and living in Albuquerque
working as disciplinarian and band leader at Indian school. Was baker and
bandmaster at Cherokee NC school for 2 years; also at Carson City Nevada
as disciplinarian and band leader. 1917: Flandreau SD. |
Frank Dorian (Iowa)
??? |
Katie Grindrod (Wyandotte)
Graduated from Women's Medical
College in Philadelphia shortly after leaving Carlisle but died in 1905
from appendicitis. |
Joel Tyndall (Omaha)
Reinrolled in 1891 for a
month, Married Lizzie Hill (class 1897), living in Macy Nebraska worked
as teacher 4 years, 2 yrs as clerk, 4 yrs as discip; 2 yrs in Ohio attended
school and 6 mths in NYC as clerk. Died December 1913. |
Julia Powlas (Oneida)
widow for 2 yrs; at
Morris Minn. laundress at Indian school. have a house; sold stock when
husband died; worked as Indian teacher in in day shool; also laudnress
and cook.; husband also worked in Indian service. “I think I have done
much good or my people in every way and in speaking of educating the Indians.
I think it pays to educate the Indians just as much as the white people.
There are a great many white educated people who are not what they ought
to be. It is not only the Indans that sometimes prove worthless. I know
a great many returned Carlisle students that are doing well. They have
good comfortable homes and are good citizens and I know some that are in
Indian Service that are really doing better work and better employees that
their pale face brothers and sisters. I am thankful for what Carlisle has
done for me and I hope that the Carlisle school will continue to keep up
for many years to com for the Indians. There are a great many young Indians
that are very anxious to go to Carlisle and I have always given the very
highest praise for carlisle. One can always tell the difference between
the educated Indian and the uneducated. The uneducated do not know the
vaule of money or property and are cheated from the white people in their
etc. While the eudcated ones transact buness as good as any white."
person -- a great many Indians
would not be what they are today if it had not been for Carlisle or some
other big schools.”
married Charles D Wheelock. / 1907 Wind
River wyo; laundress. day teacher at Oneida 2yrs; asst cook at Osage 1
yr; laundress 3 yrs now
maried Charles Wheelock, died
mraried Nelson Metoxen |
Joseph Harris (Gros Ventre)
1907:survey 1907: Langhorne
PA. working as farmer; was asst foreman at Carlisle from 9/1890 to 5/1893;
was at Genoa 7/1893-9/1893. been on farm ever since.
1909:Langhorne PA. wokred on farm for 14 yrs “I have not returned
west since leaving school and living as an individual and don’t care about
being before the public.” “I am happy to be among the living.
My life out here is about like the genderal run among persons of my class
(working class). The spacw which my history in your booklet will not consume
many pages because I am out here in the country and it keeps me busy to
attend to the duties which a farm life calls for. I worked for one man
six years, at present if I live teill next March I will be working here
for this man eight years.” |
*gave addresses
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