Outings at Carlisle

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By Trace L Hentz, blog editor

Years back, my relative Ellowyn Locke (Oglala) asked me to find out what happened to one of her relatives who died in an OUTING, at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. I looked and looked, but first had to ask  "WHAT IS AN OUTING?" She thought he might have died in a car accident. I never found any records of him...

Many students at the boarding school were sent to farms to be laborers. 

It's been reported that at least 10,000 died during "outings."

1. https://www.inquirer.com › philly › news › indian-school-carlisle-native-quaker-cemetery-outing-20180502.html

   A search for native children who died on 'Outings' in Pa. - Inquirer.com

   A search for native children who died on 'Outings' in Pa. A Native American rights group is searching for lost children, bolstering its demand for a national accounting of Indian youths who went missing while under official supervision at dozens of government- and church-run boarding schools.

5/24/2021

I found 692 Outing assignments for Mercer County, PA - CIIS student workers.

Looks like almost 200 farmers / business had Carlisle Indian School students in their employ / or were perhaps boarding them, in the Trenton area.  There were 266 in Robbinsville and one of them was the greatest athlete in the world - Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox).  In fact, he lived with the same farmer twice for a total of over 18 months between between 1905 and 1907. 

 

Numbers of Outings in PA broken down by counties

For digitized student files, enrollment cards or photos, go to   CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL DIGITAL RESOURCE CENTER. 

 

Zitkala-Sa, author

Zitkala Sa (aka Gertrude Simmons Bonnin) at Carlisle.

VOL../ FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1902

A FORMER HASKELL BOY.
Raymond T. Bonnin and Miss Gertrude Simmons, both of Yankton Agency, were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Benedict in this city on Saturday afternoon, May 10, 1902. The Tribune is pleased to make a few comments upon this marriage from the fact that the bride is a full blooded Sioux whose Indian name is ”Zitkala-Sa,“ which means Red Bird. After receiving a common school education at Yankton Agency she was sent to Carlisle College, where she remained two years and where she developed great musical and literary talents to such an extent that she was sent to the Boston Conservatory of Music and was selected to accompany a musical troupe to the Paris exposition in 1900. The rare talent show both on the violin and piano brought forth many flattering comments from the leading magazines and newspapers, both at home and abroad.  Upon her return she made a tour of the principle cities of the East, not only as an accomplished musician but as an author of esteemed merit.  One of her productions entitled “Indian Legends” has commended itself to the reading public to the extent that the publishers are having a great demand for her works.  She is also a contributor to some of the leading magazines at the present time. 

The groom is the grandson of the old French trader, Picotte, one of the first traders to come up the Missouri River to Yankton Agency and points above and into who married one of the Yankton Sioux Tribe.  His family were all educated at the Standing Rock Reservation, South of St. Louis, and they and their children are among the foremost of the Yankton tribe in civilized attainments.  This is considered a marriage in high life among their people, as both of the contracting parties are proud of their aboriginal blood, and especially of their rapid acquirement of the educational skill of the Caucasian race so rapidly adopted by them.  Her Indian friends may well feel proud, without being egotistical, at the marvelous advancement made of a full-blood of their race who left her native home encumbered with that legacy of native habits and who within a few short years mastered the English language to the extent that she rivals in literature some of the leading authors of America, and whose quaint productions are equal to those of Kipling. -[Tyndall (S. D.) Tribune.] 

9/25/2019

Outing Contract, revised Dec 8, 1900

OUTING RULES

To Govern Carlisle Indian School Students and our Patrons.

Pupils are placed in families to learn English and the customs of civilized life.

1. Pupils must attend Church and Sabbath School regularly. Pupils of a certain denomination are placed with patrons of the same denomination when practicable. When Catholic pupils are placed with non-Cathoic patrons we are first assured that a Catholic Church is accessible. Non-Catholic patrons will in no way interfere with or forbid the attendance of Catholic pupils at the customary services of their church, such as Mass, Vespers and Sunday School. Patrons will adopt such measures and exercise such judicious authority as is necessary to facilitate the practice, by pupils, of their religion according to the tenets of their church. Failure by patrons to comply with these requirements, or attempts to proselytize will be deemed sufficient cause to justify the recall of pupils.

2. Absence without permission of patrons is not allowed, and being out evenings or away on social excursions Sundays, should be discouraged. Pupils should not go to Philadelphia nor to public parks unless accompanied by a member of the family or other responsible person.

3. Patrons or others must not hire pupils, nor are pupils to exchange places unless authorized by us.

4. Except when authorized pupils are not to return or be returned to the school before their outing agreement expires.

5. The use of tobacco and spiritous liquors in any form is forbidden. This and any other offence against good habits, the patron must report at the time.

6. When out for the winter pupils must attend school at least 100 days continuously, beginning not later than November 11, working out of school hours for their board, care and washing, unless otherwise agreed upon. Pupils are not to be kept out of school half days or detained in the mornings, but they must be punctual and regular in their attendance, and must study at home if necessary when their chores are done.

7. Pupils must bathe at least once a week.

8. It is the aim to send pupils out with a full equipment of clothing. Patrons will see that pupils take proper care of the same, and especially of their best uniform suits, dresses and other clothing, both as a matter of training and so that requests for additional clothing may be avoided during the periond out.

9. Monthly reports must show any violation of these rules, to fully, accurately and truthfully made out, signed by patrons and pupils and sent to the school the last day of each month. Pupils home letters, in all cases, must accompany the reports.

10. Patrons must not give pupils more than one half their earnings, and should encourage them to save more than the required one half. If they spend one half whle they are earning they have none to spend during school attendance, as one half must remain on the books of the school until their period of enrollment has expired. Pupils must give patrons receipts for all money given them, patrons to send such receipts to the School with each monthly report. The School will supply blank receipts, instead of request papers.

11. A record of all money transactions is kept at the School, and if patrons allow pupils to spend more than one half their earnings, the excess cannot be counted as part pay, but will be the patrons' loss.

12. Patrons are to pay one half the cost of railroad tickets, the other half, the pupil pays, and is to be counted as expenditure in calculating the one half allowance, and no monehy should be given pupils until the tickets are paid for. Pupils are well fitted out on leaving the school and will not need money the first month. Pupils on reaching their country homes, will at once give their return tickets to patons, who will forward them to the school promptly.

Patrons and pupils should carefully read these rules.We wlil not place pupils nor continue relations with patrons who will not in good faith subscribe to, and comply with their requirements.
These rules cancell all previous ones. December 8, 1900

Superintendant signature


I will obey the above I will comply and enforce the above

________________________ ______________________________________
Pupil Patron

Carlisle, Pa ___________________ 19 ____________________________________, 19

NOTE: Three copies of this will be signed by all parties concerned, one copy to remain on file in the Superintendent's office, one to go to patron, one to pupil.

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