Letters, July-December 1905

(ca. 102 items: letters) Letters addressed to Edward M. Wistar. correspondents include: Charles C. Binney; Samuel M. Brosius; R. Stevenson [Stephenson] and Julia Burnett; Henry K. Cooper; Wilson Cornelius (an Oneida, Oneida Settlement, Seymour, Wis.); Myra E. Frye; Merrill E. Gates; J. Addison Griffitts; Thomas M. Griffitts; Abigail J. Hadley; George N. Hartley; William P. Haworth; Thomas and Elizabeth Hayden (mission to the Modoc Nation, [Seneca, Mo.]); Allen Jay; Rachel Kirk; Charles F. Larrabee (Acting Commissioner); Daniel W. Lawrence; John Nicholson; D. Amos Outland; Frank A. Thackery; D.A. and H.E. Williams

Topics discussed include: in general, news of missions and the people working at them, especially in the letters of William P. Haworth and John Nicholson; situation at Hillside (friction there, criticism in letter of A.J. Hadley, finding someone to handle the religious instruction of Native Americans); finding suitable people to work at the missions, vacancies at Otoe-Missouria Tribe mission and Hillside mission; R. Stevenson and Julia Burnett wish to work at mission to the Absentee Shawnee Tribe, Rachel Kirk has reservations about their suitability; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Otoe, Oklahoma (letters of D.A. Outland); Wilson Cornelius, an Oneida, writes asking for help in purchasing land in Minnesota; D.A. and H.E. Williams appointed to mission to the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians; Bentley in Washington to defend himself, evidence submitted to the Secretary [of the Interior?] with recommendations (Brosius letter); doctrinal controversy at mission to the Modoc Nation; Scanned Image D. W. Lawrence to E. M. Wistar, August 1, 1905, concerning the opening of the Friends Ski-a-took School, the status of teachers and the physical plant. "...there are many [Native Americans] who feel too poor to send their children so far away to school." Page 1 | Page 2 (approximately 98K each). also letter addressed to: John Nicholson from: Daniel A. Williams (postcard) re: mission to the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians