RELEASE DATE: APRIL 22, 2007
KINSEARCHING
by
Marleta Childs
P. O. Box 6825
LUBBOCK, TX 79493-6825
[email protected]
This week we continue listing people employed on June 30, 1894, by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency in Oklahoma. The information may be found on page 517 of the ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 1894 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895). Facts about each individual usually include his or her name, position, salary, sex, "color" (sic) (White or Indian), and date of "present" appointment.
Seger Colony Training School:
BEAR, Laura C., assistant cook, $60, female, Indian, 1 Apr 1894
BEAR, Oscar Bull, assistant farmer, $300, male, Indian, 10 July 1893
BOSSERMAN, Linnie, teacher, $600, female, white, 11 Sept 1893
CHIEF, Enosta P., seamstress, $120, female, Indian, 7 Feb 1894
DAVIS, Chas. L., clerk and industrial teacher, $900, male, white, 1 July 1893
(Editor's Note: Chas. is an abbreviation for Charles).
GARDNER, Worsta, assistant cook, $60, female, Indian, 1 Apr 1894
HOAG, Anna C., teacher, $600, female, white, 1 July 1893
KEOWN, Lucinda A., cook, $420, female, white, 1 July 1893
MAUST, Florence M., matron, $600, female, white, 22 Dec 1893
RATZLAFF, Peter P., farmer, $720, male, white, 1 July 1893
REYNOLDS, Anna C., seamstress, $120, female, Indian, 7 Feb 1894
REYNOLDS, Etta, seamstress, $240, female, Indian, 18 Sept 1893
SEGER, J. H., superintendent, $1,200, male, white, no date
SEGER, Mary, laundress, $420, female, white, 1 Sept 1893
Information about employees at Oklahoma's well-known Chilocco school on June 30, 1894, may be found on pages 517-518 of the same government publication.
Chilocco Training School:
AHATONE, James, baker, $50, male, Indian, 1 July 1893
ALBUTSON, Eunice W., nurse, $600, female, white, 1 July 1893
ALLEN, Edgar A., principal teacher, $900, male, white, 31 Aug 1893
ATCHISON, M. A., seamstress, $500, female, white, 1 July 1893
BERONE, Anna, sergeant, $60, female, Indian, 8 Sept 1893
BRIGG, Fannie L., teacher, $600, female, white, 8 Dec 1893
BROWN, Clay, sergeant, $60, male, Indian, 22 Apr 1894
CADDS, Reuben, herder and butcher, $120, male, Indian, 22 Apr 1894
CARSON, Belle, assistant matron, $600, female, white, 1 July 1893
CHARLEY, Mary, sergeant, $60, female, Indian, 8 Sept 1893
COOK, James A., night watchman, $360, male, white, 17 July 1893
COPPOCK, B. S., superintendent, $2,000, male, white, no date
COPPOCK, Julia, matron, $720, female, white, 1 July 1893
DAILEY, James B., sergeant, $60, male, Indian, 1 July 1893
DAY, W. H., carpenter and industrial teacher, $720, male, white, 1 July 1893
ESSAYPOYBET, Eustace, sergeant, $60, male, Indian, 1 Nov 1893
FRENCH, Sophia V., assistant tailor, $500, female, white, 1 Aug 1893
FRINK, H. S., tailor, $600, male, white, 1 July 1893
GRAYLESS, Ella, sergeant, $60, female, Indian, 8 Sept 1893
HAYGOOD, Wilbur F., clerk, $1,200, male, white, 16 May 1894
HARVEY, Flora E., teacher, $600, female, white, 1 July 1893
JOHNSON, Emma, sergeant, $60, female, Indian, 1 July 1893
KIMBLE, John, sergeant, $60, male, Indian, 1 Nov 1893
KINGCADE, Allee, assistant teacher, $600, female, white, 15 Aug 1893
LINCOLN, Sam B., sergeant, $60, male, Indian, 8 Sept 1893
MARSHALL, Benjamin, sergeant, $60, male, Indian, 8 Sept 1893
MATHIS, Albert, nurseryman, $600, male, white, 1 July 1893
MEAD, Eugene, assistant superintendent and disciplinarian, $1,000, female (sic),
white, 24 Feb 1894
MEAD, Mary L., laundress, $500, female, white, 27 Apr 1894
(To be continued)