Report on Deaths of Maud (Little Girl) and Ernest (Knocks Off)
- Title
- Report on Deaths of Maud (Little Girl) and Ernest (Knocks Off)
- Description
- Physician Charles H. Hepburn provides a report on the deaths of two Rosebud Sioux students: Maud and Ernest. Maud died of multiple lung issues on December 13, 1880 with Ernest dying of diphtheria on December 14, 1880. Richard Henry Pratt forwards Hepburn's report to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
- Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79, "Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-80."
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- Temporal Coverage
- December 14, 1880
- Agent
- Charles H. Hepburn
- Maud
- Little Girl
- Ernest White Thunder
- Alternate Label
- Health and Medicine
- Student Death
- Student Health
- Format
- Letters/Correspondence
- extracted text
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