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Identified Persons

Gabriel Gobin; Major Edmond Mallet

Identified Places

Tulalip Indian School; Tulalip Mission; Washington Territory

Author

Gabriel Gobin

Recipient

Major Edmond Mallet

Approximate Date

January 1, 1877

Original Item Medium

Correspondence

Accession Number

2013.001.080

Folder Name

Tulalip_Agency,_Washington_Territory

Language

English

Digital Reproduction Information

Scanned from a photograph at 400 dpi in TIFF format using a Nikon D800, and imported as JPEG2000 using CONTENTdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2015

Transcription

School Boys' Letters[Mallet's handwritten note]


Tulalip Mission Jan 1th[sic] 1877


Major E. J. Mallet.


Dear sir.


I wish you a happy New year I hope you are glad to See some of the School boys write you some little letters at this happy new year I write you this letter to make you feel glad


Very truly and obediently

Yours,

Gabriel Gobin

Letter from American Indian child to Indian Agent Mallet

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Keywords

Native American Schools, Native American Reservations