Puyallup Indian Boys at Indian Training School, Forest Grove

Title

Puyallup Indian Boys at Indian Training School, Forest Grove

Description

An outdoor portrait taken in 1881 or 1882 of twelve male students from the Puyallup tribal agency who were attending the Forest Grove Indian School. Those pictured appear to be from the first group of students from Puyallup who were admitted to the school on February 25, 1880. Notes penciled on the back of the photograph identify several of them as: Augustus Kautz; Nugen Kautz; David Brewer; Henry Sicade; Peter Kalama; and Jerry Meeker. The Kautz brothers are the two standing in the back row, wearing similar darker-colored suits. A descendant has also identified Samuel "Spott" McCaw as the student sitting furthest left on the bottom row.

The remaining students probably include five of the other seven boys who were admitted in the same cohort from Puyallup: Charles Ashue, Samuel Ashue, Edward Richard, Andrew Richard, Peter Stanup, Harry Taylor, and Willie Wilton.

The back appears to be signed by Henry Sicade, who was one of the most successful former students of the school. This copy is water-damaged. This portrait was taken on the grounds of the Forest Grove Indian School by a photographer from the I.G. Davidson Studio, whose office was in Portland. It is part of a series of photographs of the school that were shot, sold and distributed by the Davidson Studio, with a portion of the sales going to support the school.

[front] [printed] Davidson Photo [hand written ink not legible due to water damage] [back] [stamped] Indian Training School, Forest Grove, Oregon. Capt. M. C. Wilkinson, U.S.A. in Charge. Group of Puyallup Boys. [ink] [handwritten] Indian Boys, Gus Kautz, David Brewer, Nugen Kautz, Henry S., Peter Kalama, Jerry Meeker

Identifier

FHFG_pic0134

Contributor

Davidson Photo

Subject

Kautz, Augustus

Brewer, David

Kautz, Nugen

Sicade, Henry

Kalama, Peter

Meeker, Jerry

Off-reservation boarding schools

Native American Studies

Chemawa Indian School

Spatial Coverage

Forest Grove, Oregon

Language

English

Date Created

1881-1882

Date

1881/1882

Medium

photographic prints

Source

Friends of Historic Forest Grove

Rights

Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact Friends of Historic Forest Grove at: rights@fhfg.org

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Type

Still Image