The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.2, page 120, Apr. 1881, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers 7 David Simmons was a Sioux from the Dakota Territory who entered Hampton at thirteen in 1878 and left in 188~. He subsequently had a varied career as a teacher, interpreter, clerk, and farmer. ~ Thomas Smith, a Gros Ventre from the Dakota Territory, was fifteen when he came to Hampton in 1878. After leaving in 18 he became a farmer. 9 Joseph Winnebago, who later changed his name to Joseph W. Thompson, was a Sioux from the Dakota Territory. He entered Hampton at seventeen in 1878 and left in ~ 88~. He later worked as a carpenter. 'I Mrs. Lucy A. Seymour, matron for Indian girls. ~7 Probably Isabel B. Eustis, a teacher of Indians at Hampton. 32 Edward P. H. Ashley, a Sioux from the Dakota Territory, was eighteen years old when he entered Hampton in 1878. He remained until 18 and returned for the years ~ 883-85. He later served as financial and property manager of Miss Howard's industrial home. An Article in the Southern Workman ~Hampton, Va., April 188~] INCIDENTS OF INDIAN LIFE AT HAMPTON THE ARIZONAS With the representatives of five Arizona tribes, we have Indian children here from ~6 different tribes, viz., 37 Sioux, ~ Cheyenne, 2 Pawnees, 4 Menominees, 5 Gros Ventres, 3 Arickarees, ~ Mandan, 3 Winnebagos, 2 Omahas, 4 Shawnees, ~ Cherokee, 3 Apaches, ~ Yuma, 3 Mohaves, 6 Pimas, 3 Papagos. Total number of students 79. Almost without exception, these tribes mingle together as pleasantly as so many white young people from as many states. The children of the sly and quarrelsome Sioux, live peaceably in the same room with the children of the fierce and war like Apache. As we see them here, there are few of those characteristics which are so vividly pictured out to us in story and picture books. On first seeing an Arizona, perhaps the only thing that would indicate his being an Indian would be his hair. They have a brownish color, resembling very much the colored people. On the morning of the arrival of the sixteen Arizonas, the Sioux gave them a very warm welcome, though neither understood the others' language. It was a great pleasure for little Anna and Carries to have the honor of waiting on them at their first breakfast here. The Sioux boys made excellent ~20