Solomon Bear Louse arrived at the Carlisle Indian School on December 10, 1899. Though he would leave the school on June 27, 1905. A follow up report would show that he worked as a assistant farmer and government employee in Watonga, Oklahoma from 1910-1913. Remaining in the same town of Watonga, Oklahoma Solomon would become a full time farmer and remained as a government employee from 1913 to 1915.
Cheyenne
Indian Name (translated): “Bear Walking”
Arrived Carlisle Indian School December 10, 1899
Age at Arrival: 13 years
Previous Schooling: None
Didn’t Graduate, left in 1905
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