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Burns, Robert

Robert Burns arrived at the Carlisle Indian School on September 6, 1880.  But would only stay for about a year, leave June 21, 1881.  A follow up report on Robert Burns shows that he married former student Nellie Morrison and was working as a lease clerk in Darlington, Oklahoma in 1910.

Cheyenne

Arrived Carlisle Indian School September 6, 1880

Age at Arrival: 14 years

Previous Schooling: None

Didn’t Graduate, left on 1881

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