In Barracks and Wigwam — page 15: what you’re looking at

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IN BARRACKS AND WIGWAM. CHAPTER LI. SOWING THE SEEDS. Nestled in the heart of the famous Cumberland Valley lies the old, quaint, and conservative town of Carlisle, and in all the great State of Pennsylvania one would not find a more charming place of residence. In pre-revolution- ary days Carlisle was a name frequently on men’s tongues, and in later years the establishment of United States barracks here gave it a military air and prestige. At the present time the town is chiefly noted for two things—its college and its Indian school. The former is a handsome and flourishing institution, of wide renown throughout the country. The latter, occupying the old barracks on the outskirts of the town, and presided over by a Government officer and instructors, is equally well known. Here a large number of Indian boys and girls, brought from time to time from the reservations of the West, are educated and taught useful trades, with a view to fitting them for civilized life. The pupils of the school publish a little paper, and are justly proud of a fine band and a strong football team. On a crisp Saturday afternoon in November the major- ity of the college students could have been found on the athletic grounds, a field of large extent which lay between the town and the Indian school. A football match played (€(0) Gomicbooks