<P> Standing Bear later wrote that red flannel underwear caused "actual torture ." He remembered the red flannel underwear as "the worst thing about life at Carlisle ." </P> <P> Those children who arrived at Carlisle able to speak some English were used by school officials as translators . They also sometimes took advantage of the children's traditional respect for their elders to get them to inform on their peers' misbehaviors . This was consistent with accepted practice in the large families of the time, where older children were often required to care for and discipline their younger siblings . </P> <P> School discipline was strict and consistent, according to the military tradition, with students facing' courts - martial' for serious cases . Elaine Goodale Eastman, who had supervised Indian education in the West, wrote of Carlisle that organizing Indian boys into squads and companies appealed to their warrior traditions, and that typically they complied because they wanted to earn officers' ranks, recognition, and privileges . She also observed that there was' genuine affection' between the Captain and the students . </P> <P> Children who could not adjust at Carlisle eventually returned to their families and homes . Some ran away because of being homesick and unhappy . Several years after one young man ran away, he approached Pratt in the lobby of a New York hotel . He explained that he had found himself a good job, was working hard and had saved some money . "Hurrah!" the Captain exclaimed . "I wish all my boys would run away!" </P>

What assimilation pressures did ojibwe boarding school students face