The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-07-03
From hs Boston Daily Adprrhssr'
HON II, NJ JOHNSON. VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.

MT ha'e-i send you an extract from the hook Of
DR. Jnus. I" on the Moral Condition Of the o. States"
Tess hS'lorns 70 Us 'hSn the last aud lessto
our honor Than Il would be agreeable 10 have H. hone
We may hear from Kentucky exactly what the truth is
"The Congress OF the United States makes, yearly.
large grants, amounting TO 200 900 dollars for Indian
schools According an official document laid before
Congress 10 1884 1857 Indian youth were then in
Of instruction, IN 60 different schools The diff
erent religions secis received from Congress, for the
support OF some Of these schools 554O dollars. namely,
the Bdptsts 200 dollars the CongregatioIslIsts 1870
dollars the Catholics 1900 dollars, the Meihodisls $50
dollars To these added also the sums furnished
for instruction out Of the annual appropriations for the
Indians Unfortunately these schools are not IN the
best condition.
This blame should above ALL fall upon the largest OF
them--the so.called Choctaw Academy, situated IL
miles from Lexington. Kentucky, with 1856 pupils
For each Of these pupils 200 dollars paid out OF the
appropriations which the United States make 10 several
Of the Indian tribes, to the Of the estate on which
the school is placed, There boys OF ten different
tribes, mostly Choctaws. who first induced the esiab
hshme1t OF such an institution Besides these there
are Cherokees, kckapoos, Menomones. Pawnees
Foxes Pottawotamles &c. Many OF these children
have a large proportlon--a quarter, half and even
hreequsrlers white blood IN their veins. Their m
strucon is mserabe-nere learning by heart and no.
thing more OF trades, the knowledge Of which would
be most important TO such children only four are taught
namely those OF tslors, shoemskers, carpenters and
smiths; but only lew lsughi-between 20 and
80 On the other hand. every few years, particularly
clever boy generally chiefly Of white descent, is,
with great bnastng, given 10 advocate or phy-
sclan, TO learn profession and then he is SAID 10 stu
DIV law, medicine, moral philosophy, &c. On Saturday
there school, and then the pupils lntle
money by working for some neighborng farmer. The
head teacher is Baptist clergyman, Henderson, who
is often absent and then lives estate Of his own.
40 miles from the school Besides him. there three
teaches and in all, -four classes
At the foot OF the hill, on which The school, wooden
hut stands the sleeping rooms each containing from
six children, who laid in a ship wooden
berhs, one above another. The meals are taken in
building another hill near the house OF the estate
The whole expense Of he for all that laid out,
cannot, in that cheap land aud considering the number
of the pupils, amount hh part Of those 200 dol
lars which yearly drawn for each individual from the
scany allowance Of the Indians The rossessor Of that
estate and the superintendent Of the Institution, which
serves alike 10 deceive the people Of the United States
and to defraud the unhappy Indians, Is Mr. Richard M
Johnson Vice President Of the Union OF all this,
which is strictly true far could learn the facts,
concerning institution situated IN a distant corner
scarcely approachabe by Americans, but which !
myself vslted-of all this, thought il my duty to OBJ
tain full inornation and discharge the farther duty
of making that information public May these lines
day lead the clearing up OF the darkness that
this subject, and tend make known what hands
mains the difference between the Of this deporabe
education. aud the drawn from the Indians 10
lt.-.Vol !, p 1868
!. suppose II German miles equal to about 76 En-
glsh mles-Trs.