The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-29
KAafern Indian I0uneII.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 28.-The Repu5H-
can has q letter from Okmulgee, In
dian Territory, dated December GOTH
which gives the following synopsis of
the proceedings of the Indian Council
in session there. Resolutions were
reported by the Committee on Inter.
nal Relations to she following effect,
and adopted, viz: That the Superin-
tendent of the Southern and Central
Indian Superintendencies, Euoch
Hoag, be requested to inform,
through their respective agents, the
Oheyennes, Arrapahoes, Kiowas, CO.
manches, 60, that the Cherokees.
ChickasaWs, &C., have met in
general council, and wish to
extend to them assurances of
friendship and kindly feelings,
and of their desire that these wild
tribes shoald remove to g place
amongst themselves, and with the
government of the United States;
that the object of this council is to
promote the general welfare of all
Indians, residents of Indian Terrific.
~, and to secure their lands cxclu=
sively to themselves and their chill
dren those now present desire that
delegates from those Wild trihes
should hereafter meet them whenever
practicable, and accept their aid and
consent In establishing and MAIN
tainiIg prominent friendly relations
amongst themselves with tho people
of the United States. G. w. Grayer,
delegate from the Greek Nation, was
elected permanent Secretary Of the
Council.
Commissioner Parker, of the Com
mittee on Education, made a report.
of which the following is an abstract:
Population Of the Chootaw nation,
between 10000 and IL, 900. They have
forty eight public schools. and will
soon have two boarding schoOls-one
for each sex. They have twenty
youths at school in the States; annual
School Fund, $4,000; whole number
of children attending school, l. .460; !;
population Of the Cherokees, II, ,0G0; ];
annual School Fund about 10000.
They have 48 public schools. three Of
which arc exclusively for col0red chill
dren; whole number of pupils l ,92S /;
the orphans Of the Nation are board
ed and clothed by the interest Of the
Orphan Fund; one Mission School,
conducted by the M0raYians, and sew
eral private schools: population of
the Greeks, 13, 900: they have p pub
lie schools and will soon have nine
more under the management OF the
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
They have one boarding school in
operation, and another nearly COM
pleted, each of which will accommo-
date eighty pupils. TAe Superin-
tendents of these boarding schools
are paid by the Methodists and Pres
byterians. Other expenses are paid
By the nation.
| The ChiIdren's Annual School Fund
is about So, 900; average number of
pulls, 700. Population-Ssminoles,
2 500, and they have four public
schools; number of pupils 225, A new
Mission School will soon be finished,
capable of accommodating City pupils.
Annual School Fund $2.500; popula-
tation of the Chickasaws 5, 400; have
III public schools, number of pupils
44O. annual School Fund $4,000;
they keep fifty children at school in
the States at an annual expense of
1850 each; population of the Osages
/ Ia from 1900 to 1000; they have
so pupils at the Catholic Mi3sion /;
annual School Fund. $4,000; popu-
Iation of Peorias 170; one School
with % pupils; annual School Fund,
$1,000; the OttoWas have one school
| vvith ~ pupils