The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-01-05
THE INDIANS.
INrHRRsr1Na EDUCATIONAL REPORT

INTERESTING EDUCATIONAL REPORT.
A letter from Okmulgee, Indian Terri
tory, dated December 30, gives the fol
towing synopsis of the proceedings of the
indian council in session there. The
resolutions reported by the committee on
inter tribal relations were to the follow
ing effect, and were adopted, viz:
That the Superintendent Of the south-
ern and central Indians be requested r.
inform, through their respective agents
Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Kiowat Conoo,,''
ches etc, that the Cherokees CbicLa
saws, etc, nave met in general council
and wish to extend to them the assurance
of their friendship and kindly feeling
and of their desire that these wild tribes
should maintain peace among themselves
and with the goveroment of the United
States
That the object of this council il 70
promote the general welfare of All the
Indians resident in the Indian Territory,
anc to secure their lands exclusively to
themselves and their children
That the now present desire that dele.
gates from those wild tribes should here
after meet them whenever practicable
and accept their aid and consent in es
tabllshlng and maintaining permanent
friendly relations among themselves and
with the people of the United States.
G. W. Grayson, the delegate from the
Creek Nation, was elected permanent
Secretary of the COUNSEL.
The Committee on Education made
report of which the following is an alb.
stract:
The population Of the Choctaw Nation
is between 10000 and 10000 They
have 48 public schools, one for each sex
They have 20 youths at schools in the
States. The annual school fund is $780,
900; the whole number of children. at
tending school is 1860.
The population of the Cherokee il
10000; the annual school fund about $50.
OOO They have 48 public schools,
three of which are exclusively for color
ed children The whole number of
pupils is 1898. The orphans of the ma
ton are boarded and clothed by the
interest Of the orphan fund. They have
one mission school, conducted by the
Mormons, and several private schools
The population of the Creeks is l3, 900.
They have % public schools, and will
soon have nine more, under the manage
ment of superintendent OF public in
strnctlon. They have one boarding
school in operation, and another nearly
completed, each of which will accommo
date so pupils. The superintendent of
these boarding schools are supported
by the Methodists and Presbyterians, and
the other expences by the nation. Six
OF these public schools are exclusively
for children. The annual school fund is
about $4,000; average number of pupils,
700.
The population of Seminoles is $500.
They have four public schools number
Of pupils, 225. A new MISSION school
will soon be finished, capable of accom-
modating so pupils The annual school
fund is $4,000
The population of the Chickasaws is
5,40O. They have eleven public schools
number Of pupils, 440; animal school
fund, $4,000. They keep fifty children
at school in the State, at an annual ex-
pense of $3.50 each.
The population of the Osages. from
5000 to 1000 They have fifty pupils at
the Catholic mission The annual school
fund is $4,000.
The population of the Peorias is ITO.
They have one school, with Is pupils
annual school fund, $4,000
The ottawas have one school with fifty
two pupils