Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-02
examinations with view 10 the improve.

nent of lac localities"
In relation 10 the Whitaker case, the
| Secretary says: 81 have refraintd from
commenting upon the untortuoste agits-
ton which flowed from an alleged assault
upon colored cadet at West Point Acad-
envy in April last, for the reason that in
some of its legal aspects the subject is
still under consideration"
I Ia conclusion, Secretary Ramsey recon-.
mends that provision be msde by law for
the appointment of an Assistant Secretary
OF War.
THE INDIAN BUREAU.
The annual report of the Indian Bureau
for 1880, has been completed. Ii exhibits
a continued, steady advancement towards
! civilization on the part of nearly all the
Indian tribes, and very remarkable pro-
| gress in many instances, especially among
! the Ogallallas and Brule Sioux Ia Da-
/ kota and on the Pacific coast the Indians
are in 8 selfsupporting condition, The
/ number of Indians in the United States,
exclusive of Alaska, is reported at 253 93S,
! al OF whom, except about $4,000, are
/ more or less under direct control OF agen-
! cies of the Government. The civilized
! indians now IN the territory number co.
1 $780, and the unciviliz 1880 There
are. in round numbers, 5000 Indians in
| Dakots, and 90 900 in New Mexico;
q 600 in Montsns, II 900 10 Arizona, and
| 10 600 in Washington Territory, collected
at the Yokims agency.
The demands upon the Bureau by the
Indians OF a large majority of the agen-
cies for I'M plements with which 10 enable
them to perform manual labor are tar be-
yond the means at the disposal OF the De
partment for that purpose. The desire of
the Indians To labor is steadily growing,
and large number are willing and
anxious to engage in civilized pursuits,
aad the improvement in their manner OF
| putting in and caring for crops raised
shows that the efforts of the past few
years are gradually bringing them to self
! support
II appears that there are upwards of
| 900 Ind sns III New York State, and
more than 10000 in the Stale OF Michi
gan.
The following table shows the substan.
tial results OF Indian labor during the year,
by Indiacs exclusive of the five civilized
hes of the Indian Territory:
Number OF acres broken by Indians. 81, 2SS
Numb OF acres cultivated. .....,....... 10, 41
Number OF bushels OF wheat raised ..... AIS, III
Number OF bushels OF corn raised ....... tb5, 430
raised ,..,...,.,..,,.e'... 2q2 439
Number of bushels OF vegetable s raised S76 AS
Number of tons Of hay cut.........,..... 56,si2
Number OF cattle ow ed ....,.....,...... 7o,sl2
Number of sheep o Vned o64, 49,
By he five civilized Tribes
! Number of acres cultivated. -. ........ 2is }9S
! Number OF bushels OF wheat raised 33b 42l
Number OF bushels of corn ras1d ,,.,....2 3i6 042
! Number of bushels of oats and barley
! Number OF bu ,hels of vegetables raised b95, coo
| Number OF ba es OF cotton raised. ...... /, 800
! Number of tone oil hay cut II, Oo5
| Number of cattle owned ,.............. 291, 0i0
/ Number OF SWINE owned.,........--.. 4tO, 2SJ
During the year sixty boarding and one
! hundred and ten day schools have been in
! operation among the different Indian
tribes, exclusive of the five civilized tribes
ii the Indian Territory, which have been
attended by over seven thousand children,
ana taught by 3l6 teachers. The educa.
/ tional work of the Bureau could have
been enla'g ed to much greater extent
but for the inadequate appropriations
made by Congress tor the support OF
schools Fifty thousand Indians at the
seventeen agencies have no treaty school
! funds Whatever, and educational ABILITIES
must depend entirely on the general ap-
preparation for education. Among those
| tribes there sre vt least seven thousand
children of school sge Reports from the
| schools OF the various reseIy atoms are
! full of encouragement, showing Increased
| and more regular attendance OF pupils
and growing interest In education on The
part of the parents. ia compliance with
appeals from neglected agencies the bu
reau has made arrangements for erecting
I II boarding school buildings during the
| coming season, and Tor the establishment
of ID new boarding schools. These Will be
the first schools of any Kind ever pro-
yid I'd for the eight thousand San Carlos
Apacaes and Western Shoshones, and the
I first boarding school opened for twenty.
/ 1--WE thousand Indians, at nine other
agencies where small, irregular day
/ schools have hitherto met with inditfer ent
success and made little impression on the
! tribes among whom they were located.
/ The con tilion of the Poncas in the Iu-
/ dian territory continues to be prosperous
! They have now from 20 to so houses, and
( since the lat Of January last over 70
/ families have moved into these houses
/ Meddlesome persons are endeavOrlng to
/ induce tae Poucas 10 abandon their pres
/ ent location and return To Dakota, but
/ the leading men of the tribe have fire.
quently assured the agent that they are
satisfied and do not wish to return.
TREAsURER's REPORT.
WARRINGTON, Nov %
From the annual report OF the y. ;.
/ Treasurer, it appears That the receipts OF
the Government compare very iavorably
with those of the previous fiscal year, and
show sn increase from customs, inter 81
revenue aud sales of pubic lands Of
/ S59Sll 5l5, and decrease In those from
miscellaneous sources Of only ill2 079
! Ina exnendLlnrea shnR q sllgLt increase