The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-11-24
INDIAN STATISTICS.


The annual report of the Indian
Bureau, shows a. steady advancement
toward civilizationcn. the part of nearly
all the. Indian tribes, and. if the report
is,not colored for the occasion, there
ought to be an end to Indian wars on the
1tontier.. 1t tells us that the desire of
the Indians to labor is steadily grow
ing, and large numbers of them are
willing and anxious to engage in civil
lied pursuits. The number of Indians
in the United States, exclusive of
Alaska, is reported at 255, 93S, all of
whom, except about $4,000, are mora or
less under the direet control of the
Agencies of the Government. The-o CIV
IiZed Indians, now in the Ta.ra tories
number 60, $3.50, and the uncivili5ed II, !.
90 There are in rounl Numbers IS, :
900 Indians in DAlso5a, %, 900 in New
Mexico, ~ ,DO0rin ARIZONA, AND ID, O00jin
WashingtonTerritory. 1t appears that
tlere are upwards. of 5000 Indians in
New York State, and. more than 10Y
600 in the State of Michigan. During
the year CO. boarding and 10 day
schools have been in operation among
the different Indian tribes, exclusive
Of the five civilized tribes in Indian.
Territory, which have been attended by
over 1000 children and taught by 3l6
teachers. The educational work of the
Bureau could have been enlarged to a.
much greater extent but for the inads--
quate appropriation. made by Congress
bor the support Of the. schools Fifty
thousand Indians at seventeentAgen
have no treaty school funds whatever,
and the educational facilities must de-
pend entirely on the general appropria-
tion for education Among these tribes
there are at least. 1000 children Of
school age. The. reports from the
schools on The various, reservations are
full of encouragement, showing an in
crease and more reguisr attendance of
pupils, and a growing interest in edu-
cation on the part of the parents. In
compliance withsappeals,from the nes =
lected Agencies, the Bureawhas made
arrangements for erecting IL boarding
school buildings during the coming
season, and for the establishment of Is
new boarding schools, These will be
the first schools, Of any kind ever pro-
vided for S,000iSan Carlos Apachss and
western Shoshones, and the first beard
ing.school opened for 25, 900 Indians. at
nine other Agencies where the small,
irregularly-attended day-schools have
hitherto met.with Indifferent success,
and made little impression ON the tribes
among whom they were located. The
condition of the Boncas in Indian Ter
ritory continues to be prosperous. They
have now 70 houses, and since the LIST
Va AdoV'ONcI ~ nave
moved into the houses. Meddlesome
persons are still endeavoring to induce
the Poncas TO, abandon their present
location and return to Dakota, but
leading men of the tribe have frequently
assured the Agent that they are satis-
fled and do.not desire to return.
1t will DE observed that no mentors
is made of the Pintes, one of the largest,
tribes west of the Rocky Mountains,
and as they are not on Agencies, except.
few at Walker, River and Pyramidi
Lake, the hdian.Bureau is necessarily
as ignorant of their number as China
man. The knowledge Of this fact will
HadApecple to question the accuracy Of,
the report, EVEN though it should be
correct in the main. The census of Ne
vada was not complete when the report
was made, and, the number of whites,
much less Indians, in the State was nos
then known att Washington.
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