The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-11-26
REPORT OF THE INDIAN BUREAU.

The annual report of the Indian Bureau for
1880 exhibits continued steady advancement
toward civilization on the part of nearly all the
Indian tribes, and very remarkable progress
in many instances, especially among the Oga-
lallas and Brule Sioux. In Dakota and the Pa
cihc coast the Indians collected ct the Yakima
Agency. The demands upon the bureau by the
Indians of large majority of the agencies for
implements with which to enable them to per-
form manual labor are far beyond the means
at the disposal Of the department for that pur-
pose.
The desire of the Indians to labor is steadily
growing, and large number are willing and
anxious to engage III civilized pursuits, and the
improvement in their manner Of putting in and
caring for the crops raised shows that the
efforts of the past few years are gradually
bringing them to self supporting condition.
The number of Indians in the United States.
exclusive OF Alaska, is reported at 255. 933, all
OF whom, except about $4,000, are more or
less under direct control of agencies Of the
Government. The civilized Indians now in the
Territory number 60,560 and the unciYihzed
1850. There are, i'll round numbers, 5000
Indian 8 IN Dakota, $4,000 III New Mexico d.
00C in Montana, II 600 in Arizona, and 1000
in Washington Territory. 1t appears there are
upward Of 5000 Indians in New York State,
and more than 1000 in the State of Michigan
The following table shows the substantial re-
suits of Indian labor during the year by Indi-
ans, exclusive of five civilized tribes of the In
dian Territory:
Number Of acres broken by Indians 272S3
Number of acres cultivated ........,.,. l7O,84T
Number Of bushes OF wheat raised. ..... Al5,777
Number OF bushels Of corn raised. ....... $780, 430
Number of bushels of and barley raised 222 439
hl1Gbalq n h as raiSp
Number of tons of hay cut. ................ 56527
Number Of cattle owned ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1882
Number OF sheep owned. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 964,1 1877
By Fire Certified Ttibes.
Number of acres cultivated. -. ..... 3l499S
Number Of bushels of wheat raised .... 1856 424
Number of bushels of corn raised. ..... 2S46O42
Number of bushels Of oats and barley
raised .......................... 124,56s
Number OF bushels of vegetab es raised :. 595OU0
Number OF bales OF cotton raised. .......... 1900
Number Of tons of hay cut ............... 14,000
Number of cattle owned ................... 297G40
Number of swine owned. ................ 400, $50
During the year sixty boarding and 11U day
schools have been i'll operation among the diff
ferent Indian tribes, exclusive of the five civil
lied tribes in the 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 q much
greater extent but I the inadequate appropri-
atoms made by Congress for the support of the
schools. Fifty thousand Indians at seven zen
agencies have no treaty school funds whatever,
and educational facilities must depend. entirely
on general appropriation for education. Among
those tribes there are at least 1900 children OF
school age. Reports from the schools On the
various reservations are full of encourage
ment, showing increased and more regular
attendance of pupils, and growing interest
In education on the part of parents. In
compliance vita the appeals from neglected
ag. ncies, the bureau has made arrangements
for erecting eleven boarding school buildings
during the coming season, and for the estab-
hshment of thirteen new boarding schools.
These will be the tirst schools of any kind ever
provided for the 5000 San Carlos Apaches and
Western Shoshones, and the first boarding
schools opened for the %, 600 Indians at the nine
other agencies. The day-scho OILS have hitherto
met with Indifferent success and made little inn
presslon on the tribes among whom they were
located. The condition of the Poncas IN the
Indian Territory continues to be prosperous.
They have now seventy-nine houses. and, since
the LIST of January LAST over seventy families
have moved into houses MeddlesoEne persons
are still endeavorlng to induce the Poncas to
abandon their present location and return to
Dakota, but the leading men OF the tribe have
frequently assured the Agent that they are sat-
lSied and do not desire to return