, 1881-01-14
DUCA'TING INDIANS.

t;on and the civilizing methods with
'.Iich he has attempted to solve 1t. In
'nrard to the educational facilities with
iu.Sicb the Government is now making
""rneriment in limited way, Mr.. Sehurz
said Last year l spoke of the Indian
school at Carlisle, then just established
by this department, under the superin-
tendency of Captain Pratt, as an expert
ment Itmay now be said that it is a
mere experiment no longer. The pro-
Sress made by the Indian pupils there
ss we'll as at Hampton in the acquisition
af elementary knowledge as we'll as in
agricultural and mechanical work has
been sufficient to demonstrate the
CAPACITY OF THE INDIAN
For civilized pursuits. The pupils are
instructed not only in the English Ian
cuage, in reading, writing, lower mathe-
matics, geography, &C., but the girls are
educated in household work and con
siderable number of the boys are en-
Moved as apprentices in blacksmithing,
carpentering, shoe and harness making,
wagon building, tinsmithing, tailoring,
in printing office, and in farm work.
The progress made by some of them has
been remarkably rapid, and in almost all
cases satisfactory The number of pupils
at Carlisle has been incrt ased to l96.
Some of the products of their labor were
exhibited at the county fair, and at
.racted general and favorable attention.
The school is now able to produce some
articles to be used at the different Indian
agencies, such as shoes, tin ware, har-
ness. and wagons. and when the pupils
return to their tribes they can be protita-
bly employed, not only as practical me-
chanics, but also as instructors OF the
people. 49,,
A similar school has been established
at Forest Grove in Oregon under the su-
perindency of Lieutenant Wilkinson, for
the education of Indian boys and girls on
the Pacific Coast. 1t has been in opera
ton since February last, and is con-
Quoted upon the same principles and
with equal success as the schools at
Hampton and Carlisle. 1t has now 4O
pupils, representing six different tribes,
but the buildings erected are large
enough to accommodate $50. There are
many applicants for admission which
will be gratitied as funds can be
made available for that purpose.
Instructions have been given to
INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF pupils to one hundred. In addition
to this, during last year 80 children have
been selected from the tribe of Eastern
Cherokees and placed in boarding
schools in North Carolina, II girls at
Asheville and IL boys each at Weaver
vile and Trinity College, where, aside
from elementary instruction, they are to
receive training in industrial pursuits.
The Indian pnpils at Hampton represent
thirteen different agencies, At Carlisle
are boys and girls belonging to various
bands Of the Sioux, Cheyennes, Arapa-
hoes, Kiowas, Comanches, Pawnees
Menomonees, Iowas, Fox, Lipans, Pom
cas-, Nez Perces, Wichitas, Apaches and
Pueblos. About two.thirds Of them are
children of chiefs and prominent men.
A school committee of chiefs and head
men from Nine Sioux agencies on the
Missouri river visited Carlisle and
Hampton last summer. Likewise dele
cations from the Lake Superior Chip
.pewas, the Crows, the Shoshones and
Bannacks OF Idaho, and the Cheyennes
and Arapahoes of the Indian Territory.
They were all highly delighted with the
care taken of the children and the prog
ress they had made in the arts of the
white man, and promised their active
support and cooperation.
The favor which these schools find
with the influential men Of the different
Indian tribes is of great Importance as
to the effect to be produced upon the ad-
vancement of the Indians generally.
Formerly it was thought that Indian
children so educated would
SPEEDILY RELAPSE
into the savage habits of their people as
soon as they returned to them. This
was true as long as all the home inhu-
ences to be found among the Indian
tribes we're hostile to the education OF
any of their members, and any who had
received such an education found them
selves therefore isolated and despised.
This obstructive spirit has not been su
perceded by very general and anxious
desire OF Indian chiefs and influential
men to see their children raised i'll the
scale of civilization, and the influences
which formerly were so effective
in driving educated Indians back
into the savage habits Of the multi
tude Surrounding them are now employ
ed in turning the education received by
a comparatively few to the advantage
OF the many. The circumstances sur
rounding the educated Indian when now
returning to his tribe are therefore radi-
cally changed. In the old time the edu-
Gated Indian would have found his peo-
pie, thinking of nothing but their
SAVAGE PURSUITS AND PLEASURES.
Incapable OF appreciating his superior
knowledge and accomplishments rather
inclined TO deride them as useless. Now
he will find multitudes of parents apx
ious to have their children educated like
him, and, if possible, to employ him for
that purpose An Indian wagon or har-
ness maker returning to a wild Indian
tribe years ago would have found no
wagons or harness upon which to prac-