Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-03
Report Of the Indian Bureau.
wAsnINaroN, October n.

WASHINGTON, October Il.
Commissioners Price, of the Indian Bureau,
has transmitted to the Secretary of the Interi-
or his report for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1852. The Commissioner says: Land has
been opened to cultivation, houses for Indian
residences built, schools opened and operated,
and in many cases and in various ways the
cause of civilization generally advanced. The
difficulty of procuring agents of the right
stamp is regarded as one of the most inn
portant causes which operate to retard the
Improvement of the Indians
The cooperation of the religious societies is
regarded by the Commissioner as very import
ant auxiliary in the civilization of the Indians,
and he points to the benefits derived from
their work during the past few years. The
present appropriations are regarded as entire
~ too small 10 compass ends to be obtained
within a reasonable time. The Commissioner
says: " If $1,000, 600 for educational purposes
given now will save several millions in future,
II IS wise economy to give that million at once,
and not dole 1t out in small sums that do little
good. The evils of cash annuities are
commented upon, and an instance given
where, after a cash payment to the
Utes, $1,000 were spent for firearms, ammu-
milton and whisky in Salt Lake City, and in a
snort time nine-tenths of the payment went in
the same direction. The funds appropriated
by Congress in the regular appropriation bill
for the support of the Indians proved entirely
insufficient, mainly owing to the high price of
beef and flour. The total number of Indians
In the United States, exclusive of Alaska, is
2a2, 1866.
The Commissioner comments in severe
terms upon the iniquity of the liquor traffic
among the Indians, and quotes many instances
or trouble arising from it. He recommends
greater stringency in the laws on the subject,
and says those sections of the statutes which
allow army officers to introduce liquor into the
Indian country should be repealed The re-
port declares there is urgent necessity for adj
ditional legislation to prevent intrusion upon
Indian lands
Exclusive of the five civilized tribes, the
whole number of Indian pupils attending
school the past year has been S,508. OF these
400 were In attendance at the Carlisle, Hamp-
ton and Forest Grove trainng-schools. OF the
remainder, 4,5l0 attended res rvation board
ing-schools and 3,99S reservation day-schools.
The average attendance for the year was 5,249.
Industrial training for boys is carried on at
agency boarding-schools and is receiving more
and more attention each year. In connec-
ton with hfty-Seven schools, LAPS acres are
under cultivation. Blacks nithing, tailoring
ana Understanding are taught at four schools
Seven teach shOe-making, ten carpentering
ana ffteen raising and care of stock. Train
ing In these branches is "a eatly stimulated by
ton and Forest Grove. An appropriation of
not less than $4,000 should be made by Con-
gress at its next session TO properly equip the
existing agency schools for industrial work
The whole number of schools in operation is
lOl, or tive less than last year.