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and portions of the wheels being from the hands of
the Indian youths.

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the Indian youths.
| In the blacksmith shop young man of about
twenty summers who, half an hour earlier, clad in
his neat uniform of army blue and disporting the
insignia of a sergeant, had spoken his piece u
with the air of country member OF
Congress. was found in his working-suit
the master of forge. With his two assistants he
was making the sparks fly in q manner that threat.
eDed destruction to the seaskn sacques of his lady
visitors. He was welding an axle, and the entire
party awaited in admring hlence the completion
OF the task. This young man, Captain Pratt said,
mad served for three months in one of the great car
shops OF Pennsy ylyania where he had been sent for
trlal after learning his trade at the school, The
master OF the shop placed him at first as assistant
to another blacksmith, but he was very soon pro-
NOTED to the centrol of forge by himself.
The general air of the school is one of
respectable poverty. Order and neatness prevail,
and no comfort is lacking, but there is hardly o
vestige OF that ornamentation which is to be ex-
pected IN and about an educational institution of a
pubnc character The crying need of the place is a
farm TO be owned by the Government and cared for
by the boys and girls under the instruction of prac-
tical farmers. Captain Pratt has rented farm for
this purpose but it is at distance and said not to
be suitable for the purpose.
HOSPITAL BUILT BY THE PUPILS.
hospital building built of has recently
been constructed by the pupils of the school, under
the supervision of a skilled builder, capable of ac-
commodating about fifty patients 1t had less than
dozen inmates, of whom all except three OF four
were walking about In a condition of cOnvalesence
OF those who were abed two or three were suffer
ering from malarial attacks not of dangerous
nature, and poor fellow, of about thirty years.
was upon what will probably soon prove to be bis
death-bed. His face and neck were terribly swol-
lon, with dropsical affection. He articulated
with difficulty and pain; bnt seemed to derive
satisfaction from the opportunity afforded by the
presence in the party of gentleman who had
known him and his family In their home. OF pouring
tale of his woes into which could understand
his Navajo dialect. With the exception Of those in
the hospital, more robust and content ted boys aud
girls cannot be fouud IN the land.
Upon the return trip to Washington the visitors
organized themselves into q " meeting" and adopt
ed q series of resolutions highly commendotary of
the system Of training and instruction adopted by
Captain Pratt and assistants.
MORE INDIAN SCHOOLS NEEDED.
The Secretary of the Interior expressed the hearth
est approval of the and its results He said
TO q TRIBUNE correspondent that he was about to
establish an Indian school in Kansas, aud expressed
the hope that he could find " school father" as
competent and Jealous as Captain Pratt. "If Con-
gress would give forty such schools, and use for
the purpose the money now appropriated to the use
of the Army In guarding and controlling the
Indians upon the plains, we should have no more
Indian wars There is no longer any difficulty in
getting the children to attend the schools and the
parents of those who do attend will not go on the
war-path."
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, wto
had never before visited Carlisle, expressed
his qualification in warm terms. He said
the attsinments OF the pupils were evidence of a
terry of the useful arts and very creditable to
their instructors