The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-12-04

Indian AM8lE9.
WASHINGTON. Nov. s7.-EpitomIzed
report Of the secretary Of interior on the
Indian department:
DEPARTMENT OF THE IETERIoR,
WAsHINGFoN, Nov. l.
SIR-In submitting nv third and last
annual report Of the operations OF the
department, beg leave TO renew recon-
mendat1ons OF former reports, so lar as
there may be necessity therefor, and 70
make such SUGGESTIONS as experience and
observation have shown that the public
interest demands.
INDIAN AFFAIRs-
In my last annual report I gave II as
my opinion "thst it is quite possible.
with wise and judIcIous treatment OF the
Indian question, to prevent the recpr-
renee of hostIlities between the Indian
and his white neighbor that has marked
nearly every year of our history. IL al
fords me great satisfaction 20 be able 70
say that the past year has been one OF
peace among the Indians, and that no
outbreaks have occurred. The tribes
are also at pence with each other. ad-
here TO opinions heretofore expressed on
The Indian Question"
During the past year five new board
ing schools and twelve new day schools
have been added TO the list OF schools in
successful operation. There are now
81 boarding schools, 76 dav schools and
3 Industrial or manual labor schools un-
der government control. Besides partial
| aid 70 schools assisted by religious de-
nominations. not managed entirely by
| them.
Three new industrial schools have
been completed and put in successful
operation during the LAST year, al
Cnilocco, I. T., with q capacity for 16C
| children; at Lawrence, Kansas, with 6
| capacity for 800 children, and al
Genoa, Nebraska, with q capacity fol
$50.
The Chilocco school was opened Jan
uarY last. and the average attendance
has been 1853. The location of the school
was by act of congress- The act pro-
vided for the selection of $40 acres only
This amount was thought to be al
| together too small, and 200 was at frs
selected. Afterwards thirteen sec
tons more were selected by executive
| order, in order that farming and stocE
raising might be carried on by the schol.
| ars. During the last summer the boyl
broke 275 acres of sod, put in so acres oil
millet, cultivated 10 acres of vegetables
made several miles of fence, cut and pu
up over 400 tons of hay. A herd of ~
COWS has been purchased for the school
It is expected that the herd will be careC
for by the boys in attendance. An ad
ditional amount should be appropriated
for the school.
The Genola school, situated on the oil
Pawnee reservation in Nebraska, wa
opened in February last with an attend
ance OF 40 Sioux. The boys have cul.
tiVated acres of potatoes, several acre
in garden truck, 40 acres of corn ant
go acres of oats, and assisted in othe
work. Additional buildings are Deccei
sary for shops and other purposes.
At Lawrence Kansas the building
were not completed until in July, to
late to commence school for the season
Seven boys, transferred from Chilocco
Lawrence, and one white laboror cult
waited about 100 acres of corn, oats, mi
let, several acres of potatoes, and hav
helped to erect barn and other build
Ings. The school was opened for Ii
fall term with an attendance of Ion
which will be increased to 800.
A school house building has bee
erected at Albuquerque, N. NJ. iptende
, to accommodate about $50 children.
Fort BerthoId and Fort Hall hay
been turned oyer to the department c
= 1udi6n schools.
Under tho provisions for the placin
! of Indian children IN industrial school
in states at expense not to exceed S16
per capita, 565 children have bee
placed in schools in the folio wing states
Kansas, Nebrasks, Iowa, Illinois, Ind
b ana, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Tel
nessee, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Quiz
> a number of Indian children who hav
had some training in manual labc
/ schools have been placed in private fan
J, ilios, mainly from Carlisle and Hampton
!, The Ossges have taken an advanced p
$ sition in educational matters, having eI
i acted a law through their council n
t curing eight months attendance 1
1 school of each child of school age, {
. the forfeiture of years annuity, amour
d ing to about 800 per capita. They hav
: about 100 CHILDREN at other schools awe
= from the agency. These Indians al
quite willing to pay for the schooling {
g their children out of their tribal funC
v The school work among the Indians. q
elusive of the five civilized tribes,
l best shown by the following, taken frol
i the report of the commissioner of India
| | affairs: