Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-12-04

E<port 81 the S~crrrary oa the IntrrIor-
Ikp IndiAn ouextisn Disrussed-The
fx7llc Lands-Ika1lroad Grants. Etc. Etc-
= WAsuISG1px, D. C.. November S7.-The
1S>cretzry Of TIE nferior has submitted his
annual report Appended Is tie principal
p<<fion Il the report:
DEPAErNENT or TIE INTERIOR.
WASHINGTON. November - lss4
= 4rorcs me great satisfaction IN my third
a1o last report 10 be able to say that the past
ana and that no ourbre1ks have occurred.
IA tGe tribes are - peace with each other
An1 vita their white nelkhborS- During the
paE yeGr neE buildings have been er~ctod
e several 81 the zEencics for the accoumo-
darzo1 q the children IN the boarding
ecnoofS flre new boarding schools and
twelve new day schools have been added 10
chs of schools in successful operation
There are now cighty-one boarding schools.
eerenfT-slx day schools and six industrial or
manual labor schools under Government
courrQL Fourteen boarding and four day
Ec1ools are suppl>sd with teachers and other
ompioyes- BY some one CT the yar1Ous~ rcltE-
stipulated price for the care and education
OF the children therein his course has
cee1 necessltated by lack OF sufacicut ap-
propnauons % p-oxiae for al ne caildren
pad i somewhat less than rhe average cost
per capita Of children mafurained in Govern
ment schools. There a-e also trenrythrec
schools maintained by churches and associs-
tons ullhout expense 70 tire Government.
and 70 the support of which fhe Govern
rsent constitutes nothing Three new In
duEtr1al schools have been completed and
put into successful operation during the last
yEar- One ~ Chilocco. Indian Territory. with
czpaclfy for over 80 children one e Law
rcncc. Kansas. with a capacity for 80 call
crcn. and one AZ Genoa. Nebraska with n
czr4citF FOR Ia The Chclocco school Was
opened Jsnuary last and although its capac-
ny w1e only rated n ID children - avcraEc
ntterIdance has been l6A The Genoa school
= situated On the old Puwnce rcserraiion IN
Nebraska was oPenesf in February last WIN
an arfendance Of 10 Sioux The boys have
cultivated sir acres Of rotsfocs. several
acres OF garden truck i4o acres Of corn. and
sixty ncreS or 0atS. and assisted in making
nrlck and other work about the place. The
complc1lcn OF the buildings AZ I.aNrcncc.
ka1-. vas delayed by the cold weather as
vel es de-ay N the rzy.ner.t q the conrraci-
CT the First Comptroller holdinE that rhe
the money intended for that purTsoSe~Eas not
available. CouErcss authorized the use Of the
appropriaEion - first intended. and the WORK
ras resumed TIE buildings. however werc
not co1rplrtel uaril Ia july. too lnrc ~ com
mence zchuol fer the season Seven boyS. /
u1nsfcrrcd fruln Chiiocco - Lawrcncc. and I
gn1er dlrccs1c1 OF the Superintendent - 1
Farming and one white iaborer. cultivated I
aeou- orc hundred and twenty acre Of corn. I
oara nnG milic- several acres OF potatoeS- I
eic- aud have hc.pcd erect barn and other I
buildings The school Was opez for the faIl /
lcrm Win an ATTENDANCE Of enc hundrtd /
Which VIII he inclcascd 20 three hundred. I
Anew school building hHs bcen erected al !
Albuquerque. y. NJ Intended % acccuTnO- /
Gate Ebouf c1e hundred and nfty children 1
I ndor the provisions for the placing OF In
cln1 children In Industrial schools in Stats /
~ an expense not 70 exceed SIS per capita. 4
1re hundrcd and sfxfF-frc childrcn have 1
t.ren pl1crN m schools from the following L
ctnro<- Kansas. Nebraska lows. Illinois.
Indiana Pennsylvania North Carolina Ten
Eessee. Wisconsin and Minnesofa- QUITE 1
nu7neer Of IndIe1 children Who have had i
EnInc rr1iuing IN manual labor schools. have \
n1-n placed in private fa1nil5cs. mainly from 4
Carlisle and Hampton Il j. believed that
hnrc1tfer quite = numhe may be placed in
pr1ra1e families from Genoa and Lawrcncn-