New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-25
DINING THE INDIAN TO FORK.
now THE CARLISLE SCHOOL DOES r
AND FIGURES SPEAK FOR MAKlN'


MAN OF HIM.
c..,,.,o Damn Nov. 90 (speciaD.-The report Oh
con.,n y II pratt 10th u. $. Cavalry superintendent
- an. Govcrnment Indian Industrial School az "','
n,aco e. one Of the most comprehensive yet 'eSe"
n contains many valuable Suggestions reiaNo " W
severance of tribal relations as step |"a'u ''e
a citizen of the Indian This seems ~ 10 VI" Y AZ
''s ~ - srch a point that they may be able 10
go viii, tho whites and become seii-snpporuhs, anu
NV anaIv acquire all the requisites ana rieh's VI
",.,,.nsh, can only be accomplished by DISTRIBUTING
hem omonp the whites and by abandoning the "'"i'
system ~ reservations. The report says.
The aim of the school from the start nus oeon a %
teach English and give primary edIea nSnstr H and
knowledge Of some common ana pf Stpsd peoDIe To
his end regular Shops and farm were RroV sre snsh
the principal mechanic o arss and appliances arranged
and the giris taught cooking sewing isunui' "'N
, nIms adVa1eed and who could be spared nom
necessary school work have been e Save learned to
snS on pcesy the lessons Or e-s
taught school besides d,sa snn nsrossS q go
the PAST year the close o. the ysSs.''n have
through the winter and attend .he p"ph' Each out
winter an Of So were Receives 81 such psy
Hp Sa aby s 81 as g SSs s' sHs
s s$s' ss III l. ana :sSS
,v iSsI Of s'T psiou 81 years gave
them total of sl3,18l a. to their Gseo rs,,runs
home S 1n Suy 1881 carried with them taat
they had earned Ssios and sav Wholly practical Shoe
lion thus ta nSlnf sr making Shoes tsmhng By
MAKING tInware, carpentering by working WIN car
pcntefs at whatever building operations are III pr"s'eS'
and The s' lowest iniesc. derives satisfaction and en-
from being able Or 10 ptGs' etc.
ccnsequce the pupil SeSo nv ~, at s oheS DO
the repairing make our own clothing and for the
Government quantities OF tnware harness anu waso
R5iopSs tw and monthly Of about aooosnd large
quantity of miscellaneous school prinung 40 al ue
for The steam boilers and farm 800 acres Of land
The report shows in detail that the number OF
pupils now at the school is 700, belonging TO forty
seven tribes -Four hundred and seventy four are bows
and 205 are girls. The whole number Taught during
the year was $50, and 500 Of these have worried on
farms.
In the Of strong presentation OF the fac's
and arguments in favor Of dealing with the indian
as n man, rather than with the Indians d tribes OF
savages. Captain Pratt says:
No duty rests upon either the Government or char
table people to create nations nne ap S Sbs
of The Individual chained 10 socialism ana cfisned
by Oigarchy Schools and training along tribal ies.
tribal ground, aided by remote schools mlnlsterins
to the tribal idea have done that for these trDes an9
being made 10 DO IL iOf tlit clouA
other tribes Schools be made the most powerful
instruments to continue the Indians as Indians anu
tribes, they be made the most powerful lnstru-
about the freedom and American citizenship OF the
indvidual Indian. . The result OF education
ought TO be citizenship and not be to remand citizen
SHIP 10 the future, and render It's c0nsllmmaton
more difficult one course Of treatment leads
100000 Of the black race To universally ae
mand American citizenship, and another com ds
OF treatment leads 100000 OF the req race
TO universally reject American citizenship.
The question OF expense to the Government becomes
an appropriation for the year of $50 OOO TO be disDed
at a per capita cost OF not exceeding %167 On inns
appropriation carried average of 664 pupils, Dens
per capita TO the Government OF iittle more
than $12O. During the sessions OF tie school we hao
present at the school average of Ala which was SIX
short Of appropriation number. AZ some expense
to our appropriation but at expense TO the GOvcr
ment the remaining 100 ont In families ana IN
the public and other schools Of tile country gettnS
thoir lessons In civilization by everyday practcal ex-
periencs and observation and at the same time testing
the youth OF the land and receiving, Is have, SO
often stated In former reports more benent tnan ley
could derive from any purely Indian school ITopcry
managed, there is reason why, In the near iuture
thousands of Indian youth should not be so placed
throughout the country, and thus the law OF Congress
providing for this system which outside OF carlisle mas
been practically dead letter for the last eght years
would become the most powerful, because the most
Influence for clvilzing and absorbing sne
Indian tribes In order to do this successfully, nfiu
ences that now insldously oppose indian youth going
into the public schools, and antagonzing 20 the devei
opment Of their independence ana Feihelp VIII neeo
"a, he removed restrained.