Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-02-27
INDIAN SCHOOLS.
Schools Without Children and Chi-- dren " ithout Schools Another School at Sar < Kayier0Some Afraid of American IastisaSions.

The Indian children of southern Ari- z0na that Is to say of the PimaS ard Papagos-are iE singular condition Indian Commissioner I. J. Morgan and assistants take great interest Tn the young Indian idea, and the result Is schools without children, tut there are also children without schools.
 The schoUl at Tucson Is at Its utmost capacity. One hundred and sizty-tiVe oIg boys ana little boys and big girls and little girls are here, anu about twenty to twenty-five applicants have been re- iected ca the other hand other schools go begging for pupils. Rev. Billmah says:
 Up at Santa Fe they have fine ac- comodations for the children and empty rooms In plenty. Last year they wrote tor some of my children, and again this year they asked for more.
 "Fhe reason l believe Is thls: Most of the Indians live near the Sonora lIne, and have Oeen prevailed upon by the neighbors-MeXIcan the United States institutions arc dangerous. An instance 1 rememOer Is of one woman hearing that her boy-a bIg strappI' 6 fellow We had with us-was being mal- treated and starved and put m jail. Sac told us the story and we pointed to the boy, stiadlng there with great gr:n on his face. The mother was Very glad to learn that her fears were for nothing. She had been weeping for days over supposed wrOugs 10 that boy.
 "i recall another instance, of q giri whc died at the scbnO. Fortunately the father of the girl YVES there, ana SAW the care and nursing and medical at Lention thiG tue girl was given, and WAS satistieJ regardlug Us
 The parents tnlnk We alienlate the affections of children from them ana are fearful on that account, but stul We nave plenty of children for cur school. Once We got d foothold with item and We are all right. l know in one case We depopuiated a whole village of the children of school age and even some of the parents are now with us, working on the school farm.
 "rhe motive of tEe old MexIcans in working to prejudice the Indians against us Is the hatred of United States. As an instance, when the boundary line was measured between Mex co and the United States, in accordance with the Godsden treaty those old fellows found they were Tn he domain of the United States. What do they do, but go at the removal Of the boundary monuments, setting them into the United States, { om times as much as eIght or ten mile: !, anu putting their homes apparently ln M exico agalR.
 There are among the Papago and Pima tribes about 2000 children of school age, and of these about 800 are m schools. They are divided this way:
 At Phenlx-40.
 At Sacaton-l20.
 "At Aibuquerque-200.
 ''Tucson-I60.
 "Now why are more not in schools? The parents do not wish their children so far from them. They strongly ob- ject to the Santa Fe school on that score. 1 think"
 ANOTHER SCHOOL AT SAN XAVIER.
 Another Indian school IS projected at San XavIer. It will be under charge of the Catholic church. The total popu- iat!on at San Xavier Is 360, which would give at least seventy>tive children of school age there.
 The relations between the Catholic schools for Indians and the school un- der Rev. Billmao are most friendly. Frequent vIsIts are made by the sters from San Xavler to the school in Tue son, always most cordial. When the sisters at the hospital want their fields well .own and we'll irrigated and culti- vatad. they go to the Indian school farmer and his crew of willing Indian boys.