The record-union., 1898-10-10
CARE OF The
AMERICAN INDIANS,
The Annual Report Of Commissioner
William A. Jones
Shows a GaneraI Advancement In Condition
Of the Nations Wards.
Education, the Greatest Factor in
Solving the Status of the Red
skins, Being Pushed Forward
and With Great Success, There
Being a Large Increase in the
Attendance at the Schools.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-The annual
report of Commissioner OF Indian At
fairs William a. Jones shows a gen.
efaI advancement in the condition OF
the nations wards" Education, the
greatest factor in solving the status OF
the Indians, is being pushed forward
IN the service, and now taere are 141
Wei equipped boarding schools and an
equal number of day schools eRgaged
IN the education of 23,9I5 pupils. The
average attendance and enrolment has
steadily increased for the past twenty
one years.
vigorous inquiries show that 50 per
cent OF these pupils who have gone
through the schools and returned to
thelr homes are reported to be in good
physical condition, contrary to the fire.
quent suggestions shat the change
might break a naturally strong and Wig
orouS constitution. OF ple pupils at
lending school per cent. are report
ed as excellent or first class. 73 per
cent. as good and medium, while only
II per cent are considered bad on,
worthless, showing in the Commissions
er judgment the value of a system
Whlch can, in a generation develop
from SaVages I6 per cent. of good aver
age men and women.
Under the present regime the larqa
net decrease in enrolment and attend
dhce or last year has been changed into
a net Increase of 1.04O and 800 enroll
ihehI ana average attendance, respect
Neiy, Tor the present year The res
erNdtoh schools show the largest gain.
agents are now being urged to greater
eAeftlonS TO fill the schools to the limit
Oh their capacity, and future develop-
Hents, Mr.. Jones predicts, will nm
douotedIy emphasize that a regulation
enforcing compulsory attendance upor
the schools must be enacted.
Inc pIaclng of Indian children in the
puplc schools of the country for the
purpose of co-education of the races
uoes not appear to meet with much sue
cess, but fCiser test of its value and
practicability is to be made this year
Inc school plants in the service are
valued at over $4,000 900. and larger.
FUNDS for keeping them in repair are
urged. Out of the general school SIM
port fund the Indian Office conten,-
plates the expenditure of a sufficient
sum to radically increase scholastic fa-
cllities for the great tribes of the
southwest, and to that end adeouafe
ADDITIONS will be made to the schools
now established for the Pimas. Papa-
mos, Navajoes, Moquis, Apaches at
Sacton, Fort Defiance, Keams Canyon.
San carlos and Fort Apache
Discussing the work of the commits
sion to make allotments on the Uncom-
pahgre reservation, Utah, the Commis-
sloner said many allotments were made
to Indians not occupying the lands all
lotted and willing to remove to the ITin-
tan reservation, and that authority for
such allotments is questioned, as we'll
as whether even the Indians i'm pos
session of the lands can be allotted
Congress is asked to legalize alIotments
on the UncOmpahge reservation made
after April /, 1898, to remove all doubt
Referring to the torturing and burn
ing of Seminoles in Oklahoma last
January, the report says it is thought
indemnity Will soon be paid by the
Government to all members of the
Seminole Nation injured by the mob
of lawless whites in that occurrence.
and the whites guilty of the outrages
are now being prosecuted