The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-25
OF THE INDIANS
Xxx BEING DONE ~ THE Cow
raxuEyT IN THEIR BEHALF.
Of Boarding sehsels
- Been Of Great yalae-bOys
sna Girls Are Taught the Charms
40 Advantages Of Civilization

s.e~4ss Dispatch 70 the Pose-Tnseflsxencsr
WELLINGTON, Nov. A.--The annual re-
.s,- az the commissioner az Indian at
s-srs eeyotss considerable attention 10 the
s.sssias OF education CT the red men ard
- descendants As a fsctor In the d.
-<Iopment o. the Indian the boarding
.rhcn; located en- tbs reservation and IN
- indian country has proven 30 be %
s.<aicnlsbls value . Surrounded hy the
,ssuaatlon frvnf wbicfi the school rsorns,
| sscos and d3rnifories are filled" says tae
.rmmisHl2nsr ~ presents ideal object les
sens 70 tins older element and forms a
sescpsng stnre from camp conditions 20
kane life within IFS walls the boys and
M, are taught the charms and advantages
a. civilization. presented ideals for snsia-
sn ard q desire awakened for more
neral and prof table existence
| Two u these government reservation
| Anssiing schools are located III the state,
:. Washington; one al PsyailGp and one
!, Yakima The capacity % tlse former In
L - pupils and the latter rs. The enroll
uenr AZ saca school II In excess Of the
,ctuai capacity. being rs a. Pnyai!up and
Lns at Yakima The average attendance.
bowevsr. is lower than the capacity; dur
tnx the past year being only Isl al Payallup
sss seventy nine AZ Yakima.
Tnree reservation boarding schools are
heated I'm the state OF I3ahn. AT Fort Hall.
For, Lapwai ard LeEnhs Fort Hall bas a
expas9ty az 80 Fort Iapwai fT5 and the
Lxrnai scao0l forty. The enrolment ls as
saglows Fort Hail. is. Fer. f4aywai 50.
and Lenhi 81 The average attendance
was Fort Hall I37. Fort Lapwsi 50. and
s<mhs q
Government Day schools.
The government day schools are also
very higialy spoken OF by the commissioner.
lie says: THE little day school. usually
consisting ~ recitation room small kiteh-
"a and teachers residence. located on the
rpssryatfan and fn sight Of the camps T.
The center from which the missionary spirit
~ the faithful teacher and his wife may
BE- exsrsed Gpon oil ans young" There
are isa o. these schools Of which twelve
are located in the state o. Washington.
two at coigille and one each SIT f.emhi.
sxsnoruis3, Tulalip. Mean Bay. Gafi!ayute.
ChsbaiIs jamestown, Port Gamble. Giln-
saa5t AMI skok0nish.
The average attendance in these schoas
has been from ten TO forty pupils In each.
Eight en- pupils have also been educated
"a shs pgblIc school I'm district Nc. x, King
county. Wash aud have been fairly reg
ulAr In their attendance. There have been
Also contract schools al Coisitle. Wash..
and Coaar GAlene. Idaho Seventeen
pupils have been educated under contract
al colvsile at a total cost of 3i.S0 per
annum, Twenty pupils have been etucat-
"a al q cost of g. 10 In the Coear G'Alene
school.
Church Miasion schools.
Mission schools have beer maintained by
the Catholic church on the PuyaIlup reser-
ssson q, whfch stxty-ors pupils have
been enrolled and fogty-sevsn has been the
average attendance. mission day school
IN the Occur dAiane reservation. has bad
an enrolment az thirty -eigh; Indian pupils.
with an average attendance az twenty-five,
DID Fort Spokane. on the Colvfl'e reserva-
ton has been turned over By the war De
aar,rnsft for Indian school purposes and
sc1oal for i1s pupils has been organized
there this month.
Daring the pas; year many prosecutions
.ar selling liquor 10 Indians have been In
atltu,e.s and numerous convictions had
Nav \ issa the United States Indian agent
a. she Coivil.s agency. Wash. reported
that seventeen white persons and two In
slans were convicted at the April term
n the United States circuit court, con-
renes az Spokane and were sentences 10
serve terms of from two 20 eight months
n the penIsentiary and Ia pay 'ine OF ~"
each and costs OF trial.
The work az Indian Commissioner Clin-
tsa 4 snowaen. on the fAuyailnp rsssrva-
sion. for hatdispositiou % allotted lands.
reviewed as follows.
Allotted Indian Lands.
'The I'uyaliup Indian reservation CON
sisss 81 allotted lands and an agency tract
The allotted lan8s cover 1850 acres. The
isdian ailottess had consented CUP 10
August H. 1850, 10 the sale OF s.T52.st acres,
a. total appraised value of sSss iee5s I'D
10 June 81 1899. there had been sola ANA
reported go the office by the puyailup
commission ts>45a aeres for sss. s5a.5i. OF
81. xas = afI tn al nt
tisne 81 TIE purchase. the balance being
psyaale on time usually FIVE equal an
mai payments bearing interest "a. per
cent pef annum Deferred payments 10
ths amount ag s. 81 - have been made
The n,onev ~ cofectea. whether cash
dawn 81 deferred payments. Is paid 10 the
aioisess entitled II the same less Ia per
eena for expenses 81 sale tnot including
tAe salary of the cognmiSstont.
The agency tract ia originally surveyed
contained 6gs " acres The Indians con-
sen,esl - she sale OF shis tract. except 8
certain quantity retained for school farm.
GARDEN and church sna cemetery purposes.
Tie tract got reserved was surveyed and
piarfei snfo tuis and blocks a. an addition
20 the e@fy ~ Tacoma. There were re%esv
e. FER scsool farm and garden GAIA acres;
fer cAUtca ard cemetery purposes. ~, Is
ssFss FEE railroad streets and alleys. rs
peT p,a1 l6A-i acres. for the Tacoma Land
Company. sS per PRIOR tee3. itie acres.
There were plated into ioeS and hlccks
fer sale * e. arroz
Amount rrop, sales.
TIE tasal apgrssse8 value of ire lots and
blocks FOR sale u seo~ ~ There have been
sri ffnps thc Same. reported bY the
faysll0p soruij~sioa az 20 june ~ 1855
sats and iiorss to shs amount ~ 81. "a So
q Wilton ssm Sl3--.e ~ ~As paii IN cash a.