New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
INDIAN CHILDREN'S " AGES
HOW THEY LEARN INDUSTRY AT THE
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.
From The Arizona Republican.

From The Arizona Republican.
How the Indian pupils hired out and
what is done with their wages"
The Indian pupils sent out from the gov
ernment school at PhWu.X to work in good
families as helpers Thc -irIS and me of the
boys are employed as house servants. The
large boys employed in various capacities
on farms Tho girls are employed through the
chief natron. the boys through the disciple
marian all under rules issued hy the super!n-
t"ndort- There are constantly from one hum
dr"i T. tx" hU0tr 4 -iIls mi yinE outing bene-
hts. Tn, demand for ooys is not So great The
wages III" pupils receive vary from 81 Per month
for small boys or girls a. So per month fcr
the large and more capail' The outing sys-
tom IS controlled absolutely 10y the sup, rim
'.0eh'' wa" Grn @ can tVtTE puiil IN 't any
ti'r desired what howl would go up from
n" residents II this valley If TIE superintend-
en- should eXercs this authority
Tn highest wages ever paid To any Indian
pupils paid by the superintendent. He now
has two boys working for him at $50 month
H'sld"S this so in cash u month he pays ;or
their board and lodging. He has at various
times employed boys at from 10 cents 4 day up
to So a month lie pays his laborers always
according {" their worth. and if a boy is EN-
fl"yed at - V-n's Il day and earns 81 Il day he
IS pad - day. The superintend, mt has al
ways employed hous- maid. though n, might
have had all his h,us work dom, for nothiu.
He has paid high rs SD a month ro- such
service. ana boarded the girl besides although
ne could with Ierf q propriety have sent the
glrl 10 tn" hoo dining room.
no; every applicant can secure a pupil from
thlS school II IS keen pleasure t. accommo-
date tn worthy. Iiut when a girl is sent out
compelled to do all the dirty work of the house
k'It toiling from early until late never .fr,.I a
word 'f encourage !lcut. II r rruitt-! 10 enter
the living rooms Of the horne colnI-lI,I 70 al
ways eat ncr meals from plat in the kitchen
alone permitted to leave the ho;Is. unaltru,tel
AT nISht and return when she p,eIseS If sh. IS
iher" To gin the drud&cry Of the u-Nt Gay
ana Ih'n offered p3\fn n in cast of cI thing
tt' Nup"rtrtt udcnt, WFcn he discovers tn. s. 4v-
lSh condition Of the child. Uttcrs SOM pretty
strong anathemas t. thc invisible spirits If the
t4tE T.. D.
The are not many such.
~ the end OF each month the matrun and dis
cPiin1Ilan collect the pupils wages. They in
~ - mn money 10 a clerk in the oIice
Wh" f"ceiIiS for same. The money neither
t,i"f - tHe none in the bank. entering the
san IN the chlits hankhoook. This uankuook
is k,it exactly Ike similar books If any ,,h4~
person. child is compelled To save at I-sst one
hal az MS earnings. When his savings have
amounted 10 So interest is paid at tho rat oF
/ per cent When child takes final leave. a.
the school his money is paid in fun Tines .c-
counts are kept i'll proper lvd4ars in p.un.r form
2ni az" insr4, ted at thu same time ana IN the
same manner as other school accounts. r., the
S.Stem CT ch'cks-ly pupils matrons. di.ci-
rIh@'ldn' cash q rk. CHIEF clerk AMI superin-
t"ndent-ail If whom are Inspected by govern
mont SUPERVISORS. special aSe nts and inspectors
MISTAKES and rrrprs ara practically impossit .e
and detection - certain
some Of Your children whit? Are YOU
allowed To take white children into indian
The government docs not authorize the admis.
sion of white children into Indian schon's ry-
crit the children Of school employees. Every
Indian school however. has enrolled some chill
drtn as fair aS any child born Of " hite parents.
These are the children of mixed blood. Chill
Gren p'S< sSlu- a on--thirty-sra 9ui part Indian
blood are entitled u school iriNiIe--S Until re-
cent y. since the 1tNeIupu mt vr the school into
an institution Of The first rauk. there were few
light colored Indians in the Phoenix school:
nov" however there arr about one hundred OF
III" seven hundred who are Of mixed blood.
Nearly every child of mixed blood now attend
ing the Phoenix school has been transferred
hither from Indian schools IN other States ana
Territories