Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-04-02
JlCARILLA APACHES
Are MAKING sATIsFAeToRY
PRooREss-t3o PUPILS At
AGENCY SCHOOL At PRESENT.

"a. a. johnson. superintendent OF
the Jicar.lla Apache rescrVatien.
was at the territorial capital The
other day
Superintendent Johnson says hat
there are 1870 Indian children Of both
sexes attending The reservation school
az the Dulco agency and that oondl.
lions are very satisfactory The sew
thrccstory frame school building ls
being used and the accommodations
are SUFFICIENT for the number 81 pupils
now az the school. but further school
facilities will have to be- provided in
order 90 educate the remainder o.
persons OF school age belonging 60
che Iicar.lla Indian tribe There are
altogether 2I5 persons OF school aEa
that De-. between the ages Of I'VE and
/ eighteen years. belonging 20 the Jiear.
illas. aud therefore additional school
I buildings will soon have to be con.
! atluctcd
Tho school building which was
erected inst year and which is now
being used is proving sufficient only
/ Tor 1880 persons; the school itself IL a
great success and already doing great
good Tho Indian pupils now atten o.
INK have taken 20 q very nicely ami
/ everything 10 progressing utisfuctor
/ uy
Nj Johnson fears that Tho winters
douth will interfere with farming
+ onertIons. as th,ro has been no suow
In the mountains and unless hcavy
spring rains Get Boo. % viii bo impos
aible 90 cultivate but very little land
There are about 1000 acres OF irrl.
gable land under reservoir and ditch.
Cs on tho reservation but Mr. John.
son fears that owing to The scarci
. ty of water buJ o. small fraction OF
ihis will boz utilized for agricultural
purposes thIa year
The I.CarilIaa upon the whole are
getting on very well. especially The
younger people Quite a number Or
them are now employed on The con,
stmct.on of the irrigation reservoir on
the reservation aud the government
provides plenty 90 work Tor nli of them
who will work. paying Thorn fair IA
gcs which system encourages tho I'M
dian 20 look ont moro Tor himself and
loo time become solfsuBtaining Rn-
tIong are not Issued 90 any % the
Jicarillas except the aged. sick ami
luhrm. who cannot work an who sr0
able 90 and willing 90 work are EN-.
ployed
Mr johnson says that the J!carillas
are good workers. practicable and are
learning quito rapidly matters con.
corning agriculture. the raising OF
stock. building OF cabins and similar
matters
% ls the policy of the government 90
! employ Indians ON all reservoir works
whenever and wherever possible
There are nov about 500 Indians on
the reservation. men. women and
children They are contentod and arc
progressing Mr. Johnson o. ondeav
uring t1 get authority Co construct Ri
tho school about a mile from pulce, a
hospital and a large barn N ho go's
authority Indian labor mostly will be
employed Everything 10 peaceful on
the reservation and matters are pro-
crossing very satisfactorily IN add
tion 90 Mr. johnson there are about
thirty employees at the school and 81
the agency, quite a number of them
being Indians and members ~ The DE
ar.lla tribe
The Iicarillas are improving and al
yancing in the ways of civilization
The health ~ the tribe "a very Eo1I
upon the whole and but little sicknos.
prevails or has occurred during Oh
winter There are nearly 10000 acres
% irrIgable land on tho Jlcarllll
Apache reservation and MT Johnson
thinks that SUFFICIENT water for thI.
amount Of land can be- obtained 10 du,
course 90 tlmo by the construction of
reservoirs and irrigation dltches