Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-17
Indian Funds and Schools

government schools. which this year cost
Ssi sec. There is therefore balance Of
S2i1. 266.34 still due to the nonpeutioners, or
$S579 each: while to the petitioners is
credited q balance OF only SiS,1S567, or
S227O each. II there had been no diversion
OF money to the mission school, there
would have been S251 ,O90M to be divided
between 6.7OS Indians, emitting each TO
Ss745; so that. though the great burden
of the mission school diversion falls upon
the petitioners, who give away H4T5 each.
the share Of each nonpettloner suffers to
the extent Of s1.68.
On the Rosebud reservation in South Da-
kota are 1886 Indians. each Of whom Is
entitled to $5015 from the tribal income
OF the year. OF these, $50 are represented
on a petition for a contract with st.
Francis Mission school, involving $1,000
The shares of the petitioners would make
total of SSS,55o35, so that they would
have a balance to their cerdit OF $3.50 &c.
or 1919 apiece. The nonpetitioners num-
Der 4,317, controlling an aggregate of $2l6,-
4g7.55. and the government schools cost
this year S76,S56, which will leave them
balance OF t139,66l.55, or 1925 apiece. Had
there been no diversion of money to the
mission school. there would have been
s173, 211.9O to be divided between 1885 In
dams, at the rate Of S34.73 each so that
the petitioners Will be credited with S24si
less than they would have been but for
their petition. while the shares of the nom
petitioners suffer a deduction Of S2.SS.
Crow Creek Reservation contains 1,O09 In
dams, whose pro rata shares amount to
1924 The request made here was for a
contract with the Immaculate Conception
Mission school for the education and care
of 65 pupils at sos a year, or 5000 The
petition, however fell short Of the mark
aimed at, the signatures representing only
81 shares or a total of Sl,O69.H The shares
of the 92s nonpetitioners aggregate 49,
622.72. The government schools cost this
year ST. 40, leaving a balance Of S25,21272
to be credited to the nonpetitioners, or
s27.16 to each; whereas the petitioners have
nothing left, all their shares having been
given by them to the mission school. Their
total subscriptions, however, provide for
only 81 pupils instead of 65. Had there
been no diversion Of money to the mission
school, there would have been $29, 2S2.1e to
be credited to the whole 1,009 Indians, or
$500 to each; so that the shares of the
nonpetitioners suffer to the extent OF 1885,
On the Tongue River reservation in
Montana are 1,F2 Indians. entitled to
$S963 apiece. A petition for the care and
education Of 60 pupils at st. Labre's Mis-
sion school-involving an expenditure of
S6.4sO-contains signatures representing 10S
shares, or $4,2S00 Hence the contract can
be made for only 80 pupils instead of 60,
and this wipes out the shares Of the petit
TONERS altogether. The nonpetltioners
number 1904. and their combined shares
amount to $51,6T.52; so that the deduction
Of the cost Of the government schools,
$4,000 leaves them balance Of S36,677.52,
or s2s12 each. If there had been no d.
version for the mission school, there would
have been s40,s57.56 to be credited to the
whole body OF Indians. or $50 each; whence
It appears that the deduction from the
share Of each nonpetitioner is IS cents.