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Show ! REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 21 which in the order named have been a s w e d periods varyii~g from eighteen days to four weeks. Hensselaer and Lincoln Institution not being Government schools, met their own expenses, being allowed only 1 the use of the building. Other such schools were oflered a similar opportunity, but felt obliged to decline it on account of the expense. The interest manifested in this exhibit has been even greater than was anticipated. Located as it is near the wickiups, teepes, wigwams, and bark huts, in which Indian families from different tribes try to reproduce the varying phases of fast-disappeariug aboriginal life, and not far from the remains of prehistoric races shown in the Authropo-logical Building, it presents a most striking contrast. It sets forth .the future of the Iudiau, as they set forth his past. It shows con-cretely and unmistakably his readiness and ability f0.r the new con-ditions of civilized life and America11 citizenship upon which he is entering. Indian youth actually at the school-room desk, the work bench, the kitoheu st.ove, and the sewing machine, and surrouilded by host creditable displays of the products of their own handiwork, are plain facts not to be dispoted, even though they fail to fit cherished theories as to what the race is or is not capable of: The brass bands accompauying some of the schools have greatly added to the interest of their respective oxhibits, and to most visitors the proficiency of fhe Indian musicians has been a surprise. The number of visitors at the Indian School Building is constantly increasiug, and now averages over 110,000 a week. In fact, it has taxed the capacity of the small building by reachiug 26,000 iu a day. Indian school worlc is still further pfesentcd at the Exposition by an excellent display, 1it)erary and industrial, from the Carlisle School, which occnpies an alcove alnong the other educatio~~easlh ibits in the building of manufactures and liberal arts. It. easily bears coinpari-son with similar exhibits from other institntions, and gains only fav-orable commellt from its visitors, mauy of whom may be considered as experts in technical educa t i' on. These two are the only exhibits at Chicago for which this Bureau is responsible. The small fund allowed rendered it impracticable to try to branch out in any other direction than educational work. More-over, as has already been said, the presentation of the Indians in primitive conditions was properly the province of the anthropological department, and for this Bureau to have attempted anything in that line would have unnecessarily, and, therefore, unwisely, duplicated exhibits. Over I~lcliai~osn the Exposition grounds, other than those connected with its two exhibits, this office has no jurisdiction whatever. It has merely granted permission for Indians to leave their reserva-tions and be present at the Fair upon the reqnest of the director of the department of anthropology. Of course upon the schools represented a,t Chicago, and especially |