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Show BEPORT 'OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN SCHOOI,~. 369 The Trnxton Canyon Boarding School is located on the Walapai Reservation, and ha8 an average attendance of over 200 pupils. It is in a most satisfactory condition. The Havasupai School is di5cult of approach, being situated in an almost inaccessible canyon, and the con-ditions are not favorable for industrial training. In the snperintend-ent's report for 190%it was recommended that the children should be induced to leave this canyon and attend the largenonreaewation schoola in Arizona. California.-Mission Tule River Agency.- The Mission and Tule River Indians number ahut2,800. Of this number 2,428 are self-supporting, and 1,800 epeak English. Only a few old and sick receive rations and none receive annuities. A few rent a portion of their land, hut all till some and the majority all of their land. Very few live in idleness, and nearly all the returned students lead industrious lives. Ninety-fipe per cent of the children are in school. All wear citizen's clothes. Fmmg then own land and laboring in civilized pmuita are their principal occupations. There were last year 11 day schools at this agency. These school^ are the Agua Caliente, Ca itan Grande, Kawia La Jolla, Martinez, Mesa Grande, ~echangag, otrero, Rincon, ~abobaa,n d Tule River The Kincon School deserves special mention, as it is one df the best day schools in the Indian service, and the work at this place for the past seventeen years has been such as to be of the greatest material assistance to the school pupils and the older Indians as well. The two women who have had charge of this school have labored untiringly in the interest of these ople, and the fruits of their labors are to be seen in well-conducted l? omes where industrious young Indians have culti-wted the land and built substantial houses, and are healthy, prosper-ous, and happy citizens. This school has for years shown what can be done for the race in a well-managed day school where the heart of the teacher is in the work. 1 I Sherman Institute, Riverside.-This is a large nonreservation board- ! ing school, established about a year ago. It has an enrollment of about 500 pupils and is a very successful and well-managed school. I The outing system is inoperation here and has given excellent results. A great many of the boys work in the orange and lemon roves, and the girls are out in families, where they learn home ma%ng. The girls are especially skillful at embroidery and the Mexican drawn work. This school is visited by hundreds of people who express their I surprise and admiration at the excellent work done by the pu ils. I Ferris.-The Perris School last year was used only for tgesmall children about 110 in number. Owing to the very tender age of the i pupils the industrial work has been llmited. The literary work is satisfactor St. BoniT~e'sBoardin School, Banning.-This is one of the three schools in southern ~sli&imias upported by the Catholic Church. It has a capacity for 150 pupils, and is in aflourishing condition. Excel-lent work is being accomplished. i Xinneaota.-Vermillion Lake.-The boarding school here is well managed, and has had 8. comparatively successful year. There is no day school here at present, but. the agent recommends that one be established. The Chippewa at this reservation have in the past been reluctant to permit their children to attend the hoardin school, and it is partly for this reason that the opening of a day s%ool has been advocated. 9423-03-24 |