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Show MISSION SCHOOLS. TABLE No.8.-dmolmls 8st aport for. educationof Indians inaohoolssnderpriuate control jm the fiscal year8 1880 to 1900, inol.nsi~.e-Continued. That religious bodies without governmental assistance do and can take care of Indian pupils is shown by the records of this office. There are a number of mission schools throughout the Indian country main-tai~ teda nd operated by various religious bodies, both Protestant and Catholic, and philanthropic institutions which furnish teachers, food, clothing, etc.: to the pupils attending. These schools, when situated on n reservation where ratious and clothing are issued, are presumed to stand in loco parentis. The agent furnishes the school such pro-portionof food and clothing as he would give the parent were the child at home. If the school is not on a reservation, or is not at a ration agency, the whole expense of the scliool is borne by the association or church having the same in charge. In 1893, prior to the inauguration by Congress of reducing contract schools, these '.mission schools" reported an attendance of 75, a r~diu 1894 of 152 pupils. For the yearJ895, when the first reduction mas made, 754.pupils were reported; 755 in 1896; 813 in 1897; 1,11'3 in 1898; 1,261 in 1899. Of all the pupils cared for in these mission schools a very small percentage only are day pnpilu. At many of these points churcltes and missionary stations are estab-lished which are earnestly eng~getl in converting the Indians to their own faith. To these zealous and godly missionaries the school is as necessary as the mission itself, RS through it they arc enabled to admin-ister their moral and educational work among the younger Indisus. The statistics of attendance are not as cotnplete as they should be, f a many do not report proniptly the uurnber of pupils which the? hare in their schools. Therefore the figures given are believed by this office to be under the real number which are beiug cared for in these mission schools. The labors which they do in an educational way are of ines-timable value for civilizing these people, and while the heavy bnrden must, as it should, rest upon the shoulders of the Government, yet / 1895. / 1890. 1897. 6198,228 3.600 33,404 20,0110 600 -2,160 257,SW 6103,471 2,160 3,125 600 3,000 33.400 20,040 .......... - Raman Catholia ........................ 18359.215 Episoopal.. ................... :. ...... ..I 7,020 Friend .................................. 1 10.010 Memonib .............................. Unitarian ............................... Lutheran Wittenberg, Wis ............. xethoaiai ...... ..:..... ........................................ ........... Mias Eow arrl speoiale.*pmpriationfo r LinoolnInsti. tution ................................ Spe?ial appropriation for Hampton In. . st~tut.e. .............................. Woman'aNationnl Indian Asaooistion.. Point Iroquois,Mioh .................... Plum Creek, Leslie, 8. Dak .............. John Roberta ............................................... 1900. S7.GI2 33.400 20,040 .................... -2,166 113.242 1898. I US. 3.750 5,400 15.120 3, WO 33,400 20.040 4,320 6 W 1,620 - Total ............................. $166,754 .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. 33,40(1 20,040 .................................................. 600 .................................................. --2,18 0 463,505 212,951 1 370.798 . $118.862 ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .............................. 83.400 20,040 --2,16 0 172,462 |