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Show 418 REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN SCHOOLS. The Indians of this section own tracts of timbered land, a large pro-portion of them speak fair English, and all are practically self-supporting, the principal industries King lumbering and fishing. The number who are usin the cleared portions of their allotments for raising grain and ve tabqes is slowly mcreasing, and their success in this line of work wou T d be great1 enhanced if modern means of clear-ing thickly timbered land cou {d be introduced here. With their limited facilities for carrying on such work, their progress in opening up agricultural land is slow. The encroachment of the whites upon the Indians' fishing industry, by which they earned the major portion of their support, makes it necessary for them to depend more each year on agricultural pursuits, lumbering, basket making, and knitting for a living. The two day schools, under the supervision of the Tulalip School, at Swinomish and Port Madison, have done good work,,considering the large rainfall during the greater part of the year, which makes it difficult to keep up a regular attendance. ~ ~ x r xscanu oq WAm%INGTON. The school buildin containing class rooms and assembly hall is old and not adapted to %is purpose. The water supply is sufficient to meet the needs of the school and affords ample fire protection. The class room and industrial work compares favorably with that of the majority of reservation schools. Practical agricultural . ~ o r iks given prominence, the raising of vegetables by the pupils receiving special attention. The average attendance is cousiderobly less than the en-rollment, but this is due to the fact that in the early fall the parents and children are picking hops in the vicinity and that in the spring the larger boys are excused to put in the home crops. About a11 the land on this reservation that can be irri ated has been allotted, and the irrigation system is working remarkab f e transforma-tion. The leash system is carried on advantageously. The Indians usuxlly reserve f or a home the allotment of some member of the family, and on this they raise grain, hay, and garden produce. Several public schools have been established on the reservation for the benefit of the children of the white renters, which are scattered over the entire reservation, and the indications are that they will be extended. About 60 Indian pupils are attending these schools with-out cost to the Government, and with two or three day schools on the reservation it is believed that the boarding school could in a few years be abandoned. The Indians are interested in the day schools, as a majority prefer to have their children home at night. Statements in detail regarding the condition, defects, and require-ments of the various Indian schools visited have been placed in the hands of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. INBTITUTES. Complying with your directions, institutes were held from July, 1905, to October, 1906, as follows: One at Rosebud, S.. Dak.; two at Pine Ridge, S. Dak. ; one at Stanci Rock, N. Dak.; one at Portland, Oreg., and one at Tacoma, Wash. %e Department of Indian Educa-tion, which usually meets with the annual convention of the National Educational Association, was to be held at San but owing |