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Show XXXII REPORT OF THE COMMIS8IONEli OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. is taught by James Reuben, a full blooded Nez Perc6 Indian, who received his education at the Nez Per& Agency in Idaho. He is entirely devoted to the best interests of the tribe, labors among them as missionary as well as teacher, holds intelligent religious services on the Sabbath, which are well attended, and in every respect exerts an admirable in-fluence. The grace with which the Nez Per& are submitting to the inevitable, and the prosperous conilition to which they may and proba-bly will soon attain, is shown by the following extract from the annual report of Agent Whiting: ?hen the facilities to work wit11 are taken in cousideri~tion, the Nez Per068 have made r..o od u.r o.e. res~th enresent sear. With onhtwentv-three tesmsat their diso.o sal., they Llluled all c,f rltrir rnpplies one hundred llliles from ternliuu* of raiIro:ttl, besidw brpakiuy oar, l.ltn<trcd acre* of prolric.&~dhs uliuy l t ~ r dfo r ituuaca. '7'hn.v Itave mom garden vegetables, potatoes, melons, &c., of theirowi raising than they can make use of, and they have asked for wheat to sow this fsll. . The ninety--six hew3 of two-year-old heifers and four bulls received for the Nez Per068 were issued to them July 20, 1880. 'The Indians are taking excellent care of their cattle, and appear to be natural herders, and show more judgment in the man-a, gement of their stock than any Indians I ever saw. We are now sawing out lumber for the parpose of emoting houses for Indians, md I hope to hare them all oomforta- . bly housea before cold weather. The NBZ Per068 are an intelligent, religious, and industrious people, ready sand willing to work and help themselves, md if agrioultnral implements, sufficient stock to work their land, and seeds are fiirnished them, they will do mooh towarda support-inp themselves another vem. The Pawnees are slow to renounce the life and havits of the Indian, and but a small proportion have yet adopted oivilized dress or exchanged their tepees for houses. Farms are principally worked by the bands in common, and the crops are divided according to the labor performed. Several indivicIuals, however, have undertaken independent farming, and t.heir example will be followed by others until the clannishness of the tribe is gradually broken down. Their crops, consisting of 1,980 bnshels of wheat and 4,000 buehels of corn, will relieve the government of nearly 'one-fourth of their support. In school matters they are more progressive, anaiave sent 120 children to the boarding school. In complying with the educational terms of the treaty, the Pawnees have been much more faithful than the government. According to the treaty, ilkhe United States agree to establish among them two mant~al-labobr oarding schools, and the President of the United St,ates, if he deem it necessary, may increase the number to four. The Pawnees, on their part, agree that each and every one of their chil&en between the ages of seven and eighteen shall be kept constantly at these schools for at least nine months in each year." The chiefs are to be held responsible for the attendance of orphans, and failure or refusal of the parents to keep their children in school is punishable by deduction from the annuities. The establiihment of another boarding school is not con-sidered advisable at present, but the opening of four day schools, one in bnncl, as progose:l by the agent, rrill nl?arly.fi~lEltlh e coliditions |