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Show REPORT OF THE BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS. 179 RKPORT OF IJAPTIST INDIAN MISSIONS. Question. Number of a;;- - ncies under charge of your society? Answer. Six. Question. Where located ? Answer. T\ vo in Indian Territory, three in Nevada, and one iu Utah and Nevada, viz: 1. Cherokee, J. B. Jones, agent; 2. Creeks, T. A. Lyon, agent; 3. Pi- Utes, Major C. F. Powell, agent; 4. Walker River, C. A. Bateman, agent; 5. Pyramid Lake, Samuel II. Flaught ; 6. The one in Utah and Nevada, George W. Dodge. Question. Has your society any teachers on the reservation ? If so, how many ? Answer. Eleven assistant teachers or missionaries. Question. Male or female ? Answer. Male. Question. What are their names? Answer. George Swinner, Frank Howard, Mundy Durant, John Kernal, John Brown, Uyusada, T. R. Ferguson, William Lenty, Guy Jimeson, Thomas Green, and H. H. Cutter. Have there been any collections taken up in your ch arches for this special purpose ? Answer. Only iu connection with other objects of the society. The special agency at Pyramid was abolished September 7, 1871, and is now in charge of Agent C. A. Bateman, of Walker River. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAY L. BACKUS, Secretary. VINCENT COLYKR. REPORT OF INDIAN MISSIONS FROM ORTHODOX FRIENDS. Question. Number of agencies undercharge of our society? Answer. Ten. Question. Where located ? Answer. In Kansas and Indian Territory. Question. Name of agents. Answer. Central superintendency : 1. Lawrie Tatnm, Kiowaand Comancheairency ; 2. Briutou Darlington, Cheyeune and Arapaho agency; 3. Jonathan Richards, Wichita agency ; 4. John Hadly, Sac and Fox agency; 5. Isaac Gibson, Osage agency; 6. Mahlon Stubbs, Kansas, or Kaw agency ; 7. Joel H. Morris, Pottawatomie agency; 8. Hiram W. Jones, Quapaw agency; 9. John D. Miles, Kick-apoo agency; 10. Reuben L. Roberts, Shawuee agency. Superintendent, Enoch Hoag, Lawrence, Kansas. Question. How many schools on the reservation ? Answer. Four boarding, 125 pupils; four day, 115 pupils. Also two recently opened, from Which no statistics yet received. Question. What do the agents complain of most ? Answer. Trespass of whites on reservations, and sale of liquor to Indians ; both contrary to law. Also, at remote agencies, delay in receipt of goods, and poor quality of Hour received through past summer and autumn. Question. Has your society sent out any teachers to the reservation ; if so, how many ? Answer. Eleven. Question. Male or female ? Answer. Seven male, andfonr females. Question. Have you been able to send them supplies of any kind, books or cloth-ing ? Answer. Both books and clothing, though books are mostly supplied from Government appropriations. Have also assisted in furnishing boarding- school houses. Question. Have there been any collections taken up in your churches for this special purpose ? Answer. Five thousand dollars assessed in each of the last two years upon the several yearly meetings of Friends, for the use of associated executive committee, and considerable additional amount raised in neighborhoods for aid of special missions. Question. During your experience of the past year, have yon seen any reason to doubt the wisdom of the general line of policy marked out in the resolutions passed at our last general meeting in tb'S city, January 13, 1871 1 ( See report of the board of Indian commission for i^ 70, page 110.) Answer. No. Question. Give any other information or make such suggestions as may seem to you of value to the Indian service. Answer. The work of Christian civilization within the central superintendency is supervised by the " associated executive com-mittee of Friends ( Orthodox) on Indian affairs." Dr. Win. Nicholson, general agent, Lawrence, Kansas. JOHN B. GARRETT, Clwk and Correspondent. Firstmonth W, 1872. |