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Show REPORTS CONCERNING INDIANS 1N WASHIBQTON. 349' I dmb!zn on scoount of hi8 we thus ea an nnadvoidable decrease of 11 pupils. As haa been reported by my predwwm it is a ven%EUlt task to get these children in school, on account of their parent's hhstility tpwaid the Government in ifs efforts to civgiee them. About the time school is to Open the take them children and go to the mountmn. huntmg, where they stay for weeks and perhaps mantis, hidin from the police or employees sent jo get the oh~ldren. . The health af the ehfidren has bceo excellent, there hsvxng been nq eases ?I rucknessp?eessi,tating confinement to the bed. The of the building, thus impronng samtary condlhons, la per-haps reapondble for this absence of stcfneas. I am sorry to report that on aroount of the I uent changes of teaohers the ?chaal-room work has been unsat~sfectory. ~o make much progre89%ere there is but one teacher a hsrd oqaeoount of having such a mixture of grades ages, and size. it is to be he ed that more progress wlli be msde the coming yea' now that the pkitian has been permanently flied. In industrial &ork the sohool has msde ra id strides, ospec~sliyi amjng. The addition of a farmer to our force of employees has greatly asrisA in attending,to work whleh yeam paat could not be. Our hlblfe, fields hew had propef attention and romlse double the yleld of last year. Wheat, barley, oats, and potatoes are growlng well and wilf furnish that which wo bousht last pear. The old and useless oattlc have been sold from our herd and we have now enou h mlloh cows to prnish the children with milk and some butter. We hake a sfart of ho s and &iekens whioh,wLll soon increass to 88 many as the farm will support. A great den1 of our %rm is im regnated wlth alk.11. so that it lauselem, hutwhenit is improved to its best it wiil be avery great heb to both the children and emplo eea in this desert country. he druzgery of haulin water I? done amy with now that the water system is com lete The time which hae been d i n hauhn water in pagt years can now be used M teaoh the\oya'aome tbingusefd. he laundry work wi~kbe~uormeh sfaoto srnoe we oao have ell the water needed there. Every$qpartment has been hampered by me la% of s water system. we hope that more s~ptemstiot r a~n~ocagn now be given and the oommg year will see muohmore progress made in the industha1 departments. i he iris have done the housework, sewing, and laundering, in all of which the) h s ~ epr oven, themseyves willing and efficient. he buildin s aeonpled by children and employees were thoroughly cleaned, repaired, and oalcf-mined &tt ile %c inmng of the year. The water and sewer ~ystemw aa oom leted s t the cloae. TMe engine installed for pqmpingpurpases will be used for wood aawing as wel? The Indian Office hsa furnished US many artxeles mth wh$h,to mske our sumundingsmore p1,-nt and homelike. The buildings are all in good condition lnslde but need some,repUm and patnt m@tde. No new hmld-inga are needed excepting some sheds and small ~ ~ t b u i iwahi~ch~ ea~n ,be b u ~bty the employees fromlumber msde at the agency mlll. The frequent ohanges m employees in all the pitions has rhsp tempomrily hindered P r o m but has resulted io a ear s of more eoomentfous workers. &h wdwlll benefit the school greatly. N& have visited us &ing the year. We mi+ thqlr viats and helpful suggeshons q d ho e that we me. be more fortunatet he eom~ngy ear. Thls sohwl plant iswell equipped for it8 s~zei s goated very pLasentiy for thir country, and has roapects for successunless the prospected o p e h o f tha reservation increase?t he hostility of th de!o Indians toward the sohool. In eonclus~on I will ~ a tyha t I am greetly indebted to the Indian Office, and our warthy agent. capt. W. A. ~ e & e r ,f ar their ~nteresta nd sopport. Very respeotfuiiy, osokn m. WADDSL L-us, G. G. HALL nLpta2$, P@h nLuaLn/, Actkg WitedSlatcs Indian Agent. of future agents. The south half of the Colville (not yet allottedh r equire0 attention in a somewhat different way. At firat opposed by the Indian8 w en first mugurated a year or two |
