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Show REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN SCHOOLS. OFFICE OF THE SLPERWTENDENT OF INDIASNCH OOLS, Washinqb, D. C., August 90,1900. SIR: The eighteenth annual report of the superintendent of Indian schools is herewith submitted, together with the proceedings of the sessions of the Department of Indian Education, .held at Charleston, S. C., in connection with the National Educational Association the summer schools held at Salem, Oreg., Puyallup, Wash., and h u e Ridge, S. Dak., and extmts from a number of papers presented at the& As t e report of the honorable Commissioner will contain the sta-tistics relating to the Indian schools, on1 such matters as have come under m.y p.e rsonal observation while in tee field will be noted in this re ort. Eince my appointment twenty-six months ago I have been in the field seventeen months acquaintin myse!f, by personal observation, with the needs of the Indian and t% e Indlan school service. During that time I have inspected 49 schools (some of them several times) in ' Pcnns lvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Iowa, Kansas, Indian Terri-tory, dklahoma, colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, California, Oregon, and Washin ton. Ihavc traveled 41,138 miles, of which 2,087 mlles were covere% by wagon, pack horse, and on foot, over lofty mountains, through dense forests, on remote fron-tiers, and over rugged trails between preoipitous cliffs. During the ~ a sntin e months in the field the followin-g schools have been visited and inspected: Carlisle, Pa.; Eastern Cherokee, North Carolina; Sauk and FOX, lowa; Qua aw school and Wyandot or Seneca school, two schools at Viuita, %emale Seminary and Male Academy atTahleqnah, two schools at Fort Glhson, two mission and two public scho?ls in ,the Creek Nation, and one college at Musrogce, Ind. T. ; Phoeu!x, P~ma Agency, Gila Crossing day school, Kingman day school, Su a1 G n on Day School, and Fort Mojave, Arizona; Albuquerque a n f ~ a n t a s e , N. Mcx.; Fort Lewis and Grand Junction, Colo. ; and Ham ton Insti-tute, Vir inia Haskell Institute, Kanuas; Chilocco, Okla. ; 8 ambeand ~ s e n ~ u e s u e b l oNs., Mcx.; Perris, Cal. ; Carson, Nev.; and Rlamath Agency, Yainax, Chemawa, Siletz, and Warm Springs, Oregon; and Puyallup and St. Geor e's Mission, near Tacoma, Wash., were visited shortly after I assumel t he duties of the office. SCHOOL8 VISITED. Carlisle school, Pen"syhania.-This is the largest Indian school in the United States, and has steadily grown from 147 students, with which it opened November 1, 1879, nntii now over 1,000 pupils are 6266-00-27 417 |