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Show enrolled. Excellent training is iven in the literary and industrial branches. The boys are taught t % e several trades, and they work on the farm and in the dairy and bakery. The farm and dairy are con-ducted with the idea of production for the school needs and for instruc-tion; hut instruction is also obtained by means of the "outing" system, the Indians hiring to the farmers in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where dairying and truck and general farming are in their highest development. The "outing" system, the practical education for the Indian boy and girl, originated with Major Pratt, of the Car-lisle School, and its operation has been so successful that a number of other schools have introduced it into their localities. It is to be hoped that the growth of this system will continue until every school in the service has become awakened to the great advantages to. be derived from the placing of Indian children in good Christian homes, where thev will receive the individual trainin-g which only a good home life " - c a % ~Cih urokee, Nwth Ca~olh.a-These Indians own land between the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, and their territory, situated more than 2,000 feet above the sea level, has an invigorating climate, fine forests, and is well watered. Farming is car-ried on to some extent, and crops of corn, rain, and arden vegetables are raised, and apples and peaches are pKkrltiful. 4h e necessity for rotation of crops and fertilizing is felt here, and there is much land that should be under cultivation. These Indians receive no annuities either in rations or clothing, and are entirely self-supporting. The Cherokee have a. written language, their alphabet containing many characters borrowed from our own. They are industrious and are skillful with their hands, making baskets and pottery and doing wood carving. If a factory for the manu-facture of wooden articles could be established here, much ood would result, as the country has an abundance of water an% material. Encouragement should be given to the making of native pottery the weavinp of willow baskets and the manufacture of cane-seated chairs could arso be made a source of profit. The school building is well filled with bright children, but there is a lackof facilities for the teachin of industrial work, especially the trades. The need of another day sc% o ol is greatly felt, in order that the small children may be fitted eacb year for attendance at a boarding school, where more advanced training can be given them. This Indian school has made an excellent display of such work as is done by the p.u p.il s, the needlework by the girls being exceptionally good. A compulsor education law is reatly needed here. S a d and 2o' z school, Iowa.- 8hi.s school is situated 1 mile from Toledo, Iowa. Although in the midst of civilization for man years, these Indians have made little use of their oppoitunities a n i are in almost as primitiv,ep state as were their forefathers, to whose tradi-tions and superst~trons they cling,with tenacrty. This is one of the hardest tribes to civilize. The majority of the people are opposed to education, and it is with difficulty that the attendance of the children is obtained for the excellent school building which the Government has erected for them. Several industrial trades are taught, and the school farm of 70 acres has been well cultivated. There is no agency in the United States where the crying need of a |