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Show 7111 REPOET OF TEE MIdKLSBION33B OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. &he e m n t year the &qm&y of ow &001 edilices h s been .hrgely in- .oreas&, and some additionalschools b v e been opened. The fofloming tables will ahuw fhe increme of esiwel f d t i s s dariag .the pear : 1879. 1678. Nmmbef of oBildren, exclusive of the five oivilised tdbea, who .om be aaognunodr&ed m bosading-mhoals. ................................ 3,m. .2,%9 Hmber of children who c m b e a~oommodstedin day sehwk.. ....... 5,970 5,082 Number of boa~g- sohool s.. ................ .:.. ................... 52 49 lYnmber of day sohoal. ........................... ; .................. 107 119 - . Number of chitdren sttending soh001 one or more months during the -- 935 faale, '3,228 .................................... 7,193 6,229 Wulllber of 6 among the fivs civiliied tribas attending soh001 during the ye$fi.ci? ............................ i... ................ 6,%0 .5,993 In the last report of theIndian Office an account was &ven of the plan of Indian education initiated at Hamptou, Va. The progress of the chil- Oren sent to Hamptan last year has Jleen vmy satisf&ry. They have laawed as readily as oould have be,en .expected, and the sucoess attend-ing ih0 experiment has led to the .ast.ablishment ,of a braining school ef the same kind at Carlisle Ban-acks: C.~b'lisleP,a ., under the immediate ~ W g oef L ieut. It. H. PratA, U. 8. A. He Jm now in full operation a school consisting of 158 Indian children of both sexes, three.fourths of whom are boys. These children have been taken in large numbars the Siauxat Rosebud, PineRidge md other agencies on the Missouri Bver, and from dl the tribes in the fndian 'Pwitorg exoept the eira-e d Indians. Ga.rli8Xe i~ pleasantly .situated in the .Cumberland Valley. The s d is %.tile and the climate healthy, and not at .ail snbject to malark Xn the ~ o u i ~ SdUs S ~ @ U D ~ t~hUe ~b anmks a large amount of gardening em be done advaotageously. The buildioga axe oompmatively nesv brick building6 in a good state of preservation, and furnish pleasant end oommodiaus quartersfox thase~ahadyb here, wit)Ia!capacity to pm-vide amcornmodations for at lwt four hundred .mere chilclreu. It is hoped $hat Oongress will make further provision by whioh $ho number of p~pilas t this sob001 may be largely increased. These children have been very carBfully selected, having nnd$gaw .the same sort af examination by a sargeoq to which apprentices for the Navy are subjected, and only healthy ones have beao accepted. ~TJw pupils will not only be taught the ordiuaxy brmchea of an Engli* eduw-tion, but will also be instructed in all the usefularts essential in p.w *ding for the every-day wants of mau. The civilizinginfluence of these schools established at theEast is very mueh greater than that of like sohools in the Indian cowtry. A11 the children are expected to write weekly to their homes, and the interest of the parents in the progress and welfare of the children under the a r e of thegovernment is ah least equal to the interest that white people take in their childrea. Iu addition to the scholars at the Carlisle training school, the, num-ber during the Ooming year at Hampton will be increased to about sixty- |