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Show XXXII REPORT OF TEIE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. pleted on the 13th of April last. A very careful census liaving been taken. and the claims of those who applied to be enrolled carefully ex-amined, all whn could not be proved to be members of the Wyandotte tribe, as defined in the treaties made with these Indians,vere rejected. The payment seems to have been very satisfactory to t,he Indians, .especially as the claim of Isaiah Walker, for $17,900 for a ferry fran-chise, on beiug examined, was not considered good against this fund, and w:rs therefore disallowed. Sac a d B'ox, lma,.-Since my report for 1881, this branch of the Sac and Fox tribe has become Inore tractable and willing to comply with the rules governing annuity payments, so that $40,000 of t.heir back and current annuities has been paid to them, vie, $20,000 in January last, and the same amount in the following August. Thifi was a per capita of about $128, or over $500 to each family of four persons, which number their domestic relations will average. Of this large sum, after paying some back taxes on their lands, they had expended, br September 1, almost every cent,, except about $3,000, with which they propose to purcl~ase more land, which they greatly need. It is to be regretted that at least half of the entire payment could not have been u ~ e dfo r this purpose, rather than 8quanderedin ways, if not injurious, yet of bat doubtfhl benefit to them. Budi as the money was their own, no action could be taken by this office further than giving them good advice. The agent conlplains of drunkenuess amongst these Indians, which he. for mant of means, is unable to prevent, but itis hoped the stringent liquor law now in force in that State will result in their being benefited to a greater degree by future annuities. Alltheotherregularamuities, &c., havebeenpaid duringthe year with-out incident worthy of apecial remark, and it is ? gra-ing fact that al-though a total sum of about $650,000 has been so disbursed to the Indians, during this time, having topass through many hands, and find its way to the owners oftellin the least civilized part of the country, no case of loss to the government or to the Indian has occurred, either through acci-dent, carelessness, or design. The present system of enrolling the In-dians is so perfect, each birth, death, ohangein relationship of members of families, English and Indian name, age, and sex being duly recorded, that oversight or imposition is almost impossible, and general aatisfac-tion among the Indians is the result. EDUCATION. Excluvive of the live civilized tribes, the whole number of Indian pupils attending school the pest year has been 8,412. Of these 476 were in at,tendarice at the Carlisle, Hamptou, aud Forest Grove training schools. Of the remainder 3,937 attended reservation boarding schools aud 3,999 reservation day schools. The average attendance for the year has been 5,126, A table giving the schools in detail, with the attend-ance and condition of each, will be found on page 316. The following |
