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Show XXXVI REPORT OF THE COM3IISSIONER OP INDIAN AFFAIRS. Forest Grove, aud Hanlptoll training scl~ools. They lrave bee11 attended by 284, 91, and 101 pupils, respectively. The Carlisle pupils represent 33 t,ribea a~lcl 18 ageucies; theForest Grove pupils, 10 tribes and 5 agencirs. At C'arlixle aud Hxrl~ptont he appreutices in the various shops have not. o u l ~at tended to the large amount of repairing, bnilding, aud fur-nislritlg reqnired at the schooln, but lrave na~lnfacturedforu se at t,he various hldia11 ageucies 253 sets double harness, 13 wagons aud 1 buggy, 2,000 pails shoes, aud 14,124 articles of tinware, ar~d the sahools have bee11 creclited with the valueof these articles at the contrait prices paid therefor by the in dial^ Office. The apprent.ices to the trades of black-smith, carpenter, printer, shoemaker, tinsmith. wheelwright, painter, butcher, tailor, saddler, and baker have numbered 183. The energies of the rest of t.he boys were devoted to farm work. Only eight deaths hax-e occurred at the two schools during the year, the improved llealth co~lditionsb eing due partly toacclimatization, but more to greater watchfulness aud a better understancling on tlre part of both inst~.uctorsa nd pupils of tge requirements of the Indian phjsique. The practice of placing pupils in private families during the summer vacatiou has been continued with most satisfactory results. More ho~nes were opened to them in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania than there x-ere pnpils to end; 10G bogs and girls have thus been given the best possible individna,l training. Remol-ed from the rules and restraint8 which n~akeu p the machinery of a large institution and render the life of its inmates more or less mechanical, they are thrown upon their own resources and responsibility, and learn the selfimposed restraints and anlenities a11c1 tasks which characterize home life. The appreciation of the adrantages show~r by the children, and their usual readiness to do their share of the work of the farm or the house, has enabled Lieu-teuaut Pratt to secure wages for all the pupils sent out by him this sum-mer. These wages, varying from one to fifteen dollars per month, have been paid direct to the pnpils and added to the womanliness and man-liness of the recipients. The good record made by the Iudian youth in their tempora.ry homesis reported in detail by Lietitenant Pratt. Forty-eighi of the Carlisle pupils will remain with their new friends during the winter, doing ~'ohores"and attending public school. The size of t,he b ~ ~ i l d i a~u~dg thse appropriation allow for the education at Carlisle of about 300pnpils, but by placing children in private families Lieuten-ant Pratt proposes to recluce expenses and eularge accommodations so that he car1 care for 380 pupils. He will also depend on the coutinued liberality of friends of the Indian, who have given sobstautial proof of t,heir interest ill the work at Carlisle by t.he contribotion during the Fear of $7,243. The first "graduatesn from Carlisle, consisting of 37 Sioux from Da-kota and 35 representatives of tribes in the Indian Territory, returned to their homes in July last. These were the pupils with whom the school |