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Show XL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIEB. Number soh001 buildings reqoircd by treaty 417, at $l,WO ................ $417, OM) Salaries of teachers, booka, fuel, &c., for 417 schools, at $700 .............. 231,900 Total ............................................................. 708,908 Buildings already erwted by Government as follows: Pnpi1s. Sioux, to accommadste ............................................ 650 Nsvajoea, to soeommodate ........................................ 100 Utes, to aaoommodate ............................................. 30 Kiowas, kc., to racoornmadate ...................................... 120 Cheyennes and Arqahora, to aceammodate ........................ 230 Crown, to accommodate ........................................... 36 Shosl~ooe( not yet oampleted), to scoommcxlste. .................... 100 Banuaok .......................................................... 60 -- Total (=44 buildings). ...................................... 1.3'26 Dednat 44 buildings, at (1,000 ........................................... 44,000 Balance due above tribes for one year .............................. 664,900 CoLperatwn of religious societies.-So far as I know, the educational work among Indians done by parties outside of the Government has never been fairly set forth. Suck data relative thereto as I have been able to obtain will be found herewith on page 240. Of the eight^.-two boarding-schools, exclusive of those among the five civilized tribes, fifteen, wit11 an enroll~nenot f 813 pupils, have been carried. on under contract with religious societies, under which the selection of teaclleru has been left wholly to the societies, and the Goverrlment has asslin~ed about three-fourths of the expense. In most cases the societies furnish tho buildings. Seven schools with 280 pupils hare becu maintained by religious societies in their own buildings, the only Government assistance given being that the rations and clothing, which n~ould have been issued to the pupils at their homes, vkrc issued to them at the school a.nd became part of the school supplies. many other school^ are in-debted to societies and ]?hil;~ntl~ropisftosr gifts of books, papers, &c., I which add greatly to the attractireuess and interest of the schools. Beligious societies ~naint~atihui rty day schools without and sixteen with help from the Government, the aggregate enrollment being 2,016. The 8 . total amount expended during the past Sear by these societi~sfo r edn-cational purposes, so for as reported, is $74,614, besides $70,142 ex-' pended on missionary work as distinguished from school work. To this should be added contribntions amounting to $13,278, made during the year to the Forest G r o ~ ae1 1d Carlisle training schools, and the $26,Gg8 which General Armstrong reports that Hampton expends on her Indian pupils in addition to the appropriation made by Government for their partial support. This does not include $33,319 expended by religious societies in the |