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Show 20 REPORTS OF AGENTS IN DAKOTA. have been unable to renovate it. Special Agent Lneders and Inspector Gardnerhsve both reported the situation to the.Department. I was informed that if I wonld make a detailed statameut of what was necessary aotion rould be takeken to remedy the evil. Thin I did last January. and since that timu I have not heard from the Daoart-ment on the subject. By adother year the egenb w~ l bl e compelled to vacate the house, for reasons already stated. I inclose herewith atstistiorsl report. Very respectfnlly, WARREN PATTEN. Un4tea Slafea Indian Agent. The COtdMISSlONER OF INDIAN ABFAKRB. CHEYENNER m n AGENCY,DAXOTTAE RRITORY, Al~gust YO, 1884. 8m: In compliance with instructions contained in ciroular let,ter from the Office of Indian Affairs under date of July I, 1884, I have the honor to snbmit herewith my annual rrport for 18d4. TRIBES AND POPULATION. Tho In#dinnso f lbis uxanc)., eurnprihil~!: 75:s f;~!~#iliuca~,g reanring3 ,144 per,ona, en, conq~osco~fi the Blackfeat, c:nos Arc, Dlinnecu~~juuxo. cl 1 wo Iicttlt. I>rrl<lau f Sioux, and are claaaitied ler~*ctivelra s follogra. which claseitirntiw ~n~br:rrethse umber of children of school-goingagis, tabulated in aeoordsnoe r i t h therecent provision of Congress: Name of band AGRICULTURE. Blaokfsst ... . . . . . . . 8-8 r ....... / 2 Minnecon on 325 TaoHett~e..:::::: -176 Total ........ 1 753 The Indiana of this agency are eviuoing s, rapid and remarkably encouraging ad-vancement in agricultural and civilized pursnits. Notwithstnndi~,gt he grasa is very thin and scarce thisseasoo,they have cut audstaoked about 1,800 tons of hay for nee of their stock during the eomirlg nrinter. Corn, potatoes, tnruipa, uoious, benna, and melons have lraen raised by them during Lhe season with fair sucoesn. A large ma-jority of them are cultivating claims and fields comprising from 1 to 15 acres, part of whichis fenced and nearly all of which is in excellent condition. The small farm of d acres attached to the bogs boarding sud industrial echo01 has been oultivated by the older pupils, under the enparviaion of the aceooy fsrtner and other emnlo~8s.G ith fair sucoera. They have iaired thereon this neason corn. nota- Number ?f~ thaema.- toes, turnipi, bkans, melons, and puulpkins. The large area of grouod oooupied by thia ngsnoy, stretching from Antelope Creek on the south to the Xorrau River on the north, s. distsuoe of about 150 miles, and west from the Missouri River about 125 milea, requires more attentionon the part of instructors for the Iodisua in the method of farming and a.grioultnral pnmnits thanthelimited nornberof ecnilloy6s allowed me by the Government will admit. The employment of Indian distriot farma~sn, ow au-thorized for the cnnl in yew, \rill materially s d~a n c uth e interests of Indian farmem, hnt nractieal white man an_rraeed for this nuroose ivolxld be much more sdvanta- 2: 36 I 2 ) 105 357 456 180 180 2-73 - -11 5 812 1 1,073 / 446 g&u& to the I n d i a nnd sstidfa&ory in its reiult's. x e ~ ---- SANITARY. 40 108 212 -- 81 451 Tlnc general haaltl~o f the Indians has h?en gootl nod there llns llot hem noy opi-demir ;,u~on,rt hem during rl,+,).var. J ) ~ ~ r i ~ ~o_f vr~he~paa*r t n ~itott~rinr~aolcaprevail.~d endentically in the box,' bua rdi~~ngn .l indultriul school, and in the tislnr John's women. 10 41 85 -44 . 180 S$h"01 children be. tween 6 and la Children under old. 16 47 82 -37 182 224 7% 13Rl 750 3,144 i 'I4. Mala Fema e. -ppp Mde. Total. Female. |
