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Show ZXXVIII REPORT OF TIIE INDIAN SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT. The school at Grand Junction, Colo., has been opened, and it is hoped that it will materially aid in the cirilization of theUtes,for whom it rrae established. The school at Albuquerque has been opened, and will hereafter be condncted as a Governroent school. It has accommodations for '200 pupils. It is intended especially for the Pueblos and Mescalero Apaches. Tho Pawnee school, Indian Territory, has been made an independent school and is under the control of a bonded superintendent. It is ex-pected that the usefulness of the school will be greatly increased by this course, and a much larger attendance than heretofore insured. At th6 Southern Ute Agency provisiou has been made for an addi-tional school, at which a noonday toea1 will be furnished. At Rosebud Agency a superintendent of schools has been appointed; under his supervisiou it is hoped that the thirteen day schools on that reservation will be improved. Thirteen new day ~choolsh ave been e~t~ablisheadt the following agencies : Cheyenne River.. .................................................. 3 Cmw Creak and L o ~ e rUr n16 ...................................... 4 Mission ............................................................ Z Pine Ridge ................ .: ....................................... 1 Quapsw ........................................................... 1 Rosebnd ........................................................... 1 Devil's Lake ....................................................... 1 APPROPRIATIONS. Much confusion would be a.~oidedif all appropriations for the sup-port of Indian schools were left iu the hands of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to be expended uuder his direction, instead of making special a2propriations for schools in States and for particular schools. Additional labor is incurred in arranging for the expenditure of these special funds; besides certain sehools are ins measure relieved from his control and to an extent madeindependent of his supervision. If, how-ever, it is thought best to continue this policy, I recommend that spe-cial appropriations be made for the school at Albuquerque, N. Mex., Grand Junction, Colo., Fort Stevenson, Dak., Fort Puma, Gal., the Pawnee school, Indian Territory, and Fort Hall, Idaho. None of these schools are under control of an Indian agent, but are managed by a bonded anperintendent, the same as the schools at Lawrence, Carlis!e, Geuoa, Chilocoo, and Salem, for which special appropriations have here-tofore been made. Indian children are "cared for, supported, and educatedn in forty boarding and twelve day schools, under contract made by the Govern-ment, through the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with different mis-sionary societies, while children a.re placed in three schools for which. special appropriatious are made. |