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Show REPORT OF THE COXMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. XTII One thing is clear, the Government has made a wonderfully economic move in undertaking to educate these people in any kind of schools in-stead of fighting them. ~he ' cosotf the schools isimmeasurably less than that of the wars which they supplant, to say nothing of the sacrifice of lives of both soldiers and Indians. One of the valuable results con-iiected with the capture of Geronimo and his hostile Apaches, and the remoral of his aud other bands to Florida, for imprisonment there, has heen the placing last spring in the Carlisle sohool of 106 children of those ptisoners, and the gathering into schools at Saint Augustine of others who were too young to be taken away from their parents. The following table, showing the cost of and attendance at the eight schools for which Congress makes special appropriation, may be of in-terest: School. hoatioo. - snlpln Training. ,.. ....... I Cbs~nawiO, iegan. ..... St. Ignatius Misron ....... Flnthead reservation, I -\r<. ,"+-..,...n.. "a ( T<?t,tal ......................................... - i ' Inolwiinp $1 838.68 for bnlldiopa and ropaira. t Inoludlng $2'117.71 for bodcline# and repaim. !Includioe$4'204.20 fbr l>uildiogs and repnira; $21.500 was expended for purobase of 210 ecros of land. which is ;ot includerl in cost rs give* above. ~Ina lodinp$5 ,000 for bmildings smdrepairs. Some of the eastern training schools have adopted a system known as ' 4 outing,:' which in my judgment is an important auxiliary in educating Iudian youth and preparing then1 for self-support. It is notably carried on at the Carlisleschool, which, without disparaging otherIndian train-ing schools, may be said to stand in the front rank, if it is not the fore. most, of institutions engaged in the great work of Indian education. This system consists in placing ont for a. series o E months among.thk families of farmers in tlrnt part of Pennsylvania', boys and girls who have had a year or so of traiuiiig at Carlisle, and can make the most of the advantages thus afforded them for learning practical farming, the use of tools, and thrifty hou$ekeeping, In addition to their board they re-ceive faairw ages for their labor-from $5 to $8 per month for farm work-and as members of thehousehold are admitt,ed to the privileges enjoyed by the sons and daughters of the family. In some cases they remaih a year at these places: atteriding district school in the winter. Such a tzaining upon a firm is the best possible way of fitting them for idle ownership aud cnlt.ivat,ion of the lands which arc being allottetl them 1)). t,he Govcr~~rnc~Tith. is experience, t.akeniu connection with their train. 8375 I A--2 |
