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Show I , - ' 250 REPORT OF SCHOOL AT GRAND JUNCTION, ' COLO. , , intelligently understand what they read and hesr but alsa to be able to speak and write it fairly well. 'Their deportment fins been excellent for pupils who upto two gem ago had never known anything better than eavage life, md they take mnch interest in and psina with theirwork. Some have became quite pmficient in free-haad industrialdraw- Ing, letter writing and hnsiness farms, as well as in the common school snbjects; s;nd daily blaak-board exercises in writing ontibills of ertiMes bonght and sold make them familiar with business transwtions so that they can intelligently trade with the white and with eaoh other. Thelarger girls, with bnt few exceptions, have made remarkable progress in not only their class-room work but alaa in the domestic virtu@, and some can show some very mice needlework and crocheting in addition to the good work thst theydoin thelaundry, kitchen, snd sewing-room, in the latter of which they dp mnch of the making and re-pairing of their own clothes and the srticlea of clothing fabricated for the nse of the '. aehaal. Although the indi'an ebief Mipel has been mocb opposed to having the boys do sny work other than school-room work, many of the l a r~eb oys have done fairly well in 85- , sisting the e~rpenter in repairing and painting the echo01 buildings, also aiding the in- .dustrial taxher in the psrden, and in the am of the cattle belonging to the school. Nesrly all the buildings have been repaired: and their surromding porches rmn- ' strncted, paioted,androofcd anew. The interior of all the buildings hsve been cleaned ' , and whitewashed, and in some the wood-work bss been painted. Some of the dilapi-dated buildings which last year were nnfit for nse have been so thoroughly repaired . %hatt hey are now in n good condition. The water supply to the sehaoi hss been more satisfactory since the small pumpen-gine has.heen put into operation, though a ansiderable amomt of repairing will yet be , required to put the reservoirs and water-pipesin agoodoondition. New bath-moms have been fitted up for the girls and the bays where they esn frequently profit by this sdvantage. I t is hut just to add that the good results attsined at this school have been mainly. , duc to the good moral chsraoter, the persistent, earnest effort, and the faithful cc-oper-ation on the part of eaoh of the school employ& with me in atrhing to make the school s practical lasting su-s, though we labor under Borne grape diffioulties. We have no coercive power over the Indians to make them send their children to sehool instead of allowing them to roam the streets of Ynma. They are at liberty to send them if they aro ao disposed, or to detain them from school on some paltry pretext, real or imaginary, as is the case at the present writing, when the Indians have been incited by a meddle-some inhabitant of Yuma to withhold their children from school till the Government will give them (the Indians) rationsand ancede to the desire of less than a hundred Indians who live on the Arizona side of the river to make one of their number "chief" of the tribe in opposition to the wish of the thousand Indians living on the reservation and California side who fawr the present chief, Mignel, the late Pasqual's choice and appointed sn-sor. The schwl suffers from these wntentions, and I think a good plan would be to take a few of those delinquent pupils and sand them Away to some Eastern scbool. It would serve as an effectual menace to them that if they did not send them to the school estab-lished for their benefit near their home they wmld he sent far from home to school. Last November the position of clerk and indostrisl teacher W ~ EsIb olisbed for that of clerk and physician, which change has since proved a wise one and to the bast interests of the ~ohool. Commendation is jostly dne Dr. P. G. Cotter, who has filled the poai-tian, for the skill, persevering are, and benevolence shown in treating hispatients st the school and in the reservation. , , I desire to express my gratitude for the many conrteaies and favors shown us by the .officers of the Indian Depamment during the past year. Very respectfully, MARY O'NEIL, &perinie?~dent. The COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIBS. f, REPORT OF SCHOOL AT GRAND JUNCTION, COLD. ' INDIAINN DWTBISACHLO OL, Grand Ju?&+m, <?lo., Octo6w 2, 1888. SIB: In compliance with instrnctians enntained in circular letter from yoor office of July I, 1888, received to-day, I have the honor to submit the following report of this school for the year past: |