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Show JLEPORTS OF AGENTS ~ i y NORTH DAKOTA. 25 Education-A number (15) of Jiearillss have heed at school at Ramona Indian School at Banta FB, N. .Xex.. and the proqreas theac popils havemade st that institotionshows well tor it4 managenlent and is,a pmof of the mental ctpacities of the Jirsrille The Indians dislike, l~owever, very moeh u, send thelr children away from home to school, and thew dmtre ta have a schwl at the ireeocv. oromisit~ef or such a aehml to furnish ~ -~ " ~~~ ~ .. sll the pupils of both the same can sccommodate. The two ladies of the Woman's Home Mission Society are lshoringamong the hddisos with great zeal, visiting their camps, nursing the sick, and elevating their wndoct and morals. 6'upptier.-The snpplies furniehed at this agency an, of pod quality and requisite variety. The employ& at bath agencies are doing their duties patiently sod taithfnlly and d b nerve credit for their efforts to elevate the wmdition of the Indiana Statistics herewith inclosed. Yer"v resn.eetfnl lv".. Cxns. A. BAETEIOLOWEW, Ufiifed Stales hdias Agent. The COMXISSIONEBO F INDIAANFP AIB~ XEPORTS OF AGENTS IN NORTH DAKOTA. REPORT OF DEVIL'S LAKE AGENCY. f3m I have the honor to enhmit my first annaal report of the condition of &airs at this agency. Having entered upon the duties of my otsce only an July 1 I am not as jet oonvmnt enough with the conditions that exist here to make a repart that would give anything more than very meager information on many pointa. The total number of Indiana on the reservation st the wmpletion of the taking of the csnsos is: Total ......................................................... -1038 Malea above eig- hteen years of age.- .................................. 270 Femalea ahovs fourteen years of age .................................. 380 School children between the ages of six and sixteen .................... 224 Births . 37 Deaths ............................................................ 45 The agricnltnral interests of this ample are a matter of =rave concern to me for manv raseone.'. The qoeation of their s e ~ t - i n ~ ~hiongr et s in a la& m-ore on their soerease"~ in their farmiog pnrsoits. Owingto the sppnmnt lrartility of the elemeatr lor the past few year* suecm in larming swrus to be i o ~ ~ ~ornelyd I U those ~bopractiwunrrnn!itti~lg indudtry and the otwt approved methodsof doing iarm work. The more lotelliycot farn~etxo f 1)akota are heginning to learn from the yield and padeot their when1 or lute years that the enrlns~relyo oe-crop plan doer out pa.", and that rotation and divcrsiflwr-t i o ~of crops mnpt he pnrticml to inatrru any decree ot soreess. In order to be "in toorh " with t h i ~p ro~rersiveit lea ot fsrn~inct he fimt requisite is an etlicient corps of fnrnrera to suporvisc mi nut el.^, in detail and at "short ranre.'' the r a rmi~~uv~ eratians of the Indiatk While: the Exparienea ot' the past dwa nut aarrsot ono inheing very amgui'ne 01 RoCMsR i u II>C fmttlre. it id i,elir.se*~th rt ~ , yio aoguratiog a 8,yatem ot rots-tion and diverrificntion of crow Irrfon. two ve;trs an: oaaveJ each iodividual rerlectanv the amoont of attenttan and &re srehown hi& by his farmer xn char.g. e may beeomei7 least s self-sapportin. and wderatsly surrrastol farmer. Althooph too enrly to eatimale the yield lrum the thrasher's returns it is believed thar oainz to the lbul cooditiou of tho eronod at seedino Lime., the. .i-rm.... nerf.w..t maooer in which ihe work was done, the prevaiince of hot win&, etc., dorine the filling pro-cess of the grain, the total product of this year's crop will not ercsed the amdnnt of |