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Show REPORT OF SCHOOL AT FORT Sl'EVEN60N, NORTH DAKOTA. 283 Owing to the impossibility of getting water insuiilcientqnentitiea with our present fscilities, the mguler bathing of the school was interfered with; hut when the ws,er was turned into the irrigat,ing ditch in the s p r i~gi,t wilsresomerl, slthougb both the bath-tnbsand wash-basin8 were in very bad condition. They had evidently been sllowed to go out of use. Since then they have been put in order. CLOSING REMARKS. In the absence of everything pertaining to an industrial training school I feeljnsti-fied in claiming that its interests hsva materially advanopd during the year. Auy standstill in ita progress h a resulted from a, lack of material to work with. It is expected that with a large approprietiou this school will make a. long stride forward and upwsrd and take its place anlong its sister acbuols. In theevent. of this appropriation there will be no doubt of the fntore eo~di t lonof this sohool. I t s suc-cesa is a. certsint Without it its failure is sure and sudden. I have thetonor to remain yours, very respectfully, SAN~ORD P. RECORD, Szlperintendmt. The COM~ ~ S IONOZF RIN DIAN APWAIR8. REPORT OF SCHOOL AT FORT STEVENSON, N. DAK. First qoarter.. ................................................... 76 Second quarter ................................................... 106 Third qosrter .................................................... 110 Fourth quarter .................................................. 11Y The two monrli~r avat ion cluring tltr nttmmer indrerially lnlxnnn tlw average for the firat qnnrter nl,d curr~.apoxr<Iin~:ltytt ecrr r h ~g, c oerui nvenlger for r l~arr huln yonr. An i!~ereasno f ton ur rna l r a nrora r,rro:la. %rhicll1 l ~ o ~rjoe e c+t:urr iu I I I n~ r nr filruru, will fill the school to the extent of itshapacity. The fort, nn abandoned military post,'wns opened for school purposes the 18th of nscember, 1883. On this date 20 pupila-15 Ariokarees and 5 GrosVnntres, wore en-rolled under the newly appointed superintendmt, Mr. F. B. Wells. After a. yenrand ahalfsersies, Mr. Wslls waasuooeeded by James Beatron, whosasdministratioo lasted forty days. On October 28, 1885, the anperiutendent was made n bonded offioe and the school withdrawn from the supervisionof the agent. George W. Scott was placed in charge. The work of building np a soh001 here was srduona and, in rnanyreapeots, difficult and discoursgin The average attendance up to this time hsd not exoeeded 50. On May 24 of t ~ e f o l l awi n g y e ~ r ( l as6, t)i nnhop and blsoksmith-shop were opened. Previous to the opening of the latter the work had to be taken to Fort Bnrthold, 17 miles distant. On the 7th of Jone a shoe-shop wss opened, and a little later in the same month a carpenter was engaged, and this branch of industry opened. The av-erage attendance had increased to 71. Duriog the fiscal year 188i extensive repairs were made on soroc of the buildings, dasi u i ~ gth em for the boys' quartere, s shoe-shop, and harness-shop. They were neat$ and appropriately fitted up, but inJaouary they took fii-e, through some defeot in a flue or otherwise, and were entirely eooauu~ed. They were never rebuilt, ant1 the boya have since ocoupied quartera adjoining to thoaeusad by the girls, while the shoe and harueas shops rere opened in small and inconvenient rooms. The blacksmith-shop ws8 olosed during the year by order of an inspector. The ayerage attendance for tho year dropped to 67. Early in the fiscal year 1883, instructions were issued to the agent from the Indian Office to withhold the rations till the school should be filled. The plan worked estis-footorily and in Decembsr the average attendance for the mouth was 111, and for the year. 96. New floors were laid in some of the rooms and the buildin- all painted on the outside. Carpentry and'. tin-smithing were carried an throughout the year. Tho harness-sbo and shoe-shop were closed in April. At the close ofthe first aix months of the fiscal year 1889 the soperintendent was |