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Show secure the attendance of Pneblo children, as there has been a persist. eut, systematic effort to prevent the people from patronizing these schools, and recently some of the patrons have been induced by mis- . - representations to appeal to the courts to have their children removed from Albuquerque by a writ of habeas corpus. Both of these schools had been established by act of Congress prior to my entrance upon my duties, so that my work has been limited to their completion and suc-cessfuladministration. T have used 'all proper incentives and have spared no labor to bring their advantages to the attention of the Pueblo Indians and the people of New Mexico, and have striven most eam-estly to fill them with Pueblo children. I have been thwarted in this, ; however, and have been forced, most- reluct.antly, to fill the schools with children dramn from Arizona and.elsewhere instead of from the New Mexico Pueblos. In Utah there is at last in successful operation a school for the Uintahs, and one is in process of establishment for the Indians at Ouray. In the early fall both of these schools will, I hope, be in successful operation. In Colorado the school a.t Grand Junction, which languished so long, has at lagt been made most efficient and is full of hope. We are now in the midst of the conversion of the old military post of Port Lewis into an indust,rial %chool and have already in attendance about 50 pupils, half of them belonging to the Southern Utes. In Oklahoma the Cheyenne school at Caddo Springs has been recon-structed and greatly improved. The Arapaho ~chooal t Darlington has . been enlarged and put in better condition; a new school has been estab-lished at Seger Colony, to begin operations in September; another is building at Rainy Mountain, 2nd will open about the 1st of January. The Kiowa and Wichita schools have been improved and are in success-ful operation, and the long-promised and much-delayed school at Fort Sillfor the Comanches is now vigorously at work. The capacity of this school should beincreased during the next year. The three at Ponca, Otoe, and Pawnee are in a better condition than ever before and are among the most satisfactory reservation schools. Whe.n the present improvements at Chilocco arc completed, which will be in the near future, we shall have there one of the finest indus-trial institutions in the country. Itpas a body of more that 8,000 acres of land, and is capable of being rendered largely, if not entirely, self-supporting at no distant day. The Osages have shown a lively interest in education, and nearly every child of suitable age has been in school. These people are im-mensely rich, and support their own schools. They have been anxious to give many of their children a liberal education, and if my recom-mendations had been ?pproved many of them would to-day be pursn-ing higher courses of study. The interruption of this work bas been a great disappointment to me, to Agent Miles, and to the Indians. |
