| OCR Text |
12 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIOSER OF INDIAN -4FFAlRS. but a begiuning has been nvnde. The Iudian, however, is not to be restricted in his i l l d i v i d ~ ~cahlo ice, if he has any; slpd i fa youth wishes to go, or a pareut wishes to send his child, to any particular sohool, his wishes will be regarded, unless there should happeu to be some imperative reason for doing othermise. :The systemn begun at Cnrlisle, and luost successfully oper-ated in that school, is spreading thronghother nonreservatiou schools; and even Phcenix, in less than two years from the date of its opening, reports that its boys have been employed in neighboring vineyards and its girls in neighboring families, and that thedemand for domestic help is muoh greater than the school can supply. Carlisle, which has had 621 pupils L1out"a mong farmers and others at clitlerent periods during the year, has had requests for twice that number. RESERVATION BOARDIXG; SCHOOLS. Tho following table gives the capacity aud (late of opeuiug of the Government boanling schools located up011 reservatious: TABLE 4.-Loentio?~, capacity, and dele of opening of Gorernment rere,.aatioa hoarding achools. Looation. C*. Date of P"lty.l opening. 1 Rsmarh-a. Ariaonir: ' 1 Colorado Rirer .................... 100 xsr., 1819 lc~&m.csa non ..................... I 100 -, 1387 Navajo Agenoy .................... ! 150 Deo.. 1881 Piaa .............................. ' 140 sent., 1881 Sari C&tl~rlo.s.. .................... ..! 75 Oet., 1880 California: port Puma ........................ I 260 APT.. 1881 Boopa ............................ .i 45 Jan. 21, 1893 Round Valley ...................... / 38 .............. Ready to ope11 in h3dl of 1893. Idaho: Fort Ball ........................ ../ 200 *-.I874 Fort L-pwai ....................... LOO sept. 1886 Lemhi ............................. 40 sept.: 1885 Indian Territory: Quapaw ........................... 120 Sept. 1812 Seneca. Shawnee. andNjandotte.. 150 ~une: 1872 Begun byFriends as orphan asvlom in 1841, under contract wlth tribe. Ka11.88: Hfokapoo .......................... 30 Oot. 1871 Pottawatomi e...................... 26 2. Sac and Fox and Iowa.. ........... , 1871 Iowa. Sept., 1875 Sso and Fox. xinnesota: Leech Lake ........................ Pine Point. ........................ Prior ta this date s contraot school opened in Suvember, 1888. Xerl Lake.. ........................ 50 ' ?TOY.. 1877 WhiteEarth ....................... 110 1 -. 1871 Wild Rice River ................... 75 ; Mar., 1882 Prior to this date n contract echo01 i opeaed in Sorember, 1888. Montana: Blackfeet Cmw Fort Belknap Fort peck ........................ Buildings burned November, 1891, and September, 1892. Nebranla: Omaha .,.*a iaL ake .................... Waatrrn Shoshone.. Prsrioltslr a semiboarding sollaol. .It was eloeed March 1876. and not reopened until February, 1880. md wsa removed from the agency to the military biildings at Fort Hall its present location, in the fall of 1883. tIn new boildings just appronchmg oolnplitiou, to repiace building burned in Frbrunl.y, 1882. |
