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Show Tacoma or Seattle makes two trips meekly to this bay and purchases from 6 to 30 tons of cod. halibut. etc. The local traders are Indians. who have superseded the white trader, and have the exclnsive sale o? groceries, etc., in this region. Attentiou is next invited to- IT. THE INDIAW EXHIBIT AT THE OOLUMBIAN EXPO-SITIOX. 111 office letter dated August 30, 1893, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs sugge\tcd that I "make a brief visit to the World's Oolumbia~~ Exuosition. to s t~uttrh e exbibts of the Indian schools. and also such otl& exhiliits as prksent the Illdians in an aspect favo&bleor unfavor-a. ble, in respect t~ progress in civilization," and said LLGivey our views of t l~eiem atters i f your forthcoming annual report." In accord:~,~lcne- ith said instructions, I reached Chicago Sunday moruiug September 3, a11d gme the next four day^ to this mork. The tirst ex~lhisto ught was the I11dia11s chool buildiug, which was readily found, irl cliarge of Mr. J. E. Moore, thegentleman formerly in custody, Mr. Whittington, having resigned the position. At this time the Genoa Indian training school, ullder Supt. Backns, mas occupying the building, 'co~ni~lAgu gust 1 7 a u d remaining t'ill September 20. The Chilocco sclrirol is expectecl to follow. Tlie sclrools preceding are the Albuqtierque, N. hlex., May 15 to Jnne 13; t.he Reusselaer, Ind., June 13 to 30; Line0111 Institute, Pliiladell)hia, July 1 to 19; and flaskell Insti-tute, Lawre~lce, Kans., Jnly 20 to Ailgost 16. About n half dozen em~~loskans d 30 to 40 unr)ils coronrisc each school auota. A11 these ous nrerethe visitors tha~SuptB. ackus i h & ~ ~iht tb est to have an accu-rate enumeration. Statiolii~~dge tails at the ent.rance, it was found that ou Illi~iois day 23,161 persons entered this building, and on the Mouday previoas l(j,U%i persons. Snch a rush of visitors, in n building of so sluall proportions, with only one small class rooln, rendered it impossible to corlduct regular e:lasu exercises, and the attemljt was soon ahaudo~~edB. ut these scl~ools brongllt with them, in t11e handwriting of the pupils, many specimens of rschool esercises ill tangible form, in portfolios or posted e n the ~ a l losf the moms, which many of the visitors n.ere interested in inspecting. Besides, at eertnii~ hours recit.ations and singing by the ]>11pils mere given from a platform, and on the law11 in front of the huildinr tine music bv brass bends made un of Indian 1)unils. all of L A , which ;on many e~~ro&i~uus. ' Inas~uuclra s the Genoa school nns on exliihitio~a~t the time of my visit. I rive a fnller arcount of the exhibit of that scl~ool. The Galls of two roo~nsh ad many speci~nenso f the written work of the school, coiisisti~~ofg written lessons, maps, penmanship, and essays. ICacll grade in the s ~ l ~ omoals represented by some work. The industrial exhibit mas conspicnous. Brooms-tell doze11 floor and ml~iskb rooms of different styles-mere on exhibition, and two boys nrere making and sewing brooms. There was also an exhibit of the growtli of broom corn from the seed until the corn is made into brooms. Wagonmaliing and blacks~nitbing: A wagon made by an Indian boy was sl~owna, ud also a display of tools and horseslioes made by pupils |
