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Show REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS. 413 set forth in a letter of Specid Agent Frank D. Lewis. This document wns returned to Mr. Pmder that he might have it cured of its imperfections. Here all trace of it ends, snd the fact that s large portion of the offioial letter-oopying book, covering :I period doring which correspondence oancerni~lgt he matter ought td have taken pl;tee, has been at somc time out out and removed leaves thiaend of the line indnrk-ness as to m h ~tto ok place. This nluch has been gathered from living witnesses ;bod by eorrespondenoe with the 1ndi;n~O fice and from atlrer sources from wl~ieh facts ihight be obtained. The Grand Valley Cm~ails now in the hands of a receiver in addition to which rliere are four suits pending. I have learnedof final ddseision)s in none of t.hese cases. As they all affect ~natterso f bllsinesa and three of them are in courts in Denver, 460 milesamay, i t woul~bl e well to have thedistrict attorney take the matter up. 1 8110- ceednd in getting the matter in shape, sod the diatriot attorney comlnunicated with the Attornej-General, il,ttd reeeivsd instructions to protect the interest8 of the Gov-erument. Then came the ohango of adrnioistration. It is a matter that can not be ;atIjustsd nt once, yet the interests at sttaka are, in my jndgment, of valne greater than tho cost of holding rrhat is properly Government property. I therefore be tl recommend that the nen clist~.ict attorney be directed to fnmilinriae himfie& with the onse and directed to take mob steps as may be neoesaary to establish jtndmaintoin our rights. As he is ao situated as to not promptly I bag leave to recommend that I be directed to make snch expenditures and perfovln sneh services as he mny direct, v i t h s view to such oousu~nmstiono f dosirshle and necessary ends. Visitors.-Loeafed as we are, at tho terminns of the scenic line of America, our vis-itors come and iro in ones :and dozens. The interest manifestedand the surprise and mnrm approbe$on expressed by the majority,as well as tho "change of heartntllat takes piece in the eases of iunnp who oome to ns with the one idea concerning goor1 Indians, as they look npou tlle work done by the children is a constant stimnlus ta employ& to do the best there is inthem. Employ6s.-For whatever nlensure of success was attainen during tho year I em indeed deeplr illdobtod to the earnest, inclustrions, untiring devotion and loyalty of my assistants. In only two eases h a ~Ien let with half-heartedness, and, thanks to the equally ready assistance of the Iudiml Office, rhe durstion of these two was cornpay-atively limited. We had during the year one employ6 who passed that sad, sad, and auhoiy criticism upon Ameriesn lntolligence and jndgment that is conveyed ia the l~elieft hat the In<lianp arent, of whatever depth of ig"?mnoe, savagery, and moral degradistion, is a better judge of thedemands of the oiv~l~aatiofu o ur time and of the ilclvisability of edncating,+<lian ehildralr than arc citizens of our country who hare been appointed to tila posltlons of the several departments of tho &meat and eompli-oated system of Inclilinn management. There are such in the service, or was, a "pity 'tis, 'tis trne." Could they see, as I hare, a bright and prorrlising girl bartered for Eve ponies, abnd t.hree of the ponies lost at cards before the tradesmen had parted, or another, bright aud affectionate, bnt in whom the seeds of heredietry disease were erminating, lost at cards vhilc trying to retrieve former losses, both girls saeri-foed by men who were not their fathem, then it is possible soch people might lose their high regmcl for the fntnre pioroiug acumen and infallible judgment of these hardener1 old barterers in human flesh; these bnyars and sellers of woman's chastity and of human aonls. A statistical table of sohool prodnets for the yew is submitted herewith: Sea:ing voont. Dairy. Aprons, assorted. .......... 102 But.ter .......... .poun<ls.. 4684 (!hemilauns ............... 49 Milk. ............ gallons.. 4,426 Chemise ................... 10 Cloths, table .............. 26 Ap(a"-y. Curtains, viidow ......... 36 Honey . . . . . . . . . . . p ounds.. 170 Driswerx, ansorten. .pairs.. 125 Dresses, assorted .......... 139 Carpentev sfbop. Dresses, night ............. 77 Beehives. ................. 200 Jaokets,6aUnel. ........... 36 Benches, oarpenter ........ 8 Napkins ................... 4 Building- Pants, jeans, boys ..pairs.. 59 Belfry ................. 1 Pillowenaes ............... 53 1 Factory ............... 1 Sheets, bed ................ 67 Laundry .............. 1 Shirts, hikkory ............ 15 ! Bee shed .............. 1 Skirta ..................... 20 1 Cow shed ............. 1 Towels .................... 83 \Tagon shed .......... I Undershirts ............... 17 ; Curtains, window ......... 143 Waists .................... $0 Screens, window .......... 6 |