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Show REPORTS OF AQENTS IN WASHINOTON. 311 RKPORTO P SIIPE&~~TENDEONX 'T UNITAH 8CHOOL. Warn Bxm. U ~ a. aJd v.s8 .1894. Sm: In rmoplinnre vlrh anrtio~ 42, mviad dea,(lRM , I haw tba honor of aoboittin thia my annnd nporl "I' the rmmitah Loanling sehml. I hchevo I)raoaay wrrbout fear of aorueafd con"+ dirtinn rl.s! xa havejuat rloatd the nmar proUtahla year'. work that haa ever been dome for the Tts echonl chlldnn. artandme. .Oar arerage attendance 157, for the ye.? was 18 hi her than last year and I rnorethnn any yre,iuu* yea?. Tbi. lncrrasa in nttcndanu, I atmbute lar&,,fr to tile gmmog frieudlmass onrhe part 08 !he ladiann toward the scuuol . ~elltb-T1.e YCOCIPL hvalth of the scltvol ha. b w wry good, hot one seritoua elso of airheen m n m n ~ d l , t i n ( :fb r gmr . 1mprosamsnu.-we Lave ado several irvprosamevra during tho h r year. Boretnfm0,fhe rhltdm .run l.arhall irr warhln*. tuba, lo tan anldl mom8 which wen a p u t of our two nrhml bolbltoga. Lerr fall th. ~,.lvo*lm ylu 6.. nraiated ~ ~ o nbt rr tho- elf tho s ~ ~ r ~vu cy k, d s bathhourc 18 by 26, aud tho nlpartwcnt illroi*bciIn~~au lnmb ath t l lh and sppararoa for lle.+rmgu ster, do rllat nn,w uo aro able to l ~ a h eth mr p r r ,I' our wurli a alurera. We have alic, lhullt a tauonllg 18 by ?O. rnl i n mur helraa 16 b ' 22 ~ l l;$sark aud the prrltar~ngnft honweexnry fual,wringh v 2 molca.4 eoaa,nnd 5 srrea nf pardon and urelmrd has 1,s-n dcme b~ th. arhuul hn I ondcr tho aa~prvieiono f tLr *chon1 nuplayEe. Laat seaa,n "0 hl~vc.ted 210 burbela gotaroca.7 !nebla basua,sud arucrd load* of aqu.ah beanIra otncr REPORTS OF AQENTS IN WA8HINGTON. REPORT OF COLVILLE AGENCY. COL~ILLEA GENCYM. ILESW, ASH., A ~ g w3t1 ,1894. Snr: I have the honor to submit herewith, in oomplisnoe with instractiona from your oBioe under date of July 5, annual report of this agency for the fisaal year end-in June 30, 1894. &he data in oase of eaoh tribe connected with this agenay, herewith transmitted in believed to be full and an nearly aooorata as it is praoticsble to obtsin. At firs& most of the Indians objected to giving the informstlon asked for, but after thor-oughly explaining the object to them the information was usually villingly given. Beferenoe to these statiatica will show oonolnaively that, as s, mle, there ie s atsady and healthv nroeresa beina made by nearly dl the tribes, eapecidly in farming and stook-raisii& - -A.m..i-a d t a n a-nd- in.d des.-The Colville and Snoknne reservations am oat eener s lb ~~ - M a ted to farn~illc., being mostly timbered &ootainous, and rock The lndiada of tie rariucra tribes csrr? on farminq and utilize pretty ll~urb & the xvsilable laud aa~rontibleo f mltivation and i n ~ a t i u n . Thes raiae wheat. oats, barley, and r~~~~~ ~~ kind8 u i venetables, naarly auttieieit for ~n a i n i e n s~~ofe eth bir fimiliee..-.'Che vallq of the 06a1ao~sn + t l ~ n only body of lsnd of ally peat extetrt which might be 1,roouht under eultivatrun bv a aoatelu of irriuatian. Yartna, aa a role, are small. bit all,"e&ept Joseph's Band of N& PercBa, .are enga ed more or less id this oocu-pstion. All hsva aome stook, principsll horses. I gave endeavored to im reen them with the importance of inoreasing t%eir cattle herds, thus utilieing the farge amount of vsluable razins land8 they possess. Ontada of farming and stock-rain-ing many engage in keightlog, both for the Government and private parties; others |