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Show 374 REPORTS Ob' SUPERINTENDENT8 OF SCHOOLS. REPORT OF SCHOOL AT FORT LEWIS, COLO. U. 8. INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, Fort Lewis, Colo., Augaat #6, 1894. SIR: As my administration of the affairs of this school covers but a little over four months, this report, which is respeotfnlly submitted, must neeesasrily be brief: Condition of school.-I took charge on April 10, 1895. The discipline of sohool was inferior; tho sanitary condition execrable. The nameless filth that could be found in all unoconpied struotnres (and there were at least a dozen of them) baing a grave and imminent menace to health, the ordinary work was disoontimled and fullv two weeks were devoted to oleaniog~p. Attendance.-There were in attendauoe at that date 132 papila,lll boys and 21 girls, divided tribally aa follows: ............................ 11 I White Mountdn Aoaohea ............ 34 Jicarilla, Ap&ches .................... 26 i Employ6s.-The aohoolroom work, under the managem?nt of one teacher and two assistants, was very creditable, There was no disciplinarian, industrial teacher, o~p e u t e ro, r shoemaker. Under the able direction of B. B. Cnster, blacksmith and engineer, wch repairs, etc., as neetled the intellioent supervision of a a q e n t e r were onrried on. There was no tzilor and but one seamstress, whose iudustry can be gauged by the number of pupils enrolled, for whom mending, patching, darning, ete., waa required. Vacation.-Vacation began in the last week of June. 'The dicarillapupils were per-mitted tospend it at home and are there at this date. Of the retnaiuiug pupils, those large enough among the boys were divided into two sections, each of which in turn, under charge of smploy4s, was sent into the La Plats Molmtains, at m elevation of a about 11,000 feet, to enjoy two weeks of hunting, fiahing, eto. Pam.-The nnususlly late spring here, added to the searcit,y of water (the La Plsta. River, from which onr supply oomes, being lower thie year than ever known), aonduoe to make our yield of potatoes, onions, cabbage, beet,s, beans, hay, and oats fall far belom what ras confidently expected. However, with theexception of hay, there will be enouah harvested to carry us through the year. Water.-The qneition of water is a. vexed one, and should be settle4 finally before next spring. In my oommunioations of June 29, drily 11, end July 27 1894, the con-dition regardiug water supply was set forth. Had it not been for sirings oompar-atively near the school our condition would have bepn exceedingly oritionl. Water to which we have a prior right is being illeg&lllly taken from the La, Plat& River through the Chet.ry Creek Ditoh and the Prowitt Ditoh. I notified the managers of these dltohes of our condition, hoping that they would reduce the roluma of water flowing through their head gates. No attention, except a threat posted at the head gate of the Cherry Creek Ditch of giving me a lo& of buckshot, wss paid to my demsuds. To avoid any appearance of nnneoesssry ag ressiveness I constructed a new irri ating ditch over ;a mile long, having its hesf gate at leaat a. mile snd a. half higfer up t h n the old one, which, however, brought but little relief. Now that throngh the kindness of your office onr reservoir is oemented, we can, with a storare of nenrlv 100.WO enllons. have no aaarehensions of wRerine from >"ant of |