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Show Aolmowledgrneuts are due all of the teeohars and employees of t,he sahools and agencies for f&ithful aervice cheerfully performed and 0S~acidlyt o Lieut. L. M. Koehler of the Army for absolutely indispens%ble &gistauci gratuitously rendered hy him in oivil engineering and service. The kindness and encouragement received from Department d a i a l s have made the onerous dutiea of the year ppleassnt,aud agreeable. Very respectfully, JAM^^ F. RAND-, ' X@ior, U. S. &my, Acting U. S. Indian Agent. The COMMISSIONER OX INDIAN Arxalns. REPORTS OF AGENTS IN WASHINGTON. REPORT OF COLVILLE AGENCY. COLVIL~ .A GENCYM. ile*, W-ash.,. Auo" ust 16.1885. SIR: Incornplisnoe with instructions from your office under date of June 15,1895, I havethehonor tosllhmit herewith mv8econd annual renort of affaiir~o f thm anencv c. " for the fiscal gear cuding Juno 30, lh!k. .Ianunrg 25,1895, n rapurf in eltrail van rondrrod rothu Drparrmont drs+ribingrlre reservations of this nrmrv nttd much darn eivon of 1hurl.ibcs of Indian* ucnuuviun them. I tl>ernf~,~ao&trs&t n tlsin~apordt e r~r ipt ions rn~r rIu,J~ ill a l ~tlh owgi;&l i;; nlytirsr i~nnualreport. l'hoseinteruato~iln rl.ocuttntry uccnpiod by rhevar iot t s t r~bc~ 01 Indian-, rllcir ~~rurrearaudcivili~atio~~,cnuerall\-I~~van~eI~lrasnacthrue uctrtd, au it seams ti me tdbe'lnneeessary for ageit: to go dvermuch of the same groGnd year nfter year, unless changes of note take place. The following table shows thenumber of Indim, by tribes, belonging to this agency, and is made from a careful oenens taken st the end of the fiacal year: 'Estimated. Not on my resmtioti. ! The schoola of this agency are in about the wndition they were last year. Tomsket Agency boarding sohool has had a;n avers a attendance of 59 during the year. Since Maroh this &oh001 has been taxed to itskllest capacity. Costbf main-taining ssmewas$11,434.61, a reduotion of $1.72 per orvpits per month, oompsred with last pear. Theschool garden is no longeranexperiment. SuEcient vegetahlasof all kiuds were grown to supply the achool for the entire year. No vegetables of any kind were purohsssd, and the prospect is very good for this year's supply. Na improvements were made to the plant, as the De rtment hoped to get possession of Fort 8pokaoe for a large industrial school. (2 my report on this subject dated July 12, 1895.) The Colrille and Desmet industrial boarding schools have been under contraet the past year, the former for 65 pupils and the lattor for 70, at a cost qf $21 per capita per quarter. Progress has been made in all three of the ~choolisn tkemettsr of education, but .there.is still rossl for improvament in all of them. TTibea. Lower 8poklrsne ................ UpperandMiddle Sppkanm on Spokane Reservation ........ Colville.. ...................... Lake.. ......................... Ok&llorn ...................... 163 127 192 80 562 77 46 123 Calurn xs (Moaes' Band). ...... 101 56 113 43 313 38 31 60 Noz Peroda (Joaeph'aBand). ... 33 26 62 22 143 13 9 22 ivss ilem (estimated) .......... ang go el (s6timstdl .......... .1 70 83 53 312 34 23 57 Coeurd'Alhne .................. 152 84 177 78 482 43 32 75 U pel and Middla Spok%noe~n 8m;r d'AIhneRe~8rvtion... 40 23 51 21 135 16 13 28 Csiiispelr ...................... 50 25 25 52 152 13 10 23 Total .................... 067 616 1,063 540 3,186 318 278 BPS I xal- 13years ~2::. dm. --- 68 28 47 64 xa1*s above 18 years of age. 80 57 83 81 Fern&, above l l yeare of 118 74 85 84 =males l4 year' ot ogo snd u,,. der. -- 60 33 43 55 TOM. 73 30 58 68 Indian children of aChoU1*ga ~ o t a l . 334 192 267 284 .Id.. 33 13 28 40 mF;e -- 40 17 2B 28 |