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Show 22 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. The Eickapoo, Kaus., school, by order of Congress, must be moved, and plans for a buildingwith a capacity of 76, tto be erected on the new site, have been prepared. A new school building at Tomah, Wis., is now beingerected. Substantial improvemelits areprovidedfor,in the appro-priation law, at Puyallup, Wash.; Salem, Oreg.; Wind Xiver, Wyo.; Pipestone, Minn.; Flaudreau, 5. Dak.; Tomah, Wis.; Albuquerque, N. M.; Chilocoo, Okla. j Genoa, Nebr.; Mount Pleasant, Mich.; Phmnix, Arie.; Leech Lake and Red Lake, Minn. Plans for carrying on these appropriations are being formulated, and the bulk of the work will he accomplished during the sncceeding fiscal year. Out of the general school.support fund the Indian Office contemplates the expenditure of a sufficient sum to radically increase scholastic facilities for the great tribes of the Sonthwest, and to that end adequate additions will be made to the schools now established for the Pimas, Papagos, Navajos, Moquis, Apaches, at Sacaton, Fort Defiance, Eean~s Canyon, San Carlos, and Fort Apache. There are on these reservations and adja-cent thereto thousands of Indians without any school advantages what-ever. Although the cost of building in these sections is very high, yet with the limited funds at its disposal an earnest effort will he made by this Office for remedying existing defects. The Jicarilla Apaches in the northwestern portion of New Mexico are without school facilities of any kind, and plans are now in contemplation for the erection of a boarding school for their uses. Although the Southern Utes are bit-terly opposed @ the establishment of schools for their children, an effort will be made with them. While governmental efforts for the education and civilization of the Seminoles in Florida are not meeting with adequate results, yet persistent efforts will be coritinued in order that the fear and aversion which these people entertain toward the Government may be eradicated or abated. At Fort Peck two dormi-tories are in contemplatiou, and work on this construction will doubt-less be commenced during the year. Bids have been invited for a new girls' dormitory, to be constructed at Morris, Minn., and a project for lighting the plant is now under consideration. In~provements in sewerage, water, etc., at the Menornonee school, Wisconsin, and in buildings at Oneida, are subjects for consideration. Fort Belkuap school, Montana, is located at such a distance from good potable water that before any extensive repairs are made the auhject of moving the school to a moreadvantageous site will be considered. A great amount of repairs are necessary and in contemplatiou. From the report made upon the Indian school at Perris, Cal., it appears that the site is unsuited to the requirements of a large Indian school. The soil is poor, water facilities are bad, and thus no agricultnral, horticultural^ or other farming operations-wbieh pursuits the children must follow in after life-can be taught practically. Such a school for southern California is a necessity, and should have at least 200 pupils, which number can readily be secured without great |