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Show 1 RE?ORT OF s U P E m m m D m ~ OF INDIAN SCEOOLS. 441 I died as soon as the new buildings are completed. The general man-agement is good, and the religious training of the children is carefully looked after. Warm Springs Ageney, 0q.-This a ency is 75 miles from the railroad, and was visited September 23. &he climate is temperate and healthful. The land along the water courses is very fertile and is adapted to stock raising and farming. The school buildings are in com aratively good repair, mth the exception of the dormitory. An exce 'I lent water and sewer system is in operation, and an electric light-in lant h s recently been established at this agency. %fe Indians of this reservation are industrious and anxious to secure ood homes, but are deficient in economy and a proper care of their fouseholds. A good field matron is very much needed at this agency. Three churches have been established here, and the teachings of the missionaries have been most valuable in maintaining order and moral-ity and in encouraging industry. The enrollment of pupils for the past year was 149 and the average attendance 130. The Indians need assistance in the way of wa ons, harness, and agricultural implements, to enable them to cultivate &eir land properly. n~azzu-f Indian School, Washingt~n.-My visit to this school extended rom September 27 to October 1. I found the majority of the buildings poor, especially the hospital, which is on low ground and wholly unfit for the sick. The condition of the schoolrooms is also unhy ienic. A new dormitory is in process of erection and nearly completef A strong effort is being made to improve the domestic department. With a bettering of the domestic department and more facilities for the teachin of industrial work, this school may be said to be in a prosperous con%itiou. The educational force and the literary work are unusually good, but the facilities for teaching the trades are limited. The Indians on this reservation are fairly well civilized, and ma?y of them own excellent tracts of land. What they need most is mls-sionary guidance and thc establishment of a number of Seger colonies. Especlal attention is given to religious exercises, there being two churches tvithin a short distance of the school. where the chlldren attend. Statements in detail regarding the condition, defects, and require-ments of the various Indian schools visited have been placed in the hands of the honorable Commissioner of 1ndian Affairs. I OOMPULSORY EDUCATION. Education is the greatest factor in determining the future condition of the Indian. While some of the tribes highly value education and voluntarily send their children to school, there are yet many who do not appreciate its advantages and oppose the teaching of their children. The consensus of opinion is that a sable to any considerable degree o that such a law should be enacted the offspring of civilized and self-supporting parents, are not permitted to row up without the rudiments of education, why should the Indian chi f d be reared in helpless ignorance? |