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Show The school is doing much toward breaking down the old prejudices that have existed a ainst Indian education and Indian labor and prov-ing the fallacy o f t f e statement that education for Indians is valueless. A large number of boys and girls obtain excellent practical training by means of the "outing" system during the summer, and the civiliz-ing influences received by contact with the home life of the good white families of Phoenix can not be overestimated. The large pupils of the various schools scattered throughout Arizona can receive at Phoenix advanced training; both literary and industrial, as this school is magnificently equipped, being one of the finest schools in the service. Phna Ageny, Ariz.-About 8,000 Indians occupy this reservation-the Pima, Papago, and Maricopa-and there is enough land to allow each Indian at least 25 acres for cultivation. The Pima are self-supporting by means of agriculture. They live in one and two room adobe houses and have some stock, and, I believe, until recently have never received any apprpp~iation. A new brick schoo b u ~ l d ~hnags been erected and the water and sewer system completed. An addition to the girls' dormitory and a laundry will be constructed this summer. The resent water supply will make it possible to beautify the school groun 5 's and to irrigate a small,vege-table garden. The ca acity of the Pima school is 225, and the ch~ldren are well fed, well clot g ed, and comfortably quartered. On the Gila Bend Iteservation, in Arizona, are 680 Papago Indians. The Gila Crossing day school is in operation here, and there is also a day school on the Salt River Reservation. Hack6erry day school, Arizona.-This is one of the best day schools I have visited. It contains two rooms and has an attendance of about 65 Hnala ai chiildren. The literary work is good, but there are few facilities For teaching industries. The present day-school building is poor, but the new boarding-school building, for which $60,000 has been appropriated, will remedy this defect. The Hualapai children are brightand intelligent and seem very fond of their school work. They are remarkably,well advanced in the com-mand of the English language and have a fair knowledge of accounts. Most of the children live within a short distance of the school, and those residing at a distance board with their relatives, who live in lit-tle shanties constructed of lumber, in most instances given them by the a ent I visited many of these houses, which were very poor indeef. kearly all have stoves, but the Indians pers~sitn cooking in a primitive manner and sleepin in blankets on the ground. The women carry their children in $e old-fashio~edw ay, strapped to a board and hung over the back, and they dress in Indian fash~onw, ear-ing an old blanket or a wrap of red or blue calico cloth. . The domestic work of the school was carried on in asatisfactory manner, and as the pld Indians live near, the school buildlng they are constantly brought in touch with the wh~t em an's way of hv~nga,n d I noticed some crude attempts among them to better their condition. Old Tokespeta, the chief, is very much opposed to allowing an the children to go away to school, but after remaining at the sci ;o Oofl for some time I wm enabled to have a talk with five or six of the lead-ers of the tribe, who, I believe, will consent to allow theagent to take a number of the larger children to the Phoenix school. They seem better satisfied to have their children attend this school than any other, as the climate is similar and they feel they can more easily visit their |
