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Show 422 REPORT Oli BUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN SCHOOLS. Fort M o h e school, A k a . - T h e schoolroom work here is satis-factory, but on account of the climatic conditions very slow progress 'an be made in educational work. The lar er pupils at Mohave should be sent to the Phoenix Indian school, whis is magnificently equipped for the teaching of industries, and the conditions are favorable to bet-ter work of all kinds, the outing system being especially valuable in the training of these Indians. The enrollment for the year was 165 and the average attendance between 150 and 160. A compulsory education law would be of great benefit here. The Mohaves are good workers, all of the work of the deck hands on the boat which carried me to Fort Mohave being performed by them. A large number were also engaged in cutting wood, which they sell to the mine owners, and a considerable Bum of monev is realized in this way. The nonprogressive Mohaves are quiet, peaceable, and thoroughly honest, but are loth to give up their old superstitions. The progress-ive Mohaves have corntortable homes, wear civilized dress, and many have short hair. They cremate their dead, and have discarded their "medicine man," the latter being quite a step in the way of civiliza-tion. Several Indians have stores on the reserve. Fort LmiS sch001, Cb1orado.-The location of this school is excel-lent, and the altitude, thou h high, i? well adapted to the Indians of this locality. The rincipa occupation of the Indians surroundin P 7 this school is agricu ture and stock raising. Cattle raising is a goo % industry to teach here, as the Indian boys are good cattlemen and readily find employment on the stock ranches in the vicinity of the school. The literary instruction is extremely good, and all of the industrial departments are doing excellent work. The best and most varied instruction in ironwork I have seen was given at this school under the direction of the blacksmith, and the work in the shoe shop was all that could be desired. I can not too strongly urge the neces-sity of teachin the Indian boy how to shoe his horse and mend his wagon, espcciafly in this Western country, where the majority of the homes are so many miles from a town. I found this practical instruc-tion receiving careful attention at this school. The exhibit of literarv and industrial work ~revaredb v this school was most creditable and was favorably commeLtetebupon. "The general condition of the Fort Lewis school is excellent. and the children are well clothed and hap y. Grand Jmctiolz sc % 01, Colorado.-This school is situated in western Colorado, in the midst of a good class of citizens, who are very much interested in the advancement of the school. This is one of the best points at which the "outing" systemcan be put into effect with advan-tage to the Indian children. The boys earn ood wages, and there iu a steady demand for their services. The girf fs are also well paid, and the home life and training which they receive in the family is of many times more benefit to them than could be derived from number of ears spent at a school, which can not give individual tralnlng in house-gold economics. The literary branch of the work is excellent, but the facilities for industrial instruction are limited. Dairyin and stock raisin are taught, and the school has a herd of superior &stein cattle, wfich supplies the childrep with an abnn-dance of milk and butter. Cheese making can be carried on with profit. |