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Show BEPOET OF SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN SCHOOLS. 435 instruct the Indians in readinf , writing, arithmetic, and agriculture the amount has steadily increase ,and last year$2,936,080was expended for school support and 26,445 pupils were enrolled. GENERAL REMARKS. One of the reatest obstacles to be found in the elevation of the Indian race is t%e difficulty of overcoming the prejudices of the mothers of .the tribe. The men, from constant contact with the white people, have their ideas broadened and absorb many of $he ways of c~villza-tion, but the women, remaining in the camps, cling with tenacity to their old-time superstitions. The homes of the camp Indians are to be reached mostly through our school girls, who are to be the future wives and mothers of the race, and on their advancement will depend largely the future condition of the Indian. All history has proven that as the mother is so is the home, and that a race will not rise above the home standard. Rewgnizing this truism, more systematic training in the art of liv-ing is beinggiven the Indian girls. At Fort Apache school, Arizona, the laundress was so enthusiastic in her desire to have her pupils a c ~ i r eth e best methods of washing and ironing that she, with the ass~stance of the superintendent, secured the services of an expert lfainuinsdhr iynm^ an to instruct herself and pupils in the art of starchin , dry $c. The result of this teaching is far reaching. %then seeing t eir superior work will emulate it, and better work will follow. During my visits in the field I have frequently been the guest at meals prepared by Indian girls, and the cookin5 was as appetizing and wholesome as one wnld wish. The service an table ,manners of the children were excellent, showing careful home trainln Thorough and the art of homemaking. training is given the girls in all the branches of general$ : ousekeeping After the past nine months in the field studying existing conditions it gives me pleasure to report gratifying improvements over those of the previous year. The enrollment bas increased 1,026. Better accom-modations are noticeable in the shape of new buildings erected and additions to old ones. Many modern improvements have been made, such as steam heating, electric lighting, bathing facilities, sewerage, and increased and improved hospital appl~ances. The teachers are studyin the problem more closely each year and becoming better acquainte% with the needs of the Indians. More scientific methods in farming have been introduced with good results. Facilities for industrial training have been increased, those in whose charge is the molding of the Indian's character realizing that this branch of the work is the surest road to independence and self-support. Gradnallv are the vouth of the race being. taught to have a r e s~e cfto r the dignity of lab&, and stronger efforG arFbeing made to prepare the child to meet the necessities of life alon-e the lines which he will in all robability follow. J o t only are the boys and girls taking kindly to manual labor, but the men, following the example of their children, are realizing the necessity of working and the good to be obtained from the possession of money and property. This is noticeable in all sections of the coun-try,. the latest gratifying news of this kind being that the Crow Iu&ans have been assigned an important share in the coustruction of |