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Show REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN SOIIOOLS. 371 from this health conditions are good. The enrollment at the Folt Belknap School this year was 108. Much attention was iven to schoolroom work. industrial work during the year, and good progress was ma fe i.n t he Fort Peek Age~cy.- ................................................... All. 8 ,,.at Il0rnP1 ............................................. 111. .......................................................... .111. Principal ernpluymnlt ie fanniop. There Itu* hnn a \.cry marked iliiprorcmcnt in morals, luduerry, and in n n j p of life <leeir;<blv. The muj,,rit) of the 11~dia1lhqr long tovomrChri.-.l.i xn churrll. .\I1 tl~eahle-l,odiedJ n d i ~ ~ n ~ : ! r e ~ ~ r a ~ : l i c a l l ~ ~ ~ e l f . ~ ~ ~ What little assistance is iven by the Government is a detGiment, miher thGan aia, to the able-bodied. If t%e policy inaugurated a, year ago last May of giving work instead of rations is continued, every Indian will not only be self-supporting, but will soon begin to amumulate property. The hoardin school is situated in a stock-raising country, and special attention shou f d be given to that industry. The girls are instructed in dairying and the various domestic arts in addition to the regular class-room work. The enrollment for the past year was 224. New Mexico.-Mesca1ero.- Sp"kiog English ........................................................................................................................... .. 52 Per cent of children in achml. 82 .................................................. .......................................................................................................... ..................................................... 35 183 1W All. None. ....... All. At the boarding school the general conditions are satisfactory, hut new buildings are badly needed. The dormitory can not he made habitable, and it is recommended that two new buildings be erected, one for the boys and one for the girls. A dining hall is also an abso- .lute necessity. Besides these new buildings, a small hospital should be erected. The literary work at this school is good. The enrollment is 114, a?d nearly all of the pupils are between 7 and 15 years of age. The majority of the Mescalero Indians are industrious and are not averse to having their children in school. North Dakota -Devil's Lake. - There sre 3,661 Indians at this agency, ronsisting of Gisseton, Wahpeton, and Cat-head Sioux, and Turtle Mountain Chippewa. These Indians are as a rule intelli-nt and industrious. A large number of them are self-supporting, and all who have End till it themselves. h.0 rations are issued to them, nor do they receive annuities. Fifty-five per cent of the children are attending &choola, nd this percentage would probably be largely increased if a. day school were established. All of these Ind~ans wear citizen's clothing. The principal employment among them is farming, in which they have been very successiul, each year showing some improvement. |
