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Show 474 REPORT OF THE BOPERINTENDENT OP INDIAN SCHOOL8. instances. The special effort put forth in ga. r de ninq has greatly . increased interest m the schools and afforded a valuable esson to both pu ils and teachers. !!he Holy Rosary Mission Boarding School at this agency has about 220 pupils and is doing excellent work. The industrial work is espe-cially worthy of praise. The sisters deserve great credit for their patient and unselfish efforhq to educate and civilize these children. The Protestant Episcopal Church, through its system of missions at this agency, is doing an excellent wofk and contributing largely to the improvement of the Indian's condition morally and physically. To the extensive and systematic missionar work done by this church and others on this reservation is mainly ue the fact that these Indians are so well advanced in civilization. B Rosebud Agency.- 1 1893. 1 190s. Principal employmen@ are freighting, farming, and atoek raising: There are 4,972 Indians on this reservation, mostly Brd6 SIOUX. Mast of the Land is mina lad. Bimr rhu withdrawal of rations the able.l,nlied Indian8 have been at work riaking ft,ncrf, rcpnirinl: h,i~Js,e l(.. The rniesionaries of the Catholic, Prott?stant E ismpal, Cungrrgarional, aud other rhunhes are actively eu-l in the work of dvancing rkse Indians. The Rosebud Boarding School is 15 miles from the agency. Its enrollment for the past year was 167. The industrial work was excel-lent. The greatest and best amount of farm products was found here of any school visited. They raised about 500 bushels of potatoes, 300 bushels of turnips, a similar amount of rubbagas, 100 bushels each of carrots, parsnips, and beets, and had an enormous yield of s'quash, cabbage, melons, and sweet corn. There was an endless profusion of small fruits of all kinds. Too much praise can not be given to this school for the excellence of its farm and garden. The kitchen and dining room are in good condition and the children get well-cooked food and in ample variety and quantity. There are 21 Government day schools on the Roaebud haervation, under the direct control of an energetic day-school inspector, w~ t ha total enrollment of about 500. About 100 pn ils were sent to nonreser-vation schools during the year. The day-sc 1 ool buildings are i l gpod condition and exce t~onall commodious. A telephone system s~m~lar to that at Pine Ri f $e won y d be of great assistance in controlling the reservation,increas~ngth e efficiency of the day schools and freeing the reservation from the present vicious element engaged in stealing cattle and horses which is now a menace to good government. Much credit is due the a ent for his uniform courtesy under all difficulties. The St. francis Mission Boarding School at the Rosebud Agency has an enrollment of about 250. The work being done is exceptionally excellent and the success achieved has been proportionately great. Their industrial work is of the very best character and tau ht thor-oughly and practically. The remarkable results accompliged here |