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Show i &8 BEPOET OF THE 8UPEBIKTENDEBT OF INDIAB 8 ~ ~ 0 0 ~ 8 : Fgrt fWk, NMont.-The two brick dormitories at this sehool hsve a capcity of 80 pnp~lesa ch. The other buildinga are constructed of logs and cuttonwood poets set on end, which are now decayed so much ae to be be ond repair. Better buildings are needed. he school ia well 6lled and doing pdwork. Blackfeet Agency, NmU.--The location of the Government school is an undesimhle one, and the buildings are dilapidated. The proposition to build a new school on Cut Bank River, 4 miles northeast of the old school, has been strongly recommended. Neah Bay Agency, U7mh.-There are two day schools at this agency, one at Neah Bay, and the other at Quileute, 40 miles south of Neah Bay. School gardens are cultivated in connection with the class-room work. !2Ualip Agemy, Wnrh.-There hae been no school on the 'Mali Reservation since the destruction of the old plant last year, but steps are being taten to erect a modern school plant on a ve desirable site at the Wncy. Day schools are maintained at Lummi, winom mix and Port Madison reservations. Puyallup A mcy, Wash.-A boarding school is maintained at Puyallup, arid day schools at ~iehali8, Quinaielt, Bkokomish, Jarnestom, md Port Gamble. The school building at Port (iamble is in good condition, brt at each of.the other.da schoole the bulldings ,are exceedingly dilapidated. Them are three public schoo$ attended by Indian ch~ldreno n the Puyallup Reaemtian. Col& .4genq, Wmh.-Theschool oecupies the commodious buildings of old Fort Spokane military post. The loation is a very desirable one. The management and work done is very satisfactory. Xm-t Lapluai, Idaho.-This school is in a proeperous condition. ' It haa a good fam and orchard and the climatic conditions are favorable to agricultural pursuits. There are ~everacl ommon schools on the remxvation. Lemhi, Idaho.-This is a small school in an isolated loeation. The.&rls' dormitory and class-room building are too small and in a bad state of repair. CSmu Agency, Mal.-Two schools sre supported by the Government on the b w bervation. One is st the agency, and the other, a new school, is at Ryor, 70 miles west of the agency; both are well m Tongue Eivw Agency, Mont.-A day=l EI in opeertion at theagemy', and anew boardm 8ehool ia to be erected on the Little h b n d River, 20 mil- w e a d . The 1njians are favorable to ednestian and send many pupils to no-mtion. schools. With few exceptions, the schools have had a sueceaefol year. There h8s been a united effort tocombine lltemry and industrial Instruction in an intelligent manner, especially alo agricultural lines, which has been reductive of god rewlta. I t is not iceae at schools where the tenure of ogce is long the most p m is being made. The employees seem more intereste(l and devoted to the work of their rrticular departments, and from longer asmciatlons witb the pupils and parents ave greater influence with them than newer employees of the m e ab ility. REWBT OF BUPEEVIBOR J. FRANKLIN BOUBB. The Fifth district &mprises all of North Dakota and all the territory esst of the M h u r i River, except the school at Pipestone, Minn., and theschools in Sonth Dakota lying east of the river. There am in this distnct 26 Government boardin schools, %day schools, and 7 misaion boarding schools, with a totalenrollment of ahnt 6,WO PUl!~~attendance, which has been largely of the free will and eonsent of the pupils and parents, bas, I think, been fully equal if not better than ever before in the his-tory of the schools. Wlth one execption, the enrollment bas been about equal to the capacity, and in a few instances pupils were refused adm%on.on account of lack o accommodations. Though I have not thestatisticsat hand, I feel ssfein my-ing there are 1,000 Indian children of school q e in the district who are not attend-ing any school. However, in view of thefact that thenonreservstionschoalsof other diatrieta draw annually from this territory, and ae gome of the people should sodn be able to become a part of the State and thereby have access to the public sehoole, I recommend that no additional boarding-school accommodations be provided. Much attention bas been given to the lndnstrial instruction and there bas been much improvement in the uipment for this class of work. Many of the schools now have excellent farms 3 are SU-plied with the necessary farm machinery and domestic animals to give the bays vagable training in sgricultural pumita. There has been much sydmmtic instmetion in housekeeping and geneml work of the home given to the girls. The em loyeeiin general have manifested much interest in their work, and have shown a &sire to make the service better. |
