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Show 9 4 CO?dHISEIIONER OF INDIAN AWFAIIW. The following table gives data relating to the schools of this nation: TABLE 19.-&isliw as to Clrerok ceeshoob. Name of aohool. Mde 8eminarg .............................. Female h i n a r y ............................ 0 han Academy ............................ co7bred highschool .......................... 175 day schools.. ............................. Creek Nation.-Owing to dissatisfaction on the part of nonprogres-sive Indians, known as "The Snakes," the day schools were broken up. There has been some prejudice aroused over the admission of noncitizens to certain schools, although such children paid tuition. The Indian children themselves, however, did not share this prejudice, and Supervisor Robertson has been able to smooth away a great pro-portion of it among the parents. She says the $100,000 appropriated by Congress "will be an inestimable boon to the thousands of chil-dren." Unfavorable agricultural conditions for two years have reduced a larger proportion of the renter class of the Territory to straits that made self-help in the direction of schools impossible, and at the same time precluded a removal to localities where there were free schools. Petitions bearing the names of thousands of children have to be answered negatively because of the inadequacy of the appropriation. Condensed school statistics are presented in the following table: TABLE2 0.-Slatislies as to Creek %hook. Name of school. Eufauta Bigh ................................ Creek Orphan Borne. ........................ Euchee Boardinf ............................................... ..-.. WetumkB Board ng. Coweta Boarding ............................ Wealaka Boarding. .................................................... .. Nu Ls Boafling ~ u g h a s s ewe oar ding ........................ Pecan Creek Boarding ....................... Colored Orphan Home ....................... 49 da3- echools ................................ Total ................................... 1 2.647 / 1.424 1 1 76,159 1 1 12s ........ .......... Choctaw Bation.-The attendanceof the academies is better than last year. The work of the ternhers and other employees has been satis-factory. There have been eight small boarding schools in operation with an enrollment of 503. The neighborhood schools were attended by 2,791 Indian and 8,078 white children. Supervisor Ballard reports that ' l in the management and general administration of the schools |
