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United States. Office of Indian Affairs / Annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for the year 1905, Part I
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Reports concerning Indians in Indian territory, pp. 202-221
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202 REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Roads and ditches.-In addition to the $1,546 paid for labor on roads and ditches and other improvements of a semipublic nature, each able-bodied Indian was required to perform 4 days' work on the roads. Over 200 days' work was reported. This labor was expended in building roads up the mountains to the timber. Public roads on this reservation were located on higher ground and where they would not interfere with farming operations. Altogether about 8 miles of new road were built during the year. One and one-half miles of new ditch was also built. The Indians were very anxious to work for money and furnished all labor, wood, grain, and hay for which we had money to pay. Missionaries.-This reservation has been without a missionary this year until June. The Protestant Episcopal Church has a building here and Miss Catherine C. Shaw, deaconess, and Miss Gertrude W. Welton have just been sent here as missionaries. These Indians have very little religious training and seem as loath to accept that as the other elements of the white man's civilization. School.-An attendance of 96 was maintained during the year, which was higher than ever before. But owing to the crowded condition of the school, caused by the fire last year, and epidemics of smallpox and la grippe, the school work was not very successful. Had it not been for the efficiency of the employees it would have been a failure. About 50 children had smallpox in a mild form, but none fatally. Several children were sent home during the year suffering from tuberculosis and three have died from that disease. Three others have died from other causes since school closed June 1. CLAUDE C. COVEY, Superintendent and Special Disbursing Agent. REPORTS CONCERNING INDIANS IN INDIAN TERRITORY. REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT IN CHARGE OF QUAPAW AGENCY. WYANDOTTE, IND. T., August 15, 1905. Accompanying this report and a part thereof are statistics relating to popu- lation, civilization, religion, and industry of the- Quapaw, Wyandot, Seneca, Confederated Peoria and Miami, Ottawa, Eastern Shawnee, and Modoc tribes, whose reservations are within the jurisdiction of this agency. Tabulated statistics of the Quapaw Agency. Statistics. ca 0 05 0 ro 0_ _4-)_ _ d E Population, 1904---------------283 365 360 192 121 179 5 54 1,649 Population, 1905 --- 284 378 366 195 124 192 101 56 1,696 Males, 1905 ..-------------------134 177 175 92 61 112 112 28 821 Females, 1905-----------------150 201 191 103 63 80 59 28 875 Males over 18 ---- - 63 102 90 42 22 57 21 17 414 Females over 14 82 136 107 57 40 48 32 16 518 Males under 18-----------------71 75 85 50 39 55 21 11 407 Females under 14-------------- 68 65 84 46 23 32 27 12 357 Children between 6 and 16: Males------------41 38 45 30 21 33 11 3 ,2 Female-------------------46 52 48 32, 17 23 15 8 241 Peoriaand Miami. Number of allotments---------247 241 436 218 157 117 68 1,4r4 Acres in each allotment- 24 {8 08 0 8 160.1.0 48 ........ Acres allotted --- 56,245 20,695 41,956 43,442 12,714 12,677 3,976 191,705 Unallotted or tribal - --------- 160 55-------- .---------- 1,467 ........ 24 2,306 Set aside for school and 1 church purposes 40 176 64 18 40 8 346 f{ 1893 t1 f 18921 11 11 1 Date of allotments---------{..... 1892 {902 } 1890 1892 1892 1 891 Number of acres to whichli 10 Indian title has been extin- i guished,---......... .... - 911 " 826 10,6.15! 19,775 771 1,282 118 34,298
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