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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 North Dakota, pp. 278-291
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Reports concerning Indians in Oklahoma, pp. 291-323
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REPORTS CONCERNING INDIANS IN OKLAHOMA. 291 annual salary, so they could be left at the schools to care for the gardens and the school property during the vacation months, and make it possible to keep a cow and chickens at the school. Female industrial teachers.-The order of the Department placing the female industrial teachers under the direct supervision of the day-school inspector did not reach this office till late in March, but since that time I have visited, in company with the teachers, over eighty homes. Much good is being accomplished along hygienic lines. With but few exceptions the houses and yards were found in good condition, and refuse burnt or hauled to safe distance from the house. We were unfortunate to lose one of our best workers in this branch of the service in the person of 'Mrs. Bessie Bamber, who was compelled to resign on account of poor health. Improvements.-The school buildings and cottages were painted and calcimined throughout, and roofs repaired and painted. At Cannon Ball school a well was dug, a small storeroom built, and a pasture fence built, inclosing about 40 acres for school pasture. At No. 1 an. industrial room and porch was added to the cottage and a well dug on the school grounds, giving an abundance of water. At No. 2 a porch was added to the teacher's cottage and an ice cave built. At Porcupine a good root cellar was built. At Bullhead a storeroom and large cellar built. Needs of the schools.-The employees' quarters and room for industrial work at Cannon Ball school are too small for the size of the school, and two rooms should be added to the present building to relieve the crowded condition. A small stable is needed at No. 1 day school. At No. 2 a room should be added to school building for children's kitchen, as no provision was made in the building of this school for the preparation of noonday meal. At Bullhead and Porcupine schools stables large enough to shelter a cow and team of horses are much needed. WALTER P. SQUIRES, Duy School Inspector. REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF ST. ELIZABETHS SCHOOL. OAK CREEK, S. DAK., , 1905. Seventy pupils-34 boys and 36 girls-have been enrolled during the past year, with an average attendance of 55. The health of the children has been remarkably good and, with the services of a former matron with us again who has had an exceptional experience as a trained nurse, the health of the children has been closely watched and guarded. As in past years, the ordinary school, home, and farm industries have been taught, the boys and girls becoming quite helpful, so that in an emergency when the teacher, cook, laundress, or farmer have been absent for a time all has gone on as usual. This, as last year, closes with two of our first year's pupils as leaders of responsibility in their special departments. The teacher and matrons having had, with the writer, a united interest for many years in the children has been conducive to success. The parents have helped to clothe their children, and in other respects showed their appreciation of their regard for what the school is doing. We feel greatly indebted to Colonel Steen, the farmer in charge, and the physician at the Grand River school for the courtesies extended in behalf of our work. Through the faithfulness and kindly interest of Doctor Veldheis the school has been the means of relieving much suffering among the people. The phone connection arranged for by Major Carignan has been, a pleasurable conven- ience and privilege, for which we are most thankful to the Department. We are desirous when the allotment is made to the people that our land limit of a half acre may be extended farther to the east and north, allowing for more pasturage greatly needed and hay land for school use, if we may be so favored without encroaching upon the rights of our neighbors. MARY S. FRANCIS, Missionary and Principal. REPORTS CONCERNING INDIANS IN OKLAHOMA. REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT IN CHARGE OF CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO. CANTONMENT, OKLA., July 20, 1905. The school is located on the west bank of the North Canadian River, 20 miles west of Okeene, Okla., a town on the Rock Island and Frisco railroads, and 12 miles north of Eagle City, a small town on the Frisco Railroad. The Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad are constructing a line, which is now about completed, to the North Canadian River, and I expect that some time during the coming fall they will be running trains through Canton, a new town about 3 miles south of the school. A complete census of the Indians under my charge is submitted herewith, which is summarized as follows: Cheyenne (males, 253 ; females, 269)----------- 522 Males over 18 years of ag 144 Females over 14 years of age----------- 186 Six to 16 years of age (males, 60; females, 60) ....120 Arapaho (males, 125; females, 116)------ - - 241 Males over 18 years of age .....67 Females over 14 years of age----------- 77 Six to 16 years of age (males, 21; females, 22)-------.45
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