as a general rule, they are not as successful in this office as those of the white race. In 1856 the number of Indian children from four to twenty-one was 1,658. A census of Indian children in 1864 showed that the number between the ages of five and twenty-one was 1,698, distributed as follows: Allegany, 355; Cattaraugus, 577; Oneida, 45; Onondaga, 85; St. Regis, 265; Shinnecock, 57; Tonawanda, 192; and Tuscarora, 121. Total number of teachers employed in Indian schools, specifying by sex and race. At St. Regis and Tuscarora none but female teachers were employed during the above period. At Oneida and Tonawanda a male teacher was employed one year. At Oneida and St. Regis none but whites were employed. The attendance upon these schools was not regularly reported before 1866. For a part of the time it was as follows: Allegany: 1857, 172 (average 85); 1858, 140 (average 83); 1859, 135 (average 78); 1862, 123; 1863, 162; 1864, 173; 1865, 156. Cattaraugus: 1857, 262 (average 150); 1858, 294 (average 183); 1859, 291 (average 186); 1862, 300; 1863, 355; 1864, 348; 1865, 350. Oneida: Average, 1864, 19; 1865, 6. Onondaga: 1864 (average), 16; 1865 (total), 58. St. Regis: 1864 (total), 103. Shinnecock: 1864 (average), 26. Tonawanda: 1864, 97 (average), 44. Tuscarora: 1864 (total) 113; (average), 53. The total number of children, and total average attendance yearly since 1865, are shown in the following tables. Number of Indians between five and twenty-one years of age. The expenses incurred by the State for Indian schools were reported only in aggregates before 1869. The following table embraces the totals of expenditures during the first thirteen years after the care of these schools was assumed by the State. The last column exceeds the sum of the preceding, in several years, because it includes items for general |