CHILOCCO, INDIAN TERRITORY, September, 1886. SIR: The Chilocco Indian school has prospered during the past year. Ou taking charge of the school, August 17, 1886, I found in attendance only 80 pupils. The school was filled as soon as possible. During the year 204 pupils have been enrolled, distributed as follows: The average attendance for the year is 168, the highest I think in the history of the school. The progress made by the pupils in the literary department has been very satisfactory, in some cases remarkable. I think the progress made by the pupils in this school will compare favorably with that of the same number of white children in the States. The pupils have worked well. Many of them had never had a hoe in their hands or stood behind a plow. Not only have they learned to use these tools well, but better than that- the habit of continued labor. I cannot speak too highly of the willingness manifested by the pupils in the performance of their various tasks. During the year they have plowed and cultivated 300 acres of land-125 acres of oats. 125 acres of corn, 50 acres of millet, besides 15 acres of garden. All of the work has been done by Indian pupils. I have not spent one dollar for white labor outside of hay-making last summer. We have endeavored to teach the pupils how to support themselves when they return to their homes. An Indian returning home from school finds but little to do save the cultivation of land and the care of cattle. The Chilocco school has peculiar advantages in the way of affording instruction in these respects. While the boys have cultivated the crops diligently, the seasons have been most unpropitious in this section. The oat and millet crops are almost entire failures on account of the dry weather and its accustomed accompaniment, the chintz-bug. The corn crop was damaged by a hail-storm of unprecedented severity in May. The yield will be about 3,000 bushels. We have fed the children largely, during the summer, on vegetables from the garden. A favorable year the farm and garden will furnish sufficient feed for stock and supplies for table use. The school has a herd of 150 cows, 55 yearlings, and 70 calves (increase from the herd during the past year) 48 hogs and pigs, 12 mules, 9 horses. The loss in cattle last winter was considerable, owing to the fact that in the herd many of the cows were very inferior and very old; this, together with the severity of the winter and insufficient shelter, resulted in serious loss to the school herd. About $3,000 worth of improvements and repairs have been made during the year, and paid for out of funds appropriated for the support of the school. A granary 40 feet by 30 feet has been erected, and a blacksmith's and wheelwright shop. Provision has been made for a cattle-shed 300 feet by 28 feet, at a cost of $1,000. The buildings have been thoroughly drained with 8 and 4 inch drain-tile, the main pipe emptying into Chilocco Creek, 900 feet from the main building. This drainage has been put in at a cost of $650. The school building has been thoroughly overhauled, whitewashed, painted and put in good repair for the school term. During the year we have had no trouble with drunken Indians or cowboys. We have had the good-will, for the most part, of the citizens of that part of Kansas contiguous to the school reservation. The health of the pupils has been remarkable. During the fiscal year we had no deaths, and but little serious sickness. In my judgment, the Chilocco school is equal to any similar institution, and surpassed by none in its adaptation to the practical needs of the Indian youth. This school stands greatly in need of additional buildings. A barn is much needed; a hospital; a store-room; a shoemakers' shop; a good laundry. Only $2,000 has been appropriated to build a barn, other outbuildings, shops, and to pay for repairs. Two thousand dollars will hardly buy the material for such a barn as ought to be built, much less pay for its construction. A blacksmith, wheelwright, and shoe shop will be opened by the 1st of October next. The cost of maintaining the school has been $27,927.10, about $3,000 of which was used for improvements and repairs. There are one or two suggestions I would respectfully make in closing my report. I think the Indian parents should be compelled to send their children to these schools. The delay and difficulty in filling them is very disadvantageous, both to the literary and financial success of the school. That superintendent must be a bold man who will make much of an outlay of money until he can approximate, at least, what his average attendance will be. There are to my knowledge thousands of Indian children of school age in the Territory to-day who are not in the school, and yet it sometimes requires a month of hard work to get the consent of the parents of one-half dozen Indian children for them to be taken off to school. They are not prepared to judge in such matters, and some one else should act for them. Another suggestion I would make is this: The regular ration is too small for the pupils of a training school who work one-half of every day. It should be increased and greater variety of food allowed. Very respectfully, WALTER R. BRANHAM, JR., The COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. changed four times in four years at Fort Peck Agency, Montana Agricultural implements at agencies, care of Agriculture. (See Crops, Farming and Land.) Alaska, schools established in and appropriations made for education in.... will be conducted hereafter by Government.. Alcoholic drinks and narcotics, evil effects of, to be taught in Indian schools Allotments in severalty and patents for land, number of, issued to Indians during the year. desired by Indians of Yakama Agency. ...... Indians of Crow Agency, Montana, to have 460 461 463 226 135 235 235 184 39 244 461 124 183 175 XXIII LXIX .LXXVIII ....XXV, LXXXII, 265 XIX 247 188 176 43 number of, made to various tribes, table.. of Puyallup Indians resurveyed and marked at their expense.......... on lands north of Cheyenne River, Dakota.. small, given to Indians of Klamath Agency, to encourage farming.. Altman, D. S., clerk, in charge Lower Brulé Agency, report of. Anderson, W. W., Crow Creek and Lower Brulé Agency, Dakota, annual report of. cash, paid to Delawares of Union Agency, Indian Territory, should be continued.. Annuity of $1,000 paid by Government to Oneidas of Wisconsin. Apaches at Carlisle school, progress and conduct of.. Chiricahua and Warm Springs, removal of, a wise step.. Kiowa, &c., Agency, energy and industry of San Carlos Agency, Arizona, report concerning Apprentices at Crow Agency, Montana, doing very well four, at Lower Brulé Agency at Round Valley Agency, six Indians employed. Yankton Agency small pay of, discouraging. Appropriation for Haskell Institute, recommendations as to its expenditure Appropriations made for Indian school work, changes in recommended... Arapahoes and Cheyennes, report on condition and habits of.. (See Cheyennes.) Northern, report on condition of.. Areas of Indian reservations, table.. Arickarees, number and condition of Armstrong, S. C., Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, annual report of............. 80 250 IV 236 98 Arrest of white liquor dealer of Grande Ronde Agency Ashley, Chas. F., Colorado River Agency, Arizona, annual report of B. Bad River Reserve (Fishery), Executive order relating to Bell, Capt. Jas. M., U. S. A., Pine Ridge Agency, Dakota, annual report of. Bitter Root Valley Reserve, Montana, Executive order relating to.. nearly equal among Poncas during year. number of, among Indians during the year, table Black Bob Shawnees. (See Shawnees.) Blackfeet Agency, Montana, annual report of Agent, Baldwin Board of Indian Commissioners, addresses of Bosque Redondo Reserve, New Mexico, Executive orders relating to. Breaking. (See Land.) Bridges made and repaired at Shoshone Agency twenty built on Omaha Reservation by the Indians during the year. Lower Brulé Agency, sufficient for agency purposes. Quapaw Agency, in medium repair. White Earth, most of them need repair and improvements at Ouray Agency. Blackfeet Agency, need slight repairs by Indians of Osage Agency, marked improvement in Colorado River Agency, Arizona, in fair condition Colville Agency, authority given to purchase new material for.. Crow Agency, Montana, destroyed by fire in August, loss $7,000 number and condition of. Devil's Lake Agency, Dakota, three new, erected Grande Ronde Agency, very dilapidated Hoopa Valley Agency, California, few in number and generally dilapidated Kiowa and Comanche and Wichita Agency in very dilapidated condition Lemhi Agency, poor condition of Mackinac Agency, Michigan, number and condition of. Nevada Agency, in good condition. Ponca Agency, need painting and plastering Quinaielt Agency, very dilapidated and dangerous to use.. 52 205 49 122 119 161 194 136 246 210 247 Umatilla Agency, in rotten condition, should be replaced by new..................... Carlisle School, Pennsylvania, annual report of Capt. R. H. Pratt, superintendent......... Cattle, beef, and stock, holding of agency herd of, an extravagant measure................................................ Cattlemen, good effects of ordering off from Cheyenne and Arapaho Reserve. intruding on lands of Indians of Union Agency very troublesome. Shoshone Reservation.. Cayuses, report on condition of... 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