whom are Indians and 12 half-breeds; average attendance, 96. Forty-one Indians and 7 half-breeds read and write English, and about the same number work in first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for salary of 2 male teachers, $1,000; for salary of 4 females, $1,600. Control, Methodist.

MINNESOTA.

The Leech Lake Indians have 1 boarding school, with 29 scholars (10 male Indians and 11 female,) and 8 half-breeds, (5 males and 3 females.) There are 15 boarding scholars, 12 of whom are Indians, (6 of each sex,) and 3 half-breeds, (2 male and 1 female.) There are 12 day scholars, 3 male and 5 female Indians and 3 male and 1 female halfbreeds. Eight Indians (7 male and 1 female) and 4 half-breeds (3 male and 1 female) read and write English, and 3 male Indians, with 2 male half-breeds, work in first four rules of arithmetic. Allowance for salary of 1 male teacher, $900; of 1 female, $300. Cost of other employés, $400. Total cost of employés, $1,600.

The Red Lake Indians have 1 day school with 36 scholars, 27 Indians (13 males and 14 female) and 9 half-breeds, (4 male and 5 female.) Average attendance, 11 Indians (5 males and 6 females) and 7 half-breeds, (3 male and 4 female.) Two Indians (1 of each sex) and 3 half-breeds (2 males and 1 female) read and write English understandingly, and 2 half-breeds, 1 of each sex, work in first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for 1 female teacher, $500. Control, Congregational.

The White Earth Indians have 1 boarding school with 3 female teachers and 69 Indian scholars, (32 male and 37 female.) The boarding scholars are 59 (28 male and 31 female) and the day scholars 10, (5 of each sex.) Sixty (30 of each sex) read and write English understandingly, and 38 (15 males and 23 females) work in first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for 3 female teachers, $1,800 and for other employés, $550; in all, $1,630. Control, Congregational. These last mentioned Indians have also 1 day school, with 1 female teacher and 20 Indian scholars, (10 of each sex.) Average attendance, 12. Three males and 4 females read and write English understandingly and 3 males and 6 females work in first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for salary of 1 female teacher, $420. Control, Congregational.

MONTANA.

The Blackfeet Indians have 1 day school, with 2 female teachers, 61 Indian scholars, (23 male and 38 female,) and 22 half-breeds, (10 male and 12 female.) Average attendance, 11 male and 17 female Indians and 1 male and 2 female half-breeds. Six male and 8 female Indians and 2 male and 6 female half-breeds read and write English understandingly. Five male and 8 female Indians and 3 male and 4 female half-breeds work in first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for salaries, $1,500. Control, Methodist.

The Crow Indians have 1 boarding school, with 1 male teacher and 1 female, 16 Indian scholars, (10 male and 6 female,) and 6 half-breeds, (3 of each sex.) Five male Indians and 1 male and 1 female half-breed are boarding scholars. Seven male and 4 female Indians and 2 male and 2 female half-breeds are day scholars. Five Indians (3 male and 2 female) read and write English understandingly. Government allowance for salaries, $1,500. Total cost of employés, $1,500. Control, Methodist.

The Flathead Indians have 1 boarding school, with 3 female teachers, 49 Indian children, (24 male and 25 female,) and 5 half-breeds, (1 male and 4 female.) Twentythree female Indians and 4 female half-breeds are boarding scholars and 22 male and 2 female Indians are day scholars. Two male and 12 female Indians and 2 female halfbreeds read and write English understandingly, and 6 female Indians and 1 fentale half-breed work in first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for salaries, $2,100. Control, Roman Catholic.

The Fort Peck Indians have 1 day school, with 1 male teacher and 1 female, 56 Indian scholars, (18 male and 38 female,) and 8 half-breeds, (3 male and 5 female.) Average attendance, 23 Indians (7 male and 16 female) and 4 half-breeds, (1 male and 3 female.) Six Indians, 3 of each sex, read and write English understandingly. Six female Indians and 1 female half-breed work in first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for salaries, $1,500. Control, Methodist.

NEBRASKA.

The Great Nemaha Indians have 1 boarding school, with 1 male teacher and 2 females, 20 Indian scholars, (16 male and 4 female,) and 8 male and 6 female half-breeds. Fifteen male and 4 female Indians and 2 male and 2 female half-breeds are boarding scholars, and 2 male Indians and 1 female, with 5 male and 3 female half-breeds, are day scholars. Sixteen male and 3 female Indians and 8 male and 4 female half-breeds read and write English understandingly. Eight male and 3 female Indians, with 3 male and 3 female half-breeds, work in the first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for salaries of teachers, $1,500; that of other employés, $500. Total cost of employés, $2,000. Control, Hicksite Friends. These Indians have also 1 day school, with 1 female teacher, 8 Indian scholars, (6 male and 2 female,) and 1 female half

breed, all of whom attend regularly. Four male and 2 female Indians and 1 female half-breed read and write English understandingly. Government allowance for salary, $360. Control, Hicksite Friends.

The Omaha Indians have 2 day schools, with 2 male teachers and 1 female, 70 Indian scholars, (38 male and 32 female,) and 2 male and 6 female half-breeds. Thirty-one male and 25 female Indians and 2 male and 6 female half-breeds (64 in all) form the average attendance. Three male and 2 female Indians and 5 male and 8 female halfbreeds read and write English understandingly, while 6 male and 1 female Indians and 1 male and 2 female half-breeds work in the first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for salaries, $2,080. Control, Hicksite Friends.

The Otoe Indians have 1 boarding school, with 2 female teachers and 25 (16 male and 9 female) Indian scholars. Eight males and 4 females are boarding scholars. Seven males and 2 females read and write English understandingly, and 3 males work in the first four rules in arithmetic. Allowance for salaries, $900; cost of other employés, $1,200; total cost of employés, $2,100. Control, Hicksite Friends.

The Pawnee Indians have 1 boarding school, with 61 Indian pupils (44 males and 17 females) and 8 half-breeds, (4 of each sex.) The boarding scholars are 43 male and 16 female Indians and 4 male and 3 female half-breeds; 43 male and 14 female Indians and 3 male and 3 female half-breeds read and write English understandingly. Cost of school for four months, $849. Control, Hicksite Friends.

The Pawnees have also 2 day schools, with 2 female teachers and 113 pupils, (62 male and 47 female Indians and 3 male and 1 female half-breeds.) Average attendance, 112, (62 male and 46 female Indians and 3 male and 1 female half-breeds.) Eight male Indians and 1 female and 1 male half-breeds work in the first four rules of arithmetic. Allowance for salaries, $800. Control, Hicksite Friends.

The Santee Sioux have 4 boarding schools, with 4 male teachers and as many female, 74 registered Indian pupils, (38 males and 36 females,) and 13 half-breed girls. The boarding pupils are 57 Indians (23 males, 34 females) and 12 half-breeds; 28 of the Indians and 6 of the half-breeds read and write English, while 45 of the former and 7 of the latter work in the first four rules of arithmetic. Three of these schools are wholly supported by the Congregationalists and Protestant Episcopalians, under whose charge they are. The remaining one, which is under the care of the Hicksite Friends, has a Government allowance of $800 for 1 male teacher and of $2,750 for other employés; in all, $3,550.

The Santees have also 2 day schools, with 3 male teachers, 31 Indian scholars, (18 male, 13 female,) and 3 half-breeds, (2 male, 1 female.) Fifteen of the Indians read and write English and 17 of them work in the first four rules of arithmetic. There is no Government allowance, the schools being entirely supported by the Protestant Episcopal church, under whose care they are.

The Winnebago Indians have 1 boarding school, with 2 teachers, (1 male and 1 female,) and 56 Indian scholars, (28 male and 28 female.) Eighteen males and 15 females are boarding scholars. Twenty-two males and 12 females read and write English understandingly, while 24 males and 9 females work in the first four rules in arithmetic. Government allowance for salaries of 1 male teacher, $700, and 1 female, $500. Cost of other employés, $1,950. Total cost of employés, $3,150. Control, Hicksite Friends. The Winnebagoes have had 3 day schools, with 3 female teachers, 53 Indian children, (46 male and 7 female,) and 4 male and 3 female half-breeds. The average attendance was 35 male and 4 female Indians and 4 male and 2 female half-breeds. Twenty-two male and 4 female Indians and 2 male and 2 female half-breeds read and wrote English understandingly, while 27 male and 4 female Indians worked in the first four rules in arithmetic. Allowance for salaries, $1,800. Control, Hicksite Friends.

NEW MEXICO.

The Mescalero Indians have had 1 day school, with 1 male teacher and 65 Indian chil. dren, (32 male and 33 female.) Average attendance, 25: 12 males and 13 femalesGovernment allowance for salary of 1 male teacher, $800. Control, Presbyterian. The Navajo Indians had 1 day school, with 1 female teacher, 18 Indian scholars, (11 male and 7 female,) and 3 male and 1 female half-breed. Average attendance, 17: 9 male and 4 female Indians and 3 male and 1 female half-breeds. Three male and 2 female Indians and 1 male half-breed read and write English understandingly; while 1 male and 1 female Indian and 1 male half-breed work in the four first rules in arithmetic. Allowance for salaries, $1,000. Control, Presbyterian.

The Pueblo Indians had 7 day schools, with 6 male teachers and 1 female, and 249 Indian scholars, (184 male and 65 female.) Eighty-two males and 54 females were in average attendance. Twenty-two males and 5 females read and write English understandingly, and 17 males were in the first four rules in arithmetic. Government allowance for salaries of 6 male teachers, $3,000, and 1 female, $360. Control, Presbyterian.

The Southern Apache Indians had 1 day school, with 1 female teacher, 8 Indian scholars, (3 male and 5 female,) whose average attendance was 1 male and 5 females.

Two of the males read and wrote English understandingly. Allowance for salaries, $300. Control, Presbyterian.

NEVADA.

The Pi Ute Indians have 1 day school, with 1 male teacher and 9 male Indian scholars, whose average attendance is 8; these read and write English understandingly. Allowance for salary, $600. Control, Baptist.

OREGON.

The Alsea Indians have 1 day school, with 1 male teacher, 26 Indian children, (19 male and 7 female,) and 3 half-breeds, (2 male and 1 female.) The average attendance of these is 18 Indians (13 male and 5 female) and 3 half-breeds, (2 male and 1 female.) Twenty-eight Indians read and write English understandingly, (20 male and 8 female,) and 3 half-breeds, (2 male and 1 female.) Government allowance for teacher's salary, $840. Control, Methodist.

Those of Grand Ronde have 1 boarding school, with 2 female teachers, 55 Indian scholars, (25 male and 30 female,) and 6 half-breeds, (2 male and 4 female.) The boarding scholars are 45 Indians (20 male and 25 female) and the 6 half-breeds named. Fifty Indians read and write English understandingly, (20 male and 30 female,) and 4 female half-breeds. Government allowance for teachers' salaries, $1,100; cost of other employés, $400; total cost of employés, $1,500. Control, Roman Catholic.

Those of Klamath have 1 boarding school, with 2 male teachers, 23 Indian children, (17 male and 6 female,) and 6 half-breeds, (2 male and 4 female.) There are 18 Indian boarding scholars (13 male and 5 female) and 5 half-breeds, (2 male and 3 female.) Six of the male Indians read and write English understandingly, and 4 half-breeds, (2 male and 2 female.) Government allowance for teachers' salaries, $1,600; cost of other employés, $500; total cost, $2,100. Control, Methodist.

Those of Malheur have 1 day school, with 2 female teachers, 51 Indian scholars, (28 male and 23 female,) and 3 half-breeds, (1 male and 2 female.) The average attendance of these is 37 Indians and 3 half-breeds. Government allowance for teachers' salaries, $1,250. No religious control assigned to them in report.

Those of Siletz have 1 day school, with 1 male teacher, 62 Indian pupils, (46 male and 16 female,) and 5 half-breeds, (1 male and 4 female.) The average attendance of these is 39 Indians and 4 half-breeds. Forty Indians read and write English understandingly, (30 male and 10 female.) Four male Indians work in first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for teacher's salary, $1,000. Control, Methodist. Those of Umatilla have 1 day school, with 1 male teacher, 20 Indian scholars, (12 male and 8 female,) and 4 half-breeds, (1 male and 3 female.) All the 20 Indians (12 male and 8 female) and 4 half-breeds are in average attendance. Fourteen of the Indians read and write English, (9 male and 5 female,) and 3 half-breeds. Five Indians and 3 half-breeds work in first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for teacher's salary, $800. Control, Roman Catholic.

Those of Warm Springs have 1 day school, with 1 male teacher and 1 female, 46 Indian children, (33 male and 13 female,) and 2 half-breeds, (1 male and 1 female.) The average attendance of these is 43 Indians and 2 half-breeds. Thirty-five Indians read and write English, (27 male and 8 female,) and 2 half-breeds, (1 of each sex.) Ten work in first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for teachers' salaries: male, $900; female, $480. Control, United Presbyterian.

UTAH.

Those of Uintah Valley have had 1 day school, with 1 female teacher, 15 Indian scholars, (12 male, 3 female.) These have all been in average attendance. Government allowance for teacher's salary, $600. Control, Presbyterian.

WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

Those of Colville have 1 boarding school, with 2 female teachers, 29 Indian children, (11 male, 18 female,) and 4 half-breeds, (2 male and 2 female,) all boarders. There are also 6 day scholars, 5 male Indians and 1 half-breed. Twenty-five read and write English understandingly, (17 male and 5 female Indians, and 3 half-breeds, 2 male, 1 female.) Twenty-one work in the first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for teachers' salaries, $1,500. Cost of other employés, $500. Control, Roman Catholic. Those of Neah Bay have 1 boarding school, with 2 female teachers, 24 Indian scholars, (14 male, 10 female,) and 2 half-breeds, (1 male and 1 female.) The boarding scholars are 23 Indians, (14 male, 9 female.) Thirteen Indians read and write English (9 male, 4 female) and 10 Indians work in first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for teachers' salaries, $1,220. Cost of other employes, $800. Control, Methodist.

Those of Nisqually have 1 boarding school, with 1 male teacher and 1 female, 32 Indian children, (26 male, 6 female,) and 13 half-breeds, (10 male, 3 female;) 23 Indian boarding scholars, (17 male and 6 female,) and 11 half-breeds, (9 male, 2 female,) and

11 Indian day pupils, (10 male, 1 female,) with 1 half-breed. Six Indians work in first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for teachers' salaries: male, $1,000; female, $300. Cost of other employés, $500. No denominational control indicated.

Those of Quinaielt have 1 boarding school, with 1 male teacher and 1 female, 14 Indian scholars, (9 male, 5 female,) and 11 Indian boarders, 7 of them males and 4 females. Three Indians read and write English, (2 male, 1 female.) Six Indians work in first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for teachers' salaries: male $1,000; female, $200. Control, Methodist.

Those of Skokomish have 1 boarding school, with 1 male teacher and 1 female, 28 Indian scholars, (20 male, 8 female,) and 3 half-breeds, (2 male, 1 female.) Fifteen male and 6 female Indians and 2 male and 1 female half-breeds are boarding scholars, while 5 male and 2 female Indians are day scholars. Eleven read and write English, (9 male, 2 female,) and 2 half-breeds, (male.) Four Indians and 1 half-breed work in first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for teachers' salaries: male, $900; female, $600. Control, Congregational.

Those of Tulalip have 1 boarding school, (no teachers mentioned in report,) with 32 Indian scholars (19 male and 13 female) and 15 half-breeds, (5 male, 10 female ;) 31 Indian boarding scholars (18 male, 13 female) and 15 half-breeds, (5 male, 10 female.) Eleven male and 10 female Indians and 4 male and 5 female half-breeds read and write English. Seven Indians and 2 half-breeds work in first four rules of arithmetic. No salaries mentioned in report. The school is conducted under contract for $4,000. Control, Roman Catholic.

Those of Yakama have 1 boarding school, with 2 male teachers and 1 female, 37 Indian scholars, (17 male, 20 female,) all boarders. Thirty read and write English, (15 male, 15 female,) while 8 male and 5 female Indians work in first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for teachers' salaries. 2 males, $900 each; female, $500. Cost of other employés, $500. Control, Methodist.

WISCONSIN.

Those of Green Bay have 5 day schools, with 4 male teachers and 2 female, 113 Indian scholars, (60 male, 53 female.) The average attendance of these is 64 Indians. Government allowance for salaries: 2 males, $800 each; female, $600. Control, Meth

odist.

Those of La Pointe have 4 day schools and 1 boarding school, with 1 male teacher and 3 females, 107 Indian scholars, (56 male, 51 female,) and 50 half-breeds, (29 male, 21 female.) The average attendance of these is 35 Indians and 29 half-breeds. Ten male and 3 female Indians are boarding scholars. Fifteen male and 11 female Indians and 1 male and 2 female half-breeds are day scholars. Forty-three Indians and 22 half-breeds read and write English, while 30 Indians and 20 half-breeds work in first four rules of arithmetic. Government allowance for teachers' salaries: male, $700; females, $500 each. Control, Presbyterian, Congregational, and Roman Catholic.

NORTH CAROLINA.

The Eastern Cherokees have 5 day schools, with 4 male teachers and 1 female 153 Indian scholars, (86 male, 67 female,) and 65 half-breeds, (39 male, 26 female.) The average attendance of these is 94 Indians and 33 half-breeds. Eight male and 9 female Indians and 42 male and 28 female half-breeds read and write English. Government allowance for teachers' salaries: males, $360 each; female, $360. Control, Baptist.

NEW YORK.

The New York Indians have 28 day schools, (no teachers mentioned in the report,) with 779 Indian children (419 male, 360 female) and 27 half-breeds, (14 male, 13 female.) The average attendance of these is 433 Indians and 19 half-breeds. Two hundred and fifty-one male and 222 female Indians and 14 male and 14 female half-breeds read and write English. No salaries mentioned in the report. Appropriation by New York State annually, $9,000; also, one by the Protestant Episcopal Church of $600 annually.

The Thomas Orphan Asylum is a boarding school, (no teachers mentioned in the report,) with 76 Indian children (42 male, 34 female) and 2 male half-breeds. Thirtyfour male and 28 female Indians and the 2 male half-breeds are boarding scholars. All these read and write English.

In the report on the Friends' Boarding School no teachers are mentioned. There are 29 Indian children, (5 male, 24 female,) all but one of whom are boarding scholars. All the 29 Indians read and write English. The Friends appropriate $2,700 annually.

PENNSYLVANIA.

The Corn Planter Indians, in Pennsylvania, have 1 day school, (no teachers mentioned in report,) with 31 Indian scholars, (18 male, 13 female.) The average attendance of these is 28 Indians, (12 male, 16 female.)

Recapitulation.

Number of scholars registered in schools maintained by United States Government:

males, 2, 315; females, 1, 703

61...

Number of day schools maintained by the United States Government...

4,734

122

76

Average attendance at same

Indian: males, 788; females, 607

Half-breed: males, 151; females, 144 (

1,690

Freedmen's schools, day ...

3

Average attendance: males, 39; females, 45.

84

Number of boarding schools maintained by the United States Government
Boarders at same-

Friends: boarding school on Allegany reservation, State of New York...
Aggregate attendance at same

Number of scholars attending schools in State of New York not under control or care of the United States Government

Number of children attending schools maintained by the United States
Government who can read and write English understandingly-

Number who can work in the first four rules of arithmetic

Number of scholars in schools maintained by the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Creeks, Choctaws, and Seminoles in Indian Territory.

4,400

1,636

944

Indian: males, 486; females, 246

920

Half-breed: males, 97; females, 91

Number of teachers employed by the United States Government in schools not under contract

The preceding information does not include, except in the brief recapitulation, the schools of the several nations inhabiting this Territory. These for the different nations are as follows, according to official authorities:

SCHOOLS AMONG THE CHEROKEES.

For educational purposes the 9 judicial districts of this nation are divided into 3 educational districts, known as first, second, and third, each of which is under the supervision of a commissioner. The 3 districts are again subdivided into 3 each. Examinations of applicants for the position of teacher are held at the close of each school term by a board composed of the three school commissioners. No person is deemed

*Two boarding schools at Santee agency, Nebraska, are maintained entirely by the American board of commissioners for foreign missions, (Congregational,) at a cost during the past year of $4,247, and with an aggregate of 50 boarders, besides day scholars.