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The present number of Indian members is about one 

 hundred and fifteen. The number of whites is eight 

 Seven of the Indian members are under censure. 



I have sustained three schools during the pa6t 

 summer, in which about eighty Indian children have 

 been more or less taught. One of these schools, 

 whose whole number is only about thirty, gives an 

 average attendance of nearly twenty-five. In this 

 neighborhood the population is sufficiently compact 

 for a farming community, and the younger parents 

 are partially educated. 



In the other neighborhoods, the population is very 

 sparse, and the parents very ignorant. The conse- 

 quence is, that the daily attendance falls short of 

 one half the whole number of scholars, and cannot 

 be called regular at that. Many do not get to school 

 earlier than half past eleven, and very few earlier 

 than ten. and half-past ten. Those who attend regu- 

 larly, evince a capacity to acquire knowledge, equal- 

 ing the whites, and one of our schools will suffer 

 nothing, in comparison with common country schools. 

 I am, dear sir, 



Yours, &c. 



WILLIAM IIALL, 



