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who may visit tlioni nt ni<!;ht. Thoy speak very seldom of dreams. 

 Nightmares are iniVe(|iieiit. On dilVerent occasions two of tlie school 

 uirls had each a dream of spirits. One dreamed of })ein«; carried away 

 hy a spirit, and when she told of this on awakenino; it was observed 

 that all her companions believed the story and went so far as to show 

 to the matron alleged traces of the presence of the spirit, but there 

 was no panic. Among the children from about 12 years of age 

 upw^ard it was noticed that they like to be up late in the evening 

 and to stay in bed late in the morning. None of the healthy children 

 ever sleep during the dav. 



The Pima school children are easily managed, more so than the 

 Apache, and they are not so nois}^. They are somewhat given to 

 falsehood, but very seldom steal, and are in general ({uite timid. 

 The school girls pilfer marrow, fat left in the pans, and vaseline, and 

 at night rub these substances into their hair "to make it grow thick." 

 The children are affectionate, and sensitive to slight, neglect, or repri- 

 mand. They do not like to be alone, and the girls are easily fright- 

 ened. In the memory of the present teachers (a period of about three 

 years) there was one panic in the Sacaton school. It occurred among 

 the girls returning from evening school. Catching sight of a white 

 dog dying, they ran screaming all over the school grounds. 



The children of the more primitive tribes (as the Iluichol, Cora, 

 Tarahumare), especially those who seldom see strangers, on being 

 approached either scatter instinctively in all directions and hide 

 most effectually behind plants or rocks, or lie in hollows; if caught 

 before they can make their escape, they burst into angry crying and 

 struggling. 



The Indian children usually play in groups. There is less laughing 

 and screaming, as well as less crying, among them than among 

 ordinary white children, though they are by no means stolid or 

 voiceless. On occasion they show much agility and endurance. 



Among the Indians punishment of children is not totally abstained 

 from, as is usually believed, but it is only manual and light. Scolding 

 a naughty child is common. More severe chastisement of children, 

 even stepchildren, is absolutely unknown, except rarely. in case of 

 drunkenness on the part of the parent or guardian, and no child is 

 ever abandoned to become a public charge. 



SPECIAL STUDIES ON CHILDREN 



Desiring to learn mere precisely the conditions of development of 

 Indian children, the wTiter went from dwelling to dwelling, among the 

 San Carlos Apache and the Pima, two tribes representing, as before 

 mentioned, the most dissimilar physical types, and into the schools, 

 conducting a line of special examinations. At the outset the serious 



