1172 General Notes. [November, 
males; 833 white females; 715 colored males; 715 colored 
females. Of 353 bastards reported, 300 were colored. Of 16% 
white births 1004 were certified by physicians, while of 1431 
colored births only 295 are returned by physicians, and of thi 
number 126 are from the hospitals. 
Tue InpIAN OFFICE REPORT.—Among the various ways of 
viewing the social transformations of any people, one that is 
easily taken and that will lead to good results, is the compari 
of tribes, at various epochs, as to their wants and their demands 
upon their conquerors. In the treaty with the Six Nations, 
dated January 21, 1795, the United States guarantees $3000 im 
addition to $1500 allowed April 3, 1792, for clothing, domestic 
animals, implements of husbandry and useful artificers. The 
series of artificers in nearly all the tribes has been as follows: 
1. Gunsmiths, to help the savages to perform old functions with 
new tools; 2. Blacksmiths, who taught rude husbandry and 
paved the way for, 3. The miller and the schoolmaster. The 
missionaries, both Catholic and Protestant, taught the Indians to 
read and to repeat service both in English and Indian from the | 
first. From the beginning of the century differentiation of func- ; 
tions and multiplication of wants have increased until the present 
commissioner’s report of crops and other products of 
P p d domestic fowls; 
School population exclusive of civilized tribes....+.++++ oe ae 
Number who can be accommodated in boarding schools. «+++? 32 
“ “cc c sé day ET ce wes res 117 
Pe oo cede eek eanaee oocnnbee eter 2 
‘Night é veouees Renee eter. 
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‘Pupils in school one month or more { oo PA T bags a 
E E a R S oko cn vc vneseens mesere? 
of schools, Gost 361,185, Religious societies $70,588, N une 
York $17,512, employés $160..... eesseseeeoeeeeree t" "TTT i439 
Indians who can read. ...... weeceeercetcdsorsert <ii iE 11,450 
School children in civilized tribes. ........ ee veser ee Ain . 
Sittings: boarding schools 1269, day schools 6330..++++++***"" 4 
Boarding schools . foccrenenshnt Vette . F 
schools, cooseenee steel I F 
cu esi bees soose ae 
"Day pupils . erocorsaet i Sige 
Cost to Five Nations $162,030, to religious societies $135 z0 
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