826 



THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 



Of the above, one hundred and thirty boarding pupils and eight hundred and ninety- 

 two day pupils are in New York. The day pupils attend the twenty-nine public 

 schools which the State of New York provides for her Indian population, at a cost of 

 about $669,974.21.— Page xix, Report Commissioner Indian Affairs, 1884. 



Hon. John B. Eiley, Indian School Superintendent, in his Keport for 

 1886, November 1, gives the following general summary: 



Kind of school. 



Number. 



Number 



of em- 

 ploy6s. 



Capacity. 



Largest 

 monthly 

 attend- 

 ance. 



Average 

 attend- 

 ance. 



Cost. 



Government schools supported hy 



154 

 5 



52 

 3 



552 

 151 



8,231 



1,250 



3,852 



600 



7,705 



1,425 



2,602 



524 



5,689 



1,275 



2,093 



471 



$494, 456 52 



Government schools supported by 



226, 574 11 



Contract schools supported by gen- 



201, 992 26 



Contract schools supported by special 





74. 876 91 









Total 



214 



703 



13, 933 



12, 316 



9,528 



997, 899 80 





At the Government boarding schools an average attendance of 80 and 

 at the contract boarding schools an average attendance of 22 day pupils 

 were reported who were educated without additional expense to the Gov- 

 ernment. 



The cost given is only the amount expended by the Government, and 

 does not include the amounts contributed by charitable individuals and 

 religious organizations. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 



An annual report is made by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to 

 the Secretary of the Interior each year, ending with the fiscal year June 

 30. This report is transmitted to Congress, and its recommendations 

 reviewed to the President by the Secretary of the Interior. It is a vol- 

 ume usually of from four hundred and fifty to five hundred pages, and 

 contains a resume' of each and every feature of the Indian service during 

 the year. The agents' reports are printed in full, and many statistical 

 tables are given. 



The following tables are taken from the Commissioner's annual 

 reports : 



POPULATION, SOURCES OF SUBSISTENCE, ETC., 1884. 

 Indians in the United States, exclusive of those in Alaska 



Five civilized tribes in Indian Territory : 



Indians who wear citizens' dress _. 



Indians who can speak English enough for ordinary conversation , 



Families engaged in agriculture , 



Families engaged in civilized pursuits , 



Male Indians who undertake manual labor in civilized pursuits . . . 



Houses occupied by Indians 



Church buildings , 



Missionaries 



204, 369 



64,000 



45, 800 



13, 600 



1,017 



9,500 



14, 250 



178 



93 



