910 THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 



volume, 32 pages, was printed at Toronto, in 1841, by Robert Stanton, 

 containing the correspondence with and addresses of the several tribes. 

 Tlie following curious fact is noted in the report of Sir John A. Mac- 

 Donald for 1884 : 



In giving the returns of houses on Indian reservations, the Indian commissioner, 

 E. Dewdney, says : 



" It is customary among Indians whenever death occurs to pull down the house, 

 and as many as twenty on one reserve have been known to be demolished in the 

 course of a few months. This will account for the number of houses in some cases 

 being less in number than those shown last year." 



Sometimes Indian outbreaks and revolts occur in Canada, but are 

 speedily and vigorously put down. 



INDIAN POPULATION OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA, AND HOW CON- 

 TROLLED. 



The Indian population of the Dominion of Canada on January J , 1885, 

 was 131 ,952. January 1, 1886, it was 129,525, a steady decrease. 



They are in charge of a department of Indian affairs at Ottawa, with 

 a superintendent- general (Sir John A. MacDonald), who holds the office 

 combined with that of president of the council. The active corps of the 

 Indian office at Ottawa, capital of the Dominion, consists of a deputy 

 superintendent-general, L. VAN Koughnet, at a salary of $3,200 per an- 

 num, and thirty-four assistants (surveyors, clerks, inspectors, &c), all 

 appointed by the governor general in council, at an expense for salaries 

 and incidentals not exceeding $40,000 per year. 



The total expenditure for 129,525 Indians during the year ending January 1, 1886, 

 was — 



Money from annuities and from sales of Indian lands $297, 787 76 



Parliamentary appropriations 1,072,570 06 



1,370,357 82 

 Expenses department of Indian affairs, about 40, 000 00 



In all, about 1,410,357 82 



They have a system of superintendents and agents at reservations, 

 also inspectors of agencies and Indian farms, and a corps of missionaries 

 paid by the Crown. About 90,000 of the Indians are on reservations, 

 and in some cases on allotted lands. Schools for Indian children, 149 

 (in 1884). The attendance in 1885 was 4,789 pupils, and other means of 

 instruction are provided. Farmers for instruction of adults are also at 

 agencies. Mechanical trades are taught, and the ways of civilization 

 inculcated. Physicians are also provided. They have also industrial 

 institutions and schools for the education of Indian teachers. The 

 young are especially cared for in the matter of education and health. 

 The effort is to make the Indians contented and then to teach them to 

 be self-sustaining. Many of the tribes are civilized or semi-civilized, and 

 in some of them the Indian population is increasing. Some of the finest 



