138              REPORTS OF AGENTS IN        NEBRASKA. 
to assist the agent and give wise council to their people. We also have a
police force, 
and the "court of Indian offenses." Their work for the year has
been a'bout as fol- 
lows, viz: 6 cases trouble between man and wife; 4 cases living together
not mar- 
ried; 3 cases drunkenness, Indians; 3 cases drunkenness, white persons; 6
cases 
dispute about property; 4 cases debt; 3 cases assault, aid 1 case damage
to prop- 
erty-total 30 cases. I think the court has a good influence, and is quite
a help to the 
quiet government of the Indians. True, I think the court needs to be improved
in 
keeping of records and preserving the dignity of itself by having its orders
more 
strictly eniforced by the police in bringing defendants and witnesses before
it at the 
appointed time. I think the State and United States laws, together with those
given 
by the Department, should be applied with this court so far as possible.
This court, 
if properly conducted, will assist in educating the Indian to respect law
and order 
before the court and among the tribe, thereby fitting them for civilization.
We try 
to have the proceedings conducted, so far as practicable, in accordance with
the 
white man's court. There are three judges, Antoine J. Campbell, John White,
and 
George Redowl, who are members of the police force and get the pay allowed
the 
regular police, $5 per month, which has recently been increased to $10 per
month for 
captains and $8 per month for privates. 
THE GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL BOARDING-SCHOOL, 
under the care of the agent, supported by the Government, has been well attended

during the year. One of the severest trials that we had to contend with was
the 
scarlet fever and mumps during the months of January and February; as many
as 
thirty children sick at one time; only one death from taking cold. I4 was
extremely 
cold during this time, thermometer ranging from zero to 30 degrees below;
much care 
was taken, and good results obtained by getting through without more loss
of life. 
Mary Lindsay, the matron, and her assistants deserve much credit for their
untiring 
energy in waiting on these children. The school, exceot for this interruption,
has 
been quite successful for the year. The average attendance has been 47; the
chil- 
dren are more attentive; all are taught the English language, and the children,
as a 
rule, can understand and talk considerable English, especially the girls,
who have 
made greater progress in that direction than the boys. As among white children,
the 
work must be continued from year to year, the seed must be sown and cultivated,

and the fruit will surely come. Labor in this direction is not in vain, but
will result 
in general good for the tribe. 
THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL MISSION 
have three churches here on the agency under the care of the Rev. William
W. Fow- 
ler, in which church services are held by him and native ministers. Since
the burn- 
ing of Saint Mary's school here in February, 18S4, they have had no school
on the 
agency; they have two schools (Hope and Saint Mary's) at Springfield, Dak.,
on the 
opposite side of the Missouri River. They accommodate about 50 scholars,
and 
draw Government rations from our supplies. I have been informed that Saint
Mary'A 
school is to be removed and opened this fall at Rosebud Agency under the
care of 
Jane H. Johnston and Mary S. Francis. Hope school has been under the care
of 
Fannie E. Howes and Maud Knight. They are good schools, and will be a lasting

benefit to the tribes among whom they have and may hereafter labor. All are
under 
the care of Bishop Hare, who has endeavored to faithfully labor among the
various 
tribes of Indians for a number of years in building and sustaining churches,
and in 
starting and supporting schools at various places throughout the Sioux tribes,
thus 
performing charitable acts that will grow and last for generations. 
THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. 
This mission has a large industrial school. The total number of scholars
attending 
the school one month or more 157 (84 male, 73 female). Average attendance
during 
the year, 114. The total amount expended during the year for mission, school
work, 
and building purposes has been $16,339.23; of this amount the Government
has fur- 
nished for scholarships and rations $9,399.14, leaving n balance of $6,940.09
contrib- 
uted by the association. Iud istries taught in the school are blacksmithing,
car- 
pentry, shoemakidfg, brickmaking, farming, attending to horses and cattle,
also sew- 
ing, cooking, laundry work, and house-keeping in general. The work here is
under 
the care of Rev. Alfred L.Riggs, who has been in this work for a long time
and knows 
what he is doing. He understands the Dakota language and the general nature
of 
the Indians, which assists him to be a successful worker. To enter into the
details of 
he good work of this mission would occupy a large space in my report, and
I do not