CII 
 
REPORT OF INDIAN SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT. 
 
In this connection the following table, showing the number of and 
average attendance at Government boarding- and day-schools during 
the last four years, is of interest. The figures are taken from annual 
reports of the Indian School Superintendent. 
1882.           1883.          1884.          1885. 
Kind of schools.ve                             -       Average  N.   Average

No.   Average   No.  Averag'e  No.   Aeae     N      vrg 
attendance.    attendance.     attendance.    attendance. 
Boarding-schools ....... 71   2,453   75     3,628   80     3,405  84   
 4, 066 
Day-schools ............54    1,311  64      1,443   76     1,1757  86  
  1,942 
SCHOOLS SUPPORTED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND BY RELIG- 
IOUS SOCIETIES. 
The above statements include only such schools as are supported in 
whole or in part by the Government, but a statement of educational 
work among the Indians would not be complete without reference to 
Indian schools maintained by the State of iNew York, and to others car- 
ried on by missionary societies without assistance from the Government. 
For her Indians New Yoirk furnishes 27 public schools, which have an 
attendance of 563 Indian pupils. An Indian orphan asylum, supported 
by the State, has an average of 86 inmates. 
At a cost of $9,382, religious societies have maintained 31 mission 
day-schools, with an average attendance of 452 pupils. A tabulated 
statement of incomplete returns from these schools for the fiscal year 
ended June 30, 1885, is as follows: 
Agency.                 Under what auspices.        Number of   Average 
schools.  attendance. 
Cheyenne River, Dakota ... American Missionary Association.-......  8   
     75 
Devil's Lake, Dakota-........-Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions.  2
     11 
Fort Berthold, Dakota ....... I American Missionary Association ........
 1   21 
Fort Peck, Montana.--------.Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions.  3  
    35 
Green Bay, Wisconsin-..-----Roman Catholic Church-...........-.....  1  
 16 
La Pointe, Wisconsin-........Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions.  2 
    30 
Do----_-------------Roman Catholic Church ..................  4     107 
New York, N. Y.........-...Protestant Episcopal Church-------------- -  
  25 
Nez Perc6, Idaho...........Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions.  2   
    19 
Pottawatomie, Kansas-.......Moravians................................1  
   6 
Rosebud, Dakota............Protestant Episcopal Church ............  3  
   69 
Santee, Nebraska-.......... American Missionary Association .......-  1 
    8 
Standing Rock, Dakota-   -   d-.. --------do............................-.......
- 1  20 
Yankton, Dakota............Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions  1    
   10 
Total..................-............................................ - 31
 452