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Sitka, No. 1 (whites) $2,000.00, Frame, 1 story. 331 x 40 May 5, 1888 1884. Original fund to

Killisnoo (natives)

establish schools in Alaska.

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Dec. 14, 1888

Juneau, No. 1 (whites) 2,336.25

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Oct. 23.1888
Oct. 13, 1894

Douglas, No.1(whites) 1,200.00

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Frame, 1 story. 20 x 40 Oct. 31, 1891 1890–91. Fund, educa-
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tion of children in Alaska.

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Oct. 28, 1895 1894-95. Fund, education of Indians.

tion of children in
Alaska.

1896-97. Fund, educa-
tion of Indians.
1888-89 and 1889-90.
Funds, education of
children in Alaska.
1888-89. Fund, educa-

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Dr. Sheldon Jackson, Alaska, general agent of education in Alaska; William Hamilton, Pennsylvania, assistant agent of education in Alaska: William A. Kelly, Pennsylvania, superintendent of schools for the southeastern district of Alaska.

LOCAL SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Sitka, Edward de Groff, Charles D. Rogers, John G. Brady; Juneau, John G. Heid, Karl Koehler; Douglas, P. H. Fox, Albert Anderson; Treadwell, Robert Duncan, jr., Rev. A. J. Campbell; Fort Wrangel, Thomas Wilson, Finis Cagle; Kadiak, Nicolai Kashevaroff, F. Sargent, H. P. Cope; Unga, C. M. Dederick, Michael Dowd, George Levitt.

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Point Hope.-J. B. Driggs, M. D., Rev. H. E. Edson.

Anvik.-Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Chapman, Miss Bertha W. Sabine.

Fort Adams.-Rev. and Mrs. Jules L. Prevost, Mary V. Glenton, M. D.
Juneau.-Rev. Henry Beer.

Douglas Island.-Rev. A. J. Campbell.

Sitka.-Bishop Peter Trimble Rowe.

Circle City.-Rev. R. Bowen.

Congregational.

Cape Prince of Wales.-Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Lopp, Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Hanna.

Roman Catholic.

Kosyrersky.-Rev. R. Crimont, S. J., and Brothers Rosati, S. J.; Marchesio, S. J.; Cunningham, S. J.; Sisters M. Stephen, M. Joseph, M. Winfred, M. Anguilbert, M. Heloise, and M. Damascene.

Nulato.-Rev. A. Ragaru, S. J.; Rev. F. Monroe, S. J., and Brother Giordano, S. J. Shageluk.-Rev. William Judge, S. J.

Urhhamute, Kuskokwim River.-Rev. A. Robant, S. J.

St. Josephs, Yukon Delta.-Rev. J. Treca, S. J.; Rev. A. Parodi, S. J.; Rev. F. Barnum, S. J.; Brothers Twohigg, S. J., and Negro, S. J., and Sisters M. Zypherine, M. Benedict, M. Prudence, and M. Pauline.

Juneau.-Rev. J. B. Rene and Sisters Mary Zeno, M. Peter, and M. Bousecour.

Moravians.

Bethel.-Rev. and Mrs. John H. Kilbuck, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Helmick, Miss Mary Mack, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Romig, M. D.

Quiegaluk.-Mr. Ivan Harrison (Eskimo).

Tulaksagamute.-Mr. and Mrs. David Skuviuk (Eskimos).

Kalchkachagamute.-Mr. and Mrs. George Nukachluk (Eskimos).

Akaigamiut.-Mr. Neck (Eskimo).

Ugavig.-Rev. and Mrs. Ernst L. Webber.

Quinehaha.-Mr. L. Kawagleg and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Suruka (Eskimos). Carmel.-Rev. and Mrs. John Schoechert, Rev. S. H. Rock, Misses Mary and Emma Huber, Miss P. C. King.

Methodist Episcopal.

Unalaska.-Miss Agnes S. Sowle, Miss Sarah J. Rinch, Miss Ada Mellor.

Friends.

Douglas City.-Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Reploge. (No report.)
Kake.-Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Moon. (No report.)

Baptists.

Wood Island.-Rev. and Mrs. Curtis P. Coe, Miss Alice Thompson.

Presbyterian.

Point Barrow.-L. M. Stevenson.

St. Lawrence Island.-Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Gambell.

Haines.-Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Warne, Miss Anna M. Sheets, Miss Fannie H. Willard (native).

Hoonah.-Rev. and Mrs. Alvin C. Austin, Mrs. John W. McFarland, and Mrs. Mary E. Howell.

Juneau.-Rev. and Mrs. James H. Condit, Rev. and Mrs. L. F. Jones, Miss Sue Davis, Miss M. E. Gould, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Moore (natives).

Sitka.—Rev. and Mrs. Alonzo E. Austin, Mr. and Mrs. U. P. Shull, Dr. B. K. Wilbur, Mrs. E. C. Heizer, Mrs. M. A. Saxman, Mrs. A. Carter, Mrs. L. S. Wallace, Miss A. J. Manning, Mrs. T. K. Paul (native), Mr. P. Solberg.

Fort Wrangell. -Rev. and Mrs. Clarence Thwing.

Jackson.-Rev. and Mrs. J. Loomis Gould, Mrs. A. R. McFarland.

Church of England.

Buxton.-Bishop and Mrs. Bompas, Rev. Frederick F. Flewelling, Miss MacDonald, Mr. R. J. Bowen.

Fort Selkirk.-Rev. and Mrs. B. Totty.

Rampart House.-Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Naylor, Rev. and Mrs. T. H. Canham,

Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant of America.

Golovin Bay.-N. O. Hultberg, superintendent; Mrs. N. O. Hultberg, P. H. Anderson, school-teacher; Gabriel Adamson (native worker).

Unalaklik.-A. E. Karlson, superintendent; Mrs. A. E. Karlson, August Anderson, Miss Malvina Johnson, David Johnson, school-teachers; Miss Alice Omekejook (an Eskimo).

Yakutat.-K. J. Hendrikson, superintendent; Albin Johnson, Mrs. Albin Johnson, Miss Selma Peterson (at present in this country).

Kangekosook (outstation).-Stephan Ivanoff, assistant worker.
Kotzebue Sound (outstation),-Rock, a native evangelist.

Alaskan children in schools and families in the States.

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The Sitka Industrial School. This largest of all the industrial schools in Alaska was established in 1880 by the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church. The buildings are admirably located on an elevation about 200 feet from highwater mark about midway between the town of Sitka and Indian River. An abundant supply of pure water is brought in pipes a distance of three-fourths of a mile. The water is forced to a height of 80 feet into a large tank by means of a force pump, and from this source all the buildings, including the hospital, are supplied. In connection with the school are eight 'model cottages" where the married couples from the school begin housekeeping in Boston style," as the natives express it. Funds for the erection of some of the cottages were loaned (without interest) by the Indian Rights Association; others were erected with money furnished by benevolent individuals in sympathy with this rational method of dealing with the Indian problem. The young people who occupy these cottages have a life lease of the ground, and are expected to pay for the cottages ia installments. The average cost of a cottage is $350. We expect these model homes to be centers of purity, from which will radiate influences that will be far reaching and lasting in their results. Here family life is established and family ties are held sacred; here industry, frugality, perseverance, and thrift are developed; here old heathen customs have no place-no Indian doctors, no witchcraft, no plural wives, no drinking, no gambling, no reckless living. In these homes the young husbands have a chance to develop into manly, self-respecting men and the young wives into tidy, industrious women.

Hospital.-In 1889 it became evident that a place was needed for the care of the sick, and Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, of New York, very liberally donated the money for the erection of a hospital for the girls. Later a boys' hospital was erected near by. In 1892 it became evident that it was unwise to attempt to carry on two separate establishments, and the boys hospital was somewhat enlarged and the upper floor devoted to a ward for girls. This combined hospital was opened for patien ́s November 22, 1894. Previous to 1894 the building had been opened only to patients from the school, but now the wards were opened to natives from any part of ED 97-102

Alaska. The following is a summary of the work during 1897: Number of patients treated, 206; aggregate number of days in hospital, 2,594; average number of days, each patient, 12.5; number of prescriptions to in-patients, 2,634; percentage of deaths, 3; unimproved, 2; improved, 12; cured, 83. Causes of death: Tuberculosis, 3; capillary bronchitis, 3. Number of out-patients treated in doctor's office, 1,119; number of operations performed, in-patient, 38; total number of prescriptions made since June, 1894, 10,581.

Language. The children speedily acquire an English-speaking vocabulary when strictly prohibited from using their native dialects. For five years English has been the exclusive language of the school. Experience has removed all doubt as to its expediency. The use of their vernaculars (Thlinget, Tsimpshean, Hydia) seriously retards their progress and does them no essential benefit. No schoolbooks have ever been printed in any of their native dialects. Each distinct people has a dialect of its own, local in character, and in course of time the vernacular dialects of the tribes of southeastern Alaska will become obsolete and English will everywhere prevail. As a matter of preservation the Society of Alaskan Natural History and Ethnology has lately commenced to reduce the Thlinget language to writing, which we hope to accomplish through the instrumentality of Mrs. Paul and Miss Willard.

Culinary department. This department is a place of great interest to the pupils, both boys and girls, small and large. All want to come into the kitchen to work and to learn to cook. The boys wish to know how to cook good meals and bake good bread, pies, and cakes. They often ask if they can come into the kitchen to work, and this stirs up a spirit of emulation among the girls so that they beg to work in the kitchen; consequently, there is no lack of those who desire to work in these departments.

In the bakery the work is too heavy for the girls, and is done entirely by the boys. During the past year they have averaged 140 pounds of flour baked daily, turning out from 90 to 100 loaves of delicious bread a day. When the girls serve in the kitchen, they bake the pies and cakes and the boys in their turn do the same, which is during the winter season, that being the hard period of work. Much attention has been given to the quality of food, and in the past few years it has been greatly improved. One great victory won in the battle of work in these departments is cleanliness. In this direction there has been a vast improvement made. It is a pleasure now to be with them and hear them say: “Oh, this must be very clean; I want it to be clean and nice." Viewing these departments, they have made rapid progress in the last year.

The kitchen is supplied with both hot and cold water. The greatest obstacle in the work of these departments is the annoyance of having green wood much of the time.

The sewing room has been enlarged and nicely papered. The light is admitted from the east, so that they get the benefit of the morning sun. This department is well equipped, and the amount of work done each week is surprising. The girls over 7 years of age knit their own stockings. In the sewing department they learn quickly and accomplish much. Sewing machines are in daily use, and the girls soon learn to use them. Almost every graduate has a machine of her own.

All the shoes are made by the boys, apprenticed under the direction of a master workman. Considerable custom work is also done.

Gardening.-Mr. John Gamble, gardener and general worker, has three mediumsized plats of arable land. One garden, which has been cultivated for several years, produces lettuce, beets, peas, and onions in abundance. Of the other gardens, which are new, one is planted in potatoes and the other sown in turnips. Cereals, for lack of warmth and sunshine, do not ripen. Currants, rhubarb, raspberries, cauliflower, and celery are easily grown. Fruits, such as apples, plums, and pears, have not been fully tested, but it is believed that they could be grown with success.

Blacksmithing can hardly be classed among the trades by which a man can earn a living in Alaska, yet there is much work in this line, doing repairs about the mission, mending machinery, repairing stoves, making stovepipes and camp hooks, sharpening tools, and doing miscellaneous jobs for the citizens of the quaint little capital. Soldering and a little tin work are also done. The constant wear and tear in most of the work departments require much repairing, nearly all of which is done by the boys.

Painting. Two or three of the boys have received instruction in this useful branch of industry, and are kept busy painting, papering, glazing, and calcimining.

Recreations and amusements.-The home life of the school is particularly pleasant. Their games and plays are such as white children enjoy, consisting of games

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