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Thu wb*li to thlt; meostiotx it 6JU0.12S wm. Of thif usomot 5,406,040 acrta an aut of the Cafeade Moanbuai.The Iadin popalsti'’* **st at the at mooitaiDf number* tUbO, %nd that oa , alont the vest number* (106 It will tea* be i and i ra *een that while on the *e« fide the led I aver*«e number of acre* per Indian if abeat 90, whieh.OJnmderimj the tmount at waste land, t* not unreasonable. that on the met of the monntaias the namber of acree is over VO for each IndianThe Indians are all self supporting: those linns on the west side of the m antaios genera;.y gaining their lie me by farming. fishing and lumbering, and those living on the east tide bv me Moekraiauig. farming, fishing and bant-■ rs | ingt*? There are twelve schools on tbe reeer 32' vations, with a total attendance of 747,*- and ao average attendance of 630. In uui addition to this there are probably f • a boat 100 ehiidren attending tbe in I to , dastriai training ecbool near Salem,»tM Oregon.The Colville ageaev comprises two I reservations to thu» Territory; the Col ^Ve : nlle containing 2.W0.Q00 acree, and the ^p^kaoe oootaming 153.000 acre*. be-md pjj** Cceur d’Alen- reservation, till i wbieh lie* m Idaho Territory. It has | oje -cQ-*oi with an average attendance of 4.4, located on the Colville reservation.Neeh Bay agency oom prise* one reservation of the sail * name. Acreage, 23,040; popabUioo 760, of whioli 250. the der lt;^?nii«ate tribe, live entirely oil from ! the reservation. Average attendance in od, lb* schools 52.rn' . N’sqaaliy and Skokomish agency •et- ;o mprieee five reservations. as follow*: j lhe Ch**hali9—Aoreave 4225; popnla-ila- »tioo 142; average sttendance in schools va‘ 40; with lands allotted, bnt not patWaitCape diaot for it have to dr mere ited. for it •mok packi the i taker all it •ider Port! town Co wbie not i Strai seem freqi eater these feed are t side of Vi ons Page and sandAS fl'whicat Otaswhicreotlspecaal euted. Ni-qaallv — Population 206; frm:Q^y acreage 4817; lands pa'euied. Payal-uie-i to six it is beate-4X3onelap— Popait on 505; acreage 18,0ft.*; lands allotted bst n «i patented; average school attendance 64. Sqaaksoo—Population 12*; aeresg • 1434; lands pat enud. Skokominh - Population 230; average school attendaust 40; acreagefins,menThelivergoneHgmmen4J87: lands allotted bat not patented- t Rj|yAlso the Clallam tribe attached thereto, j __cambering 401. with a day eeholt; 1 at j delu 1 Jimestewn, near Dangenes-: average gtjt school attendance 21; uone of vqoil , t^e •tka , live on any reservation. rtv 1 Q lioealt Agency comprises the rsser die vatn*n of the same name. Acreage, d l!* 224,000; population. 430; average school dnd atteodanoe, 23. The Sboalwater BiVcomanatiedin areservation is also eonneoted with tbi* ^ations agenov, and is inolnded in the statistics 1 n' with the other.md, Taldip Agency comprises five reser :,.m vation*. as follows: The Talalip— Popu latioo. 5lt;X); acreage. 22.400; lands patent pear ^4. The Laoirni—PopaUtioa. 275;sore alti- rttfe 12.312; lands patented. The Swino c.rea | mish—Population, 175; acreage, 7170;lands patenimi. The Port Madison— ^ds population, 150; aoreage, 7284; lands ore* . alletied. The Mnokleshoot—Popola Qrl“ tion, 85; acreage, 3367; lands allotted, i The school loo ited oa the Talalip and ® at tbe agency has an average attend ,crt* i aoce of 68.*han j Yakima Agency comprises only one Qt**d ! reservation, whieh is of the stuie uauie. f l,*° : Population, 3130; acreage, 30U 000; aver I*1** | age aohe*»l attendance, 1148. The agent nast sports nearly hilf of the Indians as nust i living off from he reservation. acr« , Colombia re-crvatien, known as the lh» Moses reservation, it at present nuder d*tt“ • the charge of a special tudian agent. fJ »«• It ?g rep rted to have a p pala*ion of 150, there may be 300. Namber of acres '°n'‘’ in the me vation, SJNSgMH Mills, 'TIO,J school houses, etc., are b**ing erected. *• ** but m yet little tas b-en doat for the rA * lodiaoeof this lewn ittiiwi oat Thestintary oondition of the Indiansitionof the Territory is better than it hasand whe is 4 stan font Web a co sept and nes« rich salt thoi motOareleesoificCapretlimpexo-randmaterlytrotteri8canooui ansor been in tunes ptst, which is due to their ^ ^ improved manner of living, and also the I Jj j improvement «f their morals. I nan640 Ttiey are slowly deer astug, bat not | ents. HO rapidly as generally sapp sed. and in may many looihties they axe really luereas ,r ing. Those who c to read aud write and year are self-Hauportiog are worthy of the right of the ballot.Land |he yeueral laws of the Territory tone, ahoald be made to extend over them i’ur soon, so that all will bs treated alike.^ ihT As 1 stated m my last aonasl report;»e or | “it j8 believed that the system of allotting a SQitable quantity of laud to them tn severaltv oan and ought to be eu oonnged. Hat if they seleot lands oat-side of the reservsttona. then a oorre-Hpondiug aoreage. or valae of acreage, within the reservation to which the? belong oQgkt to be surrendered for oooa pation by the whites. In troth, if the? ooold be induced to concentrate, and altogether abandon certain reservations, it wookl eondace much to tbe development of the Territory by settlement and oa It i vation of large tracts of land that are now anprodootive.f the tress, ►cgie-s are aver, ill of wiog s for 5, asreageseir is u Ale and by t salt and (J a bo froi tiefl tralt; whi lish M f ext raa anc Thuui ant be IeacaltIan
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Seattle Daily Post Intelligencer
Seattle, Washington, US
Fri, Jan 01, 1886
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