Hatfield, The Misses, 149 West Thirty-fourth street, New York.

Hine, Hon. and Mrs. C. C., president Women's Indian Association, Newark, N. J.
Horr, Rev. Dr. Elijah, Worcester, Mass.

Huntington, Right Rev. and Mrs. F. D., Syracuse, N. Y.

Hallock, Rev. and Mrs. J. N., editor Christian Work, New York.

Hall, Mrs. Hector, Troy, N. Y.

Hopkins, Dr. Henry.

Hardy, Mr. Alfred, Indian Rights Association, Farmington, Conn.

Harkness, Mr. and Mrs. William, The Margaret, Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N. Y. Howry, Hon. Charles B., Assistant Attorney-General, Washington, D. C.

Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F., member of executive committee of Indian Rights Association, 1224 Race street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Jenkins, H. N., editor Friend's Intelligencer and Journal, 921 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.

James, Hon. Darwin R., Board United States Indian Commissioners, 226 Gates avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Ives, Miss Marie E., New Haven Indian Association, New Haven, Conn.

King, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. James M., general secretary National League for Protection of American Industries, 1 Madison avenue, New York.

Kendrick, Mrs. Georgia M., principal Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

Kinney, Mrs. Sarah T., president Connecticut Indian Association, 1162 Chapel street, New Haven, Conn.

Leupp, Mr. and Mrs. F. E.. agent Indian Rights Association, Washington, D. C. Lippincott, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. J. A., 110 North Seventeenth street, Philadelphia, Pa. Lukens, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M., East Walnut lane, Germantown, Pa.

Lyon, Hon. William H., Board Indian Commissioners, 170 New York avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.

McElroy, Mr. and Mrs. John E., State street, Albany, N. Y.

MacArthur, Rev. Dr. and Mrs., Calvary Baptist Church, 358 West Fifty-seventh street, New York.

Meserve, Dr. Charles F., president Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C.

Moss, Rev. Lemuel, president American Baptist Historical Society, 3014 Berks street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H., inspector Indian Department, Ashton, Md.

Milne, Mrs. William J., Albany, N. Y.

McKee, Mr. and Mrs. R. W., 695 Willoughby avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Mead, Mr. Charles L., chairman executive committee American Missionary Association, 29 Chambers street, New York.

Pratt, Capt. and Mrs. R. H., Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pa.

Plimpton, Mr. and Mrs. G. A., 70 Fifth avenue, New York.

Pierce, Mrs. Moses, Norwich, Conn.

Quinton, Mrs. A. S., president Woman's National Indian Association, 1414 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Ryder, Rev. Dr. C. J., corresponding secretary American Missionary Association, Bible House, New York.

Roy, Rev. J. E., secretary American Missionary Association, western district, 151 Washington street, Chicago, Ill.

Robinson, Maj. H. M., associate editor New York Observer, New York.

Rudd, Rev. Edward H., Albion, N. Y.

Ridley, Mrs. Edward, Hotel Endicott, New York.

Smiley, Mr. Alfred H., Minnewaska, N. Y.

Smiley, Miss Sarah F., New York.

Seelye, Dr. and Mrs. L. Clark, president Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

Strieby, Rev. Dr. M. E., corresponding secretary American Missionary Association, Bible House, New York.

Stimson, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. H. A., Broadway Tabernacle, New York.

Sparhawk, Miss F. C., secretary Indian Industries League, Newton Center, Mass. Smith, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. George W., Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.

Smith, Miss Helen Shelton, 17 West Seventeenth street, New York.

Shelton, Rev. and Mrs. C. W., eastern field secretary Congregational Home Missionary Society, Derby, Conn.

Strong, Dr. James W., president Carleton College, Northfield, Minn.
Shaw, Rev. Dr. John B., West End Presbyterian Church, New York.
Scoville, Miss Anna B., Hampton Normal Institute, Hampton, Va.
Schieffelin, Mr. William Jay, 35 West Fifty-seventh street, New York.
Salisbury, Miss, Minnesota.

Talcott, Mr. and Mrs. James M., 7 West Fifty-seventh street, New York.

Taylor, Dr. and Mrs. J. M., president Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

Thompson, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. C. L., Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, Turner, Rev. H. B., chaplain Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.

Tillinghast, Mrs. I. N., Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

Van Slyke, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. J. G., First Reformed Church, Kingston, N. Y.
Van Norden, Mr. Warner, president National Bank of North America, New York.
Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Frank, Boston Indian Citizenship Committee, Boston, Mass.
Wynkoop, Mr. Francis and Miss, 159 West Twenty-first street, New York.
Wood, Mr. and Mrs. James, Mount Kisco, N. Y.

Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Henry, Mount Kisco, N. Y.

Whittlesey, Gen. and Mrs. E., secretary Board Indian Commissioners, Washington, D. C.

Ward, Rev. Dr. William H., editor Independent, New York.

Wortman, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Denis, Reformed Church, Saugerties, N. Y.

Welsh, Mr. Herbert, corresponding secretary Indian Rights Association, 1305 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Williams, Mr. and Mrs. John J., 401 Clinton avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Whipple, Right Rev. H. B., Board United States Indian Commissioners, Faribault,
Minn.

Winslow, Miss F. E., assistant editor The Churchmar New York.
Young, Rev. Egerton R., Toronto, Canada.

JOURNAL OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS AND THE SECRETARIES OF THE RELIGIOUS MISSIONARY SOCIETIES.

The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Board of Indian Commissioners and the secretaries of the religious missionary societies was called to order at 10 a. m. January 20, 1897, by Mr. Darwin E. James.

Mr. JAMES. We had our twenty-eight years of history reviewed yesterday by our beloved secretary, for so long a time has elapsed since General Grant laid out this scheme of work. It was laid out on a broader basis than is carried out to-day, our duties having been circumscribed through legislation, but I believe it is still a necessary organization, and one which perhaps should be continued as not having outgrown its usefulness. As General Whittlesey said in his report, General Grant, twenty-eight years ago, thought that by the close of this century the work could be done and the Indian question could be settled. But it is not yet settled, and our board, although perhaps it has an insignificant part in this work, sees that there i very much left to be done in many directions.

This annual conference is the time when we call here the different secretaries 0. the religious bodies, that we may hear what is being done by them. The work of the missionary goes to the bottom. The Government is doing a magnificent work, improving from year to year under our present Commissioner. There was improvement under his predecessor, but it has never been so rapid as now. This is largely due, also, to the religious organizations, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the Secretary of the Interior, and those who work with them in their line for the education and betterment of the Indian, as our religious denominations are working for his spiritual and religious betterment. It is for this reason that my heart is deeply interested in the spiritual care of the red man. We shall listen to the reports from the various societies, and I will first ask Dr. Fisher to open with prayer.

After prayer by Dr. Fisher, it was voted that the chair should appoint a business committee of five, and the following persons were named: Mr. Charles F. Meserve, Mrs. A. S. Quinton, Dr. Sheldon Jackson, Mr. E. M. Wistar, and Mrs. Clinton B. Fisk.

The first report was made by Dr. C. J. Ryder, of the American Missionary Assocication.

THE WORK OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION AMONG THE INDIANS.

[Rev. C. J. Ryder, D. D., corresponding secretary.]

GEOGRAPHICALLY.

The field occupied by the Indian missions of the American Missionary Association represents six States and Territories. The statistics of the work have not materially changed since the report was presented to this Commission last year. They are presented in the following table:

CHURCHES AND OUTSTATIONS.

In the number of churches and in the membership of the churches there has been a reasonable growth. Missionary outstations have also increased in number and efficiency. These outstations are occupied by Christian Indians, a man and his wife, and are object lessons to the Indians in the surrounding tribes. Some of these young men and women who have given themselves to this life have entered it at a great personal sacrifice. There is a quality of Christian heroism developed on the part of these Indian missionaries which has often been a surprise to me. In one case a young man felt called to enter the mission service of the American Missionary Association for his own people and occupy one of these outstations. His wife, a graduate of Santee Normal Training School and a splendid young woman, was reluctant to go. They made it a subject of special prayer at the altar of their little home. Finally, with tears and deep conviction, she agreed that it was their duty, and they went together and the success of their work has proved that the appointment was according to the Spirit.

Last year when I visited South Dakota fifteen of these Indian missionaries from outstations met me. They were as fine a body of men physically as I have ever met. The missionaries, who testified of their character, bore witness that they were of strong intellectual power and deep spiritual earnestness.

The work of these native missionaries presents the most hopeful sign of the Indian work, and furnishes a most potent factor for the solution of the Indian problem, A new Congregational meetinghouse was dedicated at one of these outstations at Blue Clouds village and a church organized on the Moreau River. The latter mission is supported entirely by the Native Indian Missionary Society, and does not come upon the treasury of any society of the Eastern churches.

The spirit of benevolence is also rapidly developing among the Indians. A contribution from the Native Indian Missionary Society came to the treasury of the American Missionary Association in answer to the appeals for the jubilee share fund. This amount, contributed entirely by the Indians, amounted to $300. The natural, large-hearted generosity of the Indians is thus being directed in the channel of Christian benevolence.

HOSPITAL.

The Fort Yates Hospital, to which special attention has been called in former reports, has been open during the year. An effort has been made to gather from the physician in charge facts which will be of scientific importance along lines of investigation which have been somewhat neglected. The patients who are treated by the physician at this hospital are largely women and children. The following table shows their numbers for eleven months:

Reports which are sent from the physician at this hospital each month to thẻ office of the American Missionary Association contain answers to questions concerning the character of the diseases to which the Indians are especially subject. In generalizing, our physician, under date of October 9, 1896, says:

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"I am trying to find out about the population of the Indians on this reservation. I think they are decreasing. There were ten more deaths than births the past year. I have talked with Dr. Ross and several of the field matrons in regard to the increase or decrease of tuberculosis. Dr. Ross says he can not tell anything about it, as so many persons die who do not have medical treatment and their case is not diagnosed. The field matrons think the disease is decreasing, being due to proper care and food."

This is only the testimony of a single physician, but is the result of careful investigation. May I suggest that other benevolent societies having hospitals among the Indians adopt somewhat the same system introduced this year by the American Missionary Association, so that by the collation and comparison of the facts questions of much importance may be definitely and positively settled?

SCHOOLS.

Santee Normal Training School at Santee Agency, Nebr., is the center of the Indian work of the American Missionary Association. The students in this institu14009 I C-7

tion have been of very superior quality during the past year. Through the curtailment of appropriations only a part of those who desired to enter this institution could be accommodated. This gives Dr. A. L. Riggs, who is the principal of the school, and his associate teachers the opportunity of selecting the best. The progress of the work of Christian civilization among the Indians as a whole is nowhere more evident than at this school. It is not simply that individual pupils develop more rapidly along intellectual lines, and grasp Christian truth more readily, but the body of pupils as a whole is greatly improved. The influence of such an institution as this is not measured by its effect upon the pupils alone. It reaches out and is felt among the parents and members of the various Indian families that do not attend the school.

Oahe School, South Dakota, and Fort Berthold Home School, North Dakota, have both of them had the full quota of pupils allowed on the restricted appropriations and have carried on a useful work. In all these American Missionary Association institutions industrial training has been an important factor. Considerable numbers of young men trained in different trades find work at Government stations or among white settlers near by.

At Santee the principal and teachers are especially alert in seeking such places for their graduates. "A home planting department" of correspondence has been more or less vigorously carried on. The plan is to secure places among farmers, printers, and other trades in neighboring cities and villages. There are no remarkable facts to report in this line of effort, but doubtless the future will bring larger results. The Western people understand the Indians. The expenses of transportation are much less and the conditions of life and industry, especially in farming, are much more familiar to the Indians in the West than in the East. We are hoping that little by little this department of correspondence at Santee may develop and be of much use.

The educational missionary work of Prof. Frederick B. Riggs, who, with stereopticon and simple physical apparatus, covers the prairie with his work, has been carried on during the year with great satisfaction. No one who has not witnessed the intense interest of the Indians in the pictures thrown upon the canvas, and in simple physical experiments as given in their own scattered villages, can appreciate the significance of this unique and remarkable work.

At the jubilee meeting of the American Missionary Association in Boston, in October, a portion of the large industrial exhibit was given to the Indian schools. Many remarked upon the varied character of the products of these industrial departments and the excellent workmanship displayed. The Indian, as a rule, surpasses any of the other depressed races in America in printing. At Santee, from which the best samples of printing came, a large job work is done for the white people in the surrounding communities, which helps support the school.

ALASKA.

The mission in Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, temporarily closed last year, has been reopened, and Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Lopp have entered upon the work there. From recent letters received we learn that the natives welcomed them back and that the work opens with great promise. The reindeer herd has been sustained during the absence of the teachers through the cordial assistance of the Government. They are proving among the Eskimo all that Dr. Sheldon Jackson prophesied for them when he conceived the very wise plan of their introduction,

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.

[By Joseph J. Janney.]

From New York I have the statement that two members of their committee of Indian affairs visited several of the schools in the West during the past year-the Ramona school at Santa Fe, N. Mex., the Government school at Perris, Cal., and the Catholic Mission school at San Diego. The visitors thought the school at Perris to be well equipped both in buildings and supplies, teachers and care takers, but in the school at San Diego they saw "nothing to commend but much to deplore."

New York meeting reports no other active work, but I can say, on my own responsibility, that New York Friends have ever stood ready with their money and their personal influence to assist in any measure looking to the protection of the rights of the Indians.

From the reports of the committee on Indian affairs of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, made at the last two sessions, I gather that considerable interest is manifested in the subject by those attending the meetings of the committee, but that little active work has been undertaken.

The committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting, on account of its proximity to the