Report-1857, September 2

Sep. 2 1857. Report of Thomas Johnson.

   During the scholastic year which ended June 30, 1857, fifty-four Shawnee children have attended this school, of different ages, from 7 to 17, and some perhaps a little younger.

   They have been engaged according to age and advancement in the following studies, viz: orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, English grammar, uranography, physiology &c. and when not in school the girls have been employee in sewing, knitting, washing and housewifery, and the boys in chopping wood, and taking care of the stock &c.

   They have made reasonable progress in their studies, but might have done much better if they had been more regular in their attendance.

   They have promised to do better in the future, and I hope they will.

   That portion of the nation who appreciate education well enough to send their children to school are improving rapidly, and will soon be prepared to take a respectable position as citizens in the country among their white neighbors.

   Children who attended this year were: Emily Bluejacket, Sallie Bluejacket, Susan Bluejacket, Mary Martin, Lizzie Martin. Alice Crane, Fannie Armstrong, Kate Ellick,  Sarah E. Donalson, Nancy Flint, Rebecca Donalson, Ella Dougherty, Ann E. Dougherty, Hannah A. Evans, John Whitestone, David Bluejacket, Charles Bluejacket, James Elliott, Thomas Francis, William Francis, Obadiah Flint, John Rogers, Thomas Dougherty, John Blackhoof, Louisa Barnett, Mary Barnett, Thomas Bluejacket, Isaac Bluejacket, Martha Toala, Mary Keiser, Ellen Keiser,  Louisa Keiser, Mary Ellick, Amanda Ellick, Virginia McNair, Henrietta McNair, Mariah Day, William White, Thomas White, Catharine Whitedeer, Sophy Whitedeer, Rosalie Flint, Phebe Flint, Auburn Flint, Mary Dodds, Annie Smith, William Luke, Richard Day, George Cohou, Elizabeth Rogers, Ruth Rogers, Mat Rogers, Isaac Rogers and Monday Armstrong

[Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1857. pp. 171, 172.]