Report-1862, September 6

Shawnee Manual Labor School.,
Kansas, September 6, 1862.

Sir:  In compliance with instructions, I have the honor to submit the following annual report of this institution:

   During the past year, closing with the present month, there bas been in attendance in the school fifty-two (52) Shawnee children—twenty-six males and twenty-six females—varying in age from seven to sixteen years. They have been taught the ordinary English studies, such as orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, English grammar, &c.; and when not engaged in school, the girls have been employed in sewing, knitting, washing, housewifery, &c.; the boys in chopping wood, feeding and taking care of the stock, &c.

   The health of the children has been unusually good; no sickness, of any importance, during the session; and we feel confident that this improvement in their studies has given satisfaction to their parents and guardians, who have manifested an unusual degree of interest in the advancement of their children, and by their hearty co-operation we have been enabled to keep their children more closely in attendance in the school, greatly to the advantage of the scholars and the satisfaction of their teachers.

   You will please find names of the scholars on opposite page.

Respectfully submitted.
Thomas Johnson,
Superintendent.

Major J.B. Abbot,
Indian Agent.

   The following schedule will show the names of Shawnee children who have been in attendance in the school during the past year:

[Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1862, p. 113.]