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Show LOCATINO INDIAN SCHOOLS. If experience with indlan schools, a knowledges of Indian peculiarities and good judgement control in the selection of a Mite for the government school to lie local cd in southern Utah, the institution insti-tution will be a hiiccchs from the start and a great ad vantage to the red man. If however, the mistake is made that located the Grand Junction school. so far from the abode of those expected to patronize it, nothing further need be done toward its establishment. Indian schools should bo located hear the homes of the children to be taught therein. When they arc taken away from their homes and parents the little fellows consider themselves prisoners, and their f rame of mind is not in the best condition to receive instruction. The parents, too, are discouraged under un-der these circumstances, and encourage rebellion and truancy among the children. chil-dren. At every chance they get Indian In-dian students run away from the Grand Junction school as they would escape a prison, not because of their treatment, for of that there can be no just cause of complaint, but for the sun reason that they are under restraint re-straint and foreibily prevented from foing to their people. Tn Washington county, this state, are fragme nts of tribes of Shebits, Ki-babits Ki-babits and Piutes, with Moapes just aeross the Nevada line. They have many children of school age in need of training. They live in a section small enough to make good use of one school if properly located The best interests of the Indians rather than the wishes of those connected con-nected with rival institutions should be consulted in locating this school. Salt Luke Herald. |