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Show HUNTING ATTRACTS THEM. Teachers In Territory Find It Hard to Keep the Indian Chll- dren In School. ' Mjiskpgee, I. T. The Indian youth cJia?eY,under the restraints of school life, and chooses rather to learn of na- . ture in the solitude of the forest or along the streams. Recognizing this tendency, tb,a Indian nations Incorporated Incorpor-ated In thcr educational systems pro- l visions which were equivalent to paying pay-ing the parents for sending their chll- . dren to sftbcol. Since the -United States government has taken charge of a large number of the schools In the rural districts of In- dlan territory, Superintendent Benedict , has found it one of his most difficult tasks to keep up tho attendance of Indian In-dian children undor the system of the white man, which provides only tho school and books and trusts to the parents par-ents to appreciate the privilege of giving giv-ing their children an education. I The falling off of attendance among Indian children is especially henvy at this season, when such excellent opportunities op-portunities offer for hunting deer, wild turkey and other game In the woods and on the pralrlw.. Superintendent Benedict has sent out cards to teachers teach-ers asking for statements ot attend- ance In January in advance of the usu: al quarterly report He has received j a number of these reports, and all show n decided falling off In attend , ance of Indian chllJron. A numbsr of causes for this condition, besides the antipathy of tho average Indian for confinement within the four walls cf a school house, are given, among them I bad health, scanty clothing and sickness. |