In  respect  to  learning  our  language  and  sending  their  children  to  our  boarding  school,
the  Crows  appear  to  be  more  backward  than  those  tribes  that  have  been  the  fiercest
4ind  most  warlike.  It  has  taken  a  ereat  deal  of  talk  and  persuasion  to  get  the  few
scholars  we  have.  Except  in  regard  to  numbers  the  school  is  a  success.  We  have
now  but  8  boys  and  7  girls  in  our  boarding  school.  Since  my  last  report  we  have  sent
3  of  the  largest  boys  to  Carlisle,  Pa.,  1  little  half-breed  girl  to  relatives  in  Ohio,
and  1  bov  was  compelled  by  his  parents  to  run  away,  so  that  now  we  have  a  less
number  than  at  the  beginning  of  the  year.  We  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  our  dor-
mitory by  fire  on  the  night  of  the  1st  of  the  present  mouthy  and  expected  also  that  half
our  children  would  not  come  back  to  us  in  consequence  of  the  fire,  but  have  succeeded
in  getting  them  all  to  return.  We  immediately  crowded  the  employes  of  the  agency
closer  together  to  make  room  for  the  children  in  the  quarters,  but  cannot  find  room
for  a  larger  number  than  we  now  have.  We  have  6  Indian  children  attending  our
school  in  addition  to  those  who  live  with  us  in  our  home,  and  the  children  of  employes.
After  we  shall  have  removed  to  the  new  agency  we  expect  to  require  the  Crows  to  send
their  children  to  school.
