Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1893 — Educating the Indian. [ARTICLE]

Educating the Indian.

Tne appropriations by the United States Government for the maintenance of educational Institutions among the Indians during the last eight years, that is, from 1886 to 1892, inclusive, have been very considerable, aggregating for that length of time $3,767,951, Of this sum the Methodists received $83,845; the Lutherans, $53,470; the Unitarians, $33,750; the Mennonites, $25,840: the Friends, $150,537; the Episcopalians, $107,146; the Congregationalism, $208,819; the Presbyterians, $315,080; and the Catholics, $2,366,416; while smaller sums were appropriated either to individuals or to special institutions.