The statistics indicate that education is advancing, and allotting of lands has far advanced. In education alone, the Indians certainly have advanced to a marked degree. Practically all Indians under fifty (save those referred to on page 27) have had some schooling. For various reasons the names of the correspondents are omitted, although their original communications are preserved in my files. In various chapters throughout the book, I have incorporated partial or complete statements from these same correspondents. In the table, the answers to the questions have been presented in a few words. Many of the sentences are actual quotations, but others present in condensed form the opinions of the writers. Many correspondents have devoted an entire page to answering one question. Frequently, after answering the questions, the correspondent has written several pages in order to present his views concerning the Indian problem. Others have selected such questions as appeared to them to be of primary importance, and have answered these at considerable length. A majority of the correspondents realize that the protection of the Indian’s property, the safeguarding of his health, and the relation between the two races constitute the essentials of the Indian problem, and that all other considerations are secondary. TABLE OF STATISTICS ═════════════════╤═════════════════╤═════════════════╤═════════════════ Correspondent │Is there more │Are children │Have many │tuberculosis and │discharged from │children the past │trachoma among │the schools │ten years, been │your Indians now │because of │dismissed from │than ten years │diseases, │the schools? │ago? │properly treated │ │ │at home? │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────── ALASKA │ │ │ │ │ │ No. 1. Nulato │Tuberculosis not │Not generally, │Very few, if any. │very much │but occasionally,│ │increased, but │seldom properly │ │ten times as much│treated at home. │ │trachoma. │ │ │ │ │ No. 2 St. │No. │Not one. │Not one. Michaels │ │ │ │ │ │ No. 3 │Yes. │No. │Yes. ─────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────