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Eastern Cherokee
Schools
The training school for the
Eastern Band of Cherokees is also a boarding
school, with 4: white teachers. It has had
84 boarders, the average daily attendance
being 80, and 24 day scholars. The full
details of the operation of this school are
given elsewhere. The total cost in
maintaining this school for 1890 was
$11,264.47, expended as follows: for
salaries of teachers and employees, $3,350;
all other expenses, $7,914.47. The entire
expense is paid by the United States from a
special appropriation for the Eastern
Cherokee training school, The buildings
occupied, 11 in number, and also a barn, are
owned jointly by the United States and the
Cherokees, The school, while a government
school, is under the charge of members of
the Society of Friends, and its
establishment and maintenance by the United
States is in the nature of a gratuity.
Eastern Cherokee Training School and Mt. Noble, from Spray Ridge and US
Indian Agency
The school statistics of the 3 Cherokee
schools for the year 1800 are as follows:
The school buildings are all
owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokees, and
the expenses of the schools are paid with
the interest from the Eastern Band of
Cherokees' education fund, held in the
treasury of the United States.
Illustrations
The illustrations herein are from
photographs made by General Henry B.
Carrington, and show that the Eastern
Cherokees, notwithstanding they are
self-sustaining and good citizens, after
more than 200 years of contact with white
people retain the physical features of their
race.
Additional Resources
Notes About the Book:
Source: Indians, Eastern Band of Cherokees of North Carolina, by Thomas
Donaldson, 1892, 11th Census of the United States, Robert P. Porter,
Superintendent, US Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Online Publication: The manuscript was scanned and
then ocr'd. Minimal editing has been done, and readers can and should expect
some errors in the textual output.
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