The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-04-05 00:00:00

32,1 IS4 31S 191

A RED INDIAN CLERGYMAN.

it was • great attract, in.. on Sunday and Monday last,
when " C ailing Thunder, the chief of the Ojibwa'
Indians, epoki to Lego cuntregetions ao a dere) man of
the Church of Ragland, the 11... v. Pahtahquahong Cuase.
At the Monday evening meeting, held in behalf of the
O .lonial and 0 nitinentsl Church S 'chitty, the National
Schoolroom was extra full, the infants' wing being op-ned
and well occupied. On the platform were the Rev. .1. A.
Watney, Rev. C. B. It stcliff••, and Rev. Lower N. G -dye,
while the Indian r.verend appeared in a suit of Idivir, set
off by a crimson silk sask, in front of which depended too
silver modals, and cla.ping each arm were two broad
silver brecelete, those at the wrist engraved with the lion
and unicorn, while the two near the shoulders bore the
"totem" or heraldic hedge of his nation—the bear. The
copper-hue of the Indian was not very deep, nor was thera
any great peculierity of face, the very thin whisker and
demply.set eyes alone distinguishing it from many an
elderly English face, wbi:e the hair was but "a sable
silvered." " Coming Thunder" wee by no means •
Boanerges: but he spoke very fair English with • manly
voice.
The Rev. J. WAVILY, in the sheet:ice of the treasurer,
who wee not very well, read the report t—Collecie I by
Mies Mead, £l5 17.. 7d.: by Miss C. Puler, .C 2 13.. 61.;
sermons. £ll 15s. 7d. ; mmtine. £2 10e • and deducting
Al 14s. for printing, £37 175.21. had' remitted to
the sod-tr. Mr. Watney c.estinued, this society is one
which Evangelical Churchmen ought to support; the lead-
ing object is to WI% I clergymen, catechist., and teachers of
the Church of England to the colonise ot Great Britain,
and to British sishjects on the Continent. If we consider
the number ol Enelish -speaking people, living not in this
' country. hut in different parts of the world—a little colony
, here and there vattered through Esrope. Asia, Attica,
' America. and the Wands of the sea, we see the need of
sending teachers to them. A great many leave this
country because they cannot gat • living, and in his own
district in Lincolnshire hundreds bed given up their farina,
sold all they bad, and gone to America to try farming there.
where they gets chanc.. It may be hundred. of miles from
any town or place of worship. And to such colonists, the
nociety sends out clergymen, catechists, end teachers; the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel does this also,
and be believed the rule is, arhara one society has a station,
the other des not interfere. S imetinses the prompt
society provides the means, and sometimes senile out •
man and pars him entirely; it aims to "Preach the
Gospel to ever,y' English 'creature," sending qualified
men of the Church of England to teach the colonist+ the
way of eternal life. And as to the continental work,
threw who travel will find in the most frequented places
on the Continent in summer the opportunity of worship-
ping God, the service being conducted just as it is in our
land. That part of the work almost entirely supports
itself, the money paid by those who frequent the churches
on the Continent pays for the clergymen engaged therein.
(Atilderow.)
The Bev. PAIITAHQUILHONO CIiALSZ said as they saw, he
was a man of another nati 'ii, laturoage, and rate, and he
was glad to be present at this annual meeting of the
society with which he was identified in his native land.
Tbelr aim was to hold up the hands of the modern %poetise
of Jesus Christ, the clergymen of the Church of Ragland,
in the colonies, and also among the natives in the parts
spread up to the society's operations. He was p rmitted
to take up more time then other speakers who were to
follow ; he sometimen spoke for two or three hours
to his own Indians, but should not do that with • civilieed
people, who labour hard, and want to be at home in good
hours (Rear, and laughter.) Ile was horn in a wigwam
made of the hark of trees, hi, people not educated, having
no letters, and no principles of instruction except their
own notions. When he first recollected he was tied on •
board, the Indian cradle, with thongs across something
soft behind, and • footboard to rest the feet on. On these
the feet were together and the aim,; this is to keep the
chlid warm and for it to grow straight. It is sometimes
owned at the back, so that the child can me behind,
while the mother sees forward ; sometimes the parent tints
to it till it is asleep, and then suspends the cradle to •
tree; sometimes the child cries, and is untied, and some-
times asks to be tied up again. When older he had • bow
and arrows given him by his grandfather (hie guardian),
and when eight or tan, a common gun wag provided, to
shoot pigeon, duck, or squirrel, and about 10 or 11 his
grandfather taught him there is a Great Being who gives
as everything we enjoy, wherever we take it from. and
His favour I, to be won by fasting, • char,-0,1 mark being
also put on the forehead as a sign the boy sought • mole-
Hon. He fasted often, sometimes 10 days entirely, walking
N long as he could, and when too week, he laid still, and
at the close of the 10th day washed his face, and had food
prepared—light fool at first He was wanted to be a
bunter, a medicine man. and • warrior, and be gathogno. „,
of every tree, the gatherings being put into • beg held
-sacred and when it was opened they had • feast. His
grandfather introduced him to the people, looking in his
face, and wine, "This is my strand-child, he Is not known
UFO% but his name shall be ' Pabtabquabong, ' " eignial-
Ing " s&ming Thunder," and the name "Chase" wee an
English translation of an Indian word too difficult for
English people to pronounce. Afterwards he was
invited to an English religions service, and was much
Impressed with the solemnity, and the clergyman
changing his robes from white to black, andhis
affectionate earnestness in speaking. He made up his
mind to go with his parents, who had become Christians,
and when his own people understood that Jews Christ
came into the world to save sinners, that by Hie death
was • full remedy for sin, and their souls should be
sawed, the Indian people began to think, and to this very
day when he disoonrsed upon the eufferings of Christ their
heads would he held down, their eyes full of pity, and yet
of gratitude that Jesus bed died. On the northern shores
of Lakes Ontario and Erie and the southern shore of
Lake Huron are fnnr Indian elm-omen, two Ojibwa's% •
Delaware, and • Mohawk, and five missionaries working
through an interpreter. He himself preached to OFtrway,
Delaware, sad Oneida congregations: he found 10
°Wallow, and the Indians when Wei fused the 4ii=