New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-22

4" and large s'r'"ne ,.,,, -, distance. by |
,hc,e routes, in miles from Fort LesVen"gr,n Nile.
To ih. "s n'.' ..si BY new road
~ ls"a Via K.ne'' 81
The following table of distances from the Fort 10 Inc
Zig Blue: .n.. Miles.
sal, crel KilsPoO gr ,.s, 70
s Turkey Crsek....m 81 e.
v Wiaw Booi ........ 81 eHallon- gi
Ux.roo VILLAGE is on the Missouri River about Tour
milo. above Fort Lesvenworh, and il OF note from us
having been the place OF Convention held September o'
1883 which made the arrangements for the eiecuoh Vi
deoe ate to W aslngon 10 urge upon Congress INC "s
,aon Of the new Territories Of Nebraska ana hasar'
II was not held at Fort Leavcnworth for the reason 'a
WINS deemed desirable that the demonstration shouu ho'
annonr 10 have the or cooperation OF INC on
,rs md soldiers attached to that There is but one
,,adnghouse in the village and the mission no"
nv the Rev Mr. Grover has school attached to IT, ou'
bc is anxious 10 commence The kickapoo rpc Nus
made considerable progress in agriculture; many Oh 'ie'"
have Portable houses around which may be seen gar
Iona numerous domestic animals, fowls, Sc ana 'he-e
With other indications Of civilization, form pleasing con-
,res. with the condition of the other tribes Within INC
great NcmahGw Agency.
Tur low, AND SAC MISSION ASD SoHooL is situated
about 90 miles northwest from St Joseph, Mo-, on tne
emirrnnt road from that place, and miles norm VI WIN
II oup creek small tributary the Missouri RIVER o"
which it is miles distant The Mission is said 10 n"'e
hp established as early 1897 but the School was not
opeucd fill the summer Of ls46 and was not larry Ill opera
ton INIT, s In that year the number Of regular scholars
ovoraccd o. and in 1883 a. Ii was founded by the rev.
Wm Hamilton and the Rev. S. NJ Irwin of the Presby'c-
riap Church. and both of these missionaries were con-
stsntlv engaged together in its management until l'''
when the former took charge OF the school at bevne "
Nebraska The MssonHousc is spacious BRICK cdhce'
and cost s. 600 The farm contains 10 acres more than
half of this used for raising crops of gram &c SeVer
assistants are employed in the school, which composed
Of two departments for the respective sexes the sTs oc
laugh. by Miss Sarah Rea, and the boys By james " IL
rams a Young gentleman native of England The ene
school was formerly taught by Miss $. A. Waterman, who
was connected with it from its organizaton'o 1888 Miss
Rea here aut ht for part OF 1852 school OF wAe pup
onlv-cbdren of the missionaries and persons resident al
the Indian Agency Great Nemahaw, which is established
in the vicinity Attached TO this Agency the farm OF the
soc and Fox tribes which worked for them by farmer
Harvey w. Forman employed by the L. 5. Go'ernnen''
His Report for 1853 states the farm had produced ''oo
busbe Of corn 40 acres bushels of potatoes; but
10 particular statement given OF other crops Inc gram
distributed to the Indians according to their number
oo f whom n, their villages miles south of the Agency
raised small crops themselves The cost OF th KIND Oh
| farming is very great.
| DELAWARE a Posi-Ofce, is on the Kansas River ten
miles from its mouth. 1t contains two or three trading
posts blacksmith chop, etc. The PostOfice was estao
ished in the fall of lsi9 James Findey being appointed
Postmaster and he still holds the office. The Kansas is
here some two hundred yards WIDE over which is ier
BRIGGyALE in the vicinity Of Delaware the sea' oil
mission and school Of the American Baptist Missionary
Union organized in le47 ls buildings erected la lha'
wear are principal dweir g-house thrty-six feet
hrild 4 q school
meeting house and usual small out-buldings Connected
with these are garden and field lots in all about twenty
two acres under good cultivation attended by the labor
OF Indians whenever their help can be obtained and by
The bows of the school ct those hours not devoted to IN
srctou in letters The girls are daily taught the use of
the needle making and repairing their and the boys
garments az IL duty and one AFTERNOON IN each
week is devoted fine needework, which is executed
with much taste and The older girls assist daily
! in the dining room and weekly in the washrcom The
superntendent the Rev. John G. Pratt is aided by Miss
Moore who has been the efficient teacher ever since
the commencement of the school and by three other e
male assistants. The average nsmber OF children is about
thirty nearly ali of whom of the Delaware Tribe he
licous exercises are held every Sabbath.
SHAWNEE MISSION is three miles from Westport Nc,
one mile from the State line, and about oigh. miles from
the mouth of the Kansas River. Here is an Indian Mis-
sion Labor School under the direction mainly oil tue
| Methedle.
Institution were in 1880 and conss. of three brick
houses one hundred and ten feet long and two stories high
and accommodating about hundred scholars and that
the number usually attending. 1t is under the supern'
tendence OF the Rev. Thomas Johnson who the first
! Methodist missionary in kansGs.
| The SHAWNEE BAPTIST Mission, two miles northwest
from the Methodist school has twenty pupils under the
superin:endence OF Francis Barker.
! The FRIENDS SHAWNEE LABOR SCHOOL il situated
three miles west from the Methodist school, The Friends
have been aborng among the Shswnees for hfty years
including the period before their removal This school
has thirty pupils who instructed in learning, agrcui-
ture and domestic matters and supported by the three
YEARLY Meetings which have il in charge without any aid
from the Indians The farm contains two hundred
acres of land in fence and its proceeds afford surplus
! for sale
| SAINT MARY's on Kansas River, 81 miles below Fort
Riley is al important and very nourshing Missionary
establishment among the Pot,awatoies and the largest
which the Roman Catholics have in Kansas Gen. Whit
field the agent for that tribe, in his report for les
that il will compare favorab!y with any school in the
Indian country; and much praise cannot be given to
these kind people who have charge OF IL for their many
exertons to benefit this tribe. IL is under the charge
Of the Right Rev. J. Il. Msge, ID. d., Bishop of the
Apostolic vcarate of the Indian Territory east OF the
Rocky Mountains with the title Of Bishop Of MessesiC ~
porfiBus pfdeum assisted by the Rev. j. d. Duernek,
$ j. Superior and Superintendent of the Manual Labor
school the Rev. J. Schultz, s j., and the Rev. NJ Gull
land : j.. all of whom reside at the mission Sermons
are preached every Sunday in Indian and English The
Manual Labor school is under their charge, assisted by
eight lay brothers, and i in hourshng couion The
number Of bows admitted from October lst September
less was ~ and the average number in attendance
80 The female department; is under the charge OF the