Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-22
If you want Groceries cheap, go to
KINosBURY & WILSON'S at the Centennial
Block, formerly F. r. MILLER & Co.
FROM THE INDIAN TERRITORY.

We are kindly permitted to publish the
following extracts from private letter re-
ceived by, Mr.. NJ. A. TRowBRIDGE from II
friend who has lately passed through the
Indian Territory. 1t will be seen that
they have laws discriminating between the
whites and Indians in relation to their
schools, &c, but all worship under the
same vine and fig tree:
Texas, this side Of the Brazos river, I think
a better farming country than beyond it. Ger
tainly IL is better watered and also fruit ap-
pears more plenty. North Texas is said {
think correctly To- be good frnit cnunlrv, but
judge the climate 50 mild as to render il soRIe-
what difficult to keep the fruit very long. Cot
ton, this year, was fine crnp a cotton field
before picking looks at lillle distance much
like small peach orchard during an early snow
storm in Ohiu.
We crossed Red river from Texas into the
Indian territory, on the l7th Of September
Ferrage 90 cts. South bank sandy with
broad bottom Of drift or quick sand. North
bank steep and rocky. Saw the remains of the
old wagon bridge which was ctrried away two
years ago. Remaining piers are 80 feet high,
you eau jurgs il gets angry sometimes.
Found or saw fully as many whites rs Indians
in the territory. We saw but very few Of the
was not visible. They are said to be sharp in
trade and ready t0 take advantage whenever
opportunity is presented. They have schools
and churches aud in the former, all the branches
of common education, music. painting lang
uaRes, aud in short any branch usually taught
IN the colleges North are taught in several uf
the schools here The students are said 10 com
pare favorablv With white children in profcen-
CIV and thoruughness when they attend regular
ly, but they are repurted being snmewhut
irregular in attendance. Teachers salaries
from $50 to 800 per month, according to
the grade occupied Native teachers are en-
pnyed in preference t. others. They have a
law that any child living more than 2l5 miles
from the school house shall receive buard at 81
per week somewhere within two miles OF the
school house. Some of the tribes have a sur
plus School Fund Of several thousand dollars.
A queery may arse with y0u, rs with me, from
whence comes this Fund. 1t arose from the
and South Carolina aud Geergin, years ago, the
Pawnee lands of Kansas and others. All or
nearly all Of which sales have contributed
portion of their proceeds tn this Fund
Any person marrying an Indian becomes, pc
lincally, an Gndau, or in other words is by this
act naturalzed into the tribe.
The children Of foreigners or whites are not
allowed 10 attend the Indian schonls even by
paying tuition, hence, as the white inhabitants
are somewhat remote from each other their chit
dren enjoy few school pFivil ges. white"
sc"""'S "e Sus'aiheu Nv soo5eriPN"h rom
'h"sr ues'nhg u send ihelr ch'Idren' lheir
church membership is cummon To both aud
church fellowship is not limited or encrnached
upon by color, whites aud lndisns worship
t"gcther aud Commune at the same altar and
uuuer tue S""'e ADMINISTRATOR was t"'u 'hat
q"llI per cen'' o' the h"''Nes were eh"rGh
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