The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-06
Educating the INDIANS.

On Wednesday last Captain Pratt, OF the
United States army. called on us TO expires
his thanks for the interest the Beacon took in
the subject of Indian civilization and educa.
ton. Captain Pratt il a frank, warm hearted
and intelligent gentleman, thoroughly IL.
lerested In the gIe..t work he has been e.
peciaIly detached to superintend. He has
visited both the Northern and Southern
agencies, and has selected between four and
live hundred of the Indian boys and girls
from the various tribes to be educated in the
government training school at Carlisle Bar
racks, Pa, which has lately been turned
over to the Interior Department for that pur-
pose. The barracks will accommodate be.
tween five and six hundred scholars.
he Indian youths will there receive
thorough Industrial training, and will ne
taught the common branches. Captain Pratt
has had long experience, both in lighting
aud governing the Indians, on the plains, at
san Augustine, Florida, and elsewhere.
He has secured their entire Con-
fidence; he under ,iauds thsIr nature, and
the work he Is doing wall not only rebound
TO the credit OF tue Government, whose
wards they are, bat, We believe, 1t Is the
shortest and most elective way OF solving
the difficult Indian problem. Captain rratt
strongly advocates the education Of the girls,
and If he had To chGse Jetween The two be
would select the females rather than The
mates.
In the afternoon of Wednesday he brought
up a number OF the boys To Inspect PRINT
ing office. There was only one sto!id loUkiDg
boy among them. lne rcst were bright and
Intelligent lOok Ing. and took q lively Interest
in the process of paper making The follow
ing are the names .; the boys, with Tribes
and Interpretation of some OF the names:
Ei.hdleuh DJauinoe, "Piaying Boy, T" kIowa,
who intends to study medicine, OJak-ar-
hster or David Perdleton." Making
Will study Tor the ministry. He has two
wives, Oue of them bein. with him. Ode.
quot kuh. "hollow Eesd," kiowa; To.3me,
--Siick,' kiow-; Chs.wip. tomanche; Pa
WON e-Its, GOOD Blanket" Cheyenne;
Mo.e-suh, Cbeyenn.; h sac ho-is, Arsp ,iot;
mole.
EtshdIeuh Doaumoe and David Pendleton
are prute=es al Ms. Geo. H.. Pendieton, OF
CINCINNATI. Mrs. teDdleton passed the win
applied TO Capt I'm Pratt for a detail of two of
the Indian PRISONERS to teach the class the art
OF shooting, and these young men were select
ed ard remained with the club during the
winter MCs P-nd.ejOn DecsDls lnuen in
teresI.d in tue young men, gave them many
preset Is and finally undertook their educsI-
tson. At Her eNpenSs; they were sent 10
Syracuse, New York. where they have been
"A wear aud malt Mrs. PeDdieion became
interested i'll the general eGucttiun OF the ln-
dian children, And TO her inlusn'e, ana 10
that OF her husband. Senator IeatletOn. VINO
Is on the Indian committee, II = largely due
that Congress took action in TIE matter su-
tDor.Zing the transfer oi the Carlisle Barracks
To the Interior department. TINS - the en-
tering wedge and other useless barracks aud
Iorts will. DO doubt, oe put 20 the same good
use. This would De poetical justice, though
lOnd Ce icTIeG.