New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-20
IN OPEN FIELD FoR i'll SEcrS.

EFFECT OF MsClNDING THE ORDER cox crsNfNo
DENosnNAnoNAL COURTESY AMONG TIE IN
dams.
The resembling OF the order Of the Interior D.,srt
ment which prohibited missionaries of one deno,,i-
nation from establishing missions among Indian
tribes assigned 10 another having caused increased
activity among the various societies which have
under thcir care this especial branch OF Christian
work, n ImBUNE reporter yesterday visited thc
ecietai!cs of the different Boards 10 find ont IL ,-
Slbe Just What WAS doing or had been zone IN his
direction. DE- Louvre. secretary of The Presbyterian
Board OF ioreign Missions. under whose care lie
work of the Presbyterian Church among the Indians
Is said that prcNlous 10 ia, resembling oi the o,.r
spoken of the state of affairs had been as follows:
Each denomination had been allowed hr thr In
tenor Dcraltmen to nominate a certain uunlI.sr
of Indian AGENTS. Ii in the reservation 10 which Tho
AGENTS were nominated there existed previously
established missions of another denominations they
were allowed 10 carry their work: but ii il MS
a new field, only the missionaries Of the dcno,nu,-
ton which haI the agent We're allowed to conduct
the edu'ai onal and missionary work. The pre,l,v-
tcrlans had never had any difficulty urler tl,is
management. There WIS one cas-, whcn r,,, ,'''.
souancs of another dcnominati ou had ind i,lcl ,,,
reservation set apart Ia Prcsbyterian,. ami fbt
stances was discussed hy the Board bur ID Ma. liz.
cldel 10 take uo sep, 10 rrinovr Them Tle A,,.ri
can Board OF Missions and the Catholic, haI
strongly urged the resembling of III. or,lcr ~-,i
prc.bvcrans Ncr, MOI i'm falc, If is ,t. :. l'A
The Presbyterian Church az present has officer, In
diam missions. distributed among the foiloviur
tribes; SenccaN. ChlppcNas. OmaiaS. pakntaS
NIetAS' H'liloleS ah9 Nel Forces These missions
have an aggregate of one thousand two hundred
and hify-SN COMMITMENTS They also have t,n
SCHOOLS, Win am aLgireatc OF thee hundred and
clghfN-nnc scholars. The Board intends 10 n~e an
means IN its power 10 extend ats work ana is ,,ne-
cially DESTROYS OF having oleig3icn go out as mis-
SlOnallcS.
The Mcthodists have twenty Indian missions
with one Thousand seven hundred and ninety com.
municantS. IhcN are Prosecuting the work of
Omis"aniIln g ana educating tAe Indians Nig,r-
9nsiy, ana nave recently established schoo &c
Fort Peek IN Montana. Though they have ,l,ns
mach for this branch of missions they rrouo>. To 10
more and there has been great revival oi interest
among them.
The Rev, Mr. Ferris, secretary of the Missionary
Board OF the Dutch Reformed Church. said thai h-
church had entirely withdrawn from counecfinn
with Indian affairs bccausc of the conduct of Mr.
SchuIZ Whlle Secretary oi she Interior lie declared
lhaI the system oi nominating agents had been
mace mere pohtcai arrangement into which has
board had refused io eater.
The secretary of the Board Of Domestic Missions
Tor the Protestant Episcopal Church sand fhat ths
Church was at present doing everything II conld ~
eNangclIe the Indians There h AT present one
Bishop. Bishop Hare of Nobraia, who's. diocese =
cntlrelN among the Indians and two Other h>lops
VINO nave Indians under their care. Bishop Brown,
OF Font du Lac, anc Bishop Nipple of Minnesota
Ihere are several schools IN hou,ishing condition.
ana about 500 COMMITMENTS 4 White clcrgNman
Win TWO native cicrsAmen ,deaconsl has lust gone
To the Indian Territory. As the field opened tho
work would be more vigorously proSecnfed Not
much difficulty had been experienced by the Church
missionaries under the old rule. As a general thina
strict courtesy la! been observed
The Roman Catholics were very much reioiced AZ
the resembling oi the order. as they have suffered
considerably under 1t. They propose 10 send ont
an increased number of priests and Ia penetrate
al parts OF the indian country. They already have
large congregations among the abOsigincs
The American Home Missionary society has al
ready "A large force IN the field and has sent ont
superintendent to look over the Indian cOaptry and
advise the society OF new places 10 which il would
| DC advisable TO send missionaries.