, 1884-07-17
INDIANS AT SCHOOL.
An Hour with the Indian Girls at
Wayne, Pennsylvania
Smiling Sioux and P~ugnaeIous Paw
necs shears, War whoops,
Broomstieks and Finger
Nails - Qunrreling.

FROM tue road i caught AglE OF n great.
cllmsy house, three stories in height, and
Iuilt Of rough, unhewn stone; tho back and
s.dos of II were turiousiy embroidered In
velyety green moss and nray mortar: tbe
rambling front was brilliant in a fresh coat
OF white wash, and the two long-railed bal
comes were painted a bright Reranium red.
This contrast OF colors with the green Of the
noble trees thar surrounded tho hcuse, and thu
azure OF the summer sky above II, made a
picture OF the most positive sort, aud also no
minded one OF the parable OF aold wine in
new bottles for above tho door was rou xhIy
cut the inscriptions: Built in 1875
"That, mann" said a good-natured peddler
who was exchanging tin for rags at a cot
tage near by. That, man, Is the Eagle
House" Just then the clock struck twelve,
anu ASH nis words contained some nlysteFr
GUS conJurihS spell, there rusned OFT OF lne
doors ana through tue PieaSauo grounds ths
"a wv "s"@ merH
So
lucy "ero OF a ages, from u ~,
tail ana snurI' iat ahu snin' B,ucefui aho
BaWky' % i"I tney mefe = o hlAiuehS
Q shy natiohi Dus only one eouiu Proouc'
sueu mar, Hucn eyeS' SUCH ssn ieteten
tnese isA1uFs were 'alsI d ao]eh
snaoes onu unS ~" miunisht oAcA
hts nnu SoPPer Color, Ahy ono 2.
N -" =" me- NC Su
. :" ~" uIion- iHop nofo elHhtJ,
toui . .n' ny s"sn satis u
p eueF W . couh-
ole gu, u Si's%.S et ~ofe
w III"
l' aha Suippe"sS 0yioWaJs
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$500 N'S :. ~
T,N' ~ u Nahse ans 20
"nsa pause' i's ~ snn
into nti' eA tueH
Ho te m1~' sAns u
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shEAi 0ioOA ein
Sho vas a Sioux. one could not doubt, and
In her person she taught one what the phrase
"as straight as an Indian" meant. Rather
tall, SENDER and unbcnGtnG as a dart, sho
carrie herself like a princess, and brou shJ
to mind a Greek n her ciassicaly-shapei
head, line straight nose and full, weil-opened
eyes her hnir was as olhcK as ebDny, ana
hung In two enormous braids fastened with
rtd ribbons. an I W tn ner soft, b!ack, intelli
ent eyes made her complex on, which was
ght enough To be almost olive, appear
ialrrr than It was
gave her my card with momei tary re-
get tnnt shs was not on moccasin and blan
ket, and she disappeared into the house,
"hlsn' ny tne way, was generously lent by
Ar. George W. Cuias 70 the Lincoln institute
In n lew momsnts the ahou,e-motbar y
Mrs Slew right. ann AIRED. and in the neat
mr. or. with ali her charge in full view from
re window. we nj , pleasant can't
-How In the world do you MANAGE T. keen
. ESQ chiLIr.n OF the forest ia q ,od orderI n
asked, having been struck by the urtamed
air and athletic performances of scrue OF
th IN / efu.e l entered the house,
"Well.H said the la iy, Principally through
their affections, for though proud and re-
,erveu they are very susceptible TO kindnesS
rle drst forth. ghL Is generally the tug OF war,
and with many Of them it is o perioI of
tragedy aud cotuedy combined. You know
they con q e, us direct from their lribes. III.
Lincoln i~nstitut. having turned the bow
over to the q Ii at onal home. I'm ord.r 10
gye the future mothers Of the race a chance.
III, Sc girls are picaei out by the mi.eion-
aries and ndian agents as beng promising.
and they come to receive a plain. practical
English 9 Iucatlou, AMI to learn cooking,
WI shing and sewing. The only accomplish.
me t i music, which they are either fond of
and o O.. in. or retain II vic Gu ayers o l for,
pr,t.rrlns q steady, monoton US noIs,. such
as tic beating OF rticks or a drum would pro-
duce."
Speaking OF tho tug Of war; how does it
begiuI7
CITING THEN HAIR
au, -
WIN ln'Ir na',' sau hrS' ~oIeVwrB,r',
'HeS Naiue a. inore I'm We 40 In
'no mrs. Ptac' 'noy rsAhy Fesaru IL rs Il
efo"" s4oiS' ~ t.'o ~ visa Ooa's an
gay leAlns's anu ol1 oi or,ghtFIooon mt err
oraiusi ann, again, II Is their culet STOCK In
tiale ior tnohrhlhs the ioss OF a relative the
custom oeinE 10 uho'nd tue mar and let II
fail IN a thIck ven over the lace while they
Wail an" lament tne ueao- beslleS al thl',
tney nave al ioea .nab cutting on theif mar
uesraues tnem, anu several weeks eiapse De-
iOfe tney VIII hoiu up tpe,r neauS or look any
one IA the lace after 1t done;
men you ins"' On tneir LOCKS oeihg
Shlrn'
We aIe ioreeo TO- oiten these girls ar
rive IN their blankets ana moccasins' an
their halI' wneh Is na1uraly iuhurlahe, All
ing ih heeVy mass gown 10 tneir KueeS' AMI
wen . tne" iee@ iou eau snielS ossuih9
tnet "a COMB OF orusn mas never passel
800 a,d ,,rana rnorants has u.s. ;o,,rena5
lis condition. Ii must be cut OF closs to he
head, there il no other remedy for its evils
and generally we can coax or reason a girl
into II, though there is ALWAYS loud weeping
and the most plaintiye cries"
"Do any of them resist the processl1
az, n.,a,;on.ur i,, punao