Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-29
TuE PrYALLYP INDIAN RtssR.
vATION.
Tacoma Ledser.1

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To The casual observer, the buildings
and farms uJon the Payallup Reserve
ton seem quite ordinary, and the In
disns themselves uninterestino. One
needa TO travel their roads, observe and
learn that these are opened and thor
oughly kept up by th7 Indians under
stringent road l.vs, with { cir own su-
pervisor; 70 enter their new houses. If
tier own make, many of which are
creditabte two story dwellings: 20 tax,
note OF the fact that many are success
futi5 engaged, not only IN rai.iuy grain
and hay, bu1 Ia tue more iaboriou, oar
denlng. Where, lees than wear 500
there was only the rank native growth
the writer yesterday saw q Gle ring of
several acres. a good dwelling and ont
buildings, and garden with cabbage.
onIpns, potatoes, etc. Elsewhere vas
seen strawberry pstca, from which
ths Indian proprietor had marketed
nifty dollars worth the present seas,u.
Quite number havs fully fortv acres
under thorough cultivation. often en-
pioy white hands TO aid with their eraos.
and some have even refused p.,sitions
under the government, because they can
make more money on their farms, Last
year 63 had good wagons and many i'm
plements- about the same as white
farmers. A part of the reservation has
beeu apportioned To the Indians under
allotment certificates, affordine forty
acres or more, according To the siZa OF
the families. about 600 Indians being
on the reservation. Bat the chief in
terest centers about the school, in
charge of q. w. Bell. head teacher, With
Miss Hessie Cox as assistant. Here We
found AZ boys and 81 girls, for the most
part as good readers and better penmen,
though not as ready on arithmetic, as
Shite youth OF the same age and oppor-
iuniiies. Everything moves like clock
work, system and order being prime OBJ
lects, with cleanliness. In the after
noon the industrial teacher. Robert Nc
Callum, takes the larger boys into the
field or shops, five of them receiving x5
per month as apprentices, while the
older girls assist Miss Kate Frazer
IN the sewing room or elsew here.
The assistant teacher instructs the
remaining 6fty through the after
noon. After recent visit of several
public schools. the writer observed
greater apparent study and less dieres-
sion than common among so restless
ysuih-and Miss Cox will meet with
acee ptance as a teacher whom directors
may well enter upou their list. The
general responsibility Of school, bolrd-
ing house. 5000 in supplies of all kinds,
stored In the oommissary, rests with the
head teacher. who is "A good executive.
and conducts the establishment in an
acceptable manner. Under the super
vision Of Mrs Julia Babcock. matron,
and Mrs. Clara Harmon. cook. the
rations are prepared-9 sacks of -four.
with IL pounds of sugar weekly. a bush
oil of potatoes and 30 pounds of beef
daily, with proportionate Quantities of
other eatables. rhe food il plainly but
we'll cooked, lastly arranged upon the
tables and eaten IN an orderly manner,
under the eye of one OF the teachs n. as
the employees hire cook and eat by
themselves. Inclusive OF the agent and
dactor-John Sturgis. Nj. d.. a genial
friend OF the Indian, whose short resi-
denee On the Sound has given him
good professional stsnding-there are
nine employees here, whose salaries
average only x73S and one is impress
ed with the amount of work done for 30
little pay. In this department of orr
civil service economy has reached its
limits. The rising bell rings early, aud
before breakfast, at G:30, most of the
outer chores are dons in preparation for
school at 3 o'clock. Good patent desks,
with maps and general appliances. are
healthful stlmulants to scholars lacking
Ia aspiration, and not impulsive. bnt
sluggish in mind and motion. Agent
Edwin Eells is 10 be comm nded for the
efficiency and worthy character of bis
employees; for the alertness and sue.
cess OF his movements in benefiting the
Indian I; for his freedom from theories
rs opposed 10 practical, common sense
methods and for the general outcome
or on-going of the work which has en-.
gagged his thouaht during the past l3
years. In fur schools Agent Eeils has
upwards OF lis children, and many are
oontisually being promoted to Forest
Grove. These returning to the tribe do
good work ~ master mechanics.