Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29
AN INDIAN AGENCY.

A recent visit to the Lower Brule
Indian Agency, Dakota, is thus described
| by ii. l.. S., frequent contributor to
sthe REPUBLICAN, in the Woonsocket
Oak Times:
We are agreeably surprised to see how
IAN Indian agency can be conducted L
lis sad to see once stalwart and indie
apendent race nation helpless children :
but Major Gregory, the agent, seems to
treat his Indians like father and deal
as fairly with them He commands
Srespect from them as well as obedience
sand all show that they love Mrs. Gregory,
( the agents wife, like mother, and they
call her "Uwana," meaning mother.
aThe Major very kindly explained the
management of the agency in detail, and
took us into the warehouse to inspect the
Srations and witness the distribution by
4 one of their race. Each head of family
having a card with their own name and
number of persons in his or her family,
presents the card, and is delivered a Ger
4 tain amount of rations, according to their
wants, Of -four or crackers, pork or bacon,
aunbrowned coffee, granulated sugar, bak
ding powder, beans and portion of fresh
ameat every Saturday, besides salt and
ssoap every other week, alternately There
a are six dwelling houses for members ol
Hagency, besides one store, the chapel and
a the school buildings, the school room
being one story attached to the two story
81 boarding house, and the dormitory. The
$number of scholars is 39-5 girls only
s The teachers, Prof. HeaIey; Mrs. Healy
8 matron; Miss johnson, assistant. DR..
Il Valdez is their missionary preacher, al
8the chapel, the Church of Our Savior
8and is a full-blooded Indian. His wife
Ills blonde, pleasant hammered, is a
Steacher in the Sunday School and the
ssewing class for the squaws The ladies
81 visited the chapel and Miss Burdick
%played upon the organ, and awoke the
&echoes with the familiar strains of Near
Ter, My God, to Thee" Their morning
Sservice is iG English, and the evening
Sservice in Dakota" Their prayer books
81 are in both languages, the service /:
4 Episcopalian. Untutored, the Iudian
Nsees God in the cloud and hears Him in
the wind; tutored, it is said they become
%devOut Christians as a rule. Mrs. Greg
Cory kindly took the ladies to Mrs Walk
Gers house to purchase specimens of.the
&sewing scholars industry to help the
4 mission school, several bringing. away
s with them some curious articles of their
q manufacture, in bead work and chamois
u bags embroidered with quilts, pipes
land feather ornaments. We "how-ed'
Sand shook hands with Standing Cloud
Sand squaw, Medicine Bull, Chief White
sGhost, Useful Heart, White Mouse, be
ssides other illustrious notables of the
2dusky hue. The InGians were disap-
7pointed in the "killing," is the cattle
were scattered among the hills, and could
Snot be collected in time for that day.
4 Their Major Gregory's Office and council
Groom were opened for our use, and the
lunch was brought in and spread, enough,
by the looks, for the whole reservation.
zone clothes basket of cake and sand
awches, one five gallon tub of ice cream,
about four bushels of oranges lemons
/ and peanuts. The goodies left were
presented to the grateful government:
3 children.