The Press., 1886-03-25
TRtBUrE TO HELEN HUNT JACKSON.

In the record of proceedings at the Lake Mohonk Conference of FrienJs of the ln- li,ns, we find the following
 Later the Hon. Erastus Brooks spoke ft elingly of tue death of Mrs. Jackson, to whom reference had been mad- many times during the conf r..ncs, aud oil. red the following resolutions
 Re8oLUed- That the members of this conier, nee first called and now continued ln the interests of the Indlan inhabitants of ,he United Sta es, have heard with pro- round sorrow of Ine death of Mrs. Helen J Jackson. Her long aud earnest work to $, cure lhe moral and mental welfare nt the Indian race, her unselfish, persistent, and grand work, by her presence, her pen, and l..,r interc-ssions for many y. ars wlrh Lne government aLd pe,,ple for their clvll rights aud personal comfort, presents aI !, xample of devotion to and faith ill great publlc servIce not excelled in the single life of any one citizen If the country. Ill her last da. B, aud just when she counted ae by the cock the limited hours of her earthly existence, ill words of thanks to the president of the United S.a{es, in ap- peals to the people through the press, Ill letters to her many friends, as we'll as Ill her work known as the Century of Dis- honor, recording the dealings of the gov ernment with the Indian tribes, and in her more recent volume known as Raao- na, illustrating Indian life, character and sufferings, she has awakened the popular conscience as never before to sense of the wrongs inflicted upon whole race, and that race not only native to the soil, and known as its first inhabitants, but yet, as 8 people, neither recognized as cit izens of the United States nor of the states of the union, nor anywhere as per sons in law and equity, by compacts or treaties, regarded as possessing constltu- tional or legal rights common to the rest of mankind.
 Resolved-That the brilliant and useful life of this truly grand woman still appeals to the people of the Unitad States, to con. gress, and to the executive to continue and complete the work inspired by hel pen, and labored for to the end of her life.
 Dr. Ward ''At the suggestion of Dr. Abbott, in whose paper the Christian Union Mrs. Jackson's story Ramona was first published, and representing the pa per in which her Century of Dishonol was published, rise to second those reso lutions. She was 8 woman l kneW vel and respected heartily. ] believe her ex ample is one to inspire, not only every woman to a grand zeal for the Indians but every man as we'll I don't need tc speak at length in reference to her char acter she gave her whole heart to tho work. If any one ever praised her story as work of art, without any reference tC the Indian question in it, then she said
 It is failure. She worked grandly fo the cause, and believe we should express our respect to her memory.
 Prof. Painter ''I have just received letter with mention of Mrs. Jackson from J. W. Davis, of Boston, with whom wis tied Mrs Jackson only few days before 1 her death. l was an entire stranger tC her, and the nnrse said she was so feebl, she could not see me, but when she re ceived my card heard heP exclaim Oh Is it MT. Painter Show h1m in, Thu people lay heavily upon her heart. Sh' told me she had put her life almost into that book Ramona. She was little ap prehensive that the artistic part of thu book might possibly overshadow its phil anthropic purpose, and she gave lhI charge to us, that the rights, the interests and the wrongs of the people whose his tory she glves should receive our constan attention. The general impression tha she has idealized the facts, as we'll as tn characters, IS a wrong impression. l wlsl that with that book might go her repor to congress, for tue story IS nothing bu the skeleton around winch she hung tn, facts |" A
 Gen. Whittlesey {: "On this occasion i IS propeg 10 Say that last Saturday had conversa ion win Commissioner Atkins in which asked hlm what measures h. had taken for the Inaiiaus of Southern California. He said he was trying to Ill form himself fully ill regard t9 them Among other things he was reading tht book cali, Ramona, aud 1t was stlrrius up his mind III behalf of those Indians, told him that l had read 1t, and that 1t diC not exagg-rate ill the least the wrongs O. l the Ihdlans 1n Southern California. asked hlm if he had had his attention called to the report of Mrs. Jackson tw, years ago to the secretary of the interior He made g meporandum of it and said h' would take it with him to the Indian Ter rltoay next week. [ asked him what W. could do here at this eopfeEeuce tt strengthen hls hands, and what was tA, purpose of the present administrator with regard to the Indians '? He sad 1 You can assure the friends of the Indians who gather there that, in the first place the administration will be very firm il the defence of the rights of the Indians tc territory and property of every kind tha we shsll pursue with great earnestness the policy of settling the Indians upon thei1 own homesteads, and push the matter ot Indian education with all the means con gress will give us.
 Prof. Painter "Mrs. Jackson proppel herself up in bed, took the last report she happened to have with her, addressed ii to President Cleveland with the compli- | ko of Tun Give him nay thanks for the Grow Creek natter"
 President Gates, of Rutgers College ''To me, the profound significance of Mrs. Jackson's life lies just here we easily say she gave her life to the work, but ! tell you this Indian question will never be settled till God sends deep down into the hearts of the citizens of the country just that spirit. It is going to cost sacrifice of comfort and of life to settle this question, The Sermon on the Mount is to be pro-