The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-20
AMONG THE BARBARIANS.
Miss Emery Tells About the Hardships Expert
enced by Missionaries in the Far West.

There very large gathering of the
work at Grace Episcopal Church, yesterday
afternoon, to listen to the address of Miss
Julia c. Emery, of New York, general secretary
of the Womans Auxiliary to the Board of Mis-
sions of the Protestant Episcopal Church
Miss Emery has been attending the Chicago
Episcopal Convention, and is on her wav home
She is a woman of much talent, and an easy
and musical speaker. Her talk was principally
directed to the recent visit she made to the
mission fields of Dakota. The missionaries
among the Indians she said, had very trying
time, and were not as we'll supported as
they should be- Ono bishop whom she
he went to the Territory, four
the Indians. These missionaries are supported
through the missionary boxes. Regularly from
the New York Office are sent well-iled boxes
containing clothing, provisions and other neces-
sites The salaries of the missionaries are very
small, many of them not receiving over $500 and
$500 per year. There has been much talk she
said. of cutting down the contributions to the
home missionaries, and she urged that it be not
done, for many OF them have not the necessities
of life, as il is. She visited one missionary at
an Indian settlement who had had letter writ
ten for week, but could not mail it because he
had no money. In regard to sending goods, she
said that boxes sent to schools should be sent to
the principal, who can distribute the articles as
he sees fit
She spoke of number Of mission schools
that she visited. AT Springfield, D. r., she Wis
tied an Indian school, attended by several hun
dred children. From Springfield she drove
thirty miles across the prairie, and found an In
dian church In little house near the church
was found the bishop and his family living far
from any white people, and enduring great hard
ships for the GOOD of the cause From this In
dian reservation she travelled thirty forty
miles further to another Indian village. where
she found little church, and only two white
inhabitants. both women. They were in charge
of the mission, and although only a year ago
male missionary had been scalped by the Indians
near where they WERE they had no fear.
She spoke briefly of the work in Africa and
Japan, and commended very highly the work of
DR.. Perry of this city, in Africa. At the close
of her address the ladies of the Indianapolis
branch of the society increased their subscrip-
ton to the African fund from eighty to one
hundred dollars, which gives them q medical
scholarship on the continent.
Yesterday morning Miss Emery visited the
Episcopalian school for young ladies. taught by
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyon. and talked briefly but enter
tainingly to the students.
The missionary societies in each church are
already organized for the winter and work will
begin at once. An informal reception was held
at the residence of Bishop Knickerbacker.
the Circle. last evening, giving the gentlemen.
as we'll as the ladies, opportunity to meet
Miss Emery, and missionary work was the gen
eral tonic of conversation. Miss Emery will
leave this morning for Louisville, where she
will continue to labor for the cause she so
worthiiy represents.