Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-17
TWO Ho us ON MouNr MARTY.

IWU Ht hS UN WUUNl WAntI.
Bishop Marty on che Educati0R of the
Indians and a Few Facts Concerning
Vicar General ZardetTI.
A caller at the ecclesiastical residence
on Mount Marty a of these days
would expect to find Bishop Marty, who
ia nursing o fractured arm, in his bed
or at least reclining. But the reverend
gentleman is not only up and about, but
is as cheerful and pleasant as eyer
His accident has not kept him in bed
one day as yet and he is suffering SO
little pain that he migat be tempted to
saw wood, if the price offered per cord
was up to the American standard Of
wages for labor.
In a happy frame of mind a reporter
who called at the residence yesterday
afternoon found him. The bishop pos
sesses the faculty of always having ready
some interesting information and yes
terday the conversation driited to the
Indian educational work in which
work Bishop Marty has spent the last
dozen years of his life. He presumes
that he has seen every Indian in Dakota
and SO %conversant with the nature of
this people is he that his ideas upon
that subject are Of value. He bases the
following statements upon his own OBJ
servations: He says the efforts which
have been put forth in past years for the
education of tho Indian by churches and
missionaries are just beginning to bear
fruit, and he is eagerly looking forward
to the time when the Indians OF the
northwest Will have attained as
great a atate of civilization as the whites.
He says the Indians generally do their
own thinking and that once they con-
oeive an idea they turn 1t over and over
in their minds until it completely pos.
sesses them and governs their actions.
Indians observe for themselves and upon
observation they found stheir practices.
Thus it is that Indians in digesting re-
ligious ideas and arguments seem i'm
%petuous in either disregsrding Or paying
attention to the teachings Of missions
aries. He regards the Indian as a dis
tinct and individual type With thinking
powers not inferior to those OF any other
race OF man, and of a reclusive DISPOSE.
tion which renders she reading of his
thoughts impossible.
These ideas OF the native American
have led Bishop Marty to systematize,
SO far as possible, that portion of the
missionary work over which he exercises
control. He says that among ths young
married men and women religious ideas
seem to have the greatest influence, and
ii all the Indians at that time in life can
have the teachings OF missionaries, q
new generation OF Indians will have the
right kind Of inf ueloes thrown about it,
and the entire fsane ration will incline
toward higher civilization.
Among his Indian proteges IN Dakota,
Bishop Marty has one young man who is
anxious to study for the ministry and
among the young N there are sever
al who are seriously thinking of donning
the veil OF some order OF the sisterhood. |
He regards the problem of the edu-
cation of the Dakota Indian
as almost solved, and his face beamed
with pleasure when discussing their pro.
gress.
With a cordial invitation to call again !
the reporter was dismissed.
On the opposite side of the hall from
Bishop Martyrs study DR.. Otto
zardetsi, vicar general of the church in |
South Dakota, is domiciled. DR.. Ear
detti is greatly interested in Yankton,
and he heard with pleasure the latest in.
relative to railroad end other
progressive matters. This gentleman
is a student OF much more thsn ordinary
development, and couples with the in
culled from books the in. |
obtained by extensive travels
In America and abroad, and his discus
sion OF all matters OF interest is worth q |
great deal more than the labor oil mount
ing Mount Marty to chat with him |
Or. Aardettl is q native of Switzerland |
and has been in America but six years.
During that time he has become almost
Americanizsd, while at the
same time he holds on to his love and
respect for the mother country. He ad-
mires the push and life of America, but
enjoys q visit abroad with great gusto.I
He expects to visit Rome and other
points within two years. TEN.
porarily. during the illness of his
superior, DR.. zardetti is assuming many
OF the duties which are by virtue of
office imposed upoD Bishop Marty and
is kept decidedly busy. Hei is proud
the fact that he owns real estate in
4ankton and wants to be numbered as
one of the citizens of this city.
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