Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-22
WORK FOR THE INDIAN RAGE

' l The Annual Meeting of the Connects cut Aes0cIasion-0uE Of Town Dele- gates-0mcers Elected-Progress Of she WOrk-A Gift of one Thousand Dollars Received-A Housing Meet ing in the Evenfng-GovernerL LOuns- bury PresidIng-Addresses by Rmf- Renr Speakers.
 The seventh annual meeting of the Con necticut Indian association opened in the
 chapel of Center church in this city yester-
 day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
 The afternoon session was business one
 and attended only by members of the assooi-
 ation, by delegates from the branch societies
 and, by invitation, by the members of the
 New Haven branch and other friends of the society in the city. The number of persons present was about seventy. The following delegates were in attendance to represent the local work in their various towns:
 Canaan-Mrs. c. s, Tracy, Mrs. T. corbit, Mrs. F.
 Guiiford-Miss K E. Hunt, Miss Harriet c. Leete,
 Hartfofd-Mrs Chss B. Smith. Mrs William H.
 Meriden-Mrs. Homer Curtiss, ST, Mrs. William
 LitchfieldNMrs Henry R. Colt, Mrs. D. T. Me- LouRhiin;
 Mrs F. B. Castle
 West Hartford-Mrs. Paulinson, Mrs Augustus
 Winsted-0Irs. John Rfppere Mrs. Daniel Strong,
 Mrs. Harriett Mtard.
 The following officers were elected:
 President-Mrs. 8. T. Kinney of Hartford.
 Vice presdent-Mrs George William Smith of
 General secretary-Mrs. Charles F. Johnson of
 Treasurer-Mrs. M. A. Buell. of Hartford.
 Chairman of executive commit tee-Mrs. Seth Talcott of Hartford.
 Mrs. s. T. Kinney, president of the ssso- citation, presided. The services were opened
 by prayer by Rev. Newman Smyth.
 The report of the secretary, Mrs. Johnson showed year of prosperity for the associa-
 tion, with as present larger membership,
 more capable workers and frmer hold upon
 the intelligent sympathy of the public than
 heretofore. The sixth annual meeting, held
 in Hartford January 25, 1888, was attended
 by sixty members of the association and del-
 egates from branch societies. At that date
 an amendment was passed changing the date
 of annual meeting from January to Novem-
 Der to bring 1t into line with the meeting of
 the national association. The executive com
 mittee recommend the same change to the
 auxiliaries, who have all followed this advice.
 During the year two special meetings of the
 executive committee have been held, one on
 May Ii in New Haven and one in Hartford
 July H. jubilee meeting held in Hartford
 was addressed by Rev. MT. Jackson on the
 subject of 'The Indians in Alaska" Four
 new branches of the association have been es-
 tablished in Norwich, West Hartford, Water
 bury and Winsted.
 The missionary society at Fort Hull, Da-
 kota. has been formally transferred by the
 national association, according to It's cus-
 tom, to the Connecticut Indian association,
 the vote to accept the charge being passed
 at the meeting of July 11th. As the State society has hitherto borne the expense of employing the missionaries the transfer does not add to it's obligations. Miss Frost and Miss Stiles, now at Fort Hull, have been en- gagged for another year.
 Philip Slater, the tenant of the Connecti- cut cottage on the Omaha reservation, con- tinues to make payments when possible upon the loan made him, and justifes the choice of the association by his industry and up- rightness. Susan La FIeisch, ehe Indian girl, now at tending her third course of lectures at the Woman Medical college, Philadelphia, psss- ed the summer with her own people, and, on finishing her education, will return perma- nently to them as teacher and physician. By the kindness of the trustees of the Hartford hospital, two young Indian women, pupils at Hampton and Carlisle, have been entered in the Hartford Training School for Nurses, and are making satisfactory pro- gress.
 At the meeting of May IS, it was voted to undertake practical farming among the In- dians and provisional committee on this matter has been appointed. An application was at once made and granted for an allot- ment of 160 acres of land, on which to estab- fish farm, under charge of a farmer, upon one of the reservations.
 As the success of the enterprise depends entirely upon it's careful and judicious estab- lishment, the association has proceeded with caution in locating its claim and employing farmer. Its progress has been delayed by certain complications in government move ments at Fort Hull.
 No report of the Connecticut Indian asso. citation having ever been printed, the histori. I cal sketch which was issued August l to the ! number of 2,000 copies shows the society ! small beginning, the progress it has made and the future usefulness before it if properly ! sustained by the public. The copies are dis posed of at 12 cents-a cost somewhat less | than the expense.
 The ,000 copies of the Bulletin, small sheet designed to give to the branch societies ! information as to the current work was pub ! lished in March and so cordially received ! that second and larger number appeared in | April, and the publication will be continued during the present season. \ The Connecticut Indian association has branches in the following towns; Canaan, Guilford, Hartford, Hartford seminary, Amer | ican asylum. Litch6eld, ,Meriden, New Haven, | Norwich, Waterbury, West Hartford, Win sted.
 The detailed annual reports of the branches | in Hartford and New Haven were read, and short abstracts of the reports of the others. The treasurers report showed that the balance on hand from last year was $1, ! s4031. The expenses this year were $2,- I 747.37, the receipts $1, 721.23. Mrs. Kinney read to the delegates letter from Mrs. H. A. Parkins, of Hartford, who
 enclosed check for $1 .0OO as gift to the association.
 Letters were read from Miss Frost and Susan La Fleisch, missionaries at Fort Hull. Resolutions were passed regretting the ab- sence of Mrs. H. B. Stow of Hartford, first ! vice president, and Mrs. Wm. Fitch, chair ! man of the missionary committees. The two nurses from the Hartford training ! school, who are to be missionaries, were present in their hospital dress and said 8 \ few words regarding their experiences and their hopes of the future. Miss NJ E. Ives, of New Haven, read an E account of the meeting of the National asso- citation.
 Miss Foote read paper on "Indian Legis- lation."
 Mrs. Quinlun, president of the National association, was present part of the after noon.
 Among the ladies of New Haven present ! were Mrs. Newman Smyth, Mrs. 8. A. Gal | pin, Mrs. W. H. Brewer, Mrs. William Blake t ana Mrs. OuSHu " uShLOus
 I The Evening meetinG-A Large At- tendance. The evening session was begun at Center church at 7:30 o'clock. After a selection by the choir Rev. Dr. Smyth. pastor of the I church, presented Governor P. Lounsbury as the presiding officer.
 Governor Lounsbury said that he consid' cred it great pleasure to be present. He then paid tribute to the association for the work it is doing for the Indians. He char | acterized it as 6 noble work. Prof. Austin Abbott, of New York, wal | introduced and spoke on the 'Law of the Indians" We do not propose, he said, one law for the Indians and another for the white man, but one law for all classes and races | without distinction. There are now 250, ,00( Indians in this country upon 2o0, 900 acres oi | land.
 Have we a right to make laws for them | The first obstacle is the question of treaties