Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-07-31
LITTLE lNoIAM GIHlS.
How They Pass TheIr Leisure Hours
WhIlO Attending School

How They Pass ThoiS Leisure Hours
WhilO Attending School
Ono Of tho teachers in IN Indian
school sends to tho Word Carrier en- ac-
count Of tho everyday lifo Of her Indian
pupils which tho boys and girls will BIO
glad TO read: 80.
Their yard is good ono 10 play In.
It's y worry largo one, and no. two
groups of trees that mako o nice, shado,
two or thrco swings, teetezJS oard and
{" little bridge overs gully worn out by
inc water. IN tho sTff tho ground is
covered with howeN There arc violcts
ana dandehohs, 9ic purple buffalo-bean,
Duo yetcn, plnto oxnlis and others and
tno chlieren gather and give away many
~ pretty lttHo bouquet without cvcr
leaving th9 yard. In ono corner they
nave mac ccmotcry for various littlo
hntmaiI that haya dicd-a kitton, q
s, caiciSsGn, q soarrow &nd two or thrco
moy6. Behind tho wood-pilo they have
y h9.lt OF old boards two Ettlo houses,
Zach lar"- enough to hold several chill
dron. Inc houses havo roofs to keep
Oft 40 sun, and here, with blocks of
wood for seats and broken dishes to sct
thci" table with, they play 1T keeping
house
"Tho children often 60 to walk when
thcro is an older person to go with them.
Ono day last fall two Of us teachers
won't with about twenty little girls.
Some were close beside US, and others
were running ahead = littlo way. Sud
denly l discovered that those before III
wcro nowhere TO be seen. What has
become OF those childrcn?' 1 asked.
BUT :; few sCcps forward explained tho
L. l. l. Il.
fiat upon tho ground in somo burrows
made by running wator, and wero COM
rlOtcly hidden by the sido of the fur
rows and tho grass. In q minute they
wcro up again; they only did it for fun
to surprise us.
"Whcrover they 20, they sccr1 to find
some plant that has part they can cat,
and they greatly onjoy the berries or
roots that they gather. Sorlc of tho
fruits arc really very nice. There arc
Eoosebcrrics, blackbcrrics, grapes and
rlums IL thOir season. But tho children
lind something to browse upon ct any
time in the year. just now tho chief
dclicacy il the 'tipEinnu,' or Indian tur-
nip littlo white root, rather sweet
and Gpicy-and the children sometimes
70 out expressly for tho purpose Of dig
lucy SilSO GU lllt DulD Vi
tho oXalis, ro3o-hips and strawberries.
and these last stay on all winter, so that
rvon in January and February they find
something they like. Ono little girl
even dug up y tulip-bulb and az it. II
is not because they arc hungry, either,
but they havc always been used to cat
ing these things and they like thcEl.
"Thcy play with dolls in tho house.
c,o1 10 $500 a
four girls thcro arc dolls OF all materials,
from wax TO rags. Some OF tho girls
have malc quito large and good-lookinG
rag dolls; nearly all arc capable OF max
ing md dressing little ones. They
mako moro than they need for their own
uso, for they sometimes Give their
teachers littlo rag dolls as tokens of
their lovn. They cut and mako their
dolls clothes very we'll, and dress them,
ca they themselves dress, Ill true Amer
i3aM fashion.
"But Gor2ctimc9 tho loving rcmcm-
branco or their homes will show itself in
their play. Ono day mot hnlfa dozen
OF more little girls with tho IT. dolls upon
thcir backs supported by n shawl, just
rs the Indian mothers carry thoir babics;
end Oh another day saw g. little girl
carryin.; IL tho same way tho great
Good-nnturcl black cat that belongs ut
tho Birds Nest. Ditto, tho cat. seemed
perfectly contHntcd. lIo had ono paw
on each shoulder, just Us child carried
III that way would be likely toplacc it's
hands. l think, however, that Ditto Is
acat Of unusual patience, for l have
rccn him sleeping 1lat on his back in 9
dolls cradl" with coverlets tucked down
tightly over him.
On { q Snmo DAY.