New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-08
TOYS FOR INDIAN CHILDREN.
GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL MAKES SEAsoNABLF
SUGGESTION.

TO the Editor Of Tho Tribune.
Sir: ont on the ralus If tho West AZ" a number
~ Indian ,cho,s where tho little sayagcs from IN"
camps are brought together 70 receive some elementary
instruction iu Fu-li-h. Many of tie bet and bright
.t IF ,h-e children arc aitcrwur sent ca, to schools
nrc Hampton and Carlisle and al age taught some
thin. o.. TIE industrial arts. aud IN iar fitted to
become clfsupporns.
Vow these boartius school children ID not have a
very god time. III their home camps the 'h.llron
PLAY outdoor games. and run, AID wrcsic and shout
The boys shoot their arrows whip their tops and have
mimic hattlc- while the girls tend their puppies and
dolls. and care for the babies, lui the children Of he
,hool, separated from their relatives and friends.
mis-, All this Most Of the time posed out Of door, IS
urnt ~ the boys In worlug I'm IN" fields, while tho
girl. ar, kept In the house learning {" and copl
anG when the weather &, bad and during The evenings
they Ar. All shut mp in bar" pay rooms. 50 called with
absolutely nothing - d. They cannot play their native
game, there and the Tim" hangs heavy on their hands,
want 10 make the live, u the" children Attlo
nor PHEASANT. and am sure that othcrr word k" 10
Do 40 too This can De done without any special cost
~ any one. n -onc Of the good women IN Ne" York
ana vicinity viii help. Toys such rs arc common -
ilr average white child unknown 10 Indian
children and not one in twenty I've % thee ha,
eyer seen a picture book presume that ~ almost
every house about here there are number Of di,
irdcd toys for which their pos'e,-or 30 longer cHr",
Ana there are, 100, UtuN PICTURE h"phN llil iiN' I''u
looked over until the children have ceased ~ feel
Interest iu them These things have lo,t their
worth to their small owners. and have no money
value. but they would give vast amount # delight
10 thc-c ttlc Indian children. would nh their mind,
with now ideas would stimulate their intelligence.
and greatly help the teachers IN their efforts to
tcrc,t and instruct them. | want 10 send box 81
such toy and book 10 each Of two three 81 these
Indian schools. These thing, could hardly be- put Ia
better usc and know Of no act Of charity costing
- little, that would surely give pleasure 10 many
people
A few weeks aso. when | was ont In Dakota.
teacher I'm one Of these schools said me II makes
nv heart ache 10 tle~" little children sitting Dund
I'm that bare play room With nothing g. do. They
DO not complain and they alwa., good naturcd,
bright and eager % bee Interested, but have moth
INK 10 Interest them in
VIII the men aud women II New York who read this
- me AZ SO - West Twenty third st., II TN, j.,
not convenient, viii they notify me and will cudrtSor
have them cent for. OF course II viii cost
thing 10 box aud snip these articles. and / shall be-
GLAD 10 receive from any one who may To- give
small OutllautOn, IN money for that purpose. bat
the chief thing il r. get the tOvs the picture hpoh-
picture pap"fs magazines and story books, L. brighten
IN. live, Of these lonely and dcsOiae little children
GEORGE BIRD GRlNNELL.
so. 319 broadway. New York, Dec. t. 1900.