Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-14
INDIANS IN CHAINS.
Recapture Of Three Young Bucks
Who Ran Away From Carlisle.
THEY LEAP FROM A MOVING TRAIN,
But After Two Days of Liberty We're Again
in the Tolls.
THE GOOD RESULTS OF EDUCATION

Three young bucks handcuffed and
chained together attracted the attention of
passengers at the Union depot last evening.
They were merry-faced and mischievous
and didn't look like dangerous criminals.
The boys were runaways from the Carlisle
Indian School and had been captured in
Topeka by W. P. Campbell, the discipline
rian of the institution After two of the
young fellows gave him the slip in Mis-
souri, Mr.. Campbell decided to take no fur
ther chances, but used the chains to secure
them.
A bill was passed by the last Congress
making Indian education compulsory.
Captain Pratt has established regular
system of discipline for the boys at Car
Isle. and it is rigid,y enforced, or he
wouldn't have a pupil. The rod is not
used, but the culprits are court-martialed,
confined in Jail for a term, or made to work
without pay. The three runaways will
probably have to work out the expense of
recapturing them, and then they will be
dismissed from the school.
Influence of One Bad Indian.
They came from the Shawnee, Blackfoot
and Gros Ventre tribes. About six weeks
ago Reynolds. the Shawnee, who is half
breed, appeared at the school, and said he
wanted an education. He claimed he had
worked his way from the Indian Territory.
Captain Pratt agreed to take him, and if
his record was all right he could stay. He
was afraid he had been travelling with a
stranded circus, and was looking for
temporary lodging Reynolds had not been
there long before he skipped out with three
other young bucks. The fourth one has not
been recaptured.
Mr.. Campbell had an exciting experience
with the boys in Missouri. Reynolds and
the Blackfoot were handcufed, but the
n1ppers were old and they soon discovered
they weren't locked. They nursed the appa-
ratus along, and watched their chance to es-
cape. Near Jefferson the train stopped on
q side track to allow another one to pass.
Whel it was starting they pulled off the
handouts and jumped from the coach. 1t was
dark, but they landed safely. Mr. Camp
bell stopped at the next station, and after
securing the country for two days they
were retaken in farmers straw stack
Reynolds was in a merry humor, and joked
Campbell about the escapade. He said he
was slick Indian, and once broke away
from a marshal seven times before he got
MIN into court as witness. MI campbell
said it cost considerable to hunt up the boys
and bring them back, but they had to do it
for the good effect it will have on their
companions. The young braves must first
be taught to behave themselves
The Results OF Education.
The teacher was asked if Indian educa-
tion paid.
'Well." replied Mr. Campbell, 81 have
been at Carlisle for Il years, and if I
thought my work counted for naught I
would quit at once. We now have 800 red
skins of both sexes in the school. We have
educated great many who have gone back
to the trib, nts are doing well. You never
hear rf the good Indians but if one should
turn out tadly he is held up as an example
of wasted time and money spent in educat-
ing savages. at the Pine Ridge Agency there
are 67 OF our graduates. In the last trouble
only six Joined the warriors. The others
counseled peace and had as much to do in
breaking up the insurrection as the soldiers.
Red Cloud is the man who prevented blood
shed and now the poor old man is deposed.
The Indians have no use for a chief unless
he is fighter. As for bringing redskins to
Carlisle to educate, we find it is cheaper per
capita than TRYING to teach them on the
reservations. The car fare is a great deal
less than the cost OF shipping their rations
to the West. Our graduates are scattered
all over the frontier, and wherever they are
they talk peace and are trying to improve
the condition of their people,"