The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-30
Held on the Quinault Reservation
Progress Of the Red Children.


INDIAN TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
Held on the Ouinault Reservation
Progress OF the Red Children.
UNION CRY, Aug. 26.-ISpecsal. lone of
the most pleasant excursions IF the season
has just been made by those connected
with the Indian reservations pshich belong
to the Puyaliup (consolidated9 agency, to
the Quinault reservation by the sea. Sey-
eral years ago the Puyallup, Chehalis and
Skokomish teachers institute was organ
lied, to meet annually at somereservation,
and as every other reservation has hereto
fore had its turn, this year it vent to the
farthest one on the outskirts.
The party consisted of Z. L: Chalcraft,
superintendent of the PuyalE1p reserva-
ton, wife and child: Miss n. r. South
worth and Miss Gerta Teachost, teachers
on the same reservation; Miss Eva A..
Eeils, daughter of the agent. Hon. E
Eeiis; Mr.. K. S. Graham, superintendent
of the Skokomish reservations; Mrs.
Graham, matron at the same place;
Mr.. A. II. Viets, superintendent
of the Chehalis reservation; sIrs. Vets,
teacher at the same place, and their
daughter, Miss Grace; Mr.. 3. e. Ma
lone, teacher at the day school
at jamestown, near Hungeness;
Rev. NJ. Eells, missionary. at the
Skokomish reservation. TIE party
also had the pleasure of the company of DIR.
J. W. Waughop, superintendent of the in
sane asylum at Steilacoom. his wife and
Mr.. Philip K. Waughop, his sgn. of the
medical department of Harvard college.
Agent Eells accompanied the party as far
as Oyhut on Gray's Harbor, hut owing to
the coming Of Secretary Noble IF the in
terror department, felt obliged to return to
Tacoma, as the secretary wishea to meet
the Puyallup Indians, and consaIlt in re-
gard to the disposal of their lanes. All of
the schools connected with the Puyallup
(consolidated) agency were represented
except the day school at PorJ Gamble.
Mr.. P. r. Waughop went for the purpose
of taking measurements of the Indians for
DIR. F. Boas, of Worcester, Mass. in con-
nection with the Worlds .air; DR..
Waughop for recreation and to assist his
son, and Mr.. Eells mainly t., collect
articles of the Indians for the Tacoma ex-
position and the Worlds fair. The party
all left their homes on Monday August
II, boarded the train at their sespective
stations and went by rail to Ocossa where
the steamer Tiliie, chartered for She occas-
sion, took them to Oyhut. Here they
were met by Mr.. Charlie McInty<e, team
ster at Quinault and three wagons. Mon
day night was spent at F. L. Heminger's
hotel, seven miles up the beach, and the
next afternoon the party reached the
reservation twen:y-four miles FROM Oyhut.
The beach is very smooth and ALI enjoyed
the ride, the picking up of specimens and
very social picnic at noon st Point
Granville.
At the reservation We were cordially
welcomed and right royalty entertained
by Mr.. f. w. Agar, the superintendent,
and the various employees at three differ
ent houses. And yet each day il was ar
ranged that those staying at o.le house
should take dinner at another, and the
last evening all took supper together in
the children's dining-hall.
The first evening. Tuesday. wss occu-
pied with an exhibition by the SCHOOL and
the exercises of the graduating, class.
These consisted of declarations, singing,
dialogues, tableaux. an essay by Gilbert
Sotemish, OF the graduating class. on the
past, present and future of the: Indian,
and an address to the class and the pre-
sentation OF their diplomas to chem by
Rev. Eells. The school exercises ssere ex-
cellent, with splendid moral tcne and
showed that though the superinsen
was small man bodily there was a great
deal to him.
The next forenoon the school assembled
in regular session and Mr.. Agars I.lethods
OF teaching were illustrated, ana in the
aftprnDnn the in stifuto woa caIlo} t,pa,har
by Mr.. Agar, vice president, in: the abb
sence of the president, Agent EesIs, the
minutes We're read by the secretary, Mrs.
Chalcraft, and an address by Agesst Eells
was read by Mr.. Chalcraft; the first work
in the primary grades was presei4 ted by
Miss Tcachout writing by Mrs. Vets and
Mr.. Graham; reading and spelling:by Mr..
Agar; all of which were discussed IN gen.
eral. together with the school exercises of
the forenoon session. In the evening" Miss
Southworth and Mrs. Agar opeIsed the
subject of promotions and examinations:
DR.. +. J. Houston, of the Quinaul. reser-
vation. read paper on the pupils health;
Mr.. Vets one on the relation of EMPLOYEES
to pupils. and Mr.. Eells spoke on che re-
lation between education and Christianity,
IS all those who came to attend the insti.
tute were members of some CHRISTIAN
church. The following officers were then
chosen for the coming year: President. T..
W. Agar; vice president. A. III. .viets:
secretary. Miss y. Il. South worth; execu
tive committee. Z. l.. Chalcrait, l.. &. Ora
ham and Miss c. Teachout.
Thursday was spent in boat riding on
the ocean, isiting the various buildings
on the reservation, and seeing the Strange
sights among the Indians, and public reli-
gious services and social singingin the
evening. Rev Eeiis being the first c3ergy-
man who had visited the reservation in
three years. Mr.. Waughop felt that he
was reasonably successful, az he obsained
the measurement Of seventy-six Insiians.
and as these Indians are far less advanced
Than those on the Sound and more su-
persiltIous, they were naturally NOSE op-
posed 70 1t. as they could not well lsnder-
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