The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-08
HYrArlA AND THE ruroKED SAVAGE

charge of member who was absent,
suffered the fate Of many well lai
schemes of mice and men" which gan
aft agleg" But, all failures being laid a
the door of Christmas festivities, the
were kindly overlooked By the past presi
dent. A very interesting article from
recent periodical upon AN Undetermined
Pronoun' was read by Mrs. ToIer. il
. which it was argued that the need OF tk
hour was new pronoun in order 10 avoi,
the excessive use of his" and her Mrs
Toler was followed by Miss Amidou, VIII
gave beautiful reading of Lowell
Columbus. A short address by Mrs
Todd upon the subject of the recent IndiaI
convention in Arkansas City interested
the club for time, when request wa!
made that it be published for the bench
OF absent members. 1t waa as follows:
lis education forms the common mind:
Just as the twig is bent, the trees inclined.
l suppose that when Pope wrote the
above lines, lie had no mind, no thought
that the truth inc lcated within them
would ever be applied to the American In
dian; but such Is the strange fate that has
projected his thought across the Atlantic
ana after about one hundred and seventy
hive years made it apply as trUthfully &c
the child of the Indian as to the child OF
the white man. And it is upon this recog-
nized principle that the government is
Just now proceeding in the treatment OF
! the former owners OF this country. \
/ convention has Just closed its session in
! Arkansas City, consisting of teachers. SUI
perintendents and matrons who are in
! charge OF the eighteen or twenty thousand
/ children gathered in the different
! schools of Kansas. Indian territory
and Oklahoma. The teachers had
with them a number of boys and
girls, and also A display Of needlework,
! knitting mending. penmanship, drawing.
painting in oils and water Colors, shoes,
| harness, botanical specimens kindergar-
| ten work, etc. To say that all of 1t was
up 10 the average, is to say too little. The
children were polite. well-behaved, ODE
dent and orderly; many of them mani
Testing great affection for teachers whom
they met after a long separation. The
matrons report that the principal obstacle
In the way OF the entire civilization OF the
girls, IS the fact that they are contracted
IN marriage by their parents as early as at
II years of age, and for this reason leave
school and, OF course, go back TO barbar-
ism. They are found to be very fond Of
music and take readily to musical train
ing. A brass band was 10 attendance from
Haskell university formed of thirty young
Quently be heard upon our streets.
A double quartette of vocalists rem
dered college songs. minstrel songs and
gleeS; the large audience testifying forci.
bly, their delight and recalling them
number OF times. An address was lnade
by Benjamin ROad-traveier an ArapahOe
pupil from the Minnonite school at Hal
stead, and which was entirely extempore
and in behalf of his race. His opening
sentence was 1.-THE government school
spread her arms to take me from barbar-
ism, and government has not worked in
vain; but the Indian has not yet learned
the true dignity of self-suppOrt.
The Indians themselves, as well as their
teachers look for great good to be accom-
pllshed by means of the allotment of lands.
Some tribes have shown great opposition
TO it. the Poncas particularly; but Miss
Clark who IS making the allotments for
the Poncas and Towkawas has settled 375
families since August last. 1t IS expected
that at the end of twenty-five years those
who arr growing up now, will through
their school tuition and manuel training
be able TO take care Of themselves. This,
of course, is the end and aim of the Dawes
bill,
heokuk, wealthy chief of the Ottawa
tribe, and Mr.. Hurr of the Sac and Fox
addressed the audience. keokuk being
unable TO speak English used an inter
prefer. These men look forward entirely
to the training of the children, or "our
little people, as they call them, saving.
twenty five wears will soon roll around
we will be gone-they will then be citizens
of the United States. / consider that the
work the government has placed in your
hands is very important Teach them TO
he moral and self-reliant Be true to your
wOrk-couvince them you are not doing it
for money. but for their good Be patient
and kind.
These two men, 60 and 65 years of age,
were models of grace as their gestures.
AID in their neat suits of army blue re-
sembIed old CreOles more than
savage Indians. Ga the afternoon
of Que day, the members of the convention /
and visitors drove TO Chilloco, which is /
about three miles into the territory. Here |
they were met by Superintendent Cop |
peck and his charming wife, also Mrs. |
Atchison, Miss Deknight and the Misses !
Roberts. The entire house was thrown |
open and was inspected thoroughly from /
''turret to foundation stone An abun- /
dant and delicious luncheon was served TO 1
about 100 guests. Everything was the /
perfection of ueatness and order. The /
entire work of the household IS done by /
the pupils, the boys and girls both making F..
heir own clothing In the little boys f.
iormitorT are rows of beautiful white /
beds, which the little fellows make"
every morning themselves. In the hospi- 1
al (which Is in charge of two girls of I
about Is years of age and in the shops, is
ne same exhibition of careful training.
The boys keep the horses shOd, making
heir own horse shoes. The teachers assur-
d Us that discipline was rarely needed,
Is they were accustomed to obedience to
heir parents at home. Qusrrels among
hem are unknown. Superintendent Rob
usOn of Ponea brought a number of
PUPILS whose kindergarten work and drills
we're of great interest. The next meeting
# the convention will be held in Okla
IONA in one year from this time; but it
hould have been held in Wichita, as IL
would have resulted IN giving both
parents aud children, as well as teachers,
genuine surprise.
/ BROTHER OF THE VI FpGhED SHERIFF.
Mr. Charles E. Duua a brother to the