Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-01
CONCERNING THE INDIANS.

The Interests and Welfare of the
 Red Man Discussed at the Meet | ing of the Indian AssOciation Yesterday Afternoon A Glance at the Work Being Done.
 The last meeting for the season of the New Haven branch of the Connecticut State Indian association was held yester- day afternoon, at 3:30, in the chape! of the United church, about thirty-fve la dies being present. The meeting was called to order by Miss Mary Ives, presi- dent of the New Haven branch, after which the minutes of the last meeting and the treasurer's report were read by Mrs. s. H. Galpin, the secretary.
 Mrs. s. T. Kinney, president of the state association, was expected to speak, but was obliged to be absent in order to meet Miss Zipa Metoxen, an Indian girl, who came yesterday afternoon from the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa., where about eight hundred young people are receiving general education. She will be there two years and will receive thorough Training School for Nurses in this city. She is an Oneida Indian from the Wiscon- sin reservation, and has done efficient and excellent work in the hospital department of the Carlisle institution. Two girls have already been educated under the auspices of the association at the Hartford Training School for Nurses, and are doing very eff | cient work among the private families of Hartford and other places in this section. ! It was considerable of disappointment | to those present that Mrs. Kinney could | oof md For hr,a fhor1 r,a | else in the states is she conversant with | the condition of the Indian of to-day and | the work for his improvement. She was at the Fort Hall, Idaho, mission the great CT part of last winter, and was at that time actively engaged in the work among | the Indians.
 l Miss Ives, in lieu of Mrs. Kinney's ex pected address, read extracts from the let l ters of Miss Frost, who has conducted the Fort Hall mission for years with marked ! degree of success. She wrote that they have just moved into new building which is great improvement over their former accommodations, and adds con- siderably to the efficiency of the work at the mission.
 A practical farmer has also been pro- \ vided to the Indians by the state associa- tion. This is certainly move in the right ! direction.
 Farming implements and tools are fur nished by the general government to the different tribes, who know nothing more of their use than of so many children's
 toys. What the association proposes to
 do is to send out men who can teach the Indians the use of these implements. The | men selected are generally westeners.
 It was particularly noted how apt and
 keen the Indian women are in needlework
 and embroidery. It seems to be natural
 gift to them. When Mrs. Kinney spoke
 here last winter at a meeting of the associ-
 ation Ispecimens of their work were ex
 hibited.
 Mrs. Professor George B. Stevens ther
 read paper on the Experience of Mrs
 Indians in California" It was 8 very
 valuable and interesting paper, giving
 some very entertaining incidents, anc
 bringing out some prominent features o
 Indian life.
 Miss Ives read several extracts from the
 reports of the board of Indisr
 commissioners which were very in
 structive, illustrating all the diff
 ferent complaints and necessities of the
 Indians. It showed also what an ineffect
 i've and ponderous method the govern supplies which are needed by him in tn !
 fall by the red tape and machinery of poll
 tics. The different state Indian associa tions are doing great deal to stir up con gross to prompt action in regard to thes 5 matters.
 It was also expected that Miss Susan L. Flesche would be present to speak. Mis- , La Flesche, daughter of the chief of thu Omahas, is graduate of the Philadelphi
 medical school and has been sent out b,
 the government as physician and by tn
 state association as Q medical missionary l For the past few weeks she has been a f the Hampton Indian school at Hampton , Pa, and it was expected that she would add considerably to the interest of tn t meeting She sent word, however, that did not agree with her health to trave 8 very mnch so, that she would have to b excused. Letters from her were read
 giving some very entertaining incidents 0
 her work.
 The Omahas, the tribe to which she be longs, are among the very brightest India : tribes. They take readily to the cultur and civilization of the white man and ar
 altogether much in advance of the greate | portion of their race