The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-25
WORK FOR THE INDIANS.
Annual Meeting of the Women's Maine
Association.

| The annual meeting of the Women's Maine
! Indian Association was held yesterday after
noon in the Second Parish church the presi-
dent, Mrs. Myra E. Frye presiding Mrs. Frye
| in her address, reviewed the work OF the asso-
citation from its beginning and felt greatly en-
couraged by the work done, comparing the
work with the National Association which has
| become so influential from smaller beginnings
| than this.
| Miss Alice Blanchard the secretary, read her
report, Of which the following is an abstract
Last year our association took the important
| step of employing d missionary and this year
our principal work has been sustaining him in
| his noble undertaking. amid almost insur-
moulrable difficulties, the greatest difficulty
| too well grounded distrust OF The white man. If
we had been driven from our homes by the
United States army after having been given
land on which to settle would we readily be-
| leve in the white mans promise, even knowing
| his language, as they do not? So long as those
deserted log houses stand so long viii this tribe
remember their ruthless eviction and years OF
fair dealing will hardly erase from their memo
ries the injustice of the past.
Our missionary is young Indian, graduate
OF Tennessee school, whose knowledge OF
Latin and Greek he is turning to account by
translating portions of the Bible into their
dialect-since nearly every tribe has its own
and shortly is to print his translationS on a
mimeograph sent out for TIL purpose. If we in
our great State of Maine, in our prosperous
Christian Indian, night after night sitting up
to translate by the light Of a lamp
the story of Jesus Christ to those who in this
nineteenth century in America, yet sit in as ut
ter darkness of Christian knowledge as the
heather in foreign lands, we would deem it a
privilege to help him in his work And we can
help nm out there in his lonely work if we will
by so little effort that seems as ifno one could
refuse. Ii we arenot members of this associa-
ton, 81 a year will make us SO; if our dollars
are already pledged elsewhere, so cents would
Friend" published in Philadelphia by The Wom-
ems National Indian Association.
Fourteen public meetings have been held in
different parts of the state. Regular monthly
meetings have been held in various churches. |
Petitions have been sent President Harrison
and Congress urging Increase OF appropriations
for Indian education and civil service reform
and against the removal of the Utes. Articles
have been written for the papers and thousands
of pages of Indian leaflets circulated.
Boxes of clothing have been sent to Indian
Territory and elsewhere Three hundred dol
lars have been sent to help the Seminole work.
Our auxlliaries in Bangor. and Brunswick re-
port excellent work, holding public meetings,
sending petitions, etc., Bangor sending $50 to
helpln the mission station
In places where 1t was not found practicable
to form auxiiarieS committees have been organ
lied, and in this way Ellsworth, Winthrop Win
throp Centre, Wateryille and North Berwick
have fallen into line to help carry forward the
Indian work.
Mrs. Coffin, the treasurer, reported $649.84
received and $40S. So spent.
MIS-. Charles OgQen, CHAIRMAN OF The press
committee. read its report.
Miss Wyer read an article from an Indian
school in Indiana
Mrs. Ogden, owing to the illness of the chair
man OF the missionary committee, wrote its re-
port, which, with letters from the missionary
and DR.. Rick, was listened to with great inter
est.
The enrolment committee reported ladies |
present from Deering New Gloucester, Lewis
ton, Brunswick and Winthrop.
Miss j. L. erie. Mrs. Henry Blanchard. Miss |
Martin Of brunswick Mrs. w. Fl Baxter of |
Wsodfords, and Mrs. Thomas Sawyer were |
elected delegates to the, annual meeting OF the |
Women's National Indian Association, to be |
held in Brooklyn.
Mrs. w. H. Baxter read paper by Mrs. CA. |
Woodbury. and brief speeches were made by |
Drew of Lewiston, Mrs. Nichols Of Brunswick, |
Mrs. Matt s. Hughes, Mrs. Brown and Mrs. |
Carter.
These officers were elected:
President-Mrs. Myra K. Frye, Woodfords.
Vice PresidentS-MiSs Ernestine L.. Libby, |
Portland; Mrs. F. G. Stickney Bangor; Miss
Abbie Martin, Brunswick; Mrs. II. j. Bailey, |
Winthrop; DR.. Mary B. Stevens, Auburn; Mrs.
F. NJ. Drew, Lewiston; Mrs. Anna Sargent
Hunt Augusta.
Portland.
Corresponding secretary-Miss Addie wyer,
Portland.
Auditor-Miss L. B. Day. Portland
Chairman Public Press Committee-Mrs. |
Charles T. Ogden. Woodfords..
Chairman Petition and Legislative Committee |
Mrs. N. S. Gardiner, Portland.
Chairman Public Meetings Commttee-Miss
Chairman Organization Committee-Mrs. M
Chairman Missionary Committee-Mrs. Melvin
Bailey.
Mrs. j. E. Palmer.
Chairman Fraternal Relations W. C. T. u
Mrs. George S. Hunt
Librarian-MrS. G. f. ThurStOn.
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