New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-11

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wife who had come among the Solos, and they
Snt 70 rs see us One day there marched into
styie from the ordinary Indian woman. These
ilo'am women are the most modest. timd and retir-
ZANE ZANE, IN with her head up and looking
S dnSngn she was sizing us up Her actions were
position. She was cheftainess. Her father was
great chief and her husband, who was dead was
her peop.e and she was clever woman She
h Dtu iar away up in the Interior. and she had
Wife with their wonderful BOOK. who had come me
believe IT, but onshi she woud como DnS and ma S' ont
l ,0r herse.f, and she had actually from her
hunters about the BOOK ' and fae GREAT
spirit stp was true ! found that Of al the inquirers
that / ever had the JOY OF teaching she the
most nsaiiabe in her curiosity and desire to earn
S Soen w and n Great takr She would tax m9rnnE
curiosity She stayed with us about two weeks
YOU going back home. and l want to say some.
Ting 10 you Now, Christians keep day in
worldly matters; we worship Him. Now | want
You to be Christian right straight aong and
II am going 10 give you this big sheet of paper
! gave her big sheet of English foo:scap and
BEGIN and write one two, three, four. Aye. six;
those are your days to hunt and hsn.
tribe. your duties chieftaness, these six days
a n ne sM nay NO ns S hn1 @o Tf
day Work hard on Saturday to get enough food
Spirit and pray to your owing Father vino YOU
whefever You are: Think about Him. and rest on
come to her tribe When the eagle moon is filing
out listen for the peas Of the nssionary's slease-
My programme Of Work was 50 great that six
months Were passed before could go ana visit her
dogs and took my guides and indian dos-drvers
it took as Twelve TV or fourteen days to get tnere
often had 10 travel altogether 10y might on ac-
which causes sun blindness which Is very painful:
We iourneyed on amid many dangers and lots Of
and dashed ont OF the forest. there. on the
I 6n oso vas 5 nsr yaE We're @q not "I more hn h
way across before they detected our coming and
had some frozen heads Of reindeer upon the railing.
one of the greatest deicaSies which the Han can
the fire TO SINCE the hair off. and went at them
with her big axe and chopped them in chu INK ana
so. when dog trains dashed into her village. ain.
ner was boiling soap out there Is % ." oar ana
know anything about shaking hands. so every man.
woman and enid tried to see who would be the first
II kiss us. We into the wigwam. and You
never saw woman 50 happy as S Mai TN he en non
with the Book has come TO my people
TABLE ETIQUETTE OF THE REDMEN.
A level place had been provided for the dinner. In
the centre was piled up these chunks Of reindeer
heads, and a number of tin cups full of back tea
OF which ! had given her package. she put me on
her left. and her principal chief who was to sue
coed her on her right and some more OF hey Toinl-
nent people, and my dog-dr!Ners ana SulhtS "V'r
sn ' R.sle M .o S as We sat down the men took
their hunting knives ana al once Te4cn H. io ro
ward for a chunk Of meat. "Wait' SAID l., we are
Going TO be Christians. Christians thank the Great
Spirit for His gifts. shut your eyes anu Wi" ask
We are going 10 eat and drink" They shut iaeiT
eyes and asked blessing and being the t tTss,
made IL like a little prayer, ana salI. -tIi."'
and opened my eyes; but every eye was smut. /
When / say Amen at the end. although tnat IS
no, all IL means. 1t means that W nav come TO III,
end Now eat your dinner Eyey s,i ie n1S took #
M in their dirty hands and cut II wan ther n,S
S %m % ef Them. F' more hungry Than
others would take piece in thfr m ,H'ns an ~
S@ and saw piece that had projecting bone on
e and nd took hoid Of that bone as handle and
took out my hunting knife
THE CBIEFrAINEss KEPT THE SABBATH.
oh how happy my friend tho chieftaness was
She reached forward with her great d'rty manu-
I'd grabbed a great big. juicy. splendid piece. ana
sbe went AT II with great vigor Ana 'heh Shr
slammed It down on the ground. and then she "o"''
grab ~ of of the dirty ground ana maui II o'o'
and talk all the time. with her mouth iu' VI
arontv She threw It down at length. ana reachod
down in the bosom Of her dress ana , SsSm pv
greasy dirty paper saying. On IN, -, wen The
record" It was dirty. greasy paper nov ~ a' az
hardly recognized 1t as the one ma, "a, 49, 49, and
found that during all those six months she had KEEP,
tho record faithfully. She said: Some daNs = %!
would come in and say: There is "A ilne reindeer on,
g., tho valley: I am you can shoot II b"i
have said NO. no. II is the praying day, ana
cannot shoot on the praying day. But tlhk
Of the Great Spirit. my Father. ana Try 70 pray
and talk TO Him and have Him tax 10 me" ana
she was SO happy. and said Kind words TO her
and she gathered the paper up ana Jainiei u Gown
In the bosom OF her dress. and then she erhbDcd
nm her chunk Of meat and chewed on H. ana therr
was nibbling daintily at my bit, ana she looked az
mine and looked at hers. and SAID: y our piece Oh
meat isn't very fine: mine is splendid piece ana
che ewapped / didn't practise any hypocrisy kn""
the motive that had prompted her giving M Aer piece
that was better than nine and | TOOK hcI piece
and from IL ] finished dinner, and thanked
her for doing because that is one Of the greatest
acts an indian can do-if he sees he has something
better than yours. to exchange with YOU We nah
n service IN the afternoon that lasted untl sup
per time and then another In the evening thht
lasted until midnight God has given us all thht
people for Christ, every one OF them; there lsh
n conjuror medicine man among then On:
pray for the Indians and the Indian missionaries!
In the afternoon Major Whitte led the last OF
the chlldren's meetings; a missionary service for
boomers was held in the auditorium and n meeting
for men at Mount Hermon. the latter led by Or:
Meyer. In the evening DR.. Ashmore or emma ana
DR. Bags Of India and the Rev. Egerton H.
Young OF British America. spoke upon the mission
fields from which they came. Dr. Ashmore has
been forty years in China