The sun., 1894-10-14

| transform into a community of farmers there
and then. people who % had IN all their Won
| idea of either tod or future existence; who
| never gave an order and who had no such
word or idea as to obey. were TO be taught he
| orthodox Interpretation of the Bible. That the
missionar les entered upon this tremendous task
| in error as To what the Indians needed Is per
fcctly plain to all who peruse the record; and in
as earnestly determined to create civilized VIII
lagos and farming cOmmunities-that Is 10 say
| on an English model-as they were to tell the
The first material improvement work done
was, naturally enough, the making OF = COM
| den attached. Mr.. Bridges reasoned that an
| object lesson in home comforts would impress
| on these wild people the advantages Of Civiiza-
tion more. torcbly, than. words could do. lie
had little faith in the notions OF those mission
| could best reach the heather heart by living
with the heathen, suffering their hardships,
Mr.. Bridges would not do that. Besides in
| making gardens building fences and houses
spavng snI ' thc ndans n wns enabe TO-
| them the white mans arts and to encourage
what he called habits OF industry"
He assumed that when employed rs lRbOrcrs
raising turnips on TERRA del Euego farm, or in
the saw pit splitting logs into boards wit hand
saw they would he very much happier thar than they
and inlets In search Of seals, birds, and fish,
or when sitting beside a roaring camp fire in
venting and telling stories which. hetimes, We're
| more or less mmodcst. II was therefore with
merry heart that Mr.. Bridges, and those too,
who were sent To aid him, saw the Indians take
up the axe to chop, the spade to dig In the gar
den, the saw to split the logs for lum-
handled and the kind of life they lcd
about the station can be most cOnyincingiy told
by "a few extracts verbatim from the record. In
"A letter describing to the people in England tho
work at tshuaia after IL was well under way
uve years after the station was fOUndcd) we get
not only Mr.. Bridges ideas about handling
work men, but also his way Of composing deli
cate family difficulty and a definite statement Of
the price he paid one labOrer for two weeks
work. lie says;
I'VE need in no way be ashamed of the earthly
set II plainly before you. The society has now
three and Il half acres NJ garden land in crop,
chiefly with turnips iSwedishl. most Of which
will be used by the natives In meat stews, thick
ened with flour, beans or other farInaccOus
food. Besides, much work has been done Ia tho
road in carrying down the emhankment and We
hope to have IL available for our cart In few
weeks by diligen, labor. A large quantity Of
wood has also been cut aud brought down to the
commenced saving out boards from native wood
with great success. We have had for weeks
over thirty men employed. The natives have
also considerably added 10 their own lands un-
der crop this year. and have four acres in crop.
Peace, with few and unimDortant breaks,
has rcigned | must relate "A few instances Of
its interruption: some nine or ten men were at
work on the road. stephen Lucia was in charge
and few were NCNed that he was not silent
when they were idle. Angry, vengeful words
were spoken, and stephen, In great turmoil OF
spirit, came to me and asked Ia be employed
elsewhere. saying that he could no longer work
with the men with the cart, ] set him tn other