The herald., 1895-11-10

for their work. The SCHOOLS are unoer
expert .supsrsision. tbs school houses are
accom- m odation OF those who attend.
The government appropriation for its
own Indian schools has oeen increased
81. 600. 600, and the attendance has in
creased from 16. 900 to 600:
Tine Indian school at Banning is
contract school, but IL IS, l neneve, u"
exception, for it's managed and conduct
ed far better than contract schools are IN
M st instances. There is government
school at Ferris, which l myself estan-
lished and selected the ground for. | in
tend to inspect it before go east
THE general policy OF divid ng sne
of course, though. depends largely upon
the quality IF the land. To divide the
Indian lands in Arizona and place the
Indians upon 1t, to make living LOT
thems, Ives, would mean that they would
starve to death. First the land must De
developed, water secured anu the posi-
bilities of the soil tested. Then tie In
Gians must be taught how to use the
land. how to farm it, etc. Experienced
men only can give the instruction. Inc
Indians in Nebraska ana South DAKOTA
make unusually good farmers. but
great deal depends on the agent. II the
government Indian agent takes no inter-
est in i'm proving the conditions OF the
individuals com prising the tribe he has
under his control, it is useless for the
government to attempt anything. | re-
greet to say hiatt here are cases when the
agent is appointed as reward for poiiti-
cal service, where the representative 0!
the government furgets all about his
charges and is inteGt only on making
everything out of his JOB that he can,
without regard to the red men or the red
women and children he Is supposed to
protect.
.'rbe condition OF the Mission Indians
in Southern California is improving. The
Nez Perces IN Idaho are advancing rap
idly. The Navsjoes have reservation
containing Is, 900 square miles in Arizona
and New Mexico, an empire in itself;
vet they are very poor. They are essen
TALLY shepherds. They own 1.50o,o 0H
sheep and are skilful in handling them.
They trade their wool and mutton with
the white traders tor supplies. and with
things raised on their lands. The great
trouble with the Ncz Perces is that their
land is poorly watered. This the gov
eminent has tried to remedy by degelop-
ing water sources for them. Springs
have been walled up and wells dug.
Lateral bitches have been dug from nat
ural streams,so that a large territory may
be brought under water. The Indian
problem has been perplexing one with
the government, but il is now approach
ing a settlement"
General Morgan is the corresponding
secretary of the Baptist Home Mission So
ciety Of America. Speaking OF til. society
he said:
lit was organized sixty-thren years
ago for the primary purpose OF spreading
the gospel in t2e Mississippi valley ana
the far west. which then included Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois. In sixty-three
years the society has collected ana ex-
pended $40, Quo, 00o in the United States.
1t has founded 5000 churches and erected
1900 meeting houses. In the west ii has
made $50, 900 converts. 1t has made %,
900 converts among the Germans, 20. 600
among the Scandinavians. The society
has expended So. GOO, 900 among the ne
groes since the close of the war. It's work
is increasing end results are in every
way satisfactory
This morning General Morgan will de-
liver an address at the First Baptist
church. This afternoon he Will speak at
the American Baptist church. Wednes-
day evening be will speak at Pasadena.
morning he will leave for San
Diego, and returning from there he will
depart for his home in New ork city.
During the war General Morgan was in a
L hode Island regiment, in President Har-
ri.on's bri ,ade. and Became his intimate
personal friend through that association.
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