The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-11
APOSTLE TO THE INDIANS.

Key. Egerton Young Relates His EX-
 periences to New Haven Audiences
 Narrative Replete With Thrilling and
 Humorous Incidents.
 Those who heard the Rev. Egerton R. Young speak at the First Methodist church last evening could not help ad- miring the muscular missionary for the sand and strength he has shown in his work among the Indian tribes of Brit ish America, as well as being pleasant ly entertained by his narrative.
 Unlike many din-earnest mis- sionaries he shows keen appreciation of the humorus phases of his work among the noble red men. He is also 6 capital story teller.
 His home is in Toronto, so he said, about two out of the fifty-two weeks of the year. The rest of his time is spent in travelling about among the Indian tribes, a life that is both laborious and at times dangerous. He complimented the Canadian government by saying that it was always ready to assist the missionaries in their work for the h. dians and sometimes even pushed them on in the work.
 He told the following story of the conversion of an Indian chieftainess and her tribe:
 My wife and l." said Mr Young, were visited in our tent one day by an Indian woman. large, dirty and of such unblushing effrontry of manner and speech that I quilted the tent in dignant. After staying away a long time I returned, hoping that the woman had gone. She hadn't, however, and my wife, whith that tact which women pos sess in so much greater degree than the men, took me aside or rather out side the tent and urged me not to be offended at the woman, saying, While she was not as modest as the Indian women l knew, I must remember she was a chieftainess at the head of tribe and that perhaps through her l would be able to conert all her people, 1 saw that she was right and returned to the tent determined 10 brave it out. We'll, that woman was the biggest talk CT I ever saw. Talk about Yankees asking questions? That woman could give any of them a lead of sixteen hundred and beat them out then. She kept me talking so much answering questions and my mouth would get so dry and parched that I would rush out of the tent, down to the river side to get dipper of wa ter. That woman staid with us for 1 three weeks. She had heard of our mis- sionary work from the hunters and trappers and of the book and had be- come interested in it that she came to make inquiries herself She was of | good understanding and came in those | three weeks to learn a great deal of the Bible.
 "On her departure she insisted that l should visit her people and although I | had many engagements I at last prom l ised to visit her tribe during the eagle | moon of the month of February. Be l fore she left I gave her a large piece oi | of paper and explained to her that | Christian people did not work on the seventh day and asked her to keep tal- | ly of Sundays on the piece of paper and not to hunt or fish or do any of 1 the things commonly done on other l days, but devote it to saying the pray CTS I taught her. She promised so to do The eagle moon arrived, and after a perilous journey with days we arriv- ed at her village. Great was the re- | joicing at my arrival, and great the | preparations made to welcome me.
 The heads of reindeer, which had been hung in the top of the wigwam were cut into large chunks, thrown in- to a large kettle and boiled. Some | black tea was made and turned out into cups which the chieftainess had collected from the entire tribe, limiting the inited guests to the number of cups.
 "The chieftainess was mighty glad to see me. Her hands were dirty and | greasy. Soap was worth $3 a pound, and there hadn't been any used in that camp for months and they smelt of muskrats and worse smelling animals. but she rubbed them all over my head 1 and face Then we were all invited to report. Each one dipped their hands in the kettle and fished out a piece of l meat. There was no such thing as a 1 knife or fork in the place. The chief tainess grabbed a big fat piece of meat | in her hands and began to tear away | the meat with her teeth and eat it. l 1 had piced out rather small, delicate | niece with a small protrudinS bone with l which to hold it by.
 | "The chieftainess chancing to notice | that my piece was small, took it from | me and substituted her own fat, juicy l piece in it's place. I ate it, too. Had | objected 1 should have had to pack up my things and leave the camp at once. | It was considered a great mark of | hospitality. After holding meeting until midnight I was escorted to an | Indians wigwam. where with several other Indians we slept about the fire 1 in the center of the Wigwam, our feet toward the flame and our bodies radiat- l ing out from the center like the spokes of a wheel turned down from the hub | AS result of my visit to that tribe 1 the entire tribe became converted. The
 chieftainess had kept her promise to observe the Sababth, and she exhibited
 the piece of paper had given her fol the purpose with much pride. She had 1 observed every Sunday"
 Dr. Young also lectured in the after