The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-28
GIFTS ARE HELD BACK
Ed. GoIdberg'S Christmas De-
Iayed Till Saturday
CGAXING THE INDIANS
Wiley Scheme to Get Them TO
Come Back to School.

Ed Goldberg. agens OF the Quspaw and
Seneca Indians. was in the city yesterday
/ loading up a big Christmas box for the
Indians Christmas, which takes place
next Saturday.
When the Indian agent made this state
ment TO friend. he was asked ii he had
not got the calendar mixed UP little,
and he replied;
u guess not"
But Christmas took place last Sunday.
THAT was for the great white race. -
I answered Goldberg. 1T IS a little differ-
ent with the red children. Their CHRIST
mas comes little later"
as their calendar diffsrent?"
| No, but their dispositions are
But why did you delay Christmas
! well. it is this way. The Seneca scnool
/ is at Wyando-te. in the Indian Territory.
| The Quapaw school is three miles south
/ Of Baxter Springs. l am happy to say
that since I have been agent the attend
ance ar the school has increased largely
and 5 stiH growing, a fact which srstilies
me very much. Now. last Saturday the
Indian children were given one week 8
vacation in each school. suppose We had
had our Christmas srCa. :, hat do YOU
suppose would have happened? We
would have distributed the dolls among
the girls and The toy guns among the boys
and they would have gone home. They
would have enjoyed their presents. There
! is no doubt about that. An Indian is rot
different from white child in that PAY
ticular. The children would have taken
their toys home. and the holidays would
have been over. and the teachers would
have waited but the pupils would not
have returned They would stay al home
and continue 10 play with their dolls and
toys and so forth. Now, d. you catcn
the delayed Christmas plan?'
Not fully"
Wen. we had the Christmas trees, enc
IN each school, .sst Saturday, before the
children went home for the holidays We
had the trees standing upright and bald.
bare and empty. And we showed them to
the children and told them that when
they got back from the holidays there
would be present for each and every
one on the tree. Maybe some OF the chill
dren VIII not come back TO school neat
Saturday But l do not think single
scholar will turn up missin- They viii al
be on hand And that is why we delayed
Christmas. 1t Is not exactly proper as to
dates. bur il is good for the Indian"
What 90 you give the little Indian
girls?"
Dolls Every little girl will &c; doll"
"WiH they be dressed Indiai fashion,
mo, sir"
"WiH al the dolls be brunettes. TO suit
the Indian taste?'
mo. sir They viii be all kinds OF dolls
Just as white children receive them
Mr. Goldberg INSISTS that his Indians
are perfectly civilized. and resents any
assertion TO the contrary.
Asked If the Indians had any peculiar
Christmas rites. he said
"Oh. those Indians are civilized"
But they are still savages when II
comes to staying away from school
They caught that from The whI-e chii-
dren,'' he repl ed.
The case Of ". A Poffenburg ~. VIII
Noel for the price OF making a coat. $50
claimed the attention o. Justice Enoch
Yesterday. There was considerable expert
evidence as to the character Of tie work