Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-08

an inspectors occasional visits. m
dian talk is prohibited at the school.
The patriotic element Is strong in this
school. Flags are in evidence on all
sides. They sing patriotic songs, ard
know all about the Spanish war.
The teacher asked some little boys
what Of .'Old Glory" laying ono be-
fore them.
"The flag we love-" they replied.
what would you do IL some one
should trample on it?"
There was a psuse--it was too dread
ly said one boy. XIII him." shouted
from all the children.
We'll. I should hope you would at
least slap him." said the lady teacher
with real fervor
Know Where yiolets Are.
saw a room of forty children go
through calisthenic exercises to piano
music, and they did 1t with a vim. The
kindergarten exhibit was excellent, and
the children especially love nature-they
hatch out beautiful butterflies and COL
lect flowers, rare ferns and MOSES and
woods with an enthusiasm that sug-
gests their origin. They sing so well
that they occasionally appear in the
city churches and every year the boys
60 to town to play a match game Of
baseball This they do not so WE'LL as
the modern Indian seems to lack the
alertness Of the white youth. But they
can play football, as Car'isle's defeat OF
the great universities proved. The old
er girls wear a gray flannel, trimmed
with blue braid: and tine little girls
surmount the gray with red blazers
The boys wear cadet blue, with red
trimmings and brass buttons. They
have no play room. so economical Is the
government but use the halls, and yet
| liva in harmony. No corporal punish
ment is necessary, Captain Edward
Pecor, an advanced Indian student, is
the head of the military system, with
| three captains and three sergeants.
Each month he details fifteen boys for
| the farm; eight for the laundry; eight
| boy matrons; two engineers and eight
| carpenters, All sit at the tables in
| squads of six, and families are kept to-
| gether as far as possible--in one case
| five brothers and sisters. Some of the
| names have a forest smack-Wilie VAL
| ley, John Rainbow, and Charley Black
! Coon, Cor samples. The pinching econ
| omy OF the government is shown in the
| bathrooms. which are fastened on to
| the kitchen. But the new building will
| bring a hot water heating plant,
Destiny of the Redman.
What of the future Of the trained In
| dian youth? 1t is commonly believed
| that they return to the blanket" by
which Is meant they renounce civiliza-
| ton and 60 back to their old ways Of
| dirt, listlessness and immortality, only
| sharpened to worthlessness by reason
of their polish attained In school. I
have read the reports of the late Gen.
eral Armstrong of Hampden in which
hundreds Of cases are frankly traced, and
it must be conceded that many are re-
ported to turn out badly. If this is so,
it Is discouraging; but the cheering fact
is that those who know most about ed
uoated Indian youth are the most en-
thusiastic. Perhaps one mistake has
been the futility Of training Indians to
that for which they are not fitted. They
will never make lawyers or doctors to
live In the cities The boys belong on
farms, The girls would make admira-
BILE domestics, IL families would take
them. They are capable Of any amount
Of work are handy in caring for chill
dren; are neat and submissive. But
when the average house wife wishes to
express a superlative aversion, she
says she would as soon have wild
Indian And it must be confessed
some of them. as the Winnebagces, are
slow to become civilized, though they
have been nominally so for fifty years.
There are 25o.000 of these, "our brown
brothers," as Bishop Whipple of Min
nesota styles them; and some hold that
there never were more than that, not
even when Columbus landed. Rum,
| however, will kill them off unless the
movement of their friends, who meet at
Lake Mohonk every year, and the at
titude of the government in providing
schools and other civilzing agencies
operate more quickly than in the past
Devils blood" the Delaware Indians
call fire water" Bishop Whipple has
a regard for Indian honesty. He tells
the story Of leaving some valuables in
tent while he and a chief went on q
tour of inspection of the camp.
will they be safe while we are
gomez" the bishop asked the Indian.
Perfectly" replied the latter. There
isn't white man within seventy five
miles" ORLANDO BURNETT.