New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-16
AN APOSTLE TO THE SIOUX.
BISHOP HAREs WORK IN CHRlsTIANIZ-
ING SAVAGE INDIANS.
. MN Amy OF THE CROSS NUMBERING FIVE
THOUSAND GATHERED BY HIM IN
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.

Pi,lagers on the warpafh in Minnesota bring
TO mind the bloody trails of the SIOUX Ia inc ia
kotas and Montana. In the night on Bear Island
III, re is an echo Of the battle on the L'''" "'g
Horn where Custer was slain.
nv an odd coincidence on the very daS that
the Chippewas attacked MAJOR Whh'nsoh ana
his men in Lecch Lake Bishop Hare 81 S"uth
Dakota was addressing the General convention
Of the Episcopal Church. now IN SESSION AT
Washington on the progress q the SIOUX }" me
UPWARD way Of Christianity. 1t was a picture OF
peace on a background Of war. II sfc"cu ID
striking way how the Indian has peeh 'orhihs
from savagcry to light There was D" hIi' I'D
the portrayal however. Of the iact iha' 10 INV
Sioux the light has consisted largely oi 'h' ''ie
and ,,orl of the good Bishop among them for
many years. But that is "a story worm 'elh"s'
espcciaIIv AT A time when Bear Island seems to
lend confirmation to the famous sta'e"'h' VI
General Sheridan that the only good Indians are
dead Indians.
# was lust a quarter Of a century "go-'' tact
-, (which the Convention is to make fitting com
,n.n,uration-that Bishop Hare, then "a young
man or tbirty-four left his PhadelThia nome
and went ont TO spread the Gospel among me
Sioux.
WARRIORS TURNED CHRlSTlAN
In these twenty -HNe Af"iS Nv ""' -
a red army Of the Cross numbering over """
In this mighty band are warriors WHO i'"t'
with Sitting Bun in the bloody fight where
Custer lost his life. and others VINO ol''h W.
rorized The pioneers in the scattered settlements
along fine Uppcr Missouri. But those mar'id-
ing days are over. The Sioux rIces OF "'o
lating trail no more The tepe. has given way
TO the house; the medicine loig. 10 th' 'hnf'h
and the school End this narVeioGs tahs-
formation has come largely ,hrough tb' SCI
sacrificing effort OF Bishop Hare.
The spirit Of this change y striklnfiy shc"D
in the great conNocation which M 0i"oH
churchmen hold every fan. From al raTi' OF
the reservation delegations from th' 'fhi'a'"A
the Sssctons the BIackfe.t. th' Sah'""'' NV
Wahpetons and the other sioux TIMES !""rn'S
10 the convoCatiOn.
In long trains They wind over tn. hi''. h"o
plains some ~ them hc .ng Oh The i""" '"' 'r'
or twelve DAYS Now ano ttrn there ;, h"aro
floating above them not W"r"h"of hu'
hymn. Each delegation has Il BANNER "'"''hf
it's name When the meeting place = i'"'he"
tents are pitched ami by the tin" ,h' '"'v""
tior oi ems the Dakota praiif io"hs ~ - az
army cncamped on II.
Here is Bishop Hare's open-a.r al h"diai IN
stead Of raftors the blue vault Of shy js ~ roof
The chance rail il meridian ~ 'atitdd'. on
a carpet OF buffalo grass The altar II raisec. bpd
before il is assembled tho largest Humber OF
communicates o. the Irotestan, EPis'tpA
Church that gathers al any dsocesan e.hVtn-
ton cor. location IN all America.
The is never to he fore"'ttr. lts
picturesqueness does not lessen it, Impressive
ness As the notes o. the process iohai fc'i "p-
ward toward the heavens the delegations fr"m
the various tribes march slowi! TOWARD ,hs Al
tar their banners alott and with them come
the Indian and the white clergy and tho bish'p
THE LARGEST INDIAN MISSION.
South Dakota is by far the Isrgest in"fan
mission OF the Church. Ii rtA' bes thirteen
tribes and out cf Il population o. 2!,s" ind
ians over 5000 have been baptized an. nearly
3 900 confirmed. About fifty churches anc chap
els have been built and four boardngs hoo
Az indicating the sincerity OF the Indah con
ye,ts. il may be mentioned that they not only
aid in supper, NJ their native clergy. Uui as"
send contributions for domestic anu foreign
missions. Not one Of their churches ~ .hai"h
is incumbercd 10y debt "r itgaRe
When 81 Elizabeth's Boarding Scrc,i ,Iih"d
down the Indians near b, made ,gor"J' sp-
peal for its rebuildirr and quickly ra's"'. -"
500 for thai end.
Into the unconventional. hapry -rc-iu"ky u.s.
toms 81 the West Bishop Haze has un."rtf"-
misngy carried the churchman's been s'nse
Of the divinity hedging al! things 'h"f"hN
Another man might perhaps have adjusted rs
IDEAS TO The country and the ir4habitant. ti>h''p
Hare gradually brought people IL Sc b,"'rh
his glasses.