Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-05

low her father 10 n new tcnting ground.
This. the glfi. who had learned the
ways Of peace aud home-maklnE. re-
fused 10 do ~ first her father de-
clafcd she was bcWitched ana hef
mother wcpt over her; then they both
became opposed 20 her attitude ana nm
ally their feeling turned 20 hatred. She
was like q white girl and must be muir
dorcd with tho whiteHi
These Indian girls now ask 90 have
their carfaru paid Co any city IN the
United States whore they can obtain q
living They say that they are strong
and capable. ana can do ms well aH most
other giflR Though they do not want
To descend 20 houaeworks they Will
make excellent houaUmaids, ana they
point out the fact that they are Also
iutely incapable ~ WEAKNESS A. seam
atrosaea. they could make q living any
where. Tor they are quick ana clever
with the needle. ANA can sew long
stretches without resting.
~ animal fanvlcrH, In charge Of
prize kennels or hlpudcd strains. they
would be- excellent. Tor. by the nature
OF their outdoor training Ia childhood
they know tho language OF beasts and
can tell the look uf pain In a horses eye
before h. shows lndlHpusition AZ DOG
judFoa they are uueNcUllef. thoy know
every mark upon every fuil-biooded
strain that has ever brcn shown them.
These girls are neat good, young
ana faithful; nH wives for wurklngincn.
They would be- superior hut II IN doubt.
mi IL they would descend % the level OF
the average lnhorvr, unless he had an
education. They have been taught that
education IL god, and they demand Il.
even as people Of wealth must have n.
The indian rirl natures earlier than
tho civilized maiden. NJ " years she n
fuil-groWn. and NJ i5 she has tho judy
ment of grandmother. at 20 she IN
beautiful, llthu. yet fully developed.
strong, with sweet voice ana diapoai-
tlon that h ever Joyous. AZ 80 she be-
sins 10 fade. but the educated Indian
SAYS that thln iH because OF her hard
ne. and thoy assert that IN a civilized
state she would hold her own until the
nftloa, or uH long aH any other woman.
a. capable nurses, the Indian Frl
would be IN demand 10 every family IN
the land; thirty-pound baby would
be a feather 10 the Indian girl, and a
child Of four could be tossed like IA baby
IA a blanket. A peculiarly OF the In.
dian nature ia dcyotrdneaa to tho cause
which he conccivcs % be right. In other
words. fidelity 90 duty. Such families
as have secured Indian girls for nurses
arc loud In their praise OF the care
which these girls take of their children.
An Indian girl with a baby In Cen
trail Park successfully defended tho
baby carriage against the onslaught OF
twosayngedoFa that escaped from a dog
fancler near the Park, whore they had
been sent 90 be trained. The girl
caught one OF thcm around the throat
and dashed Il Co tho ground; the other
sine choked until u was nearly Htran-
rl,l. then she pushed tho carriage
awny with the child still laughing.
Indian girls who nrr very clover can
become teachers. they need only 10 be
taught a thing. after which they never
for,tt II. iur they have remarkable
memories,
II they come 20 this part Of the
country, there viii be a special asaocia-
| tion formed Tor their care, until they
can md suitable employment; and. per-
bnps, through them, the Indian aues-
| tion win be- solved Tor the rising rener-
| atom OF Indians win have shown is
prefsrence for civilized ways,