The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-13

learn that one of the young women who
had been educated at a school under MS
Jurisdiction was imprisoned in her
home until she should yield to the pa
ternal demands. These were that she
should give up her garb of civilization
and nut on tho feathers and blanket
worn by her mother. and that she
should pick up the tent poles ana lo,-
low her father to n new tenting grounu.
This. the girl. who had learned the
WAYS of peace and home-making, re-
fused to do. At first her father de-
clared she was bewitched and her
mother wept over her; then they both
became opposed to her attitude ana nm
ally their feeling turned to hatred She
was like a white girl and must be muir
dered with the whites!
These Indian girls now ask To nave
their carfare paid to any city in the
| United States where they can obtain a
living. They say that they are strong
and capable, and can do as well as most
other girls. Though they do not want
TO descend to homework. they VIII
make excellent housemaids. and they
point out the fact that they are abso-
lutely incapable of weariness. AS seam
| stresses. they could make "a hving any
where. for they are quick n clever
with the needle. and can sew long
| SIfetCntS NlAIbuA itsNihH'
In other fields. they are capable:
and a missionary from the West states
hat they will be admirable for florists
work. as they know the secret of every
seed hat ever grew In the earth.
AS animal fanciers. in charge OF
prize kennels or blooded strains, they
would be excellent: for. by the nature
OF their outdoor training In childhood,
they know the language of beasts and
-. .,n ,ha 1pnL of main in n horses eve
before ne shows in~disposition. As dog
Judges. they are unexcelled: they know
every mark upon every full-blooded
strain that has ever been shown them.
These girls are neat. good. young
and faithful. as wives for workingmen
they would be superior. but IL is doubt
ful IL they would descend to the level Of
the average laborer. unless he had an
education. They have been taught that
education Is a god. and they demand IL.
even as people Of wealth must have IL.
The ndian girl natures earlier thar
the civilized maiden. at II years she II
flIl-prown, and at Is she has the judg-
ment of a grandmother: at 20 she II
beautiful, 1.-THE. yet fully developed
strong. with sweet voice and a DISPOSE
ton that is ever joyous. At 30 she be-
gins TO fade, but h educated Indian
saws hat this is because Of her hard
life. and they assert that In a civilized
state she would hold her own until the
Aries. or as long as any other woman.
As capable nurses. the Indian girl
would be in demand in every family in
the land: a thirty-pound baby would
he a feather TO the Indian girl. and a
child of four could be tossed like a baby
in a blanket. A popularity Of the In
dian nature Is devotedness to the caus
which ne conceives to be right. in other
words. fidelity TO duty. Such families
as have secured Indian girls for nurse.
are 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 tn.
habv carriage against the onslaught OF
two savage dogs that escaped from a dol
fancier near the Park. where they ha
been sent to be trained. The cir
caught one OF them around the throa
and dashed ii TO the ground: the othe
she choked until II was nearly stran
gled, then she pushed h carriag'
away with the child still Laughing.
Indian girls who are very clever car
become teachers: they need only TO b.
taught n thing. after which they neve
forget il. for they have remarkabl
memories.
IL they come TO this part OF tn
country. there will be a special associa
ton formed for their are until the,
can find suitable employment: md per
haps. through them. the Indian ques
ton will be solved. for the rising gener
alton Of Indians will have shown IL
preference for civilized ways.