The Portland daily press., 1899-11-23
The Reports Of The officers Of the
Society, ..
Show a Year of Import
ant Events. 49,
Long List of officers Chosen for
Ensuing Year.

The 18th annual nesting OF the
womsn's Maine Iudian Association was
held yesterday afternoon IN the v riends'
church. the PRESIDENT Mrs.. Myrs 4. Frye
In the chair. After scripture reading
Mrs. II. J. Bailey Of Winthrop offered
prayer.
Following committees were appointed;
Nominating-Miss Day. Mrs Could,
Resolutions Cris and Mrs. ID.
Enrolimsnt-Aiss Aubbs. Mrs. Bonney.
Mrs. Sawyer.
Mrs. Frye gave most Interesting nd.
dress on the recent IndiAn confsrsnoe ut
Lake Aohawok which she attended. She
told Of the marked improvement In the
Crow reservation; Of their Indian court
and SUCCESS In oultivatine land. How
Miss Sybil Carter 70 suoosssful In tssoh-
lag Indian women In Arizons how 70
make lace baa now helped the men to
establish pottery. IL was rude work Of
COURSE bat one young man less oonserva-
Tive than his fellows, when he really took
the idea In was joyous over having the
prospect Of "plenty to eat and plenty to
wear"
Miss Ali 90 blanchard, secretary, re-
ported the years work as being perhaps
the most important OF any since the or
gAnization. Besides regular monthly
meetings eight important board msesinss
had been held. Literature distributed
and valuable barrel sent to the Maine
state Mission. The women's National
Indian association had been entertained
last December for Its days session. whom
DR.. Lyman Abbott and Miss Annie Daw-
son, an AuokAme Iudiau, had been
among the sssknrs. Il has always bsen
the policy OF the National ass collation. to
work among the wild tribes, and start q
little mission and then when Il has been
planned to turn them over to some larger
mission board. who can take the needed
care and raiss the funds which Increased
work among the Iodians make necessary.
Some eleven missions have thus been
turned over TO the EpisoopAlians,
Msthodists, Baptists, Congrssasionalis t.,
Univsrsalists and other boards and now
our own mission, having outgrown our
care, has been kindly taken under the
protsetion of the Friends executive
board. When Wa took up the work Gen.
Morgan said We we're doing what tbs
government rould not do. for driven
from their homes at the point Of the
bayonst, 1t was no wonder the Absentee
Shawness did not care for further inter-
course with the whites Now the mission
owns forty acres, has house. stable, we'll
and pump, gifts this year from friend.
Children will be allowed to 60 to school
as soon as building can be erected.
Bangor has live auxiliary with twenty
five members.
Mrk N. s. Gardiner gave an interest
Ing report from current Indian news
committee.
Delegates to Women's National Indian
association annual meeting at Trenton,
N. j.. Mrs. Il. J. Bailey. Winthrop. Mrs.
W. II. Baxter. Portland.
Letters were read from Mira. DR.. Fem,
Mira Nichols. and a Maine Indian, Q
graduate Of Hampton institute.
Memorial resolutions were passed com.
of Bishop Nicely, Miss Helen
X. Foote. Treasurer W. n. A, and Mis-.
sionary I. StoddArd, Newton, Mrs. Dr..
Shaokford anu Mrs. ID. b. Donnell.
The following officers were elected:
Prssident-Mrs. Myfa L. Frye. Port
land.
Vice Presidsnts-Miss 4. l.. Libby,
Portland; Mira J. K. Mcdowell, Port
land; MIRA ii. ]. Bailey, winthrop; Mrs.
p. N. Blake. Bangor.
Recording Secretsry-M Alice Blan-
ehard, Portland.