Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-07-19
FOR WHOM WAS THE CITY EAMEDs

EDITOR CENSOR recently had oc-
caslon to send to the Kickapoo Indian
Medicine Co, of New Haven. Connecti
cut, for copies of their paper, the Ia
dian, in which is a correct portlaitof
Chief Black Hawk. | find also an ac-
count of the Mohawk Princess eViro-
qua, after whom | believe this city was
named 1t contains so much of good sense
and so much of interest to members of
one OF our best insurance organizations
that | give it TO you for WHAT it is worth.
Princess Vlroqua vas Il member of the
international Council of Women, which
met at Washington, in 1888. C. V. p.
For the last two years Vifoaua has been a
missionary TO New York city, This remark
able indian woman has actually been trying
20 save American souls in the slums. I'M
ike many mission tries, this Indian princess
~ eminently practical. She believes in saw
Ing bodies before souls. Cleanliness or the
reformation Of health, she considers the
foundation of goodness. Her life, belief
and purposes, as delivered from her own lips.
VIII be found most interesting. Princess
Viroqua Is a stout woman of fifty, with strong
bright eyes, a fine brow. a small nose, a good
humored mouth, IA firm chin and a rather
pleasant, deep voice. She spe..6s English
very naentiy, but not always with reporter
ial correctness.
my title OF Princess, you know, )" she be
gar with "A smile, SIS not hereditary. There
are NO SUCH LILIES IN my briDG. i was the
daughter OF II great chief, and my original
name was Aoeweatsiyouh, which means,
beautiful land, or lane OF beauty. My Eng
lish name is Margaret Mar:en. But years
age, / did IL service for another tribe. the
Ottawas. They considered 1t n great service
and worthy OF recognition, so they called a
solemn council and voted me u princess, Civ
Ing me ANEW name, Viroqua, which means
Flower of the Mohawks4 | was sent to "a
white school when s,I, and later to IA ladies'
seminary. learned by rote. and came out
OF school with my health nearly ruined by
the confinement. All my real education I
have gained since by travel and study. do
not Delieve.much In your system of teaching.
| think your schools send out fifty smatters
to one really well-fG-niShed and balanced
itellect. / believe in natural ATTITUDES,
which ought be studied carefully and then
cultivated In the individual, The first bust
ness afeach true teacher should be to study
MS scholars, and no class ought to contain
more than a dozen pupils or disciples. A
teacher cannot handle effectively, or justly
TO them or himself more than a dozen young
unfolding minds. The point of individual
aptitude or Unborn fines for some special
thing cannot be pressed too strongly: For
instance, see that scar on my finger, When
"a ctdid, cut that finger nearly off. so that
u was hanging by "a mere thread of flesh.
WhN4 did my mother dor She had reNer had
a surgical lesson In her life, bat she called
to my FATHER TO bring her a bram h OF elder IL
little thicker than my finger Cutting off 81
piece and scooplng out the pitch. she put the
several parts of my finger close together and
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down tight over them In that splint my
finger grew together again, and | have the
use of it to-day. Trained surgeons who have
examined 1t say a better operation could not
possibly have been performed. 1t was the
same way as to matters of medicine with nay
mother and her thirteen children. Six have
become doctors, and some of them, my broth
er, Orouhyatekha, for example, famous for
their wonde rfui cures
Every tenement Is an Invitation to disease
and "a training school for the devil. | would
abolish them all. Women Wili-when they
can vote. Think OF a clean and beautiful
New York. where every family has "a real
home, not a dog kennel, to live in! My chosen
work for the past two years has been in the
slums. go down among the dance-houses
and the dens at all hours. My color and my
race and my looks protect me. Deeds not
creeds. is the worlds demand to-day. Then
too, | give physical talks 10 grown up men
and women separately and tell them how to
make the best of their bodies. Ill health is
almost a crime against the race
Nov | have talked enough about myself.
Let me tell you of my brother, Oronbyateka.
| am very proud of him. lie is not only u
great healer, but he is II great politician. lie
Is president OF the council of the Sly Nations
the MohawkS, OneIdas, Onondagas, Cayu-
gas, SenecaS and Tuscaroras. Besides that
he is the head of the Independent Order of
Foresters. His title is Supreme Chief Ranger,
and his salary $500 a year. He is also IL
Mason OF the thirty-third degree and a per
sonal friend of the Prince of Wales. In 1860,
when my brother was only 1St he was chosen
to make the speech of welcome of the young
prince, h as you know, was visiting Can
ada and the United States at that time. The
prince was so struck with my brothers dig
nifty TIL al he Invited him 10 go to oxford am
finish his education. which offer, of course,
was gladly accepted.
Indian government is superior to yours in
one respect, at least. No chief among us can
be raised without the voices of the women.