Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-15
ALL ARE INDIAN WOMEN
MEMBERS OF An AMERICAN ORDER
FOUNDED SIX YEARS AGO.
They Were Sent t. Caba By the War
Depart.aent to DO Hospital work
Ordered to Leave Be-
cause OF the "Old
Hatred"

BALTIMORE, Md. March 14.-Five sis
ters of the American Order of the Sacred
Heart have, according to q dispatch from
Pinar del Rio, been ordered away from Cu-
ba by Archbishop Chapelle. the papal rep
resentative recently appointed to investi-
gate the affairs Of the Catholic church In
that island. The news was received by
cable in this city by General James Il.
Obierne, Of New York, who Is registered
at the Hotel Bennert. The message came
from Rev. Mr. ]. n. Craft. an Indian mis-
sionary priest who founded the American
order Of the sisters. and who went to CUBA
last November with the five nuns. who are
all daughters Of Indian chiefs. The cable.
gram, which came in Latin. was thus trans
lated by General Obierne: Archbishop
Chapelle orders US to get away from here
on account of the old hatred against the
Undian) sisters. I have written sou about
it."
Father Crafts reference to the old
hatred against the Indian sisters means
:ust this" said the general. The order
ID purely American and was established
near Fort Pierre on the Dakota border
about six years ago. The Cahansiy ele-
ment In the church. or those who are In
favor OF the European idea in the man
aeement Of orders and church AFFAIRS. an
tagonixed Father Crafts work In estab-
fishing this new order, and he met with
much opposition. He went bravely on
with his undertaking.. however. and when
the war with Spain broke out offered the
services Of q number Of Indian sisters
to the government. Az an old friend OF the
missionary priest. went to the secretary
of war and succeeded in getting the sisters
sent to nurse in the hospital at Tampa
and Huntsville. Later on. owing to the
a, =. Al - . 60 AkSAt
they were considered immune from yellow
fever. FIVE OF the sisters were sent to Cuba
end were located with the first division
hospital Of the Seventh army corps At
Pinar del Rio.
"An through the yellow fever epidemics
in the Cuban camps. the sisters worked ad-
mirably and. to my knowledge. were COM
plimented by the department for their ex-
cellent work. They wore all the time un
der the direction OF Father Crafts who ac-
companied them. He had met with con-
siderable hostility from the un-American
element in the church. and tho opposition
to this new American order OF sisters be-
came very marked. However. nothing like
the present move was expected.
Il cannot account for 1t. 1t Is, Of course.
. great disappointment to Father. Crafts,
who has Just about commenced his WORK
In Cuba The expulsion of his order Of SIS
ters from Cuba by the papal representative
looks like victory for the opponents of
Americanism. and. coming at this particu-
Lar time. 1t will be painful news to those
who believed that the vatican was in full
sympathy with real Americanisn. ! hope
that an explanation WIN be furnished
which will quiet the fears OF those who
dread the conditions that might result IL
the anti-Americanism element should get
the upper hand"
have known him for many years. He 10 by
far the greatest Sioux scholar known in tho
Northwest. where he has labored among
the Indians for many years. He comes
and 10 president Of the order Of the Sons Of
the American Revolution. He is ono Of the
most devoted and 1ealous priests OF the
church."