The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-08

sonal charge. The older ones, from flf-
teen to eighteen, were very intelligent
and expressed themselves we'll. Tho
girls We're greatly distressed over the
reports of the drunkenness which had
been so largely introduced among the
Alaskans by the rush of white men in
recent years, and their anxious inquiry
was most touching. why does the
government allow the Whiskey to be
taken to our people?" To them the
government represents all that is great
and good, because it Is their benefactor.
T. The names of these children are inter-
eSting, and l had several write them
for me. In the Alaskan language they
seem to have but one NAME and the
rhililogist would have no difficulty in
distinguishing the indian or the Rus
sian origin in Dyakanoff, Annebuck,
| Suvaroff, Nakootkin, Tutikopj, Cookld-
lora, Kol1illiook, Esantuck, Kadeshan;
/ and 1T would not require a philologist
to trace the parentage Of Johnnie Ben
/ son and Willie Sheehan. There were a
few musical preAxes such as Vashi and
/ Sosipatra, but most of them claimed
Mary, Elizabeth, Catharine and the
lilo rr,,aea T fo,,,d had heen given
them ,t tbe ..r,issions,. scattered
thron,h Alasl,, where thew had
learned ira rudin,ants Of the language.
.'Tboaa ,,,issinrs" eai6 one Girl with
+eor, II, hor aves "thev wore like n
bo,,e bnt bora y,o oro ali like soldiers"
ar oonrso ~ . tl,ousand children
u,ho oor,a ,,++ar,v rau ana undisci-
,,Iired lof non,odic instinct and ieY,or-
AMI ne civi,ized nsapes only military
disc;nl,ns would he adeo1ate. The or
da, a,,7 s,,sta,,, ha,,s n,ieht nut "a 4ha
blnsh n,ost - ~ schools In the conn
try. m a. Tho bupla call. before six
c,c,oc1e. 70 he1 1c,th the sound Of the
bno,a ~ balr-r,oet nine. both the bovs
IA tbo eirla dividal into small comma
mac WITH ~ ,,o,,ar of11cers who keen
a str,nt raoord rar,rt REGULARLY ia COL
nna, Draft opd ava he1d resnoneiblo for
~ ,,,n,nbars az thair command Of
qonda,s ora tr,ad hv co,,rt martial but
tboso arc oor,r.rativelv few and cor
,,oro1 ,,,rish,naY,t is rarelv recessarv.
Tho Thousand STUDENTS eat at the same
tinoe in ona rraot dintne-roorn march
mo IN twos ~ e;r,s f,rst the little
1.fn,Te Y-nx vt ami tJ,nr1 I
sta1,d ra,,arart,,, soy, 4 Gins two verses of
.,,oce }, 40 dohr basa the clear snnra-
no and tbe ob,ld,sh freh,a mingling IN
,,o Al ara decoronslv beIned nv
w.. two st,dants ~ tha ends Of each ta-
h1o ana nono Ieavas the room until all
lo1,a nnished
rba oirIs are bousad in one bIer dorrni- 4
+orv tba larga hovs In another and tbe
s,,,,Il hore q = Arid zach has q sit-
ting.room ana q waII-sunnliad readine-
room Tho pir,s have several music 4
rooms and u start1es ono 10 see a nt-
10 sioux indian fourteen wears old
WITH onnarantlv ~ mixture If white
blood niavinp The ,nost difficult compo-
sit,ons from memory Each scr,,nu-
1ous1v clean bedroom has three eingle
heds ana tba occunants must helonp 70
Tho differant trthas This is for tha
purnose Of modifying tribal onimosities
and compelline them to sneak the Eng
lish ,anguaee rhere is also 4 welI-an-
nointed hospital IN charge az women.
with sl,i,Ifu1 indian ptr1s as nurses
Not only do the students care for
their own rooms. but every particle of
work In the great establishment is done
nv them including the management Of
the two big farms connected with the |
school. They run the bakery and do all |
The cooking Tbe great laundry has ev-
ery modern appliance. and one Is dis
tinctly reminded Of The wide difference
between blankets and the moccasins
and the immense piles of snowy white
,nrons and glIstening collars cuffs and |
,hirt bosoms. Ten thousand pieces are
allndered every week. In the tailoring
establishment under an experienced
English cutter. all the tasteful uniforms
ire made and adorned with red stripes
md gold braid. In the girls sewing
Dom are made not only every garment
worm by themselves. but all the shirts.
etc. worn by the bows.
nearly three hundred pieces each
month Here tho all the mendine ia
lone over seven thousand pieces
Monthly ana two Thousand pairs Of
ocks are 'darned each month. The
,eautifu, emhroiderv and needlework
,,bio1, ;e,y 1ooad ~, |