New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-08
WHITE MANS VIEWPOINT.
Indians VIII Meier Work Until
They Get 1t, Says Missionary.

Until the Indian comes 10 accept some al Ieas.
OF our ideals and tastes he viii never work" said
Miss Annie Poo~4cr S0o-fI'o of Stamford Conn
the women who attended the meeting Of the Ma
ti0La4 IlalaH .4ssO-ia ye.eIlay al the Cniver
s.-v Place Presbyterian Church We work for
what I0ve-for our home. for the church for
books. tie works t0- what ne loves but where we
ask him work for what love. he says he
won't We ask him 70 wear civilized dress 70
live tn 8 house TO settle his quarreIs in court but
he VIII never willingly do any OF these things iii
he sees them from the white mans point Of view
As chairman Of the home building and loan de
par-ment. which lends money and builds homes for
The Indians. ] want 70 urge you TO make greater
provision for the amusement Of the Indian espe-
aiaTr on -re rev rArervsr i07 which has been
opened al Fort Mcdowell IN Arizona Each res
ervalon should have a room where tableaus. con-
ce-Is sler-0 pIlLou lectures, etc, be given.
When the Roman Catholic Church carried the Cos
pei 10 the baTosrisns o. Europe il first placed
cathedral and then il gave miracle plays and
moraEues ID The nave OF that cathedral 70 illus
trate 10 the eye o. the men il hoped 10 convert
the sacred truths and pers0nages. We must teach
me Indians games IN which there IS no gambling.
must give them feass in which there is no trac-
q their Old savage fezsts-
Remember that while at school the Indian boys
snd girls learn their A. B. C's, by the hresi5e az
home they are initiated into the traditions OF their
race into the ucentousness and wild demonstra-
tons q lustful passion embodied fl their national
dances. The dance stands 70 them for their re-
hgion-the religion Of the body. We stand for the
religion % The spirit.
When TIE government school IS built on that new
reservation" Miss Sc0viIle continued. there viii
be conflict; il is bound 10 come, for the Apaches
who stiI 1--we al Fort Mcdowell are said 10 be the
cruelest Of the Indians Nothing in history is
more painful than the Apache wars, a result Of
which we hold prisoners men who viii never be
allowed 10 60 back TO Arizona At the same time
Tia Apaches are OF the same stock as the peaceful
NaFaj0s, and probably the Two were much alike
two hundred years ago. Let not forget that the
Ang0-Saxons were said 10 be the cruelest race the
Roman ever met-ans we. we represent the Anglo
Saxon
The missionary 70 the Indian must be a heroic
SOU. He OF she. must likewise be intensely prac-
IDEAL
To-day being Saturday. We tried 10 have it a day
q rest IN preparation for the laborious SUNDAY"
wrote q woman missionary. But first 7 drew
enough water 10 last through the day. while I
Jaer colleague MIXED the cows for a sick neigh
Dor. Then looked after a sick baby and tended a
sick man Then a woman rode Up TO get medical
assistance and then il was supper time" The
Rev. u. Il. GIL. missionary farmer" among the
Alojare-A paches. wrote how he had been raising q
herd OF forty hogs which he hoped TO sell later
among the Indians. Fie hoped 70 start bee culture
among them. Mrs. Mary Z. Eldridge wrote from
Pennington. y II, that she was teaching her peo-
ke 70 sfina sea- Cal- lis s-9 sbs vvoIsrd
M Win How Strange it win seem 10 hang Up nay
Clothes AGAIN.
The Rev Edward Marsden, an Indian minister
WHO was there in the flesh told how by sunday
schools Bible classes. government schools and In
ansry some thousands Of MS people in Alaska had
heeH converted We showing them how 70
and salt fish" he said how 10 cultivate the
We are building them shops and sawmiIls.
teaching them now 10 catch salmon alive Tor eN-
pg1- and !nstructing them IN Law and government
Al chin Lee. IN New-MeXico. The Indians are so
poor they live on grass seeds and boiled squash
blossoms one Of the missionaries wrote that II
absolutely impossible for the InciatN 70 1--we
or their reservs tons. Their oily hope 3 In the
action q the government IL buying fertile tracts
ee1aoent II The little green valleys Tor them 10
cultivate
Ms sbyl Carter gave an interesting account Of
Tie introduction o. lacemaking among the sQUaws
ana ~ the success attending her establishment Of
nat Industry in places II this country. IN Italy
Eld n Hawaii
During the iast year the national association has
received over SO 90 and expended S3.sn- Legacies
ei &0N and 500 respectively. have been received
~ the Aew-Eork CITY association and the Pitts
10 ano Allegheny ASSOCIATION
A he evening Mrs William Isaacs entertained
- eslegates al a reception at her house, No. .
- - sxty-ninth-st- This morning the annual cleo
- olcers viii take place. and Mrs. Candace
Inss-sI VII speak on the scope and influence OF
po--. The afternoon viii be spent In WISHING
&c., a; the Museum Of Natural History. when
colscfs lessons through the splendid chronological