New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

reserve in Wisconsin. and who in spite Of the OBJ
stacles Of i'll health. race prejudice and limited
worldly goods has. the age Of twenty-rhree COM
pleted six years Of study IN four years
AT Grafton Hall Seminary: has collected and writ
ten the legends Of her gathered from the oTai
traditions handed down from generation 10 gen
Grafton among the Oneidas. and is now working
upon an Indian grammar-the first attempt ever
made to classify the Indian tongue INTO gram
maticaI system.
You think it strange for reservation girl 10
have accomplished so much, said Miss Cornenus
10 Tribune representative at her fathers mousse
IN SEYMOUR Wisconsin. Well viii tell you about
II from the beginning. l was born IN Oneida. WIS
in 1879 Ny parents are typical Oneidas- In their
union were joined the two greatest chieftain hnes
OF our tribe-the Corneliuses and that OF Danie
Bread Daniel Bread. my mothers father, and
C5reat-uncIe Cornelius of mine were two OF ths
great Indian orators and the oralnlesN hei 'Ho 47
has produced
"I was reared large farm With my parents
in a perfectly civilized fashion, Wnen came OF
school age my father removed from the nesre OF
the reserve to the backroods on the outsKres' SO
that he might have white Ee'ghoors on one SIDE
ard give rs the advantage of the white public
school not wishing Il be further dependent on the
government Indian schools he oensSes taas s, 9e
serve lie is most uneondue'Ve 10 liDeIdi u7'eiO'
'.Recarsa of nv extreme fraty my school life
FGnd Du lac school vas graduated aI nileLeEl1 -
ssef s TiI IoT xa obisa 20 be absent They told
not finish less I0dn SIX years
hu. safd I would DO the work IN four ana l oI1-
,,jt sbaU enter one OF the Eastern colleges 10
ronrin1Ie some special lines or STUDY
shall be my lie work dnc iIs a.
81, al ne IN be1eTt ms people This be done IN
1irerafure in not Inln6 uncslIdhen oe-
fore The life struggles and motives or the lnd2Ti
Tsre must Of necessity written by an Indian II
thev are 10 he correctly portrayed. White men ana
vvoroer have written cleverly or US. but rom
1bite mans point of view / hope 20 give the
Indian side OF American ,s;, de; caught the idea of
,-i+i1r Indeed n he longer ago than my
memory for know that when only 4 cnIid, Win
The English language half on my tongue, dreamed
80 rN-itIn1 books Perhaps il seems strange 10 an
outsider for I know the ideas that prevail IN re-
eard to Indian Hfe but To do something great when
- m csas Impressed upon from my cradle
nv nv pa rents, and have SnoVrn no other anloi-
10y" "r,bt T have done UP TO this time has been in
,,-,ra.itfc- u,ftb the white world and have sue
CoIIp 5. ,.oT51r tn their standards
v,4St no one TO say Of what do, That i good for
an Indian -, ,.., -. -.
,,,,,.l, t,aTd 7 have travelled long dis
trcas and Tenotest corners OF me reserve 10
80 fro1, rne oldest residents these quaint f2nCieS
- oi,- trthe 7 20 many persons for the same
sto,v in order TO compare their versions These
Es 5ou-n in the Indian ver1acular. from which
n1ske literal translations and later do them over
70 good English. The novel "a nch [ at work
= heset IN ils % transition and viii con-
tain some of It's historical movements and char
scters In one scene there is TO be Daniel Bread
oratIop- which shall quote directly. But do not
intend write a sour piece OF literature There
il great deal of racial hurncr quite new TO Indian
literature because one who cannot understand
the every day communion OF these people has been
able Ia catch this favor.