The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-17
BY
Charles
N. Crewdson.


= dren are not bright" said the superin-
tendent Miss Gather, to me, as we sat
upon the front porch of her residence in
the UmatiIla reservation school groune-. Ny Dogs
and girls do everything around here. The boys NOV
the lawn out there and the girls axe ere u 80 Ia
flowers. Two Of my little women took It upon mem
selves tend these Virginia creepers Whicn saaus
this porch And don't you think they are pretty?
Now just want you 10 come and see cur build
Miss Gather led me through the Railways and
into the rooms Every corner was just as slick as
The tubs and buckets wasnboards and wrngers were
ali in perfect order, and the cakes Of soap tnem-
the dormtores. The sheets smeit clean every pillow
slip was tidy. Next the kitchen. The kettles looked
bright new money, and 1 could see myself II
we teach the girls to do housework,' said the
superfntendent. I'VE consider tEis very important
: good way get them to leave the tePee, its dirt
and disorder is to show them how much more clearly
they do work with their hands here We can
expect more of them when they go home to their
ITO their wigwams2" said /
YES we can civilize the children. but we can't
the parents. And most of the girls and boys when
they leave this school must again live in the tepee'
because their fathers viii not stay in houses
NOW, just want to show you what a nice cup Of
tea little Indian girl can make
for US won't you? There. knew you would. That's
The tea was good enough to be Liptors shamrock
Special, and Annie served it ike a little lady.
What do my boys do? Oh We keep them busy.
Come. wen go over and see our farm said the su-
perintendent
Nov, you see. we have only few acres here.
but look at the things growing There's corn and
wheat potatoes beans peas, beets turnips-Oh, just
And do the boys do all Of the work?' asked2"
yes every stroke We have a gardener to show
them but they themselves the blowing hoeing and
all III tell you they are not bit lazy
I'VE lay great stress on industrial training both
Eor girls and boys Their future is in industrial pur-
SHIFTS They haven't much Of a tendency toward pro-
fessionaI work"
But aren't they capable of it?"
Not so much white children Just In
music the girls slow. and in mathematics have
chief trouble. Reading and composition too, is
hard for them But 1 ought to take back part of
what I said. because in geography and nature study
they do just splenddly. Come Wen into the
OF their drawing"
The work of the Indian children showed the hand
OF artist. 1 could almost smell the fragrance of
wild that little girl had drawn on paper and
hear the chirp Of the robin pictured by Mark Min
thorn .rI5. aged 1i. 10, first grade"
Not strange if you think moment" said the
teacher Remember that the parents Of these chill
dren know all about nature. They are always going
among trees and flowers and over roeks- In pursuit
OF birds and beasts. If Indian child is never
taught anything else he learns about these things"
Then the girls do beautiful needle work" said
ing room
1t ala not seem possible to me that little girl
whose father lived in the savage state could make
such delicate piece of embroidery az saw
Maybe you would like to see some Of the conf
positions handed in this morning" said Miss Nc
DoWen as we passed her door
The themes Of the Indian school kid were very
Interesting 70 me- Maybe would like to read
3r two Belle having drawn the top Of page four
little chicks running to their coop wrote:
Here is Annie. She is feeding the chickens.
The hen is making nice soft rest and the mother
put thirteen fresh eggs her rest. And she sits
three weeks. when the little chickens hatch cut They
say peep, peep and the hen says cluck cluck Then
annie comes; she feeds them soft bread Here is an
old hen with her chickens
%UnatiIla Indian school. First Grade Belle
James must have felt the advantages of the house
over the tepee when he wrote:
A Pleasant Home.
My home is near the UmatfIa river, in the north
eastern part Of Oregon We like to live b the river
where it is cool and shady.
The trees all around my home We catch