The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-27
MICHIGAN PEOPLE
LIVE IN W|LOS
Of INDIA
REV. AND MRS. w. r. DoWD, MIS-
SlONARiES, RETURN TO ANN
ARBOR-TIGERs AND WILDCATS
INFECT REGION.

-'~' -AANDOAey -uiNl.f JdAl -As-llOn
would an American girl like To live
in country where she might do her
own proposing, where she might wear
dozens of heavy earrings all at one
time and where the property descend
ed, not from father TO son. but from
mother TO daughter?
such a country she can find In north.
ern india, among the foothills OF the
Hllnalaya mountains. In Ann Arbor
at the present time are three people
VINO have spent several years in that
far-away country as missionaries
Rev. and Mrs. w. r. Dowd, of 129
South Fourteenth-st, and a guest
whom they are entertaining for week,
Miss Ella G.. Bond.
For sixteen years Miss Bond has
been missionary teacher at Tura,
Caro- Hills, Assam. She went there in
1885 remaining until 1894 and return
ed again from 1899 to 1905 She now
has a two years furlough from the
field and she has come home for d
visit. Her former home was in Con
necticut and before going TO India she
was student at Vassar. She expects
TO return to her missionary work this
fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dowd we're sent as
missionaries 10 Asia in 1900 and they
were stationed at lmpur, Maya Hills.
Here their three small children were
born. Miss Bond, while visiting their
station, met them and all returned TO
America together. They started on
their trip just a year ago yesterday.
PART Of Tha innrnaN no l,f
river but over fifty miles must be
Travelled on horseback, in single file,
then bride path. up and down rocky
hills and fording streams. IL took
the party two months and two days to
reach New York.
is a Wild Region.
The two stations are ten days
Journey apart, Miss Bond is located
about 300 miles north Of Calcutta,
the DOwds were three times that far.
Miss Bond can reach her station by
steamer and a thirty ride in 4
wheeled carriage.
The region is infected with tigers
and wildcats and no one is surprised
when the stock in the barns is killed
by leopards.
wi. anu WI d lJOMu StlklCu III AUil
Arbor last fall that Mr.. Dowd, who
took his b. ID. degree at Colgate.
might spend his furlough doing medi-
cal work at the u. of NJ. Miss Bond
and Mr.. and Mrs. Dowd were all sent
by the Baptist church, and Miss Bond
gave a talk to the Baptist Juniors on
her school work.
She is located at an English gov
ernment station, which now has about
500 native soldiers stationed there,
formerly much more than that mum
Der The missionary school is about
mile from the garrison. Ii is mid
die English school. with pupils all
the way from the primary grade up
There are about 200 boys and 80 or
40 girls Apparently there is not
much demand for higher education on
the part OF the girls. On the other
hand there is no objection to co-edu-
cation The schools were started sep
arately but were later united. There
are about 100 village schools among
the Caro- tribe. The Caro- Hills EN-
braces territory about two-thirds the
size OF Connecticut.
The tribe had no written language
until the missionaries gave it to them
In the '70s They will have very little
literature in their own language NJ
first the missionaries had 10 teach III
the Bengal language but they nov
teach In English and from text books
I'm the native language. Miss Bond and
another missionary have just complet-
ed a reconsideration of the New Test
ament into the native language and ~
is being printed at Canandaigua, \. 7.
When missionaries were first sent to
them the people were the lowest saw
ages. but they are gradually beginning
to adopt civilized ways. Some are be-
coming quite intelligent One young
man OF the tribe is now studying at
Granville. Ohio, TO fit himself for a
teacher.
Women and Men Equal.
The women do not occupy the same
position as in many of the lower
tribes but stand on more OF an equal
ity with the men. Property descends
from mother to daughter. The sons
OF a family are practically lost when
they marry for they go To their wives
homes. 1t Is therefore necessary TO
have daughters TO support the par
eEts In their old age.
Proposals of marriage I'm the maJori-
" Of cases come from the woman
side OF the house. usually through
the maternal uncles. Il know or a
number OF instances said Miss Bond,
where the proposals came directly
II ON me young women"