Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-06
ELIoT's WORK WITH INDIANS
New Englander's Efforts Succeeded
for Time, but Conversion
Was Not Permanent.

John Eliot was a clergyman whs
was identified with the. early history
OF Boston. He was born in 1904 and
died in 1890. His birthplace was
Nazing, Essex. England. He was edu
Gated at Jesus college. Cambridge
and took orders in the Church q
England.
AS Il pioneer I'm the work OF thE
church i'll America, Eliot came to b.
known as THE Apostle to the In
dams. He was a non-conformist In
the church, and refused to believe
that the only good Indian 10 dead
one.
II Will christianize the red brother
and teach him the laws Of civilixa-
uon," said the sturdy clergyman. and
he thereupon set out to accomplish his
purpose at Nonantum, now Brighton
about five miles west OF Boston. |,
may be said safely that there are no
indians there worth mentioning al
this time
Eliot made translations Of the Bible
into the Indian language, and his In
dian Grammar Begun" was print,sd
in Cambridge in 1865. The only4com
pletr copy Of his famous .:::Ipdlan
Primer" which appeared the following
: year, is now in the library of t,e
+ University of Edinburgh. = -
. The pioneer clergyman made sonae
!. progress toward the conversion of the
tribes In Massachusetts after he hnd
become proficient in their languageB.
He organized his converts into what
came to be called communities Of
." Praying Indians" the best known one
OF these settlements being at Natick
King Philips war, in. 1876. however.
gave his work setback from which
II never recovered. His praying In
dams" returned to tho pastime OF Ia
king colonial scalps With remarkably
facility. and war paint and the dog
TOOTH necklace once more became the
reSalation costume among the tribes
oil massachusetts.
Chocolate as a StlmuIant.
Chocolate. according to BaIzac. is
even more dangerous as a stimuIsn,
than tea or coffee. The decline oi
Spain from the proud position It once
held he ascribes to the introduction
OF chocolate, and its speedy adoption nv
all classes as an habitual drink. i,s
deadliness is further proved by al, ex.
pertinent recorded in the "Traite des
Excitants Modernes." and apparently
nowhere else. The British govern.
ment, Balzac tells us. reprieved three
criminals condemned to death, with a
view to seeing how long a man could
live nourished exclusively on tea, cot.
fee or chocolate. The chocolate
drinker died after eight months and
the coffee drinker at the end of two
years; while the man condemned to
subsist on tea survived three years.
The experiment was promoted, the
author adds. by the British East In.
dia company, with a view to pushing
the sale of tea. and they had every
reason to be satisfied with the result.
Education and the Child.
we talk much of education, but
make little real progress. WHY IA
ms? 1t Is because we are taking
our cue for education from without In.
stead OF from within Scheme follows
the development of any natural bent
the child may possess is almost an
impossibility. Conferences with the
teachers with view to taking their
opinions upon how best TO introduce
system more truly educational and
giving them power to classify their
scholars into sections with the an.
prevail of parents or guardians should
go long way toward attaining a more
desirable state of affairs. This az.
qnent upon or concurrent with more
attention Of the right kind to the
child in the home, wherein much as.
sistance can be obtained from the
wonderful books for children written
by the few who understand them we'll
may bring hope where at present
reigns something not unlike despair-
London, T. P.'s Weekly. ... .. :.