Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-08
.ELIoTs WORK WITH INDIANS
New Ensiander's Efforts succeeded
for Time, but Conversion
Was Not Permanent.

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John Eliot was clergyman whe
was identified with the early history
OF Boston. He was born In 1904 and
died in 1890 His birthplace wa0
Nazing. Essex, England. He was edu
Gated at Jesus college. Cambridge,
and took orders In the Church q
England.
As pioneer in the work OF the
church in 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 il a dead
one.
Il will christianize the red brother
and teach him the laws Of civiliza-
tion." said the sturdy clergyman, and
he thereupon set out to accomplish his
purpose at Momentum, now Brighton.
about five miles west of Boston. II
may be eaid safely that there are no
Indians there worth mentioning at
this time.
Eliot made translations of the Bible
into the Indian language, and his In
dian Grammar Begun" was printed
in Cambridge in 1866 The only com.
pletr copy Of his famous Indian
Primer" which appeared the following
year. is now in the library of tse
University of Edinburgh.
The pioneer clergyman made souXe
progress toward the conversion of the
tribes in Massachusetts after he hisd
become proficient in their lanRuageu
He organized his converts into what
came to be called communities CT
praying Indians" the best known one
OF these settlements being at Natick
Ming Philips war, in. 1875, however.
gave his work setback from which
It never recovered. Ills Praying In.
dams returned to tho pastime of ia
King colonial scalps with remarkably
laciiity. end war paiRa and the dog
tooth necklace once more became the
regulation costume among the tribes
OF Massachusetts.
Chocolate as Stimulant.
Chocolate, according to Balzac is
even more dangerous as a stimulant
than tea or coffee. The decline of
Spain from the proud position It once
held he ascribes to the introduction
OF chocolate, and its speedy adoption hy
all classes as an habitual drink. ia
deadliness Is further proved by All 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. T.
we talk much of education. but
make little real progress Wbv ia
this? 1t is because we are takino
our cue for education from witbou, in
stead OF from within. Scheme follows
scheme, subject follows subject but
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.
proval OF parents OF guardians should
go long way toward attaining more
desirable state Of affairs. This ga.
quent 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.