El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-20


/ and appreciated by the Washington
I authorities was evidenced by the fact
that he has repeatedly been offered
positions at larger agencies at an in
crease in salary, but he had set out
! to accomplish a work for the Mesca-
lero indians which he wished to fin
lSh and besides, he had a great love
for the land of golden sunsets and an
appreciation of his friends in this sec
ton In referring TO this, he wrote a
friend in FL PasO. on the eve of his
departure, that every mail intensi-
fies my sadness at leaving"
PrinceIy Entertainer.
But with Mr.. Carroll there has been
no seeking of personal credit or re-
ward. He has labOred for his charges
and been of service TO his friends
whenever occasion offered without
thought Of return Kind and courte-
Gus of manner and of princely quail
ties, he has entertained strangers and
friends alike. Few people who have
ever visited the agency have not felt
under obligations to Mr.. Carroll for
some courtesy or other, but his friends
all know his quiet, pleasant smile, and
that's the end of it.
Work With the ApEcaes.
Coming to New Mexico years ago,
Mr. Carroll found conditions with the
ApacheS typical of the descriptions of
a popular school history of the United
States-"They have made no progress,
anu as lAt COuQ4llU4lS Ol lAAcAE AdNAAGA
were 200 years ago, so they are today"
Somewhat diSheartened, perhaps, at
first, Mr.. Carroll accepted the situation
as he found it and set about to i'm
prove things and to accomplish some
thing real in the way of uplift for the
poor indian. He adopted a broad, pro-
greSsiYe policy, and formed plan ap-
preaching the ideal But how was he
to achieve SUGGEST With the remnant
of a band of Apaches, among the last
to surrender, more or less sullen and
morOse, spirit hammered out of them
by the war department, degenerated
physically by intermarriages and the
raVageS OF the great white plague set
off in an out of the way place IS
miles from the nearest communication
with outside world by rail or wire
these were some of the factors in the
situation he had to accept. Besides,
the better things for the indians had
been passed around years before when
the greater part of what now composes
the rich state of Oklahoma, as well as
other valuable tracts in other states
had been given to those which had
shown an inclination to follow peace
full pursuits. The tribes that surren-
dered in later years were not 50
magnanimouSly received by our paren-
tai government Anything that was
to be obtained for this tribe of indians
then that was better than what they
had had in the past was only to be
obtained by the use of tact diplomacy
new superintendent possessed these
qualities in abundance.
Modern improvements.
Being believer of course in the old
adage, one of his first moves was to
get a supply of bath tubs, for until
his time. no such emblem of civiliza-
ton had ever been unloaded at the
little railway station IS miles away.
And If in later years the old blanket
indians do not avail themselves of the
use of this essential to civilization as
much as they might, it is no fault of
their teaching but must rather be ex-
cused on the ground that it is a hard
thing to teach an old dog new tricks.
Another thing that was among his
first accomplishments was the install
alton of a telephone line from Mesca-
lero to the railroad and telegraph sta
ton at TularOSa. This line since, by
connections, reaches Alamogordo, La
Luz, Cloudcroft and FL Paso. Also,
there are number of other lines for
official use about over the reservat ton
itself connection important points,
besides a complete system connecting
the different buildings about the
school.
Schools and New Buildings.
Finding on his arrival at Mescalero
a school plant consisting of a dozen
or more structures, built by different
ones of his predecessors at different
timesy the additions often being of
different materials and patterns and
having nothing much in common eX-
cept that they were nearly all of the
tumbledOwn variety, Mr.. Carroll early
formed a plan for the rebuilding OF
the whole plant. With an eye to
making it pleasing in appearance as
well as to best serve the purpose for
which it was intended. he had the
grounds laid out and the principal
buildings erected about the four sides
of a hollow square in the center of
which lies a small crystal lake kept
filled by a beautiful fountain fed by u
clear spring high on the mountain
side. The beauty of this spot. with
everything so clean and cool about It