Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-11
SAYS THE INDIAN
IS A LOST CHILD
Difference from White Man Is
Only Superficial, Declares
Missionary in Madison.
ts,cc,aI to the Evening start


MADISON March 11.-One OF the
largest audiences that have so far
attended the Lenten missionary
course was present yesterday after
non. when Mrs. Walter c. Roe, In
dian missionary-a of the Re-
formed Church, spoke on THE In
dian"
Mrs. James A. Webb, jr., presided.
Prayer was offered before the ADDRESS
and benediction performed after
ward by Rev. e. a. McAlpin, pastor
Of the First Presbyterian Church
here. During the singing OF hymns
Mrs. W. w. Davis played aecompahl-
rnents on the piano. An added lea
tire to Yesterdays affair was a large
exhibit of charts and pictures. The
charts were mostly statistical reports
Anowing the conditions throughout
this country. The pictures were gra-
phic descriptions of conditions IN
specific instances. The exhibit dealt
with all the live problems of the day.
Mrs. Roe's address dealt specifical-
~ with the habits and condition OF
the American Indian. Her ADDRESS
was interspersed with stories OF her
own and others experiences among
the different tribes. Her position ON
the American people owe the redman
q large debt.
difference Only Skin Deep.
"During the fifteen and a half years
that / have been engaded in TINS
work. she said, II have found that
The difference between our race and
the Indians is purely superficial. The
indian is a much misunderstood and
misplaced race. and our red brother
"a beginning to awake to this fact.
When | began in this work | thought,
With many others, that this problem
Of. the Indian is a vanishing ques-
ton, but / have found out that on
the contrary it is not only increasing
IA size but alsa in difficulty and COM
plicatio The Indian is lost child.
He is lost to his own life In the
wilds and his own training under the
blue sky. The white race has under
mined and eaten away his best Ideals. |
Instead OF the doctrine of his fore |
fathers, who had to forage for their |
living, Of giving even as God gives, |
the redman has learned and come in |
contact with other doctrines of a |
more advanced race, which are to get, |
to keep, to hold"
Our Duty Towards Indian.
ut is our duty" sh continued. ito
put the Indian on the path OF right
eousness. The Catholic Church has
always had reputation for being
farsighted and astute. They have
scattered a. large number of mission
aries among the Indians to bring
Ebout their conversion. There are
over two hundred Catholic schools
among the Indians, which schools
contain about 100000 full-blooded IN
dian children.
2 .tr.. ,,,,x,looc, .1,a Indians MT so
significant. There are only about $780,
600 in the United States, but to the
south of us in Mexico there are over
five millions of Indians. In Central
America there are also a large num-
Der 1t can readily be seen, therefore,
that there Is much to be accom-
plished.
Three Methods.
"There are three ways to treat the
Indian situation. We might pass IL
by. as was done in former times, and
10 all in our power to eXtermlnate
the Indian. on account of their sup
preston the men of many tribes
have decreased in size until they are
smaller than the women Secondly
we could put the red man in tow, as
is being done at present with doubt
full result. The Indian is told that he
is worth so much money and that his
annual income IS SO muClt, put OAi tbS-
count of local grafters, in most cases
he never receives any income. The
knowledge. however, that he Is worth
money makes him prone to avoid
work The Indian needs the impulse
which will start him in action. Last
ly, we ought to rebuild the race and
At it for future work. This means
religious and industrial education. At
present there are many government
schools. but it takes the Indian six
teen years to complete the grammar
grades. The only provision is made
for the average. We ought to mako
allowance for the exceptionally bright
and give them the opportunity they
deserve"
The speaker then went on to out
line her plan for educating this race.
She stated that any education with
out a knowledge of Christ is useless.
She would also discourage education
IN any special creed. In this connec-
ton she praised the work of the Y.
M. c. AS in giving general religious
education. In closing, Mrs. Roe re-
quested that when any of those pres
ent are subscribing to missionaries
that they specify a certain amount
for the Indian.