Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-06-30
MODERN H|AWATHA
AT CHAUTAUQUA
Interesting Story in Verse and Tab
leaux Given by Congrega-
tional Ladies.

w dAuudI PICu1C VI tuC WOu
ans Missionary society of the Cor
gregatiOnal church was held FIR
day afternoon in Chautauqua par
and those who attended declare tn
novel entertainment to be one of tn
best ever given by this society. A.
improvised stage formed bac
ground for tableaux which were Civ
en- while Pearl Neel read "The Mod
ern Hiawatha," an interesting stor
of Indians and the good work beini
done among them by missionaries
Miss Neel did her part splendid.
and the children, who appeared il
the tableaux, also posed nicely, thos'
who were Indians showing wha
good little Indians" they could be
In the first tableaux was shown al
Indian tepee in far away Nebraska
"where the south wind rarely ven
lures, where the ice king rules as
master, and the rivers all are ice
crowned" Indian maidens-Misses
Grace Crittenden, Lora Boysen and
Margaret White-sat about working
on baskets and stringing beads;
braves, wrapped in Indian blankets,
also sat about on the ground. These
braves were Wendell Metcalf, George
Wilson, Billy and Louis Magoey. The
tepee was the home of Sunbeam, the
Indian heroine, which part was TAX
en- by Miss Liz Beth Brown. The
story goes on to say that while all
of the Indian hearts were light and
gay, little Sunbeam's heart was sad
and heavy on account of the serious
illness of her father, the Indian
chieftain, Lone Bear-Chester Mag.
The condition of her father became
worse and the efforts of Black
Tongu the Indian Medicine Man
James White-failed to relieve his
sufferings. One cold winters night
an Indian brave, Hiawatha, mobile,
tall and straight and handsome
Robert Boeye-thought of "Pale
Face" ten miles distant" pale
Face"-Nelson Fassett-was the
white doctor and Hiawatha takes the
long ride to get him in the hopes of
saving the life of little Sunbeam's
father. The father, who is very old,
passes away soon after the white
doctor arrives but before he dies, the
white doctor has told him many
things concerning "the One who
died to save him, how He suffered,
how He loved him, and how now in
heavenly mansions, He was waiting
to receive him." This story so i'm
pressed Sunbeam that she decided
later to go to the Santee Normal and
Industrial school in Nebraska, there
to learn more of her heavenly faith
er and then be able to go back to
her people and teach them. With
the help of the mission teacher, Wi
nona-Lenadore Berg-and the
teacher at Santee-Maude Melvin
she learned many things but was
not able to be entered at the school,
owing to the lack of funds to keep
up the school. Just as she was
about to give up in dispair, lonely
woman from the east decided to give
to missions and the letter written to
the Santee school by her was the
means of the needed support for lit
tie Sunbeam. This woman, who was
known to Sunbeam as "little moth
er'-Eva Mills--learned to love the
girl and, when few years later she
was taken sick, little Sunbeam came
to her and helped and comforted her.
1t was while little Sunbeam was
with the little mother that her
handsome lover, Hiawatha, came
and asked the little mother for Sum
beams heart and hand. With many
tears the little mother parted with
her little Sunbeam and she and Hi
watha went on their trip back to
Nebraska, the Dakotas, and other
places to teach among their people.
Through it all the little mother had
faithful watch dog-Don-this
part being well taken by Mrs. F. E.
Wilson's dog, Bob"
Mrs. Murray McMurray, with the
assistance of Mrs. F. E. Wilson and
Mrs. r. G. Clark, had the program
in charge and spent much time in
preparing for it.
At the close of the program a fine
picnic spread was served, Mrs. w.
II. Cook acting as chairman of the
committee in charge.
Mot in the Country