The sun., 1916-02-13
Rrisinn Missionary I" the Amer
lean indians.

The bray" story of the carly mis-
sl"narH explorers n TINS and : car
E "a down to { me- loss remote but not
los t'lrd with adventure iu IN" LifC
~ T1fh"r de- Sm"f 10y H. l.NEILLE.
translated from the French ny M,RI,N
llNpstN - j ke--dN and Sons New
Nurhi Pierre lean q" Smct was born
January 80. 1901. ard died Man %.
l>13. tn" dates are surprisingly mod
rrr. for 90 persons not expert in the
history "f missionary enterprise among
the American Indians. most would
probably. guessing a. the period az
'h, good Peters lahor> haN, placed
Inn 4 century or 80 further back than
H. belongs We are uot 50 far re-
we'd IN '.mc as II tho acclmulatipus
~ progressive achievement from p.o-
ucog 'fo
This = \ very complete and entirely
iu'hor tatlN. account of tie LIE and
'nnors "f Father Do Smyt The narra-
tive j. varied with VOYAGES oversee
and adventures N the West. and
though long q never ted Gus l. =
altogether fine portrait ~ q Devoted
lahurcr snI the welfare a. ms fellow
mon thdt vo have here chroniyl"
TN" more valuable hecaus. !, 3 not
except. .ual INT ',p.,aliy representa-
I've" aud ro,"worrh.y chapter in
tn" brighter sid" of -, whit" mans
relations with the red MAJ
The SuHk" Indians. n BAD sea son
arc DN Nc On roots the Ampa joo;.
probably Nampth ties. ate N a s;lll
worse Nd, Tho country th.y ~.
uarr .s N,-'ab'c moor The, i've
.u crr' ic"s IN ~" rocks and ~ holes
dug IA Tho earth These fudiaus wear
NO clothing, aud their weapons con-
~lst "f bow ana arrow and y sharp
~j,N TIE, wander over tho barren
plains scare hnG for ant. and grass
iupprrs Nlch they eat: ,nsipid roots
avd rauAcuus rorr!es are regarded as
e r,ast" Travellers IN thor lands re-
ported occasional canuihal,Sm among
..hrm The Nc2 pcrcos. Spokanes and
'wur d'Aicucs were more pro porous
ana had habits pleasautsr 80 Contem-
plate. Their lands wer" fertile. and
they had large tribal hc~ls of horses
In those DAYS the rcimen welcomed
'h" advent of IA" B'ach Robes
,pr."sts,. the days Of the whSkcv
-",crs were ncar. bat not vcj arr we'd
VITA their rain of misery
Wh'c ,orvcrsIng with the lrdjans
, Father dc Sm"' took occaN.un 90 lo'-
'ur" some Canadian hunters. 70 his
surmi~" ho found a ono az tucm a
,um,hir:o' Fleming nr Ghcnl Th :
man. lonn iinp' etc Il" Noldor. hai
'..N 70 -r' ndd."r u NHp". : army.
-. had hccu captured ~ SPAN. vas
son, 10 an English colony escaped n
an American ship. ana had fnr YEAR
trapped beaver IN tho Rocky Noun
ta.us. lIc was So -, Hsod In find a
fellow ,"untryman so fHr from home
ina' j." threw m hi lot with the priest
ana acc mpanicd him on his travels
In l>ln when Father de Smct mdd
his first Journey into the I;ocEjcs. the
population of tin" l'u.,ci Sra'cs had
gruNyu from she 5000 GOO uf lI>0 t"
900 900. new cities lui new States
W,r" forming Gas'. the West was being
opcU"d ulI, Su far - such a measure
u' advance van bee satisfactorily cstah-
,l~hri, q may hr SAID that lh" line u
~rttlpmrui prpGr"~>cI Yves 'wl'd some
twenty-five m thirty n'"~ ! wear. In
indian Territory the 'l"rui,"eS, Creeks,
,b., Is ktSlN~, S"mluuI"S k!rkdpuuS ami
uiNcr i"in'- W,Ir nIo', -" les. settled
Trluo% frum the Vast WCrc Sprkin: 4
plA"" in IG" Western sun. som" middle
Western lylhr-. i.hr tn, IuluNatomicS
Of touu'll li'utts. II i abandoned IN
@r"HtCr part Of thor lands and re-
tanned only Il small part as rc>crva.
tIun. where the Government under
tuph ,u provide for th"i' needs for .
term "' years. iut in thuSc days the
greater uumh'r ur tn" redskins were
|uamIng ,hr Nurr or less desert re-
" uu- h"Nond IN" fertile prHlres Tho
S,uus nation was the greatest and
mos, powerful DM the northern from
'.or W"r" IA" l!lackt,"t and Crows.
a.d iu 'hr Northwest were smaller.
scattered ;r,h,- !, Vas among those
thh' Father dr Sn"' 'ahur"d, and OF
'U.m l' culnG .ho E,nr'ctd} The most
u'"r".Ua-. Iu"I m"',li. wcrc purcr
Ihau ;H"-n "i tho other irbcs, they
were wc'l disciplined In their tribal