The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-06-27

unable to find out who relieved
him, but he was followed by a
Mr.. Campbell, Charles Newton,
Mr.. Young, B. S. Haskell and
Henry B. knight, who only had
charge for about three weeks.
which brings us down to 1883-84
The next principal of the school
was Mrs. l.. B: Crossfeld OF
Washington, d. c., who was in
charge during the year of 1884
IS, when she was succeeded by
her husband, A. S. Crossfield.
Mr.. Crossfield was an employee
of the Indian Office and first
came to South Dakota as clerk
at the agency, married a young
lady who had also been a clerk
here but who had been recalled
to Washington, where the cere-
mony occurred, then succeeded in
having her placed in charge of
this scholl while he remained in
the east to finish his education
He became principal here in
1885, his wife's position being
changed to that of matron. Mr.
Crossfeld was in charge of the
school for only about a year, as
he became involved in a quarrel
with the agent, the result being
that both were relieved of their
positions. have devoted more at.
tention to Mr.. Crossfield than to
others because he seems to have
been the ablest of the different
principals. He afterwards became
a Judge of the supreme court of
the Philippine Islands and was
the Philippines representative to
the Republican convention which
nominated Mr.. Hughes as a can
didate for President of the
United States.
The Crossfelds are living in
Los Angeles, California at the
present time.
Incidentally, l wish to say that
an infant child of Alexis was en-
rolled at the agency in 1891 un.
der the name of o. s. Crossfield
son, but turned out to be a daugh
ter, later known as Lucy Alexis.
now dead. The enrolling clerks
were sometimes compelled to en-.
roll children who had not yet
been named, and it was their de-
light to give them the names of
persons employed or who had
been employed at the agency or
school. In 1891, when Mr.. Elord
was compiling the roll for the So
called big payment, the clerks
frequently attempted to enroll
some child as Erod, but Mr.. Ell
rod always raised a terrible fuss
he discovered it. He
said that he expected to bring a
bride out here and he did not
want her to find a lot of little
Indian children named after him.
However, the clerks finally did
manage to enroll one child, a
son of Isabel Hopkins or Eliza.
beth Bernard or Elizabeth Blue.
dog, now known as Elizabeth
Foster and a few other names, as
Sanborn Elrod, Sanborn being
the name of another official here.
1t is not known what the bride
had to say about the matter.
When Mr.. Crossfield was re-
lieved of the position of principal
of the school Mr.. Joseph r.
Brown, whom you all know, was
in charge from May until Sep
TENDER, 1885, when T. C. Cor
don became principal, his title
also being that of superintendent
part of the time. It was during
his administration that the name
of the school was changed to Sis.
seton Indian Industrial School. ).
The next principal was j. H
Malugen, later a superintendent
at various agencies or schools
/ have been unable to ascertain
the present location of Mr.. Malu
| gen, but understand that he wa.
| in the service until recently. X,
was principal here in 1883 SO, be