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Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa, {

V O L . IX -F R ID A Y , M A RCH 2, 1894. N O . 23

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§N E day a t a tim e! Tl>at’s all il can be:

No faster th au th a t is the hariiest fate; A nd clays have th e ir lim its, how ever we

Begin them too ea rly and stre tch them too late.

One day at. a tim e!I t 's a wholesom e rhym e !A good one to live by,A day a t a tim e.

A v - I T T L E I N D I A N B O Y ’S I N I T I A T I O N I N T O C A R L I S L E W A Y S -

All l u te r e s t iu g E x p e r ie n c e in Ills ow n W o rd s.A prize of a do lla r was offered for the best

descrip tion of hom e life a t C arlisle, by a boy. Several productions were handed in and the follow ing in te restin g story by a little C h ippe­w a boy was one of the num ber:

I becam e a s tuden t of the C arlisle Ind ian School in 1889.

I never saw m y hom e since.The first d a y of m y a r r iv a l a t C arlis le , I did

n o t know w h e re I w as.The only part w hich I know was th a t I was

a t some school.As I w ent a round the g rounds I saw m any

strange th ings.T ry ing to And w hich d irection m y hom e

is, i t troubled me, because I d id not know w hich way was east or west.

i w en t a ll a ro u n d th e shops lo o k in g a t w h a t th e boys w ore d o in g , ta lk in g In d ia n a ll the w h ile , because I d id n o t k now th e ru le s of th e school.

A fter s tay in g a w hile in th is school, T begin to th in k of m y home

1 did not know w hat to do.It was bard to fight it out, because I know 1

could not get hom e and it was of no use to try to go home.

This was soon forgotten and eve rything went well.

Then I began to like it very m uch nearly better than m y own home.

I did not know how to w ork exam ples nor read .

My first school room was one of th e . next low est.

I w ent to school but did not care of learn ­ing

Only w hat I care for was to play.I did no t have enough com mon sense, or

e ither I did not use them right.A fter a w hile I m ade up m y m ind to try to

learn.I t was h ard to learn 'how to understand

things.Now a t th is tim e I know the rules.A t once 1 begin to obey them IJentirely stop

ta lk ing m y language, and ta lked E nglish .Then 1 begin to U nderstand better w hat the

teacher was try in g to m ake m e learn .The E ng lish language was help ing me g rea t­

ly in my studies.Before the ending of the year I was p ro­

moted to No. 5.This was the sta rting of the gi’ade of frac­

tions and o ther th ings A t first T th o u g h t the re was bu t little to

learn , bu t I found there was m ore to learn th a n I can learn.

I stopped a t our school one and one half years; then I left the school.

The reason I left it, it was to m ake m yself useful some w here else, besides in th is schoo l; and to m ak» m oney, and learn how to use it, and to get the ideas of the w ay the w hite m an living.

S hortly afte r I arrived a t m y country hom e,I got sick, siek for nearly one m onth .

Capt P ra tt told me, “ Come hom e! Let som e one 1 ake your place.”

I cam e here to work and I am going to work I determ ine to stick to m y word as I did.

X lived w ith the same m an for an year and one h a lf and th en retu rn to the school.

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A ddress I n d ia n H e l p e r , C arlisle , Pa.M iss M. Burgess, M anager.

E ntered in the P . O. a t Carlisle as second class m ail m atter.

Do not hesita te to tak e th e H e l p e r from the P ost Office, for if you have n o t paid for it, som e one else has. I t is paid for in advance.

D r. P a rk h u rs t says that, “ a m an w ho is well an d believes in the L ord has no business to be d iscouraged in a good w o rk .”

T he In d ian R ights A ssociation is in . the m idst of th e ir annua l lig h t w ith the people of Colorado w ith reference to th e rem oval of the U tes.

The nam es of the v isito rs w ill be published D ext week for the benefit of our readers who are in te rested to know w ho cam e to see our C om m encem ent.

P low ing has begun in th e Ind ian Territory. M innie F in d ly says her cousiu Sam W ilson, w ho expected to re tu rn to C arlisle , has gone to plow ing instead.

In a business le tte r to the I n d ia n H e l p e r a B altim ore friend on th e In d ia n s : w rites “ I w ish you con tinued success in your w ork of e leva ting the In d ian and fitting them for good citizenship , and I hope th a t you r w hite readers m ay be led by you to feel a deeper in te re s t in th e ir red b re th re n .”

A friend ly le tte r from A rth u r Two S trikes says he s tili belongs to troop L of the 6th cavalry sta tioned a t F t . N iob rara , and he seem s to enjoy arm y life. H e expects a fu r­lough of th ree m on ths beg inn ing in A pril and is n o t sure th a t th a t m eans a d ischarge or not, bu t th in k s th a t the a rm y is a good place for some In d ian young men

O rders are com ing in for the n ex t B e d M an w hich w ill con tain a p ic ture of the g rad ­u a ting class of ’91 and the g radua ting essays, as well as a m ost in te restin g debate between th e th ree speakers of the Susan L ongstreth L ite ra ry Society and th ree from th e S tandard D ebating club, upon the question of Negro superiority over th e In d ian . Sam ple copies five cents. Subscrip tion price fifty cents a year, m ailed irregu larly .

T h e W ro n j; to be C o n tin u e d .S ecretary S m ith has approved the ap p lic a ­

tion of I ’olonel W illiam F. Cody to take 75 o r 100 Ind ians from the agencies to exh ib it in hi® Buffalo B ill W ild W est show . B onds will b e fu rn ished for fu lfilling the te rm s of the c o n ­tra c t.—[P hildae lp liia In q u irer , Feb., 19, ’94. |

W h a t the Rochester, N. Y. H era ld says in the follow ing clipp ing we h eartily agree w i th :

I t is tru e th a t th is proposed con trac t lo o k s harm less on the face of it, for “ Buffalo B i l l ’’ won id doubtless take good care of all the G o v ­ern m en t In d ian s com m itted to h is ch arg e- No doubt the In d ian s m igh t enjoy life w ith tlie show better than th e ir dull ex istence o ji the reservations. B u t th e po in t for the I n ­d ian au th o rities .to consider is not w hat t h e red m en w an t, but w h a t is best for tb e ru - Col. Cody w ill have difficulty in p rov ing t h a t it conduces to the m oral w elfare of the I n ­d ians to keep them trave ling about the c o u n ­try , g iv ing exhib itions w hich will be m ost s a t ­isfactory in proportion to the am oun t of s a v ­agery displayed. The influence of such a, l i f e wouid su re ly be to m ake th e In d ia n m o re restless and discontented w hen re tu rn ed t™ his reservation .

The follow ing from a superin tenden t of a w estern In d ia n school d isp lays a b ro a d n e ss of sp irit w hich if followed ou t by th e m a jo r i ty of the In d ian school superin tenden ts w o u ld se ttle the Ind ian question >n sho rt order. A f the caretakers of educated In d ian s W IL L , i h love, th e In d ian s DO. FROM T H E R E S E R ­V A TIO N INTO T H E H O M E S O F IN D U S ­T R IO U S P E O P L E , should be the cry of a l l in terested friends of In d ian youth . O u r friend says:

I hope some day to send m any of our pupil® to C arlisle. N ot th a t I w ish to deplete m Y own school, bu t th a t these In d ian boys a n d g irls m ay have the advantages of the b ro a d e r Held of education and cu ltu re and tire e x c e l­len t tra in in g th a t your m any years of su c ce ss­fu l experience in the field of In d ia n e d u c a tio n has brought to b e a ro u th is absorbing q u es tio n -

D on 't believe it when a person d irec t froJH the reservation , w hether he be In d ian or n o t , says th a t our graduates re tu rn to the b la n k e t as soon as they get back hom e If one in n, hundred pu ts on his b lauket, T H A T is t j i e one whom the person not in sym pathy w ith t.P*A w ork w ill hold up as an exam ple. W e k n o w of b u t one graduate in a il these years of C a r ­lisle experience w ^o has g o n e ’back to t lm b lan k e t C arlisle pupils who have not g ra d u ­ated , b u t have retu rned to th e ir hom es, we;»k from lack of education and experience in C a r ­lis le’s com m on sense, have been led a s tra y DY th e ir friends or forced to adopt th e Indif^D dress. E ven the little education these h a v e acquired is no t lost. T heir In d ian hem es a 1-*; neater and better and the whole cam p w h e 1'*- a C arlisle pupils lives is influenced s o m e ­w hat in the d irection of better and c le a n e r tir in g .

F or a lis t of P hotographs given for su b sc rip tions address H e l p e r .

S n o w d rif ts !W eather fine!Good sle igh ing!E verybody busy.I t was a heavy snow.Big b lizzard, on M onday.Follow ed by d e lig h tfu l sunsh ine.F rid ay was th e coldest day of the year.Mrs. M asten has h er h au d s fu ll these days.T he m ou n ta in s look alm ost tree high w ith

snow.Miss C am pbell has her hands alm ost m ore

th an full.To press, a day ea rlie r on account of Com­

m encem ent.C om m encem ent v isito rs are a rriv ing as we

go to press.W ho cooked and ate frog legs iu the cave

last week?V isitingo f shops and schools began W ednes­

day m orning.The bakers have invested in some conven­

ien t wooden trays.Mr. Drum en terta ined the girls of h is class

on T hursday even ing last .Miss Bender has re tu rned from h er tr ip

am ong the g irls in coun try homes.The- au ro ra borealis on F riday n ig h t last

m ade a ra re and exqu isite spectacle.Iren e Cam pbell k in d ly helped us out w ith

our folding of F rid ay afternoon last.Miss L au ra B ird , a friend of Mr. S p ray ’s

and am iss io n a ry w orker in N ew Y ork C ity is w ith us.

The first C om m encem ent v isito r to a rriv e was M r. E dw ard C arter, of Lenox, M ass., b ro ther of our Miss C arter.

A box of pieces of silk from a lady in Ohio to the little girls in response to 1-Ie l p e k re ­quest, has been gratefu lly received.

The Chiefs are here. Some of them have an in te resting h isto ry w hich w ill be given in the colum ns of the H e l p e r and th e iJ e d M an from tim e to tim e.

A u th u r Johnson , class ’93,of G raad R iver,I. T., is one of th e C om m encem ent guests. H is m any friends are glad to see h im looking so w ell.

H on. B en jam in B u tte rw orth and J C. Dow­ell were am ong the d istingushed visitors a t the school th is week. M r. B u tte rw o rth ad ­dressed th e pupils a t dinner.

M r. S tand ing has re tu rn ed from h is tr ip th ro u g h the South W est. H e m ay give us a little account of h is in te restin g jou rney at some fu tu re tim e. H e carried w ith h im a m agic lan te rn and in h is ta lks of C arlisle, showed on canvas the people how we look. H e found everyw here friends of Carlisle, and had a w arm welcom e w herever he went.

Rev. Mr. W ile preached the baccalaureateserm on on S unday afternoon to the g rad u a t­ing class of ’94, and a m ost im pressive ta lk it w as, one to live by, one to grow by, one to rise bv, one to forever rem em ber. The st rong per­sonality of M r. W ile entered in to every word and his dep th of feeling as he spoke was m a n ­ifest in a m ost earnest delivery.

The snow was k in d to come in tim e to give every th ing a clean fresh appearance for Com ­m encem ent.

W ho took the benzine book to Miss E ly w hen he w anted photographs d u rin g Com ­m encem ent exc itm en t? B rigm an Cornelius, and both had a good laugh.

One of th e boys rem arked , “ O tto W ells looks like a citizen, now ,” T hat is the idea— LOOK tlike a citizeu and B E a c itiz e n ; tlieiT the question is ended.

Mrs. B aldw in, the k ind lady whom Dr. M ontezum a calls M other, is here. She has been; called M rs. M ontezum a by some on the grounds so affectionately does the D r. speak of her.

Mr. and Mrs. Otto W ells have come for Com m encem ent. I t will be rem em bered th a t O tto W ells m arried M ary P ark h u rst a t our school a few m onths since. T hey are now liv ing on th e farm of Mr. W oodm an in Bucks C ounty. ^

The C arlisle Tndian School bakers offer a prem ium of ten dollars to the person w ho can shove w hen and w here he saw bread th a t was not fit for use on account “ of us w earing our coats.” “ W onder if the k itch en boys could offer as m uch in respect to the ir ap ro n s!” re ­m arked a by-stander.

The boys and girls of the C heyenne, A rana- hoc and Com anche tribes have contribu ted $200 of the ir savings for the purpose of b rin g ­ing to our com m encem ent Chiefs Lone W olf, of the K iow as, Q uanah, of the Com auches, Cloud Chief of the Cheyennes and B lack Coy­ote, of th e A rapahoes.

H arry K ohpay has finished the course at the E astm an B usiness College, Poughkeepsie, and lias h is diplom a. W hen asked if he fe lt th a t he knew a great deal, he replied, “No, I have found out th a t T know no th in g .” H arry ex ­pects to retu rn to E astm an for a course in type-w riting and stenography.

M r. S tanding has m any in teresting item s to rela te of his tr ip to Ind ian T errito ry , but we give a few only a t th is tim e: H e m et M inerva Burgess, who has m arried a w hite m an ; she

j ’“is stopped draw ing G overnm ent rations and i is doing well. She has a valuab le piece of

land. A t the C heyenne A gency they had ! ju s t passed th rough a m ad-dog scare w hich

resulted in the shooting of a large num ber of surv'lus Indian dogs. One boy was b itten and died w ith hydrophobia.

Mr. S tand ing saw on the door of one of the w estern hotels D inning Room , and he t hought it was well nam ed.

T h e G r ad u a tin g Class o f ’91,Andrew Beard, (Sioux), B eliada A rchi-

q u e tte ,3 ^(Oneida), E m m anuel Bellefeulle, (Chippew a), F lo ra Cam pbell, (A laskan), F lo r­ence M iller, (Stockbridge), F lorence L. W ells, (A laskan), H ugh Sowcea, tPueblo), H enry W . W arren, tC hippew a), H ow ard E . G answ orth, (Tuscarora), Id a E Powlas, (Oneida), Id a M. W arren , (Chippewa), Jam es D. F lannery , (A laskan), M artha N apaw at, (K iowa), M innie Y andell, (B annock), Susie M etoxen, (Oneida), S tcen iN o ri, (Pueblo),T hom asB . Bear, (Sioux) VVm. J . Tygar, (Shaw nee), W m . Denomie.

! (C hippew a.'

W hile I was gone the school had increased. Som e new build ings.

I begin m y stud ies a t the C arlisle In d ian School again.

T his tim e I was two room s h igher th an be­fore.

I said to m yself. “ I m ust do better work, than I have done yet.

The Hardest th in g for m e to learn is to read an d spell. I w ould read ou t loud at m y room, try to m ake m yself a good reader.

G ym nastic exercise, I love.T would exercise every day, excepting S u n ­

day.Its fun to be in w hen the re are good m any

boys in try in g to get ahead of each o ther in every th ing

A nother gam e w hich the boys are fond of, was p lay ing ball.

A t first I did no t know how. I w as afraid of ball.

I like to play.I tried to learn how and I succeeded in th is

very well.I jo ined a club w hich the nam e was Jun io r.

I played short stop for them .This was one of th e hardest place to play,

when they send the ball on the ground sw ift.My fiugers were nearly broken S' veral

tim es.W hen I ba t I was very sure to h it the ball.

I qu it p laying ball and again left the school, to w ork for some m oney to go to Chicago th e follow ing year. .

T his tim e T stayed out on ly from J u ly to Septem ber. This tim e I saved $17.35.

A fter re tu rn in g to th is school, I w ent to work and s tudy m y lessons, th in k in g to learn ju s t as m uch as I can, for th is was my last year a t th is school, and w hen October cam e, a g reat num ber of us w ent to the \ \ orld s h a ir . A ll w hat I saw I sh a ll never forget.

T his is one of the greatest sigh ts m y eyes ever meet.

A fter re tu rn in g 1 was tire d ; I could not get down a t m y studies as before.

Soon all th is w ent aw ay and again increased m y knowledge.

A ll th e stud ies were, Language, A rith m e tic , H yiegue, Reading, and Spelling, H isto ry and very lit tle on draw ing.

A fte r s ta y in g sev e ra l m o n th s in th a t room I u n d e rs ta n d th e -e v e ry w ell. A n d I w as p ro ­m oted to a n o ih e r room w here I tr ie d to keep up to m y co lors, and I am now in th e sam e room to ilin g on to w ard th e g ra d u a tio n p o in t of th e schoo l, h o p in g to reach it som e day in th e future.

( C o n tin u e d f r o m th e F ir s t P a g e .)The In d ian B and of C arlisle In d u s tr ia l

T ra in in g School deligh ted two audiences in C ham bersburg on W ash in g to n ’s b ir th d a y .

A t th e m atinee the lad ies and ch ild ren were out in large force and evidenced h earty en jo y ­m en t of the excellen tly rendered program .

The audience a t n ig h t was a large and fash­ionable one. The fa ir daugh ters of W ilson w ere th e re , m any of them in quain “ fore de w ah ” costum es, w ithou t h a ts and w ith pow­dered hair.

The program given by C onductor D ennison W heelock an d his m en was so m uch enjoyed th a t by reason of encores it was doubled in leng th .

The singing of the th ree In d ia n girls was »■ deligh tfu l surprise and was encored persis t­e n tly .—[F ra n klin R epository .

A M issionary w rites th u s of one of C arlisle’s p rom ising young w om en who nas gone to her hom e: “ I know how strong she feels, andher in ten tio n s arc good, but it is SO H A R D for a girl w hen she has to F A IR L Y F IG H T aga in st these old In d ian wom en, to lead a good life. I know all about it. K now ing these th in g s is w hy I have never encouraged her to com e.”

I n d i a n B a n d Con c er ts.

E nigm a,

I am composed of 10 le tters.My 10, 8, 9, 7 is used to k n it w ith.My 4, 6, 7 is w hat coal is bought by.My 2 ,1 ,5 , 6, 4 is a person w ho ought to be

pitied.My 3 is w h a t ca t ca n ’t be spelled w ithou t.My whole is the place w here happ iness a l­

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