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AWEEKLY LETTER F R O M THE— Indian IndustriaJ School\ Carlisle, Pa. VOL. XU FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1897. NO. 16 AN INDIAN CRADLE SONG. WING thee low In thy cradle soft. Deep in tbedusky wood; Swing thee low ana swing aloft— Sleep, as a papoose should; For safe in your little birchen nest, Quiet will come, and peace and rest, If t he little papoose is good. The father lies on the fragrant groumd, Dreaming of hunt and tight. And the pine leaves rustle with mournful sound All through the solemn night; But the little papoose in his birchen nest Is swinging low as he takes his rest. Till the sun brings the morning light. LIZZIE GLODE. SHE ROES NOT SHOW THE WHITE FEATHER. "What's that?” A flash of light suddenly crossed the faces of a company of travellers as they were goiug over the plains of South Dakota. The occupants of the wagon looked astonish- ed. Lizzie Glode, who sat by the side of the writer, became as ghat-tly as it is possible for an Indian face to look. "What does it mean?” I asked, now some- what anxious. The writer was in charge of sixty-five Indian pupils on their way from Pine Ridge and Rosebud, South Dakota, to the Carlisle Indian School. It was in the Fall of 1882. A curious looking company of travellers, was that. The train consisted of probably 20 or 25 lumber wagons, each laden with one, two or three boys and girls for Carlisle, and a father, aunty, or cousin who were going as far as the station, then 130 miles distant from Pine Ridge. Each wagon was drawn by two Indian po- nies, so small that it seemed an imposition on mustang pluck to force them to pull such a ponderous vehicle. But the ponies did not hurt themselves. The Indian is a slow driver, generally, and the little dog trot of the Indianized mustang could be kept up all day without cruelty to animals. Then, too, these little creatures were very happy. Why shouldn’t they be? They had the whole family along. All the colts of the household, and each colt’s cousin and best friend, tr< tted along by the side of the wagon, or gamboled over the bluffs for side bites of the well-cured grass for which the prairies of the Dakotas are noted. The Indians were mostly in blankets, and some wore feathers in their hair and paint on their faces. In those early days of the Carlisle School, the starting of a party of children from their camp homes was a great occasion for the tribe. On the day set for the departure, the bluffs, as far as the eye could see, would be covered with Indians gathered in from distant camps —Indians on horseback, Indians on foot, blauketed Indians, Indians in half-civilized garn, Indians in feathers and war paint and Indians with clean faces and hair neatly combed; old Indians and young Indians, and Indians of every description and color, from the tawny, black-eyed, dark stiff haired full- blood to the blue-eyed, red-headed mixture of white and Indian. Excitement was rife, especially among the older medicine men. The grandmothers and old aunties of the tribe were on band with their songs of disapproval and warning words of death. , The medicine men and the grandmothers, as well as the more obtuse of the younger people, looked upon the taking of a party of children off to an eastern school, in the light of a big steal by the whites. The Sioux felt that they had been robbed of the Black Hills. The white man had always taken their lands from them, and not satisfied with that they bad now come for their chil- dren. (Oontinued on fourth page.) r ,

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Page 1: Carlisle, Pa

A WEEKLY LETTER— F R O M T H E —

Indian IndustriaJ School\ Carlisle, Pa.

VOL. XU F R ID A Y , J A N U A R Y 29, 1897. NO. 16

A N IN D IA N C R A D L E SONG.

W ING th ee low In th y c rad le soft.Deep in tb e d u s k y wood;

Swing th ee low a n a sw ing a lo f t— Sleep, as a papoose should ;

F or sa fe in yo u r l i t t le b irchen nest, Q uie t will come, and peace an d rest,

I f t he li t t le papoose is good.

T he fa th e r lies on th e f ra g ra n t groumd, D ream ing of h u n t and tight.

And th e pine leaves ru s tle w ith m ourn fu l sound All th ro u g h th e solem n n igh t;

B u t th e li t t le papoose in his b irchen n es t Is sw inging low as he ta k e s h is rest.

T ill th e sun brings th e m orning light.

LIZZIE GLODE.S H E R O ES N O T S H O W T H E

W H I T E F E A T H E R .

" W h a t 's t h a t ? ”A flash of light suddenly crossed th e faces

of a com pany of travellers as they were goiug over the plains of South Dakota.

The occupants of the wagon looked as tonish­ed. Lizzie Glode, who sat by the side of the writer, became as ghat-tly as it is possible for an Ind ian face to look.

" W h a t does it m e a n ? ” I asked, now some­w h a t anxious.

The writer was in charge of sixty-five Ind ian pupils on the ir way from P ine Ridge and Rosebud, South Dakota, to the Carlisle Ind ian School.

I t was in the Fall of 1882.A curious looking com pany of travellers,

was tha t .The tra in consisted of probably 20 or 25

lum ber wagons, each laden with one, two or three boys and girls for Carlisle, and a father, aun ty , or cousin who were going as far as the station, then 130 miles d is tan t from P ine Ridge.

E ach wagon was draw n by two In d ia n po­nies, so small th a t it seemed an imposition on m ustang pluck to force them to pull such a ponderous vehicle.

But the ponies did not h u r t themselves.The Ind ian is a slow driver, generally, and

the little dog trot of the Ind ian ized m ustang could be k ep t up a l l day w ithou t c rue lty to anim als.

Then, too, these li t tle creatures were very happy . W hy sh ou ldn ’t they be? They had the whole fam ily along. A ll the colts of the household, and each co lt’s cousin and best friend, tr< tted a long by the side of the wagon, or gamboled over the bluffs for side bites of the well-cured grass for which the prairies of the Dakotas are noted.

The In d ian s were m ost ly in blankets, and some wore feathers in the ir h a i r an d p a in t on the ir faces.

I n those early days of the Carlisle School, the start ing of a party of ch ild ren from th e ir cam p homes was a great occasion for the tribe.

On the day set for the depar tu re , the bluffs, as far as the eye could see, would be covered with In d ian s gathered in from d is tan t cam ps —Indians on horseback, Ind ians on foot, blauketed Ind ians, In d ia n s in half-civilized garn, Ind ians in fea thers and war pain t and Indians with clean faces and ha i r nea tly com bed; old In d ian s and young Ind ians , and Ind ians of every description and color, f rom the tawny, black-eyed, d a rk stiff haired full- blood to the blue-eyed, red-headed m ix tu re of w hite and Ind ian .

E x c i tem e n t was rife, especially am ong the older medicine men. The g randm others and old aunties of the tr ibe were on band w ith the ir songs of disapproval and w arn ing words of death . ,

The medicine m en and the g randm others , as well as the more obtuse of the younger people, looked upon the ta k in g of a par ty of ch ild ren off to an eastern school, in the l ight of a big steal by the whites.

The Sioux felt th a t they had been robbed of the Black Hills. The white m an had always taken their lands from them, and not satisfied w ith th a t they bad now come for the ir chil­dren.

(Oontinued on fourth page.) r ,

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J ~ h » J n d i a n J 4 r l p e r

P R I N T E D E V E R Y F R ID A Y—AT T H E —

Indian I n d u s t r ia l S ch oo l, C a r lis le f Pa,tn m m M i m w s.

StrTH* INDIAN HELPER la PRINTED by Indian boya, di tEDITED by Tbe M n-on-the-band-etand. who la NOT an Indian

P R I C E : —I 0 C E N T S A Y E A R

E n tered in the P. O. a t C arlisle as second class m a il m a tter.

Address r» m » N H e l p e r , Carlisle. Pa. sM iss M a ria n n a B urgess , M anager.

Do not hesitate to take the H LFER from the Post Office forif yon have not p ah for it some one else has- I t is paid for in a-vance-

T ne Band will br ing out tom e lies' pieces a t the concert tomorrow evening.

The baud Jet er- d and hand painjed bus i­ness card of J o h n Collins, P o i iade phia. a long-tim e friend of the scnool and of toe In- d iau , now in ins 83cd year, is a work i f art , and would put to sham e the efforts of many of our younger men. Mr. Collins fills in certifi­cates and diplom as, and does it beautifully .

W h ile we were a l i t le d is tu rbed by w h a t we ibough t was a cold snap we found it was not a cold snap at all, com pared with “ ba t people were suffering in ol her s e c to n s , and we dared not com plain. Why, in the no r thw es t the m ercury went down to 40 below,while here it ha rd ly reached zero. Two above was the lowest. Blizzards accom panied the s to rm elsewhere, while here we had a clear, biting atmosphere . H u ndreds of people fr ze to dea th r igh t in the ir *>wn homes d u r ng this last week, while we were feeling only a l it tle bit uncomfortable.

The Ben-Oliel en ter ta inm ent , on Tuesday nigiit, was a great success. Miss Ben-Oliel was a t her be.-t, and in handsom e oriental cos­tu m e delivered a lecture which held her audience iuteuse wiih iu ie re- t to a much la ter hour tuan we are often privileged to rem ain in Assembly H a l l iu the even ing There were fourteen assis auts , ail Ind ians , dres-ed iu the costumes of Palestine. The c h a t a d e r and customs of tho-e people, who have seemingly changed very lit tie- iu the last 4000 years, were v iv id ly described by tlie speaker. Tne arc l ig h t w as turned off and tlie incandescent foot­lights, covered with p ink t in ted paper, made the scene b il l ian t a. d unique. The pla tform was prettily d»coiated in bunting, with here and tnere a screen and a s tand to break Mte squareness. There was no music s iv e a song now and then by Miss Ben Oliel and her as s is tan ts , to illustrate the s ing ing of the queer people site was describing Miss Ben O ln l is herself a worker in Je rusa lem and understauds thorough ly h e r subject—“ A ij E ven ing iu the L aud of the Bible." H er fa the r is now head of a n. n seeta iiau Mission,and School in J e ru ­salem , and the proceeds of the lecture are for the benefit o f the same. She had a good au d ieneeo l town people and Ind ians w hich n e t ­ted a genteel t i t t le sum for th e purpose.

I l e a l li o f M r. C la u d y .

I t is a painful d u ty we are called up o n to perform this week in recording ihe d e a th of W illiam R. C laudy , for six years m e m b e r of th e printing-office force as chief of th e m a i l ­ing d epa r tm en t , and in close touch w i th th e in te rests of the en t ire school.

I n the early F a ll , Mr C laudy em b ark ed in th e grocery busine-s , becom ing p io p r ie to r of a store o u ’S ou th H am .ver S treet . H is bus i­ness being new to h im , m ust have w eighed h im down with its g rea t responsib il i ty , an d af te r years of close desk work, is i t a n y wonder th a t the exposure a t te n d a n t upon the delivery of goods in all sorts or w ea ther was more th a n he was prepare-! to e n d u re ? C on­trac ting a heavy cold, Mr. C laudy was s e n t to his bed and rem a ined for. sevetal days , w hen he began to get belter. T hen ty p oid fever set in, and af te r a long and severe i l ln ess e n d ­ed his life last Monday m orniog.

T he news of lus dea th cast a deep gloom over the school. H e was well knowu by all ilie pupils, m u c h liked by th e m and h igh ly respected and esteemed by h isco workers.

A young m an «>f s ierlin . qualities, f idelity to p u r p o s e , spl nd id ability , faithful, c lean , p ipe h e a r t e d and true, be was an ex c e l len t e x a m p le for the I n d ia n pupils and for al l w it It whom tie cam e in contact.

Mr. C laudy was a p >pular you n g m a n of Carl t e l e , a consistent and active m e m b e r <sf tlie F i r s t Presbyterian C hurch , of the C h r is t ia n E n d eav o r Association, the Sunday School and other l ike organiz n ions He was connectedwith and held high office in the I n d e p e n d e n t O lder of Odd Fellows, and in several MasonicO .d -rs . A g rad u a te of the Carl is le H ig li School and of Dickinson College hisrdu**a- tion placet! h im in tlie h ighest in te l lectual rank-. The w riter who w ork id be-ide h in f, r six years never saw h im ruffled in d is ­position and never heard h im n t f i r an u n k in d nr d isre-pectfu l word lu nr abou t those u n d e r or over inm

‘ Great l ias been t h e a n x i e t y anti i n t e r e s t sh o w n by b is f r i en ds t h r o u g h o u t h i s s i ckn e - s , an d tlie c o m m o n qu es t i on on i he si ree l s for several d a y s pa s t , ’’ s a vs t h e C a r l i s l e E v e u i u g Sent incl , ‘ ha s been ‘How is Wi l l C la u d y .’ a noble , u p r i g h t j o u n g mai l l ias been c u t d o w n in t i i s o u t l i . "

The school as a school, and his p a r t icu la r fr iends a t the school deeply la m e n t nis dea th H is fu n e ra l on W ednesday a lterno»n was largely at tended. As lie lay in th e caske t su r rounded by il iicate dowers, ihe last t r ib ­utes of loving friends, his peaceful face bore no u a c e of the suffering lie had passed ih rough, save the em aciation tha t conies f rom long illness After an impressive service, iu which high tr ibute was given to his beauliful c l ta iac ier , tne rtrt iains were lain t*> rest, iu w lia t is known to ilie inhab i tan ts of Carl isle as tlie old graveyard

B a rb t i a S owaiuy w r tes a very news* f i t ­te r th a n k in g for some C hris t inas p ieseuts. Sue says they had a very p e a s a n t Chris to as a t A lbuquerque. She is working in a fa tu ity there, s h e i as recen 1 y seen S liya and A n n ie Lock w O od who are a t the G overnm ent school. J u l i a I>>rris rides a wheel and visits Barbara . There seems t ■ bequ i te a circle of C iiiioie I n ­dian girl- in families in A lbuquerque .

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The coldest week of the year.Alice Parker, '96, has gone to her hom e in

Minnesota.Skating on the creek has been fine bu t

weather too cold to enjoy it.H as the m ercury got the m easles? F o r it

seems difficult fbr i t to get up.The weather moderated enough for a l igh t

snow, and now another cold snap is on.Several of the school took advan tage of the

ska ting du r ing the week in spite of the biting weather.

The gym nasium is now provided with a punching bag, an d the boys are delighted to have it:

A free trolley ride from and back to town for all holders of band concert tickets, tom or­row eveuiug.

Ulysses Paisano writes fo r th e H e l p e r to be sent turn to N ew Mexico, and his friends will be glad to learn of his existence.

Alex. McDougal, brother of Susie so well known a t C'arii.-le, came from. Genoa, N e­braska, this week 1 0 be a s tudent with us.

A ra ther unique comparison was i ha t of one of the boys the o ther day Ivhen he said the potatoes were frozen as hard as gravestones.

Miss E E. Wolle, of Lilitz, and Miss Luck- eulmc.h’s colleague at Liudei H a l l , some years since, has been a guest of the la t te r for a few da.\ s.

Asher P a rk e r is tak ing a lit tle tu rn in the hospital with cold and aoie throat , H obri t E m m e tt has re tu rned to the case after quite a siege.

The girls made a ska ting-rink of the Urge, inn-T cou i t of the ir quarters , by throwing water over the brick floor, and euj y ska ting there very much.

A no ther subscriber is anxious to know who and what ihe Mau-ou the-bano-siand is. Aeaiii we have but to say ne is the N E W S person fled, t e a t is all.

W hen Guy B ro w n was se n t lo to w n th e o th e r day on an e r r a n d w hat did he do but go a u u lo r g o t to take off h is apr<m? T hat is w h a t th e M. O. T. B. S. ca l ls business.

I t is a cold snap indeed that, freezes the H enderson m ill race, for the w a ter is ob ta in ­ed from the spring, bul it is now frozeu over, and the boys have been enjoy log a skate there­on.

A subscriber, who i-i an expert cook, in an- sweriug ilie p r im er 's pi of last week says: “ Your pi is alt tilling bill needs a crust, The p r im er can find ihe tilling but it lakes a cook to make the crust.

Miss Delia Randall , one of our recent g rad ­uates irotn i l l s N e w I i a v - n school of nursing, ha-> been appointed d is tric t nurse of th a t city*. Delia has made an excellent recoid for her­self ever since she left Cailisle.

The exhibition last T hursday n igh t was a success. There was a little more prom pting than sometimes, hut in oilier re-peels toe en- te n a lu in e u t was b i t te r iliau usual. The tab ­leaux were especially beautiful. A t the close, Capt P ra t t tnanked ttie performers and the li achi rs whose efforts ban been used in fu rn ­ishing such a pleasing and instructive evening.

Owing to an epidemic of measles in the school, i t will be necessary to postpone our C om m encem ent th is year to a date which will he announcedklater, and which will prob­ably be a l te r the m iddle of March.

That was a welcome express package from Amos Ely, Bucks C ounty , which cam e last week for two maiden housekeepers, as it con­tained two line large pieces of hom e-cured dried beef, one apiece, aud prepared by hands tha t know ju - t how.

The mea-des are taking v ery l ight hold, and beingso well quarantined a t the hospital there is not much lear of a wide spread, ye t the M 0 . T. B. S th inks it a wise move for the authori ties to postpone C om m encem ent un t i l fu r th e r developments.

The small boys were perfectly excusable, were they not, for bursting out, in an im-i controllable fit o f laughter , the other day wffien Miss Heneh who is used to m othering li t i le girls admonished litem seriously on taking off the ir good clothes to “ Be sure and hang up your dresses.’’

A num ber from the school attended the funeral services of the late W illiam R. Claudy, held a t bis fa the r 's hom e on P o ir t re t Street, W ednesday . af eruoon. The friends of the deceased a t the school^ contributed a large basket of beautiful roses and carnalious as an em blem of respect aud love.

I t does not take long to secure T E N subscrip­tions for ttie H e l p e r aud thus obtain a souv­enir contain ing six ty excellent views of <,ur school—inte iio r and exterior of buildings, g radua ting classes, football team and other in teresting pictures. Tile souvenir sells for 25 cents case. F R E E for ten H e l p e r or TW O “ Red M a n ” subscriptions. I f ordered by mail send two cents ex tra for postage.

I t is hoped th a t D a G 'ip p e has had its day. iu these parts, and that the cold snap lias frozen it out never to re turn . A m ong the vie- l im sd u r in g the week were Miss Eiicsou. Miss Hencn , Miss Hiilme, Prof. Bakele-s, and Mrs. Wheelock. They are all up aud around now, however, and Miss t ar te r, who began the w’eek before aud had the most serious at tack , is also some hi tier, hut does not improve as fast as her friends would like to see.

Mrs H endren fell backwards from the Her- dic last Saturday m orn ing and sustained in- ju i ie s Irom which she lay unconscious tor sev ­eral hours. She is still ill, her m ind being somewhat a f f cted. Three ladies were iu the H erd ic when the mules started, and not see­ing the dri> er who was lean ing over to a r ­range his laprohe, though t lie was not there, auo jum ped . All is being done tha t medical skill and nu r- ing can accomplish, aud it is , sincerely hoped tha t tUe Suiierer will speed.lv recover.

“ Hyson J o h n ’s le tter has been received,” , said Miss C um m ins of the G erm an class, as she looked up from tier writing at the office desk, to Miss N ana , who is also of the G erm an class, aud who had entered the office on bus­iness. The le t.er mentioned was of a business nature and had been expected for several days ; but Germ an being I lie < rder of spare m om ents ju s t now ami Miss N ana Hi in king she was being . greeted in ihe G erm an tongue replied with a luystilied expression: “ HeiseU S ie ? Ich ver- slehe uicht. , t

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Some of the old grandfa thers and g ra n d ­m others of I he tr ibe would to th is day ra the r kill th e ch i ld ren th a n see th e m taken to a fa r off la n d to learn the w hite m a n ’s way.

So the writer , who knew the feeling of those old m edicine m eu a u d the more superst it ious e lem en t was no t filled w ith the m ost de l ig h t­ful sensations w hen a vigorous old wom an cam e up to h e r ta lk in g fiercely in a s trange to n g u e ,a n d in voice loud and h ideousev iden tly for o thers to hear, and then tu rn in g arouud, wildly th rew aw ay the b lanke t which covered h e r nude waist; and hav ing purchased yards and yards of calico from the t rad e r to sacrifice, wound the gai ly figured s tu ff a round the w agon bodies and over the ponies, all the while m u t te r in g or s ing ing in weird tones.

One old medicine m a n on horseback cam e ga lloping toward the writer as th o u g h he in tended to grind h e r in to pieces undernea th the p o n y ’s hoofs, but seeing the easte rn wo­m a n s tand like a s ta tue , he checked his steed w ith a terr ib le pull of the la r ia t rope, and stopped in t im e to prevent a serious ca tas tro ­phe.

I n th rea ten ing tones and loud, however, he le t fo rth such a n ou t-burs t of g ibberish, w ith such energetic ges ticulations th a t a l l , fo r h u n ­dreds of feet around were a t tracted , and the w r i te r could b u t in te rp re t his ac tious as an em p h a t ic m a rk of d isapproval of the whole proceedings.

B u t the younger m en and wom en—those of th i r ty aud forty, those who are consider­ed the progressive Ind ians , those who listen ed to reason au d could see th a t in the educa­t ion of the ir ch ild ren lay the ir salvation, they who weie th e paren ts and guard ians of the ch ild ren proved exceedingly helpful, and a l­though m any were in the nat ive dre-s th e y showed by the ir ac tions th a t they possessed good hearts and intentions.

A t last the final prepara tions for a three d a y s ’ r ide over the prairies were completed and the t ra in m ade a s ta rt . T he writer being in charge, occupied a rear wagon.

W e had gone a ha lf-day’s jou rney when the Hash of l igh t before m entioned, or ra th e r a succession of flashes from a looking glass on a d is tan t blufT, dazzled the eyesof the occupants of the wagon.

(To be continued.)

A N O V E R DOSE.

“ R ocky M ounta in N e * s ” says:Now, I d o n ’t believe th e Ind ian is liable to

an overdose of religion, but he is very liable to an overdose of laziness if Uncle Sain feeds and clothes him and takes away all necessity for individual exertion.

T H E I N D I A N L E A R N E D H I S L E S S O N .

The reserva tion In d ia n is very ap t to t h in k th a t the w hite m a n is m ade of m oney, or, if employed by the G o v ern m e n t to teach the I n d ­ian , th e w h i t e m a n is often looked upon by the Ind ian as his servant, and w ith som e de­gree of p roprie ty , for i s n ’t i t th e I n d i a n s ’ m oney th a t pays th e w hite m a n ?

The m issionary is also looked upon by som e of the In d ia n s as a sort of h a n d y m a n to serve th e i r w ishes.

The following inc iden t i l lu s tra tes th e p o in t in question.

A cer ta in In d ia n A gent, who resided in th e town ad jo in ing the reservation , requested an In d iau who was in tow n and going o u t to th e reservation, and who on his way hom e would pass th e m iss ionary ’s house, to ca r ry som e mail to the m issionary .

The Ind ian d id a9 requested, an d asked th e m issionary two dollars for the service.

The m issionary th o u g h t two dolla rs was too much to pay, bu t f inally agreed to give the I n d ia n one do lla r as soon as he got th e change.

A few days a f te r , th e m issionary on his w ay to town passed the I n d ia n ’s tepee.

The In d ia n asked the m issionary to b r ing back a do lla r 's worth of tobacco, tea and

•sugar—rea l I n d ia n luxuries—for the d o l la r due h im .

W h e n th e m iss ionary cam e hack, he de ­livered a very small qu an t i ty of each.

I t was now the lu d ia n > tu rn to r em o n ­strate. Covering his m ou th with his h an d he looked with am az em e n to n the small packages.

“ W h a t for, so l i t t l e ? ’’ he finally asked. “ W h ite m a n ’s tim e is worth m oney as well

as In d ia n ’s t im e ,’’ said the m issionary . “ I cannot afford to work for n o th in g .’’

The In d ian saw the po in t and had n o th in g to say.

One lit tle In d ia n chu rch has bottles and tin cups for its com m union service.

Enlicma.I am m ade of 9 letters.An In d ian boy canno t have too m uch of

w ha t the world calls 6, 8, 7, 5.A ch i ld likes to sit on h is m a m m a ’s 4, 1, 9.My 5, 3, 2 is w ba t a physic ian is som etim es

called by his friends.M y whole is w h a t the M au-on-the-band-

s tand is get t ing too aged to par t icu la r ly e n ­joy.

A n s w e r T o L a s t In d ian Helper .

W e e k ’s E n i g m a : The