A WEEKLY LETTER FROMTHE CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL

G LUM E V I. C A R L IS L E , P a ., F R ID A Y , A P R IL 24, 1891. N U M B E R 33.

W H A T DO W E P I , l * T W H E N W E P L A N T T H E T H E E ?

H A T do we p lan t when we p la n t the tree ? ■ We p lan t the ship, w hich will cross the

sea.W e p lan t the m ast to carry the sails;

W e p lan t th e p lanks to w ithstand th e gales— The keel, the keelson, anrl beam and knee; W e p lan t the sh ip w hen we p lan t th e tree.W h a t do we p lan t w hen we p lan t the tree? W e p lan t the houses for you and me.W e p lan t the rafters,the shingles, the floors, W e p lan t the studding, the la th , the doors, T he beams and siding, all parts th a t be;W e p la n t the house w hen we p lan t the tree.W hat do we p la n t w hen we p la n t the tree? A thousand th ings th a t we daily see:W o p lan t the spire th a t out-tow ers the crag, W e p lan t the sta ff for our coun try ’s flag, W e p lan t the shade, from the hot sun free; W e p lan t a ll these w hen we p lan t the tree.

• - Henry Abbcg\is M rs”:— .■■■ ' ■'

T H E R , t, ; T I N D I A * R O Y S A N D G I R L S “ j { r I N T H E W O U L D .

in- --------lU c h , n tiu- C h ances to g et H o ld o f th e

W h ite H a n ’s P o w e r -K lc h in 0;>|>or- tn n ltte s to G ain C o u rag e an d l a -

dependence.F or instance, from country hom es we get

th e following reports: /“ V. is im proving daily both a t hom e and at

school. She seems to have qu ite a ta len t for b ak in g .”

The M au-on-the-band-stand is proud of V. and lias not m uch respect for a wom an who canno t bake good bread.

“ H e is a good boy and understands m any k inds of work but is very careless about ta k ­ing care of his tools. Is no t com peten t to go ahead w ith th e w ork w ithout some one to go ahead to plan it for him , although he thinks

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Oh, Oh.' W hen a w orkm an is careless w ith h is TOOLS there is not m uch hope of h is suc­ceeding. The M an-on-the-band-stand hopes th a t H . will soon do better. N ot only careless w ith tools b u t has the big head! Too bad! Of course it is th e careless boy who has the big head. A careful, though tfu l young m an or woman, a tten tiv e to work, ready and anx ious to do well and learn fast, never gets the big head.

“ W ith care, T th in k she will m ake a good w om an . I w ill be glad to teach h er to use her head more. She tries to please, and our love for each o ther is m u tu a l.”

True! a girl who does not use h e r H E A D about her w ork is not w orth a great deal to herself or to an y one else. She w ill never am ount to an y th in g . I. is young and is bound to learn in the good home she now is.

“ Can report a steady im provem ent in her and although I can never re tu rn her a polished lady she is very different from the uncouth, g irl th a t cam e two years ago. There seems to be a deepening in the best th ings, and in both w ork and study she is fa ith fu l and in te rested .”

I f the O uting System has done n o th in g m ore than im prove th is one young In d ian girl and given h er a deepening in te re s t“ in best, th in g s” the system is a success; bu t it does th is in a la rge degree.., ^ ..O T je ra one of 4 M JtSfll. now in country hom es. The In d ian boys and girls out in good hom es gain the in d iv id u a l desire to be somebody and to do som eth ing in the world.

“ J . is very saving, and I hope he w ill con­tinue to be so.”

The M an-on-the-band-stand rejoices w hen he sees an In d ian young m an or woman who is saving. I t seems to be the one hard lesson for them to learn . Save! save! save! Save som ething for old age. I f you m ake only ten cents a day do not allow yourself to spend over h a lf of it, and fasten the o th e r five cen ts so you cannot get it, and it w ill grow and help you la te r on in life.

“ She is pleasant, capable and in d u strio u s .”C annot we all see success ahead for th is

young w om an ? W h a t better recom m endationgouju o*c given to a j^e-ioun.; and to tb >.i , 'she is an IN D IA N g irl. W hy! A re the In d ia n s capable and industrious? I t seem s so.

“ H e uses no tobacco, his hea lth is excellent, h is ab ility and industry good and his conduct very good. H e has not m issed a siugle day a t school a ll w in te r.”

W e can alm ost see in to th e fu tu re of th is young m an and behold w here he is coining

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P R IN T E D E V E R Y F R ID A Y , A T T H E IN D IA N IN D U S T R IA L SCH O O L, C A R L IS L E , P A ., BY T H E IN D IA N P R IN T E R BOYS.

Tho [yjlAJN R blprb 1b PRIN TED by Indian boys, but ffiDlTKT>>y The-raan-on-th©-band-stand, who is NOT an Indian.

Price:— lO cents a year.

Address Indian Helper, Carlisle, Pa.Mins iif. Eurgeas, Manager.

Entered in the P. O. at Carlisle as second class m ail matter.

Th e I n d ia n H elpejj is paid for in advance, bo do not hesitate to take the paper from the Post Office, for fear a b ill will be presented.

Mr. P o tte r w rites th a t he likes F t. Totten, N . I). very well. F or a sum m er resideucam o p re ttie r spot could be selected, he th inks.

The most discouraging words in the E n g ­lish language, to the M an-on-the-band-stand a re : “ w h a t’s the u se?”

D ear brig h t little H e l p e r : You are as welcome as the sunsh ine. How you do help me w ith your wit, fun , goodness and com panionship .—S ubscriber , P hilade lph ia .

Capt. P ra tt addressed a m eeting of M etho­d is t m inisters in B altim ore, on M onday, and was the guest of D r. M cCauley, form erly P re sid en t of D ick inson College.

H u s c R a i l .F ive hundred lovers of the national sport

w itnessed the gam e of baue bail between D ickinson and the In d ian s on Saturday sittem oon. The gam e although a tine one did no t contain m any special features, and the little enthusiasm m anifested seemed to be in fav o r of the Ind ians, tlie sym path ies of tlie spectators being w ith them up u n til w ithin the last few inn ings w hen D ickinson began to plav hard and quick, doing rem arkab ly tine w ork for the first gam e. * * There was considerable fum bling by both the in and out fielders of the In d ian s but the gam e played by them was strong, and surprised even some of the D ickinson men. Schanandore. on firstm ade m any difficult pick-ups. The p itch ing of K ohpay was hard and deceived some of the batters by a sw inging m otion of the arm . —[Carlisle Sentinel. , , , ,

The score a t the close of the gam e stood 4 to 11 in favor of D ickinson. v

Item s from the Pipe o f Peace, the Genoa In- (Hum school Paper.

The circulation of the Pipe, is crow ding one thousand,w hich is a p retty good show ing,con­sidering th a t it is just getting a s ta rt.

S uperin tenden t B ackus s ta rted Tuesday for the Cheyenne D iver agency after a num ber of new pupils for h is school.

A nea t boat has ju s t been com pleted w hich is designed for the benefit ol the pupils of C ra u t In stitu te .

W H A T BECOM ES O P YOITR P U P IL S A F T E R T H E Y GO H O M E ?

They have hard tim es.They w ant to do r ig h t bu t find it up -h ill

w ork in the face of strong influences to pull them down.

The story of “ S tiya ,” founded on fact, is a sad h isto ry of a noble C arlisle g irl w ho con­quered every difficulty. The book is illus­tra ted and prin ted on excellen t paper, H ough­ton , Mifflin & Co., publishers. P rice fifty , cen ts a single copy or $4.00 for ten copies. Send seven cents ex tra for single copy if ordered by m ail. A ddress I n d ia n H elp­e r , Ca r lisle , Pa .

W h a t P eop le T liin k o f S tiy a .

B rooklyn.“ The little book is exceedingly in te re s t­

in g .”Mil l v il l e , N. J.

“ I t is a p re tty little book.”L e e , Mass.

E v e ry one to whom I have loaned my book has been very m uch in terested . I t has been read in two of the lad ies’ clubs in tow n. I am sure it-w ill do g reat good and w ill answ er the question so m any people have asked: “ W hy are the educated Ind ians so ready to go back to Ind ian w ays?”

O c e a n C i t y , N. J._ “ I have not read an y th in g so good as S tiya

since 1 sat up nearly all n igh t to read Uncle Tom ’s C abin.”

“ W e th ink the book qu ite in te re s tS ^ ^ H in g us an understand ing of the lia rdsi|^^fc tiieen ligh tened In d ian encounters. I h ^ R n wondered tiow the m ajority looked civ ilization .” ^

Jam es Gorm an,of P ine B idge A gency,D ak., who lias been in declin ing health for a long tim<>, died on Tuesday. W hen the Sioux chiefs were here recen tly Jam es was urged to go hom e w ith them , b u t he begged to be allowed to rem ain w here lie could re ­ceive good care. Jam es Gorm an was one of our good boys. H e was a m em ber of the Episcopal C hurch, and before couiimr to Car­lisle, was a catech ist a t one of the cam ps under the Rev Mr. Cook’s supervision a t P ine Ridge. W hile in B ucks C ounty he made w arm friends who w ith those a t the school sincerely m ourn his death.

T hat was a su b stan tia l good-bye w hich M rs. Thom pson, oi Perm ’s P ark , 'gave to the m other of the little boys the other day. A fter shak ing hands Mrs. G iven discovered' a live-' do llar bill in the palm of h e r band, and the k ind hearted visitor explained th a t the m oney was for tne Sm all B oys’ L ib rary , A ll are g ra te fu l indeed for the gift.

“ The R ecent Y oung A m ericans” is a new club started am ong the sm all boys. F ran k Shively is C aptain and ca tcher; Sam uel Six- killer, p . ; M alcolm C larke, 1st. b . ; Cloud B ird , 2.1).: George Suis, 3 b . ; Presley H ouk , r. f . ; E nos Pego, o. f . ; E rn est Peter?* 1. f B e rt K ennerly , s. s.

T he trees are leafing out rabidly.Mrs. S tand ing is quite better.Miss P au li is again on du ty and Miss Bots-

ford rap id ly im proving.The lawn-m ow er has begun its per-'

am b u la tin g back and forth across the parade.Miss E ly and her v isiting friends w ent over

th e battle-field of G ettysburg, on Tuesday.Miss M erritt, who is under I lie w eather and

Miss H u n t, wlio has been doing arduous work n u rs in g the measles, have gene to the m oun­ta in s for a few' days' rest.

Mrs. Cam pbell was so worn down by loss of sleep in nu rsing her th ree ch ild ren w ith the m easles th a t when they were out of danger she, too, was taken ill, but is recovering.

The dining-room beli has taken the place of the chapel bell du ring the measles siege. The old ci apel w ill soon be cleared of its pa­tien ts and th ings will again settle down to th e oid ways.

The new four-horse coach w en t full to the m ountains S aturday, and although the oc­cupan ts w ere caught in a sm art show er they cam e back laden w ith arbu tus and had a de­ligh tfu l tim e.

W e hoped the w orst of the measles epidem ic had passed. The gym nasium was cleared of patien ts on W ednesday, bu t six nevv cases yesterday, has a d iscouraging look.

M rs. W arner Thom pson and son A lbert, M rs. W oodm an and daughters, Lizzie and Alice, all of Bucks County have been v isiting the school th is week, , guests of Miss E ly , w ho is Mrs. Thom pson’s aunt.

L et each one of the 500 now present a t the school try to do h is part to keep the parade looking clean. I f no one ever th row s ap iece of paper or o ther unsightly th ing on the grass it will alw ays look well w ithou t the young a rm y of pickers going the rounds.

W hen N ina was convalescing she though t it h e r du ty to assist the nurse, and although site is the baity of the school her w om anly airs in im ita tio n of the serious nurses in charge w hen tak ing tem perature , etc., were very am using.

M ark E v a rts w ent to H arrisbu rg on M on­day to w ork in a harness shop. H aving nursed m easles the week before, he returned ra th e r suddenly on Tuesday, w ith sym ptom s of the fashionable a ttack , but a rest of a few days set h im rig h t and he has gone back to H arrrisburg .

The board w alks w ent up like m agic on Tuesday and W ednesday. Each division took legs unto itself, (som etim es tw elve,som e­tim es only eight) and w alked off in a v e r v dig­nified m anner, depositing itself behind the guard-house to w ait there un til enow conies again. The m om ent each section was lifted an arm y of brooms in th e hands of sm all boys sw ept up the lit te r that had accum ulated u n ­derneath du ring the w inter, and before the w ind could possibly have a chance to scatter th is d ir t across the parade the path was made clean and p leasan t to w alk upon. I t doesn 't take us forever to do th ings around here.A t least 5000 square feet of board walk are prft, down every F ail and taken up every Spring.

The parade now has on its p re ttie s t dress.“ Large aches from little toe-corns grow ,”

m ay no t be a new version but bears repe tition in these days of new shoes.

The new m ail-bag m ade by the harness- m akers is a nea t but substan tia l article.

M artin A reh iquette is now try in g his hand a t m aking p rin te r’s ro llers and is tu rn in g out some very good ones.

Mrs. Jam es Boyd, Mrs. J .F .S e ile r and Mrs. Neil, friends of Miss Luckeubach, cam e over from H arrisburg on Tuesday to see the school.

Robert P enn w ho is qu ite run down in h ea lth has gone to h is N ebraska hom e. No doubt the change w ill do h im good, and we hope soon to hear of his being well.

G reencloud, of the W innebago Agency, N ebr., v isited the school th is week on his way home from W ashington. H is daughter Alice accom panied h im hom e.

W ho w ants to h ire a m an to w ork who does h is best only when he fee ls like it ? (Such a person cannot be trusted to do steady, honest work.

The expensive and curious E squ im aux costum es sen t to the school m useum by I)r. Sheldon Jackson, of A laskan M issionary fame, is a valuable addition to our collection of relics, and have proved m ost in te resting to a ll who have exam ined them .

If you wish to Bee some fools’ nam es,go look on the bridge th a t crosses the race in the m eadow. The nice p a in t and wood have been m arred w ith a knife, we hope no t by the hands of the boys whose nam es are there cut, for we would n a tu ra lly th in k T H E Y had m ore sense.

Miss SebaefFner, dressed pi th e m ost a p ­proved Chinese costum e (w hich by the w ay was exceedingly becom ing to her) treated the school on F rid ay evening to a lecture on C h i­na, where she has been a m issionary. Hex- w ords so sim ple, h e r voice so clear and pleas­a n t and her style so a ttrac tiv e carried her audience a t tim es to the very scenes she de­

coun try and way of teli-

scribed. C hina is a wonderful Miss S ch ae fih erh as a w onderful iug about it.

We m ay learn useful lessons from the in ­dustry and th rif t of the Chinese, and from the respect they pay to thq jr aged, bu t after lis ten ing to the story of crowded c ities,narrow streets, sm all m en tal grow th of the Chinese, th e ir conceit, the poor people depending on cats and rats for m eat, the false hair th a t the m en w ear to beautify them selves, the ir plows m ade of roots and draw n by buffalo, th e ir small pay of ten cen ts a day , th e ir inadequate m eans of trave ling from place to place, the m en buying wives, the narrow lives of the. women of C hina, the ir c rim inally sm all feet, the ir inab ility to get around , th e ir hav ing to bedoine slaves of th e ir husbands and m other- in-law s. and liv ing in the sm allest of rooms, no t seeing th e sun for years, and com pared to buffalo, as hav ing no souls, a laud w here the in h ab itan ts do not know the taste of w ater, and opium eating is the curse of m il­lions, who was not m ade proud, last S a tu r­day night; of our own dear United States of A m erica, h e r institu tions and h er opportun i­ties ?

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out, a t forty-five. H e w ill be a useful, honest, industrious, capable business m an tak in g care of him self and fam ily and doing great good in the world by h is noble exam ple .

“ She is a strange com position. She is som etim es quite sa tisfactory and th en in a few m om ents, w ithou t the least cause we know of,she is very cross. She is a g irl of good ab ility and does m any tilings very well and it would be a blessing to herself and others if she could only see the beauty of being agree­ab le.”

The M an-on-the-band-stand detests a cross, ugly wom an. I f th is young g irl does not w atch herself w hile young, w hat sort of a wom an w ill she be? A cro ss , crabbed, ugly, disagreeable, m iserable w retch whom nobody can love or respect. B u t if she learns to gov­ern herself now she m ay y e t drive the ug li­ness out and bring into her life sweet su n ­shine and happiness.

“ She gets along nicely and is im prov ing rap id ly . H er health is excellent, conduct good and ab ility and industry ex ce llen t.”

W e pred ic t for th is young woman a b righ t fu tu re . She is hav ing the advantage of a well graded school in P h ilade lph ia , stands high in her classes, and is w orking her way in an excellen t hom e. This is independence. How m uch better th an to accept support from fa­th e r or friends or the G overnm ent. She is a regular Chauncey Depew sort of a girl, whose story w as told in last w eek 's IlELEPR,ar>d shebids fair to become a railroad queen or a queenof som ething better, th a t of a happy sucessful life.

A nd ano ther:“ I m ust say she has a lovely disposition, is

very w illing and is learn ing to cook n ice ly .”“ She has learned to be a good baker of bread

and cake, m akes pudding, e tc .; can cook n iee ly .”

T h is is a lit tle A pache g irl, who only a few years ago knew no t w hat bread w as, and could not speak a word of E ng lish .

She has learned to read and w rite and speak E n g lish fairly w ell, and see, w hat a real little w om an she has become! E very little A pache g irl in A rizona could do the sam e th in g if she only had the chance, and there is no t a little A pache g irl now a t hom e and liv ing in the tepee w ith her m am m a who is as happy as this little girl. B ut, then , it is too bad to separate them , isn ’t it?

“ I never had a girl th a t was so nea t about h er work. Bhe is very q u ie t.”

L et some of the room girls take a lesson from th is little coun try g irl.

“ C onduct excellen t; careless in h is hab its som etim es but receives correction cheerfully . H is hea lth is perfect, is quick to understand , and it gives me pleasure to rem ark th a t all of h is reports have been as fa ir as th is we tru s t th a t the fu tu re m ay repeat the year.

There is a point. H e takes correction cheer­fu lly . We canno t expect all young girls and boys to be perfect, bu t if they take correction cheerfully there is m uch hope. A few, how­ever, who come to C arlisle to learn, get angry and ac t m u lish when the teacher shows w herein they do a th in g the w rong w ay. W e can but p ity all such.

“ H e is a very good boy bu t is careless about w ashing, but, w ith urg ing w ill keep clean. H e will not ta lk enough for h is own good or for our p leasure; frequen tly m isunderstands me, req u irin g constan t atten tion . W ill s a y ‘Y es' w hen he should say, ‘N o ,’ and ‘N o ,’ w here he should say ‘Y es.’ H ow ever, we regard h im a very clever good boy .”

TL Ilia report shows som eth ing of the patience it requ ires for a busy farm er to teach a boy who knows not m uch E n g lish , but to th is patience and to. the in te rest w hich our patrons have taken in the pupils is largely due the success of the O uting System .

Enigm a.I am m ade of n ine le tters.My 2, 0, 8, 4 is opposite of early.My 1, 5, 8 is a word used in gam bling.My 7, 3, 8, 9 is a g ir l’s nam e.My 8, 6, 7 is a sailor.My 9, (1,8 ,4 is an expression of ex trem e dis­

like.My whole is the In d ian nam e for a river, city

and country in M innesota.L ouise R a y .

St,. P au l, M inn.

A T the Carlisle Indian School, ia published m onthly, tin ei^h page quarto, of standard size, called T h e R e d H a n , the me1

cbauical part of which is done entirely by Indian boys. T h is paper is valuable as a summary of inform ation on Indian m atter, and contains writings by Indian pupils, ami local iucideuts of the school. Terms: t ifty cents a year, in advance.

For 1, 2. and 3 subscribers for T h e R e d M a i l , we give the same premiums offered in Standing Offer for the HKEPFIl.

A ddr«.„. TTTR RET) WAN. 0*r)U1«. P*. * 1 2

AN DING O FFER.—For F ive new subscribers to the IN DIA F O H ELPER, wo will give the person sending them a photographic group of the 17 Carlisle Indian P rin te r boys, on a cord 4^x6)v Inched, worth 20 cento when sold by itself. Name and tribe of eacl boy given.

(Persona wishing the above premium will please enclose &1- cent stamp to pay postage-)For TEN, Two P hotogbafks, one showing a group of Pueblos or

they arrived in wild dress, and another of the same pupils threv years after; or, for the same num ber of names we give two photo­graphs showing Htill more marked contrast between a Nuvajoe as be- arrived in nativo dress, and as lie now looks, worth 20 cents apiece

The new combination picture showing all on? buildings ansi band-stand> (boudoir) will also be g iven for TEH subscribers-

(Persons wishing the above premiums will please enclose £2- cent stamp to pay postage.)

For F IFT EEN , we offer a GROUP ov thk w hole school on 9x1* inch card. Faces show distinctly, worth sixty coots.

(Persons wishingthe abovs orwninEtS will please send 5 cents to pay postage.)

For TWO Subscribers and a One-cent stamp, we send the printed oopy of the Apache contrast- For ONE Subscriber and a Two-oent stamp we will gaud the printed copy of Pueblecontrast-