Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs - 1890

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CLX REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRB. wnwete bv means of nu anorooriate storv or incident. t o call out the dutv or tn1t.h ~ - t h r ~ lrescnt#:dla g rnoaua;~; q;c,tiuna, toilluarrafeauh~nforreirh y a f i ~ t i < ~ ~ u I , l e c r i o n o i p00:ry. a ~ c lli! .:tllv rb her i r in t h e momorj. in rhe fortn of an spprol,l.iatn maxim. T h e " ~ c c i n ltr tw df rb18 ins t rucr iun id t o c i s 0 osoi l a 3 c l c z r k u o u l r d ~ur f illlrv. t o quiokin their moralnetures, and especial5 th~o&scienoo, and to lea$ thorn t; ihe forming of right purposes. There should be constant review of tho preceding oourse with the special purpose of securely tixing in tho child's memory and mental habits the results of the eight years of study above outlined. Haviua comnleted t h e eieht vears' oourse. the Indian bov or nirl who has been in I W ~ I I I ;~.as, o<dil>;tl.y~ i r u ; h f iuind, nngi laria been properiy r;,;igilt, rviil ilu R I ~ I Ot o read, writo, ilnd convrr.r ill l,:~,gliah; ro solv,, all). lernctic;ll ltnjloleut iu wrirtrn nr t l lut r r t c~,t o ..".I rl.n,!~-l, percnnt:#ce; to lnrdia on tlto nl~llne l l t h e pr int ipnl r i v n j , Inkc,i, I e n~s ,I ln,unraltta. . ~ u d i t:^. o i S o r l i ~au tl Soutll Awr r icn ; 10 DJOW :dl iht, con-t i v r ~ \ i e ;t o pa,inr o u t i~llollt 1.e ylobc or a witp of r h e a u r l d r l ~ n h omc s o fa ll ilso g r e a t r.trt,.. 2nd ~ $ d1 t ,+iriLta rllvlr ehilracrurirrirn: ro nsmo r l ~ i!l arra of d~.eccha 1181 oxi,lnin 11.t tr u.uro o l r i o u * rrl.8rmur 10 enrl! o t l i r ; 10 k>bo\v s d ~ o ~ ~ ~ t l il~, bn S~r, iL~fI ~ aCtljt l I)y:i..uc,; ro rmnd, tnl.derstanld, ;tncl on joy 3 ot~n.qv~l , corr irook; \vlll hxvn nrqtlirn<l a xoocl III~II>f i~c rd~ ~ I J ~ I 1Y(1I jl(n ilalal 91111 i>la~ctli rh, nu11 will know Inow t o 1~e lu.v~a t home, on the street, at church, in the prisonca of the oppoaite sex, and in the homes of a coua iot soc e s and friends. In slmrt the t r s i n i n e he r e in o.r on. nsed ie a bml t e o t ~ a l ~ ~ ~ ~ ,~~~ ~ to rhrir u l ~ r $ ~ r >i cod .i s ?u?rs a t l ~ t ~ h l~i cc 1 ~ ~ 1 ~ 1 3 arurlltuircns~, ; aud &I , tln. pupi l eiclwr 1 5 8 ,o~:tku llir orvn t 7 . 1 ~s lvnghido IJW t~11~1e0i r l ron ur 10 taka llle a d v a n e r d cuur,,o ulTcrvrl iu auuu ludiiru ibdu*trisl training srhuul. - INST'nUOTlONS TO AGENTS I"7 REGARD L"O FAMIZP NAXES. DXPAIITIIEOWB ~T HR INTSXIOB O m r c ~o a S ~ e u x~ v r i ~ n s . TVaahinston, D. O., Narolr 19. 1690. ro Indian Aants and Superinlendcmtr njSehoolr: As allotment work progresses it s pears that some oare munt be sxnrcised in re a d to preserv. in among Indians family names. hen Indians become oitirnns-of tile United &*tea, noder the algtment act, the inheritance of pmpert wlll be g~?el.ned by the lam of the re~peotive Statas and i t will canae neMlloss crmf~~sinsno d, doottltless, oanrldorablo ulti~oatelnsst o the Iudiar~aif no rttkmpt is mads to have the diffarent olenlbers of a family known b l the same family name onthrrsoordaand by general reputation. Among other onatoms of tho white people it ia beoomiog imilortant that In. dims adopt that in regsm to names. There 8esm8, however, no good reaaon for cootinning a oustom whioh has prevailed to a considera. ble extant ol sl~bstitutiogE nglish for Indian names, espooisll whet, different mombers of the same family arenamed xith no roe;lrd to the family sorname. ~ou&les s ,in msoy oases, tho Indian name is diffionlt to pronounce and to i'emember. but in many other 0880s the Sudianword ia as short and as eupllonioua as the Eopllsb word that is s;bstitotad, while, othor things being equal, the fact that it is an Iudixn "?ma make8 it a better one. For crmveoisnae, ao English "Christian name" ma7 be iven and the Indian name be rehinad as ar surnanlo. If tlleIr8dian name is unuruailylong and di ffiaat, it may perhaps ha arbitraray ~hortensd. Tile praetios of crllino Indiana by tho Xogiish traoalatlon of their Indian names also seema to ma onadviaable. The unm& tllua obtained &re ususllg awkward snd onoouth, and auollaa the ohildren when tho). mow older v.iil dislike ta retain. In a s evantthohabituf adoptiogsobriq>rntaeiven toIndiana such as " Tobacoo." " XoquC" "Tom." "Pelo.'%al., by whiohthsy become genamlly known, is uofortonate, and ahouid be disoontincd. I t dserades tl~slsrlinn,a orl an be or his ahildren gain in education and oulturothoywill bsnnooyed by a denimation which baa bson fastened upon Bern and of whioh they oa~~notridthemaelvewai tl~ou8 dinloolt\.. noreaftor in sobmitting to this offioo, far approval, names of Indian em lo Bs to bs appointed n8 pn-lieomca, judge., teamsters, laborers, eto.. all ~~iolinamoms art be disca4ecTand effortm ade to aaaer. t s i a~n d rllopt the actual names or such aa should bo palloment 4osl~nations. The names decided upon must be mado well inlown to the respeotive Indians and the lmportnnoo of retaining 81iah nrmsa m09t bo foilg ~ ~ ~ i ~ta ith~eml. e n that this will inro~vas onla expenditure of t h o a nd trouble l>bucnu tuorotban will be wnrrrnM by tlia ilnportanoa of tho mnttar in thonenr futnre. Of oourse siadden ohan~oaa n not be inane in Indirn nomannlstnra; but if agents and acllool auper. intendents r i l l rystnmatically sndenvor, 80 far ras practicable, to have ol~ildrena ll4 wi ~ e 8kn own by the namcs of tho fatbere and husbauds, very great impmrement in this respeot will bo brought ahoet within a few^-ems. I lhsre submitted this aobioat to Hoo. J. W. Powell Direator of the Bnrean of EUmology, whish pivss speoial attention to Indian lioguistioa. His repld is apyended hereto. Ro~p0ctf~ily. T. J. MOECI*~, O"lmulwnb,.