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Show 468 REPORT OF EUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN SUHOOLS. h a m , has not one or more children away at school. and does not wear civilization's garh. All workerain the Indian service will acknowl~lgtrl rat in s litc <.is ome <lemoral-izing influences there are nohle qualities exisling in rbe 1njiar; nature which are shuwiur itr, hravelv. both wr nu<l utf the reatrvarion. 'Phew is not one rield of lal*,r in the adted Statis that is not onen to an Indian who nroves himself able to work in it. Prejudice against the race is melting slowly away. The little child in the Indian home learns from the dav school a small fraction of the euatome and mannere helone-ing to the "mysterious 6eyond" which Ilea outaide the reservation. English wods stir into heing vague ideas, which grow as the child goes to the reservation boarding school, and when away from the reservation he has freedom to go into the families of white people; then, in addition to the knowledge he has gained from books and from the rudlments of trade furnished by the school, comes actual contact, in which he educates as well as receives education, and the nublic is amazed to find courtesv. .. tillclity, ilntl ~vnrlr.nerdw hen. i r cxpt-cted mdcnc~., ~avagerv~, n <trlea uhcr).. The ioot1)all and ha..ehall warus arll the l,a~nlria ~adr r.an~lolinc l u b have brought tlrrae tmtllr 1,efurr the narion at lam-e~. llu,t tine uuirr wmkvm haw dun? n.0 rr~ttclot o ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ p ~ ~~~ - - fasten the truths: &d the world is readv to &&av, has accented-the Indian without question, as far as regards the' color of his skin, where<er he proves his equality. Opportunities for self-support are few on the reservation. When we look hack to our own young manhood and womanhood do wenot see that only as we were sent out, away from home, forced to a kuowledge of the businem world, compelled to take m e of ourselves, did we become self-supporting? It is nonsense to talk of their condition as a happier one before than after education comes to them. It is impossi-ble to escape the cares and sorrows of mature life. They meet them best who are best trained to meet them. There is but one way-education, which includes actual contact-and it is this way the Indian must walk if he is to be able to take his place with the white man. I make an emphatic appeal to you, my fellow-workers, to single out pupils of ability and et them out. Place them in schools where trades are taught, In the lower rounzs of business houses to work up, in schools and colleges; wherever others are learning they should go. The outlook for the "new Indian" is full of promise, hut it is indeed out, not in, and it rests with us very largely whether he gets into the roads that are open in every direction. THE FIELD MATRON'S WORK. The Governntent (licl wisely wlwn it i~i~upinltrclilc hl irlatnma' work. Tllcirs to supplemcnr 311 *rh<r,la nd i>aiipior~arwy mk; tu visit the rick and uged; tllrim to advise, di rc~te.n conmgc, and tcwh all who desire 14 learn: I., visit innn~l ooupe tu I ~ I )UtYrv~- , irlg t t , ir:durc xbgb earnill ,uutl quit kt11 tllv indulvnr ~I I I*~Pj i . ~ ~ l i - i ~ ~ l l ~ ~ l ~ ~ f I . h i ; t o I I I r e a I i I I . TI. L. tivld n>atriltto ~fL-~e~n k-n eels h r tin. hnliclr oi rlw tl\.lnz. to i!.ak,. t h e I&r I><,nr~-.l ias tne ~ o o l ~~ ~ ~ peaceful, and prays :,Our Father" in si6ple,' true, unseetarian fsith; the fither-hood of God and the brotherhood of man and Christ's teaching are wide enough to cover all secta and be B law and consolation to all people and nations. There is no Frer way to become acquainted with the character of individuals than to live with them. In working to uplift the Indians the horizon is often darkened by superstition and awTe Et b~y storm clouds of race prejudice m d tribal influences. matron goes out to her work strong in her faith that educationpiill cure all ills of a deeenerate race. but ex~eriencet eaches that neither educat~onn or culture regeneraies man. ~hksoulm&tb e awakened, the desire must be created, and educa-tion, will power, and ph sical health are hut helps in the work. The affections are a controlling influence in Ltermining the trend of a. man's life. A field matron, if she he wise and discriminstine. soon learns consideration for the old Indians, whosefaults are deeply rooted and in&dicahle, and whose antagonisms must he overcome by kindness. The confidence of theold Indians must be won before a field matroncan meet with any encoumging appreciation. Between the homes of our ancestomof to-day and one hundred years o the contrast is marked, but the im~rovemenwt as not reached in a single bound. %e methods of terlvllirl,! I;mliced with thr whittj I,ringlike rmllv will, ludiaus. Courqt, i8 11erded to rontlrm~r wrurrg pra(:th.ca; pariencr i* n+nletl ru 1,rinp prmisrrncc of pnrpoae: genen,sity ie needed, 3ii talk must be bncknl np by deds and proved by practicxl acts. |
