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Show INDIAN SCHOOI, INSTITUTES. 443 flower heds, or give a class of Small boys a garden to themselves, with each boy a bed of his own to plant and care for, and each encouraged to cscel, if possible, his classmates in the appearance oY his bed or in the amount of vegetahles he produces. As the box gross in size, tasks involving more labor and pains may be assigued him, such as milking cows, grooming horses, husk-ing corn, digging potatoes, etc. HOW TO OVEECOME THE NOXADIC TBNDESCIES 06' THE INDIAN. AND IMPROVE TEE 1SI)IliC HOJIE. Nrs. Agnes B. Reedy, female indrrstrial fcac1ber.-The roring habit is horn in the lndian and dinicuit to overcome. Xrs. 0. jL Sntee, housekeeper at 1nvge.-I think that after the Indians have their allntolents and know that the land is their own, and that the work they do is for their good, it n-iii help to Beep them at home. J. J. Etrss. industrial teacher, Sterdirtg Zlorl; Sc1~ool.-The establishment of cheese fartories and ci'ealneries where the Indian could dispose of mill; mollid encourage him to herd milch cows, rhich \x.auid necessitate his rcmaining at home. HYGIENE I N THE HOXIE. Dr. P. F. Rice, pkupicintt, Cansoft Ball district.-The typical Indian llonle Qf this reservation is a log. hut with a rtuail door and a mindon--no .floors or partitions. One Indian told me that his house, about 18 by 20 feet, sheltered 18 or 20 persons last winter. Result. his ~ i f ies rlertd fronl tukl rulnr infec-tion. Another c a s c a house 16 by 10 feet, n smnli n.indow on the so~uth side about 2 feet square nailed in solidly. a small door ollening into a shed on tlle west, sheltered S persons during the past viuter. The wife died the follolviug Jnip from t u h e r ~ ~ ~ilnnferc tion. A retrospect of these cnses \%,ill sholr ns our duty on that question. First, when the log hilts are being built. let us nclriw the,!) rnnr3erninn l~;lrtitinnu and fioors. and especially cotlcerniug nunlight and ventilation. Thcy need more sunlight. The ordinary house of an Il~diall should have a doul)le window on three sides and a goall door on the fourth side. I t is essmti:li there should be a large window on tlle ~011thsi de capable of being moved in its frame. Then teach them to open it ex-ery m y a l ~ sl e t the clean. fresh ai rn-hich tiley need. , Ex11gs11re is not tile rnuse of co11~1~m~~tion-e~111finemdeanrit;n, ers. and crowd-ing are the great breeders of the tubercle bacilli. Also. direct them to parti-tion off sieel~iugr oanls Irnill liring :lad eating roams. The rules for the Indian ' school sexiee direct that dor~ilitory space be 100 cuhic feet for each person. Tliis idea applied to the hqlue life of the Indian n.oul8 he our best prevention for tubercular trauhle. A verp 1lnh:nt reason for decrease in riopnlntion, shomn by the census reports in the death of clliidreil under 5 years of age. is the lack of proller care : ~ n d nourishing food: I hare in mind four cnses'mnging from tn-o to eight montha in ;Ire whom the mothers were attempting to feed by the white mun's method-a bottle. If tilere Is :my one n-ay to exterminate tile Indinn-or any $,are, for that matter-it is to bring up babies on artificial food. Few children fed on nrtifical food are ever as strong nlld healthy as those brought up on nnture's own food. This is due to the improper manner of cleaning bottle and appli-ances, atid the use of unclean mill<. Dr. J. O. Veldlreis. phvsician, Wan11 River School, North Dakota.-When an Indian rerrires an allotment nnil builds Ills house it should contain a t le;lst three rooms. The building should have n southern exposure, and the walls ought to be whitewashed or painted. T,he use of canned food has wrought havoc among the Indians. MORE OBIECTIT% TEACHING. W. P. Squires, dau scl~ool inspector. Standing Rock Reseruatlon. North Da1iota.-\T'e n-nnt more objective teaching by teachers in the homes. We want the field matrons to go t o an Indian borne and camp there, and show the Indians how the work should he done. In the class room, take up something the child knows-let him see what it looks like in fact, script, printed, and numerals. |
