The Word Carrier of Santee Normal Training School (Santee, Nebraska), 1922-09 - 1922-12

              the Word Carrier
OF
SANTEE NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL.
VOLUME LI
HELPING THE  RIGHT, EXPOSING THE "WRONG
NUMBERS  5 AND 6
SANTEE, NEBRASKA.
Sept.-Oct. and Nov.-Dec, 1922
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Death of Mrs. C. L. Hall at Elbowoods, No. Dak.,
November 26, 1922
All the friends of our A. M. A. Indian Missions will be greatly greived ou hearing of the
death of Mrs. C. L. Hall, of Fort Berthold
mission. Mrs. Hall has been very sick for
several months, and we have all been very
anxious about her recovery. Her health has
failed rapidly.
Mrs. Hall, known to us then as Miss Susan
Webb, began her Indian mission work at
Santee in 1879 as a teacher, and soon became
matron of tbe older girls' dormitory which is
called the Dakota Home. She did a grand
work in her care of the Dakota Home girls in
those early days and now many of our best
Christain Indian women, leaders in their
churches and promineut in their communities, look back with grateful appreciation to
Miss Webb as their best friend and helper.
Miss Webb continued her faithful labor at
Santee into the school year of 1886 and then
married Rev. C. L. Hall, who had already begun the mission work at Fort Berthold, about
ninety miles above Bismarck, No. Dak. That
mission station was in late years moved to
Elbowoods, and Mrs. Hall has during all
these thirty-six years toiled most self-saerific-
ingly in the mission school and has been most
spiritually minded in her untiring efforts to
further the general missionary work among
Indian people. She always remembered the
Santee school with much affection and many
times sacrificed her own needs in order to
give to some special necessity at Santee.
Only a few months ago she sent a gift for the
improvement of our small boys' dormitory
because, as she said, she was so happy that
one of the Indian girls whom she had been
mother to in tbe Dakota Home, more than
thirty-six years ago, had grown up to be capable of being matron (a very good matron too)
of the Boys' Cottage at Sautee.
Dr. C. L. Hall has written us a familiar
letter about the last week of Mrs. Hall's life,
intended to be used in talking to her friends
at Santee and to the pupils at Santee who
came from Dr. and Mrs. Hall's mission field.
The account of Mrs. Hall's last hours is such
a good description of her beautiful Christian
spirit that we feel bound to send it to all the
readers of the Word Carrier who are Mrs.
Hall's friends.
Dr. Hall writes as follows :
Elbowoods, No, Dak., Nov. 26, 1922
Monday, Nov. 20. Mother was too weak for
any effort, but today she prayed at length for
bodily strength, but was ready to accept God's
will, whatever it might be. She prayed for
all of us and the Indian people, that they
might follow Christ's way.
Tuesday, She wanted us to pray, and followed, herself, with difficulty, in a few words.
She wanted God to show us His salvation in
her extreme weakness. She prayed for help
for others. Her thoughts were continually on
helping others, as during her life. It was,
"We'll do some little thing," or "We'll send
a little note." That night she slept little, and
seemed in nervous distress, as she had been,
nights, all along. In the morning she whispered a prayer, "Lord, take me, I want to go !■'.'
Later she said, "Why do I linger so long?"
Then I began a number of Biblo quotations
and she continued, with the next clause. She
dwelt on, "I would have told you." John 14.
She recognized an ludian woman who came in,
and with a struggle called her name and said,
"I am nearly gone."
On Thursday. Still lying helpless, and said
"When will 1 go!" Mrs. Matheney came from
Blackwater. Mrs. Matheney is a trained nurse
who was once in our work, and she aud Miss
Folliett, a former worker who returned to us,
stayed with her all night. She said to Mrs.
Matheney in the morniug, "You must get
something to eat before yon go", thinking
that Mrs. Matheney would be going on a long
drive. The burden ou mother's heart was the
wish that she had been able to do something
to help the people spiritually, more than she
had done. She tried to say this, to a Rec
woman who called. Our Ree friend saw that
she smiled at her, and replied "You have
done more, you have given your life for us!"
Then this woman told us that she had mother's letter written to her when her boy died,
telling her to lean hard on Jesus, and that she
had done so, and was comforted, and now she
brought the comfort back to us. Mother's going from the midst of our Indian people, here,
means much for their good. It is the completion of her thirty-six years of service for
the people here, and forty-three in Indian
work, for she took care of pupils from here in
the Santee school, before she came to us. To
our faithful Ree helper, Kate, she said , "We
have been pals together".
Thursday. At five p. m. she rallied from a
stupor to say "Two things I would want
courage to do, if God spared my life ; to tell
the women to be real Christians, and also
the young men". Then she summoned up
strength to say "Christianity is the real
thing". From this time on, she kept slowly
sinking, not being able to move herself, but
with the nerves in constant restlessness. She
probably was not conscious much of the time,
but occasionally would rally. Oue of her last
efforts was to repeat the text, "I am persuaded
that He is able to keep that which I have committed to him".
Friday and Saturday. She was slowly fad-
| ing away, seeming to be in a state of coma, so
i that we hoped she did not suffer much.    Sat
urday night she responded to Dora's "Goodnight!", and returned my goodnight kiss.
It was about eight o'clock Sunday morning
when she quietly breathed her last. She has
passed on to the mausions above, but leaves
it to the rest to carry on the work.
 _C. L. Hall.
Indian Race Gaining
The Indian race is not dying out, as has
been popularly believed, but is actually gaining in numbers, according to E. B. Merritf,
Assistant Indian Commissioner. In a report
made public last week he said that there are
now 340,917 Indians in the United States.
This represents an increase of 13,500 over the
number ten years ago. Factors responsible
for the population increase are, according to
Mr. Merritt, increased hospital and medical
facilities and improved housing conditions.
He reports seventy-eight hospitals in Indian
reservations, with 150 physicians, eighty-one
nurses and seventy field matrons employed in
Indian service. About 60,000 Indian children
are being educated in Indian and public
schools, and if increased appropriations are
granted Mr. Merritt says that every Indian of
school age can be placed in a school. There
are 83,000 children eligible for school attendance.
A report of the Presbyterian Board of Home
Missions says that 133,000 Indians can speak
English, 91,300 can read and write and 83,462
are citizens. About 100,000 Indians are registered as attendants at the services of some
church. Farming is the principal accupation
of the Indians, 44,874 of tbe 62,138 adult men
enumerated being engaged in agricultural
pursuits.—The Continent.
Apology to Our Subscribers
After the burning of our printing office
and most of our equipment, last February,
we printed the Word Carrier at the Times
office in Springfield, So. Dak., till August.
Then we began to get our own equipment into our new printing building and we expected
all the while to be almost immediately ready
to do our own printing. But we have been
hindered by many unanticipated delays until
in order to catch up it seems best to make
this number of the Word Carrier do for two
issues : September-October, and Novenrber-
December.	
Native Preachers' Institute
Another successful session of the Winter
Bible Conference has closed. The faculty was
again headed by Rev. John Wright who
might well be called the dean of the institute.
Mr. Williamson aud Mr. Hertz again helped
out, and Prof. Riggs and Mr. Hurd each contributed a period a day. Mr. Oneroad, who
has just been called lo the pastorate of the
Pilgrim Church, at Santee, gave valuable help
as interpreter. Dr. Geo. Frazier contributed
a number, of good health talks.
The following studeuts enrolled for all or
most of the time :-
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Howlingwolf, Fort
Berthold Reservation, N. D.
Mr. and Mis. Joseph Johnson, Rosebud, S. D.
Mr. aud Mrs. Eli Jones, Santee, Neb. '
Mr. Charles Oneroad, Pine Ridge, S. D.
Mr. Calvin Clincher, Pine Ridge, S. D.
Mr. Matthew Titus, Sisseton, S. D.
Mr. Peter Gassman, Yankton Reservation.
Mr.and Mrs.McBride,Yankton Reservation,
and for the last week, Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Redlightning, Yankton Reservation.
We were somewhat disappointed in a number of meu who did not come, but those who
attended expressed themselves as greatly helped by the institute. It offers a fine opportunity for our native preachers to become better
acquainted with the Bible and the whole work
of the ministry. Our sincere hope is that
more and more of our uative workers will take
advantage of it and fit themselves better for
the task they are engaged in.
At the same time, our prayers and best
wishes go with those who were present this
year. May this work be richly blessed aud
may they find abundant opportunity to use
what they have learned.      Rudolf Hertz.
Rev. Albert Frazier A\emorial
Iu the sudden and utterly unlooked-for
death of Rev. Albert Frazier the Dakota Association is stricken with heavy sorrow; it realizes a poorer fellowship of earthly service; it
enjoys no longer the visible presence of a
valued friend; it feels the loss of a wise and
gracious and dependable co-operator; a voice
it gladly heard is stilled, and a beloved brother is no longer by our side.
But there are pleasant remembrances for us
that are now more tender; there is a sure consciousness of a sheaf of wheat fully ripened
aud weighty with the grain of a goodly service that is now gathered into the great harvester's store house; there is gain as well as
loss; there is a richer heaven if a poorer earth.
Albert Frazier loved his people and gave
his life in their service. We voice the call
of his death to the younger men of his people:
Love God; live in Flis loving fellowship ; pray
and labor for His Kingdom ; manifest in daily
life His gracious spirt; walk with the Master ; and we are sure that we can say of our
brother, as it was said of one of old, that he
being dead yet speaketh.—Resolution written
by Mr. Piukerton and voted at the Dakota
Association Meeting.