The Word Carrier (Santee, Nebraska), 1885-06 - 1885-07

              THE WORD CARRIER.
NEW SERIES,   VOL.   II.    N0S.   IV-V.
Helping the Right, Exposing the Wrong.
PUBLISHED  FOR   THE DAKOTA   MISSION.
Santee Agenct, Nebraska.
JUNE-JULY, 1885.
Fiftt Cents a Year.
Our Platform.
For Indians we want American
Education! We want American
Homes ! We want American Rights !
The result of which is American
Citizenship.
The Word Carrier is published in the interest of schools and missions among the Indians. It is published for The Dakota Mission,
originally planted by the American Board in the
year 1835, in Minnesota, but now extended
over Dakota, and into Nebraska, Montana, and
the British Possessions,- and carried on under
these several branches:
The American Missionary Association, (Congregational) at Santee Agency, Nebraska, and
at Oahe, Cheyenne River, Grand River, and
Fort Berthold, Dakota.
The Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions,
at Yankton Agency and Flandrau, Dakota,
and at Poplar Creek, Montana.
The Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
at Sisseton Agency and Brown Earth, Dakota.
The Dakota Native Missionary Society, at
Cheyenne River and Devil's Lake, Dakota.
Santee Normal Training School, at Santee
A gency, Nebraska, is our principal school for
all this field, for higher education and normal
training. Therefore, while presenting the
progress of our missionary and educational
work in the whols field, the interests and
work of our Normal Training School will be
made prominent.
We shall also endeavor.to give a view of the
state of the work under other missionary
societies, and under the Government. And we
cordially invite the co-operation of those who
have been our friends in the past and of all new
workers in the field.
Published monthly at 50 cents a year. Send
for it to Alfred L. Riggs. Editor and Publisher,
Santee Agency, Neb.
[Entered at the Santee Agency Postofficeas
second class matter.]
SANTEE NOTES.
Half of our missionary force are
taking their vacations this summer.
Miss Nettie Calhoun, at home, Kenton, Ohio.
Miss H. B. llsley, with cousins at St.
Louis, Mo.
Miss Jean Kennedy, at home, Montrose, Iowa.
Miss S. A. Paddock, at home, Crystal Lake, 111.
Miss Corabelle Fellows, at an uncle's,
McGregor, Iowa.
Miss Wood, who left on account of
her health last spring, is at Spirit Lake,
slowly recovering, and expects to make
a trip to Minnesota before she returns.
Mr. J. H. Steer, superintendent of
our blacksmithing department, represented our school this year at the National Educational Convention, held at
Saratoga, New York- He was accompanied by his family. After attending
the meeting at Saratoga, they went to
Washington, D. C, for a few days,
and then to his old home at Waterford,
Va. Their vacation has been saddened
by the serious illness of their children.
Miss Rebecca Webb, of Weymouth.
Mass., who has been visiting her sister,
Miss Susan Webb, has returned home,
and will probably carry with her memories of moonlight rides and mosquitoes.
assistant principal so successfully in
this school the past year, does not continue with us another year as it was
hoped he would do. He is spending
the summer at Winona, Minn.
Miss Emma M. Whiting, of Winona,
Minn., has charge of the summer school
at Santee.
Mr. Clarence F. Dick, of   Dakota,
Minnesota, who has filled the place of
Miss Helen A. Dunlap, of Keokuk,
Iowa, having finished the year for
which she engaged, has returned home.
The success of the new department of
drawing, which she inaugurated, is
such as to yield her abundant satisfaction for the time spent at Santee. We
heartily wish that she could have continued with us.
Miss Susan Webb will start for
Devil's Lake, D. T., in a few days, taking with her a few pupils who are returning home. She will probably
bring others back with her.
Anna West, pupil, is visiting friends
at Crystal Lake, 111.
Ellen Kitto, pupil and assistant matron at Dakota, Home, has gone to
Spirit Lake to visit Mrs. Wood for a
few days.
Miss Kate Henderson made a short
but pleasant visit at the home of her
guardian, Mr. Thomas R. Henderson,
of Montrose, Iowa.
Willie Wilkinson, one of our younger
boys, has been with Miss Nettie Calhoun, of Kenton, Ohio, nearly all summer. His friends here were glad to
learn of his becoming a patient of Dr.
Williams, the celebrated occulist of
Cincinnati, who thinks that he can
straighten Willie's eyes.
Miss Webb and Miss Voorhees and
several of the girls of the school, were
thrown from a wagon, when returning
from sewing society held in the country, about six and a half miles from
Santee. Of course tht accident happened at the wrong end of the route,
obliging them to walk about five miles.
Fortunately no one was hurt.
Our Star Spangled Gift.
On the Fourth of July the United
States Express brought to our door a
a mysterious package, out of which
emerged a magnificent United States
flag, the gift, as we learned later, of
Mr. Elbert B. Monroe Long may it
wave in memory of his genial visit.
Industrial Prizes.
Near the close of the Spring term
prizes were offered, to those working
in the domestic department, and the
following awards were made at the
closing exercises:
DAKOTA  HOM6.
Bread (white)—First prize, Eugenia
LaMoore; 2d Annie Ellis. Brown
bread, 2d prize, Eunice Kitto.
Pies—First prize, Jennette Fletcher;
2d, Annie Ellis.
Gingerbrea'd—Jennie Cox.
Sewing—First prize, Bessie Barker;
2d, Mary Philbrick.
Darning and Mending—First prize,
Dora Paul; 2d, Minnie Garfield.
bird's nest.
Bread—First prize, Agnes Frazier.
Sewing—First prize, Jessie Frazier;
2d, May Thompson.
TOUNG MEN'S HALL.
Bread (white)—First prize, Richard
King; 2d, William  Stevens.     Brown
bread, first prize, Sam Renville.
BOTS' COTTAGE.
Bread (white)—First prize, Levi Bird;
2d, Thomas Geuneck.
The work was all exceptionally good,
and the different committees were puzzled in many instances to find the best
among so many good pieces. The
hemming, the button-holes and stitching on linen, to immitate machine
work, were, excellent. The latter was
well shown on a shirt bosom, aud would
have deceived any but the most careful
observer.
The bread was light and sweet. It
will be noticed that the boys, as well as
the girls, strove for these prizes, and
in the subject of brown bread, secured
the first prize.
The several committees of awards
were as follows:
Bread and Pastry—Mrs. Dr. Ira,
Mrs. J. H. Steer, Miss Paddock.
Sewing, Darning and Mending--
Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Hill. Miss R. Webb.
tion that we have been intrusted with
by him who knows the human heart
because he made it. These changes
will make our boarding-school
work in a larger scale a necessity, we
are glad to have well begun in time.
The foundations are laid, tbe out-of
sight work is done, and now the house
will be seen.
To-morrow will be decoration day,
we have heroes here, heroes of the
highest conflict, whose graves we shall
decorate. Yours ever,
C. L. Hall,
Fort Berthold, D. T.
The Wrork at Berthold.
Dear Word Carrier.
We are just back from Stevenson
where we preached to eighty at the
boarding school. Soon there will be
a hundred scholars there. They are
doing well in the school room and in
the field. The boys have plowed and
planted forty-ft7e acres, and they are
now breaking fifty more. On the way
home we had to turn off the road to
avoid new breaking, where Indians are
begining their new homes. It is a
very pleasant sight to us who have
waited nine years for it. Like a blooming flower, or a fish with a new shell,
or a snake with a new skin, these
things come all at once. Suddenly
this spring half the village seemed
to have started out to build their
new homes on their own patches
of land, all over the prairies, leaving the filthy huddle of huts behind, soon to become a thing of the
past. At the same time two hundred
more acres have been sown to.small
grain, in addition to what was in last
season. These facts are only indications of the moral renovation going on;
the way seems triumphant just now,
all the more joyful because of the former difficulties. Even the upper Gros
Ventre who went away angry twelve
years ago, because their agent proposed to break a little land, saying that
it spoiled their country and would
make them low potato eaters, even
these are begining to farm.
A young man who was sad because
of the loss of his newly oorn babe
said a few days ago. I tell you the
truth. I have sought after the gods
according to the way of my people,
which are different from the way of
the whites, but I have seen nothing;
my relative also sought after mysterious things but they died having seen
nothing, I only am left. I have made
sacrifices to the gods. I have scars on
my breast where the flesh was torn
from me in my self torture, yet I saw
nothing. I have cut off half the fingers
of my hand expressing my grief, a
death to the gods, yet I have seen nothing. My friend, now if I trust to
your God, how will it be with me.
Here you have the thought of the
heart of many from the lips of one.
It is the answer to this burning  cpies-
Weddings.
At 8 o'clock Thursday, August 6th,
chapel bell was heard merrily ringing,
and we at Santee Mission knew well
the reason. Soon the church was filled
to overflowing, and the congregation
joined in singing a hymn. Presently
from a side room Mr. Riggs ushered in
a tall and dignified gentleman, Mr.
James Brown, and a stately woman,
leaning on his arm, whom the native
minister, Ehnanami, united in the
holy bonds of matrimony. After the
caremony, which was in Dakota and
very impressive, the audience went out
in the Indian fashion, each one congratulating the happy Mr. aud Mrs.
Brown. Mr. Brown, whose ludian
name is Singing Walker, is senior deacon in the Santee Pilgrim Church.
E. m. w.
At Yankton Agency, June 4, 1885,
Miss Hattie Benoist, a former pupil of
the Presbyterian day school, was married to Mr. Joseph Estes. who returned
from Hampton last fall and is now assistant printer of the "Iapi Oaye."
The ceremony was performed at the
Episcopal church, by the Rev. J. W.
Cook, Miss Mary Conway being bridesmaid and Mr. Alex. Estes groomsman.
After the eeremony Mrs. Cook served
refreshments to the bridal party. From
Mrs. Cook's the happy couple went to
Mrs. Brazeau's, where a company of
about fifty of their friends awaited
them. Nanct Hunter.
Visitors.
We were pleased to see Miss Helen
Ludlow, who for 13 years has been a
teacher in the school at Hampton, Va.,
and is now one of the editors of the
"Towhem Workman," a very interesting paper printed in the interest of
the work, at that place. Also Rev.
Mr. Gravath, from Hampton, who simply had time to look over the fence.
Miss Ludlow is in search of information
and will visit many agencies north.
And Rev. Mr. Gravath will take a company of pupils back to Hampton Indian School.
Fort Berthold Items.
One of our teachers, Miss E. L.
Wand, was recently married to Mr.
Frank Potts, of Grand Chute, Wis.,
where they will reside.
An addition is being made to the
Mission House, which will enable us
accommodate more girls.
The general outlook for this mission
is encouraging. Plenty of rain and
crops in fine condition.
C. L. Hall.