The Word Carrier of Santee Normal Training School (Santee, Nebraska), 1907-03 - 1907-04

              the Word Carrier.
of Santee Normal training School.
VOLUME XXXVI.
HELPING- THE RIGHT, EXPOSING THE WRONG.
NUMBER 2.
SANTEE, NEBRASKA.
MARCH-APRIL, 1907
THIRTY CENTS PER YEAR.
Our  Platform.
For Indians we want American Education! We
want American Homes ! We want American Rights !
fhe result of which is American Citizenship! And
ihe Gospel is the power of their Salvation!
How Should Young Men Who  Graduate
Use their  Education.
By a Graduate of Santee.
All studies and things to be learned are
especially for the young people. Young men of
this generation .are well provided with fine
government schools. What I wish to discuss
here is, how young men who learn particularly
one thing, for instance a trade, should use it
among their people, and while at school, how
they may be taught to look ahead, and how
they may hold fast to their education.
I. VALUE OF EDUCATION.
Any one who works hard for an education realizes the value of tbe things he has learned at
school. Education that is earned by the sweat
of the brow will always prepare a way for him.
Therefore all the Dakota young men who are
educated ought to learn the value of education,
and look upon it as a person who thinks a great
deal of a thing purchased with a high cost.
Money brings education and education brings
money. But young men who do not work for
an education, and have obtained it without cost,
will not be able to use their learning as well as
young men who with their own money bought
their education. The government is spending
large sums of money to get Indian young men
educated. But they seem to obtain their education only at the surface of the mind and not
within. Any one who holds fast to the things
he has learned, and rightly uses it is like unto
a man who honestly accumulates fortune. So
all educated young men ought to appreciate more what they have accomplished, and
elevate themselves to be men of worth and
then all that they wish to do could be clearly
seen in their minds.
II.   EDUCATION AND ITS LIFE.
By education a young man will find it much
easier to exist, but one who is not educated will
find it hard aud will many times meet difficulties
in his way.
1. In factories. All the factories of today are
in existence by education. In manufacturing
clothing, and in running machinery of various kinds, machinery that will get flour from
wheat, and sugar from sugar-beets, etc., all is
skillfully attended to by education, so that within this there is life. So each young man ought
at least to learn a trade of one kind, and leave
out bashfulness which is a great hinderance,
and patiently use that which he has learned day
after day. But a young man should not try to
learn and do too many things at once, for there
will be a time coming when he will be sorry for
not trying to learn a particular work of some
kind. So to be skillful at one thing is far better than to get a glimpse of each and not accomplish anything.
2. Wages of high education. The Dakota
young men with high education must use all
their skill in trying to accomplish something.
So far we have not an Indian young man with
high education equal to that of a white man
with high education. For many of them today
often fail in their business. Every young man
ought to seek that for which he really is fitted,
and not that for which he is not fitted. For in
so doing he will get an education that contains
hfe and will be an influence with power among
his people.
III.  .CARE  OF  FAMILY.
The greatest thing that God gave us here on
earth is the family. So a young man must learn
Wl that pertains to family life before he goes to
work in seeking for himself a wife. And the
following subjects are some of those that he
must know.
1. Agriculture.    The Dakota young men who
are  educated and  those who are not  entirely
ignorant ought to learn agriculture work.    He
ought to plow without being ashamed, and not ]
think that there are other ways of getting money besides working with dirty faces out in the
field.    If a young man wishes to be his own i
boss, he will farm, and if not, he will be bound I
under some other man and receive wages on- '
ly.   And if he wishes to treasure up money rapidly,   he will do  the work of  raising hogs.
This is one of the chief things that a Dakota
young man ought to desire.    All living along
the Missouri valley ought to do this work.
2. Cattle-raising. Cattle-raising is altogether a large work. And all the lessons within
this must be learned. Some of those living
west of the Missouri valley are already doing
this work, but it would be much better if all had
taken up the work, for that part of the country
is not fit for farming but grazing only. So
again a yroung man will raise cattle if he wishes
to be his own boss.
IV. HELPING THEIR PEOPLE.
All young men must be industrious, and in
all their work they must be successful. But
there is one thing they must do in order to
help their people, their work must be honest.
A young man in helping his people, must
go about and help those that need his help.
Take for instance now the educated young
men of Japan. They have honestly helped
their people, so that when a war occurred with
Russia, though Japan was a small nation, they
overcame them and were victorious. One of
the reasons why the Indians cannot do much
today is this, many of the returned students
from various parts of the country have been
employed by an agent of a reservation, some
of whom are entirely dishonest in the dealings which they have with the Indians. So
that those who were employed were influenced
to do the same thing, and to look down upon their people as nothing, and so form themselves into a body or a company of dishonest
persons, doing things which are evil, hand iu
hand. A company of such does not at all help
their people, but gradually makes them worse.
It would have been better if all this had been
different from the beginning and if these men
had really helped their people.
We now see many things built, sueh as
large buildings in cities, and they look as if
they cannot be destroyed. But they all some
day will be destroyed and be nothing. We
read in the histories made by the white people
of nations against nations, and how they destroyed each other's property and how many
things came to an end. But it is a wonder that
what we know now as Christianity has not been
destroyed, but is in existence up to this day.
Therefore all the Dakota young men with
education must, know that all things done
dishonestly will in the future be destroyed, but things done honestly will exist as did
Christianity.
White people who are now living within Indian reservations do not at all care to keep
Sunday as they ought to. Indian young men
do the same thing because they are influenced to do so. They work six days in the week
and work the seventh day also which is dishonest,- for it is stealing the seventh day which
really belongs to God. Sunday does not belong to man, so on Sundays it is our duty
to go to church, and work for God on that day
by leading others to Christ who are yet ignorant of the Saviour. This is the way that a
young man should help his people, for more can
be done while a man is young than when he becomes old. A'. T. Tibbetts.
General Secretary for Indian Y. M. C. A.
What the. Indians are Thinking
These letters, which have been translated
from the Dakota, will show of what the Indian Christians are thinking in their effort
to attain righteousness, and how they are
striving to bring the Kingdom of God to
those who  have  it not.
temperance
Last fall we held a temperance conference at
Crow Creek, and the following ministers were
present: Rev. R. J. Clarkson, Rev. B. P. Lambert, Rev. P. LaPointe, Rev. David Tatiyopa,
and Rev. Daniel Renville. It is always a great
help to have ministers in such meetings, because they know more about the work and keep
everything in order without disputes. Everything was provided for us.during our stay at
the meetings. They gave us food, wood, and
hay for our horses, and there was plenty of
water. We were all happy during the few
days gatherings- I greet you all with a hand
shake. Alex Horneagle.
AN  OBITUARY
Mr. Martin was twenty-three years old and
then died August 24, 1906. We ought to receive some lessons from the conduct of this
young man. He was very gentle. He loved
to go to church, to visit the sick, to pray for
them and he did all he could to comfort
them. He helped those who bad hard times.
He had always wanted other young men to do
things that are right. He thrust behind him
all that would not help the church to grow.
He respected every one equally and never
quarreled with any one, but kept peace all the
time. He was always ready with some money
for the contribution basket. As he spoke in
a meeting one time, he said; "I have pledged
myself that I will help others all I can, whether
it is easy or hard, so that some day if I should
have a hard time they will be ready to help me.''
So it was, when he was sick, all young men
that knew him came and helped him. And
when he died, there were about a hundred
young men to attend his funeral. So those
that live upright lives here on earth have more
favors then those that live the opposite. Therefore, young men, you must live upright lives
and always be ready to help the church and
the weaker members, so that when you die
you will be honored like this young man.
So all young people, remember to live good
lives, so that you may be well considered, if
not you will not be well considered but will
have a bad reputation. All young men, please
remember this. Harry Cetanmato.
a   letter.
Here is something I want the Oglala and
Rosebud people to think about. It is this, "Cast
out the beam out of thine own eye". A few
have already, as it seems, east away the beam,
but there are some who have not done it yet.
One of the things that is not cast away is the
divorcing. I hear now and then about old men
who would say, "We got along better when there
were no laws." I think that laws ought to be
made to make illegal marriages in the past legal
so that they can not put away their wives. Some
of these old men look back upon the old days
and this sometimes influences some of the
younger generation. This retards progress on
the part of the younger generation. One thing
that has already been cast away to some
extent is the old worship of gods in several
forms. But this other obstacle is not done away
with just yet. Between the Oglala and Rosebud reservations there is a constant running off
with another's wife, but the law does not seem
to check it in the least. So these are the two
great obstacles to hinder progress. But it will
be to the advantage of the younger generation if they uphold the laws of God and the
government, and not heed the talk of the old
men. Those who are. most advanced in both
these reservations ought to think about this.
Amos Badheartbull.