The Word Carrier (Santee, Nebraska), 1896-06 - 1896-07

              The Word Carrier
VOLUME   XXV.
HELPING   THE   RIGHT,   EXPOSING   THE   WRONG.
NUMBERS  0-7.
SANTEE AGENCY, NEBRASKA,
JUNE-JULY, 1806.
FIFTY CENTS PEE YEAE.
OUR  PLATFORM.
For Indians we want American Education! We want American Homes!
We want American Rights! The result of which is American Citizenship!
And the gospel is the Power of God for
their Salvation'
Special legislation for the Indian
has been a favorite method of treatment. Yet it often defeats the end
which it aims to accomplish. The
exception made in favor of the Indian in the new civil service order
is not for the best interest of the
Indian himself or the service. The
examinations for the positions in the
classified Indian service are not so
difficult as to exclude any one,white
or Indian fitted to hold the situations. The Indian needs some incentive for study and progress.
And so long as he is the object of
exceptions which excuse him from
application and study,so long will he
stay where he is. The Honorable
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
suggests another exception which is
in the same line, viz., to exclude
all officers of law from the reservations and make the Indian police
do the work. The Indian police
force is fairly efficient in looking
up offenders against Agent's orders and trivial cases. But the
Indian needs to feel the strong
hand of law, a law stronger than
that of the Agent. When he has
committed an offence against the
law of the land the sheriff or
United States marshall ought to
have no obstacle in the way of his
making the arrest. That it has
caused trouble when a civil officer
has gone to the reservation to make
an arrest is not a sufficient reason
for excluding such officers. Law
will not be feared if the officer
of the law is excluded. And the
reservation will become the rendezvous of criminals and renegades.
The large reservations of South
Dakota will become what Indian
Territory is now.
6, 1869. Came again to the United
States, August, 1880, bringing his
family with him, and in November
of the same year obtained the appointment at Santee Normal Training School as superintendent and
instructor in the newly built shoe-
shop. After four years of work here
he was attracted to California, but
returned within a year to Santee.
He died July 1, 1896. Of him it
may be truly said : Well done good
and faithful servant.
IVER P. WOLD.
Our fellow worker, Tver P. Wold,
has come to the end of his life's day
and has entered into the joy of his
Lord. We are thankful that he was
appointed by the Master to work
with us for these fifteen years. We
are thankful too for his sake. His
character was developed in a marked degree by his connection with
missionary work. His influence on
the pupils was so quietly exercised
that he sometimes doubted whether
he did any good. But the pupils
knew him as a genuine Christian,
and the force of his faithful, earnest
life is deeply felt by them. He became strongly attached to the school
and its missionary work. It became
home to him. His mortal part is
fittingly laid to rest in our midst.
The significant dates in his life
are these : Born at Eaaros, Norway,
November 25, 1838. Left Norway
in 1859, at the age of twenty-one for
Canada. After two years came to
the United States, where he soon
enlisted, May 81,1862. Within two
months of his enlistment was taken
to the hospital barely escaping with
his life. Infirmities contracted
then followed him the remainder of
his days. Eeturned to Norway in
1867, where he was married April
SANTEE SCHOOL EXHIBIT.
An exhibit of school-work prepared by the pupils during the past year,
both academical and industrial, was
held at the Santee Normal Training
School, June 13, 1896.
The material on exhibition was
arranged in the various departments;
and in the shops between the hours
of nine and eleven-thirty, work was
in progress that all who desired
might have an opportunity to see
the pupils at work.
THE   PRINTING  OFFICE.
This is on the third floor of the
Dining Hall and was the first place
of visitation by some friends and me
at 10:00 a. m.
Here we found Mr. Lawson, the
superintendent. A small boy was
feeding the cylinder press. Clean
sheets emerged having printed up
on them thoughts to be read by a
wide circle of subscribers to this
one of the Mission papers "The Iapi
Oaye" or "Word Carrier" in the Dakota language. Other papers sent
out from this office are "The Word
Carrier" in the English language,
and "The Knox Advocate,"a temperance organ. The job press was in
operation also.
Perched on high stools were other
boys setting type and handling them
with much dexterity and rapidity.
On the tables were to be seen
printed forms of addresses and
headings for private and business
correspondence, copies of papers
printed in the office, proof-sheets
showing some amusing mistakes.
In one corner of the room were
books in all stages of completion
arranged in the form of a pyramid
with broken edges. In the stock
room adjoining, the esthetic might
satisfy his taste in any shade or
tint of color in blotting paper and
tissue paper. Piles of writing paper
ready to be cut into any size filled
shelves on another side.
We found that to see all we
wished, a short time only could
be spent in each department. So
with the smell of printers ink still
clinging to our clothes we descended.
PRIMARY EXHIBIT.
Descended I said to the second
floor to visit a menagerie. This
was indeed a surprise; to walk in sedately into that primary-room and
be confronted by all the terrors of
African jungles in most harmonious
companion-ship with cows, horses,
pigs with noses on and off, dogs, different species of the feline tribe,
turtles, birds just in the act of devouring worms, buffalos, and—well
this will suffice. The most striking feature was that there Miss
Cody, the teacher in charge of the
same, stood without a trace of fear
upon her face and one tiger crouching just ready to  spring  at  her.
We started back in affright but upon learning that these were only
models of clay-work done by the
pupils, fears were allayed and an inspection of the kindergarten work
was made. Specimens of weaving,
cutting, and sewing were displayed
as well as language and mathematical work of the upper primary
grades. The children left this
room with reluctance.
THE LABORATORY.
Now onto the wonder-room of the
mission. This contains not only the
general furnishings of a scientific
work-shop including electrical machines, microscopes, delicate balances, weights and measures, beakers,bottles, tubes, flasks, air pumps,
etc., but curios—botanical, zoological, metallic, and agricultural, oddities—natural and artificial. Here
were treasures from all quarters of
the globe, many of them the gifts
of friends.
A cadaverous looking horse's skull
looked down upon us near the ceiling while a great reptile, or the
skeleton rather, nine feet in length
with a name as long if not longer
than its body, was to be seen and
shunned, in one corner of the room.
The tables were covered in an artistic manner with specimens of the
flora about here, maps molded in
sand by the geography and history
classes and excellent industrial
maps showing the leading industries
of the United States.
A large map of Palestine was the
source of some merriment to a few
in the room and discomfiture to one
visitor. The person in question
was in doubt when asked as to
whether this was a map of Nebraska,
California or—the true name was
pronounced by a bystander in time
to prevent another attempt at hitting wide of the mark.
Catching a glimpse of Father
Time beckoning to us just without
the door we hastily nodded our au
revoirs to the crane standing ready
to clip his beak down into a mina-
ture iron smelting furnace and departed.
THE LIBRARY.
Our next call was upon Miss
Leonard in the library, who had on
exhibition, language work, work in
arithmetic, geometry—plane and
solid—drawing, literature, and written reviews by the pupils in the higher grades in physiology, history,
geography, and civil government.
COOKING ANO SEWING SCHOOL.
Two girls in white caps and aprons
welcomed us most heartily as we,
about 3:30 wearily pulled ourselves
up the steps leading into the cooking-school, which is in the Home
where the oldest girls live, and another room of the Home used as a
sewing room.
Triumphs in the culinary art
were temptingly displayed. Toothsome looking bread, cookies, cakes,
rolls appealed to our carnal appetites, but there was a look on Miss
Lind's, the teacher's face, which
could readily be interpreted "Hands
off." Soon we moved to the next
table.
A doll's bedstead made by the
boys in the carpenter-shop had been
fitted out with a mattress, pillows,
sheets, pillow cases and quilts made
in a neat manner by the little girls
of the Bird's Nest.   Aprons, shirts,
dresses for children were also displayed. The work here received
much commendation which it was
certainly worthy of.
CARPENTER   SHOP.
The cooking school and carpenter shop were visited in the afternoon. We were sorry that we failed,
to visit the latter place in the morning when actual work was being
done; but Mr. Gray made our visit
an instructive one by expatiating
upon the work of the different
pupils. The work gave evidence of
skill and careful training. The
most ingenious article there was a
bureau with very complex compartments, each of which were fitted
with a drawer that wouldn't stick
even on a hot day. The maker of
this ought to get out a patent on
it, for the purchase of these would
be a wonderful saving in pyrotecnic
displays of ill temper. Cupboards,
hammers, napkin rings and tables
of various shapes, sizes and woods
were to be seen. The odor of the
unvarnished wood recalled stories
of those gigantic trees in California.
THE BLACKSMITH SHOP.
"Under the spreading chestnut
tree the village smithy stands."
But such was not the position of the
blacksmith here. He stood in the
shop surrounded by his class of apprentices with faces free from blacksmith soot since this was review
clay. On benches were specimens
of things into which iron in its various forms can be made. Chopping
knives, screws, bolts, bars, chisels,
nuts,hammer-heads, plough-shares,
flat-irons wore an air of weight
which was tiresome on a hot day.
But our time for sight-seeing and
inspection of evidences of development and ingenuity had expired.
We went away to reflect upon the
same, realizing that school-exhibits
no less than the Columbian Exposition are educators to those who are
willing to learn.
The work exhibited in all the departments would not suffer materially in comparison with any of a
similar kind done in the public
schools of our large cities whose
pupils have larger advantages, especially those of heredity.
Mabel Egeler.
PROM GOOD AVILL.
The days of our closing exercises
were bright and beautiful. Ever a
lovely place, the mission appeared
at its best. The chapel in the
school house was filled to overflowing with people. The exercises of
the evening, May 28, consisted of
recitations, interspersed with songs
and piano music, and closed with
two beautiful tableaux. Mrs. Bas-
kerville's gun brigade was very
prettily executed, and the little boys
in their neat blue uniforms, with
their flashing rifles led by the handsome drummer boy, Amos Tillman,
made a fine picture, and received
many compliments as they went
through the figures of the drill.
The morning exercises were very
interesting, and after all had been
served to the dinner which had been
prepared for them the company dispersed as quickly as it had gathered.
Payment is going on at the Agency,
so that we see our pupils occasionally, and have an opportunity of visiting their tents.