The Word Carrier of Santee Normal Training School (Santee, Nebraska), 1912-11 - 1912-12

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The Word Carrier
of Santee Normal Training School.
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VOLUME XLI
HELPING THE RIGHT, EXPOSING THE WRONG.
NUMBER 6
SANTEE, NEBRASKA.
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, 1912
THIRTY CENTS PER YEAR
Our   Platform
for Indians we want American Education! We want
American Homes! We want American Rights! Tlie result
,nfwhich is American Citizenship! And the Gospel is the
Power of God for their Salvation !
Notes Irom a Native Pastor's Sermons
"I am the way, the tx-uth, and the life; no
man cometli unto the Father but by ane."
When Isaiah pi-ophesied there would be a
way to oome unto the Father, he meant it
would be through Jesus.
Koadsare very important in our earthly life.
Though there are many kinds of roads there
]S but one which leads to God., and that is
through Jesus,
We who are members of the 'church say we
believe, but if we do not understand we may
fail lo find the Father. Church membership
does not insure eternal life.
Our bodily life is spent iu daily work. We
cannot live the soul's life in any other way
than by spiritual work, which is holding ourselves to the doing of the right, and encoui-ag-
ing others by word and by example. There is
no ol her way to evex-lasting life.
Many parts of the Bible were written to people of a different time., so that we do not understand their meaning. Some parts were written to people of later times,.and they fit us and
skou us that if we repent of our sins the truth
shall make us free. We are caught in many
difficulties which are like traps But a person
who is always trying to live a true life cannot
be held in any of these traps. We will be forgiven for our failures when we forgive others.
\\ e know the way .as Jesus said, but we neglect to follow in it. We need not look for
other ways to lead us to -eternal life, but remember Jesus said this was tbe only way.
iJ-Remember ye not the former things, neither leonsider the things of old. Behold, I will
deai new thing: 1 will even make a way in the
wilderness, and rivers in the desei-t." "Faith
whi'-h worketh by love availeth."
■Old customs seemed in their times to be
good, but now they are out of place. Our Indian people ax-e continually learning new custom-, and putting their faith in diffex-ent
things. God has fulfilled his promise to make
a running stream in the desert aud a road in
the wilderness, the stream of a spiritual life,
and the way that leads to salvation.
You young people are here in sehool to learn
customs that are fitting to the better life that
God wants us to live. God through his prophets called upon his people to break away from
the customs which bound them to their old life.
This same message comes to us as Paid repeated it to the Galatians. Paul commands us
to leave behind all things binding us to the
worn out past, and by faith to put ou new ways
as we would put on new garments.
If we wish to succeed in this it must be by
working for our Saviour. We can do this in
many ways. One of the many is to work
through the church and by its organizations.
This is a most important way, and one in which
we should all work together.
It is this work which is bringing about a
ehange among the Indian people.
"Casting all your care upon him: for be car-
eth for you."
Children, you have uot had troubles yet,
though when' you ax-e older you will have
many. But those who trust in Jesus will always find strength to bear their troubles.
When our bodies are sick we cannot do the
good that we would wish. If our trust is divided Aye are weak and it is the same as in bodily sickness. Peter was thus weakened. Our
troubles shatter our resources, weaken, and at
hist destroy us.
If we f>eek many remedies for our difficulties
ffe are lost. But God wants us to learn how
to live-.    Jf we go to God in our trouble and
rely an his promise Jesus promises to send j
us the Holy Spirit. We are then united iu I
our x-esources, saved from our troubles. We j
are thus casting our care upon Him.
Cora  De Lodge
On Sunday morning, the 5th, of May passed
away Victoria Stands Black, known and most
well beloved by a wide circle of friends, as
Cora De Lodge.
She was a full-blood Ponca, orphaned at infancy and eared for in early childhood by an
old Indian lady, who has cared thus for many
an orphaned Ponca child. Coi-a attended the
Ponca Tx-aining School till 14 years of age
and then attended Haskell Institute, Lawrence,
Kansas, for 5 years, then returned to live with
an aunt until her marriage 18 months ago. She
bore an infant son in November, who died in
February. Grieving for her child, her health
suffered and her lungs were slightly affected ; she visited New Mexico aud contracted
pneumonia. She was taken to Geuda Springs
and then to her home where after a week's
illness attended by a young Ponca trained
nurse and loving friends, she sank peacefully
to x-est.
This young woman was in life loved by all;
never kno»vn to be impatient or in a temper and
even in her illness indeed a model patient.
She was well educated, witty and of the most
refined and gentle, graceful nature. An exemplary housekeeper, her home was a model one
iu evex-y respect. It was lax-ge and kept spotlessly clean, was tastefully decox-ated over its
whole interior finish of stamped metal, and
well equipped from the kitchen cabinet to self-
playing piano.
A devoted, faithful Christian wife, a sweet
charming, quiet companion, never known to
say an unkind word; she was lovely iu person
and chai-acter, and her life a pure, fragrant
memory that will live long and be unexcelled
by an}'. She was the very flower of womanhood. Her brief life was a benediction. Oklahoma is bereft of a real px-incess of woman and
Earth yields to Heaven one of its fairest and
best.—Ponca Indian Fax-mer's News.
Santee Normal Training School Press,
Santee, Neb.
Founder's  Day
December sixth was a day of great iuterest
to the Santee pupils and teachers. It began in
the morniug by raising the flag, which always
indicates something out of the ordinary. By
the time school began tne children were eager
to announce to each other and to everyone else,
each of whom, knowing it quite well himself,
was none the less anxious to hear the others
say "Dr. Riggs' birthday."
We are much interested in our almanacs in
school, and study them often to And among
other interesting things, the anniversaries of
great events and honored men. The children
delight to remember these days, although the
celebration of them is usually in their own feelings only. And so, on the morning of December sixth, what could be more natui-al than the
joyous suggestion, "Let's put it in our weather charts!" And a red letter day it has become
for us and for all connected with Santee.
At night the dining room had a festive ap-
peax-ance. Little fx-osted cakes had been made
for the children, and a paper flag floated from
the top of each oue. The teachei-s too had a
birthday cake decorated with flags, although,
as one pupil with pity remarked, "The one
who has the birthday isn't here to eat his
cake!''
The little children were much delighted, and
they amused us a great deal. One of the
smallest boys from the moment he entei-ed the
room was completely absorbed in his cake and
flag. He managed his supper with one haud,
but his eyes and his heart were on the cake.
He kept moving it fx-om one place to another,
lifting it high, putting it iu his lap, placing it
now here and now there ou the table, and often
blowing the flag to make it wave. When he
was ready to eat it, he turned it up-side down
and scooped out the inside with a spoon, leaving the iceing whole, with the flag still iu it!
After the blessing had been asked, Mr. F. B.
Riggs spoke to us for a few minutes. This is
what he said:
"This is my father's birthday. That is why we
have had the flag flying today, for the fix-st time
from our new flag pole. That is why you have
flags on your tables. It is fitting for us to remember the day, and to celebrate it. Seventy-
five yeax-s my father has lived,—three quarters
of a century. Many men live to be much older
than that, but few do more thau he has done.
Forty-two years ago, when he came here and
started this school, he looked like that picture
on the front wall of our dining room. He has
worn his life out here in this work. And it
has been a good work. For more young people
of the Dakota aud other Indian tribes have
gone out from this school to be a help to their
people, than from any other one school. It is
well for us to think of these things today.
Now at other schools they celebrate a day in
honor of the founder of the sehool. I propose
that we begin that same custom here, and that
we celebrate tonight our first Founder's Day.
If you are in accoi-d with me in this, you may
show it by applause."
Needless to say the applause was hearty, and
December sixth will be celebrated hereafter as
Founder's Day. J. M. M.
On the evening of Founder's Day the Dakota
Home girls entertained the facultv and the
young men of Whitney Hall. They planned
the games and carried out the entertainment of
the evening without assistance from teachers.
We look for initiative among the pupils of the
school and are encoux-aged by such examples.
The Bird's Nest cat is named Buster. Little
Sax-a Reddoor, who is fast learning English,
thought the term Buster aud eat synonymous,
One day she appeared at the matron's door
holding a kitten tight in her arms, and with
beaming face said: "I found you a little black
baby Buster."