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THE CHBMAWA AMERICAN
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Published Monthly at the United States Indian Training School
Chemawa, Oregon
H. E. WADSWORTH, Superintendent
Entered at the Chemawa. Oregon. Postoffice as Second-Class Mail Matter .........
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A G R IC U L T U R E FO R IN D IA N S
In order for anybody to succeed in life it is a prime necessity that he
or she give thoughtful consideration to the matter and arrive at a de
finite conclusion, not alone what it is desired to follow as a life work, but
to the adaptability for the work under consideration. It is more than
probable that many of us feel an interest in, and would like to follow,
callings professions or trades—for which we may be but poorly quali
fied if we desire to succeed. Such ideas prevail the world over and it
takes keen inner research on the part of the individual to settle the
matter on lines to insure success.
To us it seems that the Indian is eminently fitted for agricultural pur
suits in some of its many branches. He is closer to nature in many
ways than the people of any other race and his fore-bears for untold
generations have been accustomed to an out-of-door life. He has an
instinctive ability to foretell climatic conditions with more accuracy
than Hick’s almanac and his ancestors were almost infallible readers of
signs. Talk of natural qualifications—the Indian has them.
On every hand we find Indian bov,s and girls who have been allotted
land. Let us made the statement that the day is not far distant when
everyone who owns a parcel of land in the United States will be almost
a king. Land well used will bring to its owner a condition of independ
ence beyond anything else that we can imagine. The land owner is
his own master, he can raise the greater part of his own living neces
sities on his own farm; he works for himself and has no fear of losing
his job, all the profits of his labor belong to him; he can come nearer
than any other man to creating his own destiny for he is freer than the