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generatio»- These missionaries may fail
to make many converts at the moment, and yet they may unconsciously
produce such an effect that the men and women who themselves remain
heathen are rather pleased to have their children become Christians I
o n T h lT
’ aS i,1UStrating jUS‘ "'"at I mean, one missionary family
th e
N a' aJ° reservatmn whom it was an inspiration to meet; and, by
n r t . " a v ' . ‘ le Christian Navajo interpreter at their mission, with his
can do ^ t h e l n d t n ren' * " * fi”e
° f " hat
ednCati°"
cam 'w h o tli r C atithe S”ake, d3nCe WaS Fa‘l,er Webber' of the Francis’
.ns, " l o l ave done much good work on the Navajo reservation
of ldTwmrk 7 r atta" ,Cd grea‘ infll,ence " ith the Navajos because
,i h ,a 7 \ f helrpractlcal betterment. He doesn’t try to convert
Fmhe "w d I
lV 'aS W°rked " ith m" Ch SUCCeSS a”,OI,g the chiIdre'>-
Father Webber, hke every competent judge I met, strongly protested
ag"ti"i’- ° pe'" ng ’»cutting down the Navajo reservation. I heartily agree
«ith him. Such an act would be a cruel wrong, and would benefit only
a few wealthy cattle and sheep men.
There has apparently been more missionary success among the
adult Hopts than the adult Navajos; at any rate. I came across a Baptist
ngregation of some thirty members, and from information given me I
en’ brethren
r ‘ " T ‘T Z S‘°°d
"'aVS ahead of their heath-
sense svmmtl "XCep
al ‘'"Obbes of courage, hard-headed common
is to do
iT fi ’ a”,d Understanding are »ceded by the missionary who
ties
7a f
W°rk; eVCn 'nore exceptional than are the ,„,al-
nes ne«led by the head of a white congregation under present c o ,X
of Of,
n
,
SUCCeSSeS have bee”
bv "’»»• themselves
f lofty and broad-minded spirituality, who have respected the advances
already made by the Indian towards a higher spiritual life, anti instead
of condemning these advances have made use of them in bringing his
soul to a loftier level. One very important service rendered bv the
rZ “
'th
W3rfare ° ” "'',at iSeVi' am° ng the " hite
- ‘”c
reservations, they are most potent allies in warring against drink and
^ c m tend’O T r V' t" °
C" rSeS " ith " bich the I,,dia” has
1™
f
1 be missionary is abvays the foe of the white man of
oose life, and of the white man who sells ’whisky. Many of the mis
sionaries, tncludtng all who do most good are active in potecting e
rights of each Indian to his land. Like the rest of us, the misXnarv
needs to keep mind the fact that the Indian criminal is on the whole
more dangerous to the well meaning Indian than any outsider can at
present be; for there are as wide differences of character and conduct
among Indians as among whites, and there is the same need in the one
case as
the other of treating each individual according to his conduct