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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1915)
THE CHEM AW A AM ERICAN A REVIVAL, A T CROW Commissioner Sells, unannounced, arrived at Crow Agency on October 6 During l.is visit he gave the entire reservation a most comprehen sive snrvev. He rode, at the very least, five hundred miles in all direct ions, examining schools, calling upon the missionaries, inspecting the irrigation work and the cattle industries, visiting Indian homes met ing the Indians in council, talking with them individually and listening always with the utmost deference and patience to their wishes or com plaints. In nearly all of his trips he was entirely unaccompanied excep hv a driver. Nothing escaped his eye, and he asked information o everyone with whom became in contact, no matter how humble. As a consequence, there is probably no one more generally familiar with con- ditions on the reservation than the Commissioner himself. The results of his visit are already apparent. It is not merely in material improvments already under way, but in that indefinable gain in spirit, in stamina and purpose. He has talked with force and direct ness to the Indians, making them feel that they have a sure and sym pathetic friend, but that friendship means mutual confidence and obli gations; that he intends to do his part, but they also have a part to per form To employees he has made it clear in wisely chosen words that he has no sympathy with the selfish equation in their work, and that the ideals he wishes to have dominate are those of patience and co-oper ation, efficiency, and sympathetic service. A broader spirit of helpfu - ness towards the Indian himself, constructive and vitalizing, character izes the Commissioner’s attitude: it is the human side of the problem which appeals to him. . . . Superintendent and Mrs. Estep gave a reception in lus honor, tins lieing the only entertainment for which he allowed himself any opiior- tunity The residents of the village were all invited, the employes re maining to hear the commissioner speak after the reception. The other offical visitors on this occasion were Chief Inspector E. B. Lintien. Spe cial Agent Fred 3. Cook. I)r. C. H. Dewey and Mrs. E. E. Newton. Crow is again on the map, but the color of it is changed from black to the red of courage and new purpose.-From The Indian School Journal. IT 18 A G O O D T H IN G In a recent debate oil national prohibition in the House of Representa tives Congressman Charles A. Lindbergh, reprsentative in congress from the Sixth district of Minnesota, made the following reference to the
