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CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
Mrs. Clark's Death.
We are pained to announce the death
of Mrs, Eusebia Clark, the wife of Dr.
Clark, our school' physician, which oc- ,
cured on the night of Nov, 20th.
Mrs. Clark has been ailing for sometime
and has battled bravely against that ter
rible disease, tuberculosis,
She. -was -.a true and devoted wife, a
loyal and efficient employee, a kind and
indulgent teacher and a cheerful and loving
friend to all who .were fortunate enough
to know and be associated with hsr. Her
death is a sad blow to her bereaved, heart
broken htid'oand, with whom she has faith
fully and lovingly lived for 21 years.
In- Mrs. Clark's death the .Chemawa
school as well as the Indian Service sus
tains a very great loss. . She has filled the
position of nurse at the hospital for over
two years and has proven, herself to be a
kind, pa'ieut aud .competent employee,
faithful and untiring in administering to the
sick pupils and respected and loved by all.
After services-at the school chapel con
ducted by Rev.'M. Eliott, she was laid to
rest in the cemetery at Salem, on Nov.
22nd; where the funeral was conducted
under the auspices of the Masons.
, Wnat an eventful diy the twentieth of
Noyember has been! In the afternoon
Miss Lockhart was married and later on
Mrs. Clark took a suddeh change for the
worse, and died before midnight. A
happy and a sad event taking away from
.our school .two of its most prominent and
faithful employees, one by marriage and
the other by death. Probably never in
th history of our school have two such
f v. nts occured in one day. ' .
When a boy he worked during the day and
walked three miles to a white neighbor who
was kind enough to teach him reading, writ
ing and arithmetic. After getting a start lie
kf pt on studying himeelf und now possesses
a very nice library. He was industrona
and saving when a boy, put his money into
land aud sheep, to good advantage and in
the last few years has made a fortune in
salmon fishing. His income during last
July and August above all expenses was
$8,000, for salmon sold to canneries, and he
has been offered $30,000 for one of his Fish
traps located on Lopez Island.
Mr. Cayou does not drink or gamble,
which also accounts for his great success.
What a fine example for our young Indian
men to follow! Mr. Cayou is highly re
spected by the best citizens of the Sound
County, because of his renowned honesty,
iniustry and integrity. '
Chemawa, Carlisle or Haskell would be
proud to point to him as an ex-student, but
we cannot do that. Mr. Cajou told the
writer how much he regretted not being
able to go to somesood school when young
er, so that he could have obtained more
education. t
The American is glad to point to such
a fine type of Indian manhood and success.
A Successful Indian.
M Henry Cayou a young Indian now
iivinL' nn Decatur Island in Washington.
is an example of what can be accomplished .
even by the Tndiah raceif they but possess
tiip will power and energy to succeed..
Mr. Cayou is fairly well'educated although,
he new r wvnt to school a-' dav in his life.
The Wapanaki Indians.
Not long since I delivered an address be
fore one of Boston's literary clubs, in
which I made the statement that "so far
as character goes, or what makes for
character, the New England Indians were
better than the Colonists who were their
neighbors." My audience did notapproye
that statement. Some shook their heads
in positive dissent; others frowned at a
covert attack. on their ancestors; many,
with arched eyebrows, expressed their
astonishment at the audacity of my words,
while a few faces expressed pity for a
mind gone wrong. 'Twas ever thus. Give
a dog a bad name, and kill him.
"You must judge of a vace by its best.",
remarked a reverand philanthropist at the
close of the meeting, "and among the Col-