CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
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More About A Successful
i Indian.
Under date of Nov. 22. the American
published, an article concerning Mr.
Henry Cayou, A self made Indian man
of Decatur, Wash. The Red Man and
Helper lias the following to say concern
ing it. But the American would remark
that we must not lose sight of the fact
that he is self male man and th it
he does not owe his education to Chema
wa or any other Indian School but to Ms
own work, grit and "stick-to-it-ive-r.ess.
"The secret of Mr. Cayou'a success is
that he bad football grit and determina
tion to reach the goal.
.Notice?
When a boy he WORKED during the
day and walked three miles at night to a
white neignbor who taught him to read
and write and to work problems in arith
metic. With such grit as Mr. Cayou possesses
and with such advantages aa we have at
Carlisle, there isscarcely any limit to our
possibilities '
i We may hecome rich, we may become
great and good, we may raach any height
we are determined to reach.
But our life here may be too ea&y for
us!
W,e have only to work four or five hours
a day. Mr. Cayou probably had to work
ten to twelve.. We work only to learn
how to work, while Mr Cayou was
OKU. G EI) to work for his bread and
butter.
OUR parents send us money to buy
skates wi;h and neckties and to ride on
trolly cars.
lie probably ha'l no time to skate, and
may never have seen a "tony" necktie,
lie certainly had no trolly car on .'which
to spend his pennies, when it would be "
Utter to walk.
When we get pennies we SPEND them
for cake and pies and things that tickle
the throat or look fancy in dress.'
lie bought BOOKS and read them.
He is now reaping the reward of having
saved his tim.3 and money when a young
man.
He is uow happy because full of experi
ence and the knowledge that comes from
reading good books and from business as
sociation wifh good common sense men.
Fie can hold up bis head and feel that
HE is a MAN.
What will we be at bis age, if we spend
our penniesfoolishly and waste our precious
hours in loafing?
How shall wa feel at Mr. Cayou's age if
we now get into habits of tobacco, drink
and worse things that pull us down.
It is easy to see what wo shall be. The
picture is very plain before us. Poor!
Work! Dependent! A nuisance to our
selves and worse nuisance to our friends
and to the world!
If we have any mind at all we will be
full of remorse and sorrow for not having
made better use of our time. We will be
wretched in body and soul. '
It is well to keep a, picture of men like
Mr. Cayou before us and try to be like
him, and better if possible."
Climbing The Ladder.
George Shattuck, an old Chemawa boy,
writes that he has successfully passed his
examination for Engineering before theU.
8, Inspectors of the Marine Service, and
will soon accept a position as engineer on
a large steamer, at a good salary.
George worked in the Engineer's Dep't.
at this school and after leaviug worked as
-fireman on some of the steamers on Pug t
Sound. He kept up his studies a'ong with
his work and his many friends atChemavva
will be glad to know that he is climbing
up the ladder of success, ly stick-to-it-ive-ness
and bard work, George closes his in
teresting letter by hoping that the Chema
wa pupils will work faithfully, study hard
and whn they leave school do with all
their might whatever work they can get to
'do', as promoti m aud success will at last
crown their efforts.
I'n Mathematics Professor "How can
I divide seven apples among nine boys?"
Junior Boy "Make apple sauce, profess
or." Ex.