Weekly Chemawa American., February 14, 1902, Image 1

CHEHAWA, OREGON,
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14 igoa
Helping the Rsd Brothers
it h
Cum. Mii.ton Blthanan.
mill tint
training and.-oarding school and. tli
dayschonls.flil or them entirely and
clusively maintained and supervised by
government.
All mr.h d of instruction ni rt
subjects of i-tii'ly, however valuable, hi
have. their limitations. Where, ns
nil
years ago a prom
inent advocate of the education of the In
dian was traveling In a certain section of quently haptens, the Indhn in Just s'art-
the wpsf.. The Jebn who drove this cham- In on 'he rwl to civilization, auh nietn-
pioo nf unlileadied educational methods tl9 must, be sought ami employed iih will
cliHrishod an idea that Indians "were not develop the p-wers tin 1 capacities with
(olks,"-nnd he didn't hesitate to any po. which the child is endowed. Bur n wry
Finally he turned to his passenger and essential Honiethina must he added to this;
sM, Hltli tin amused smile: there must b systematic industrial tralri-
"Air ye one of them fellers what norms hig. Thu nd thus alone cmi he acquire
frnin the east to clverlize en tame en In- '' BkHl which wd I make of him not only
jun?" , an inquiring learner but a willing worker
The . passenger was forced to plead an well. Thus and thin slme can he he
Rftinriiitlvely to the impeachment. The prepared for meeting the demand of that
Jehu shifted his quid and hurst Into a roar native life wh'ch mutt' come to him Rooner
of laughter which ultimately suhsided In- or later. It i as H con has said, there
tnnclmekel; then he said: muBt.be cultivated h just and legitimate
"Waal, t suppose you fellers knows what familiarity betwixt the mind and tilings,
yer wnnts nmi knew how tir ((ft it, but I Tne sole purpose of did inn echnln is to fit
dunim 'Imul tliMt myself. I gota well Inmy the Indian for life. The value of the
back yard ter home. It ain't got no we- education lo hiiri ititmt be judged by it
ter in it bill it's got 12 tame Injuns la It, contribution to bis life in'eresls and there,
tranter!" fore the methods employed must he empa-
Tlioae methods of taming and civilizing ; phatically wnd essentially prticticnl. The
Indians went out of vogue decades Hiro child should learn lo speak English just as
In fact Ihey never were in vogue in thiVnnv cllid learns to speak English, natural
nity, Hpre on Puget Sound
istab- iy
usly and not artificially
Hahed seme of the earliest schools for the and forcedly. He h ml I become familiar
education and civilization of Indian youth. Willi things by actual contact whore pn-
Teri year nuo the hustling city of Everett Bible, especially in ihe plainer an- more
existed chiefly upon paper, nut theTulalip practical phase of lift,. Through the me-
hoarding school was a very material fact. Ha of quarisof milk, hushed of potatoes,
The peh'ini was then maintained upon barrels of apples, baskets of carnus, yards
government funds but was only indirectly f muslin, dozens of eirirs, acres nf ground,
under government supervision, As has
been the case with Ever
Tun years ajjro the Tulalip Agency, one of
Everett's nearest neighbors, possessed a
boarding school and a day school. Today
it pappuses a well-equipped Industrial
years have bra and the properties of number
revolution. Ran he be early impressed with
9 tobliii-kbnuda In school rr
i everything elia it N nfi
(Cnn'inw-l on papight.)