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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
The Chemawa American.
Published Week y by the Pupils or the
Chemawa Indian School.
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The Chemawa Amkkican,
Chemawa, Okeook.
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SOON BE TWENTY-TWO.
, On Feb. 25th this school will celebrate
ils 22nd binhd iy Men may dime and men
.may go but old Chemawa goes on just the
same increasing iis attendance, erecting
new buildings and making many valuable
.inprov'f me nts each year. We realize there
is no standing st II in any undertaking if
success is desired, and especially true is
this in Indian school. We um.tei her go
up, or else fall b-ick, either improve or re
trograde , It is much easier to keep a scho il
moving successfully when fairy started,
than to arrest and chang' the motion when
going in an. oppitsi'e direction. In . the
. twenty-two years of Cheraawa's exi-tance
.she h'S h id marry varied exp riences. It
. has not always been calm an I peaceful
sailing. But the old ship stood the storms
and has niiracu'out-ly avoided ih" sun Is
and rocks, whither faithless ai d deceitful
sea'Men tried to steer lier. But it was not
, to bef DisloyaMty, deceit fulness', and
meanness must crop out as worthless ore is
, always found aloi g with the good, but it is
properly thrown out n tne dump pile,
where it belongs.
Many of Chemawa's ex-employes are the
. best people on eartlr, and t tie school de eply
regretted to lose t.he;r loy d an I faithful
services. Bu'. years bri ig change'. We
cannot expect to live and die here, aliho'
we kmw of n better place on G rd'a green
e.nlh.
We will all mil Mr. Brewer at the next
anniver.-ary meeting. He h 8 always oc
cupied the post of honor, as ieing the old
est an 1 on of our m st f.iilhi il em ! y.-s
who fir-t c ime hare as a pu ii 1 wh n the
schoo1 wissUr'ed. Mrs. Adair. Mr. ' hivop
fo t an I m my others will a's 1 be iiii-s d
on that occ isiori. The 22 nd annive sary
promis 's to be a m st eventful one, nd
an extensive and ineresiii program is
being prepared.
. Colonel J. L. Morris, one nf the mostfun
ous of extern scouts and Indian fighters,
dn d at Albiiq'ieique, New Mexico. Feb. 11,
1903, af era ong illne 8. In 1870 Moriis,
wi h 13 men, k lied Chisf Jutneka and 30
Apache warriors who had been terrorizing
the country. Morri whs wounded in the
ntck ( n-1 of his me 1 kil'ed. nd 10 w 'Unded.
Ttielead r, after b ing clin', killed Juuneka
wiih li s lait bu et. Conres awa'de I
Moriis a mda' f r br.ivery. Colonel
Morris sewd with a K nsas region nt dur
ing the Civil War. '
Murri d nt th redde C-1 of Mr. ,Toh ism
Wiliann, J im -st'swn, CUhmn C u i' V,
tVi8ii., by Rev Myr n Ends fSk koni-h,
Mr Joseph Al en and .li.-8 A n.v Wi 1 am-,
lioth "f J unestown Mr. AUen oh ain d a
1 irge s'i re of id education at. iUp r serva
ii in wcho l at Puval up and Mi-s Willi ims
flai.-h dh rs las summer at Ci.emawa.
' ' Will you accept tiie.co'oiielc,?"skpd a
Siiiti ial reporter of C I R. H. Pra t, to
il y, ref r ing to h;s prnuoijn recently
frm Lieutenant-Colonel.
."Cirtdnly," Was the reply, "I have
b n 40 years reaching it, and of cours I
.naturally desire to accept the promotion.
"Wi 1 V"U be obliged to. 'ewe Carlis'e?"
was ihe in xt qn stion. "That d - en'fs on
what th-g(ivernm'i't tells me to do, if '
orders me awny I of course mnt ohev or
ders." "My regimen', the 1! ir eenth civ
ahv, now in Dak ta, i-tord red ; go t. he
P i ippin- Is ands. I will be ab'e t 'e '
in the rou 8 of five or six w -eks whether
or no-I will bj able to s:ay." Carlisle
Seminal.