The Ckemawa American,
Published meekly
MARCH 27, 1903..
No. 27.
Boston Indian School Institute.
The meeting of the Department of In--diau
E Jucation, July 6th to 17th, 1903. will
ioBeBS many advantages py reason of the .
sessions being held In Boston.- Besides
Iwing one of the most historical cities
of our country, Boston is America's edu
cational center, The excellent summer
schools in and around the city present at-,
tractive courses of work for teachers desir
ois of pursuing a special line of study
during the summer, and the coming meet
ing will present a special opportunity to
thfae Indian teachers who are desirous of
taking advantage of these splendid facil
Itiw. - '
Tiie sutnioec school of arts and sciences
of Hnrvard University, July 6 to August
14, 1903, offers a general literary course
and also includes-shop work, blacksmith
injr aud physical education. Board and
lojeing can be obtained at a cost of from
$4 00 to 110 00 per week. .
Martha's Vineyard Summer Institute,
Cottage City, Mass-Dr. Wm. A. Mowry,
Pieaitlfnt, will conduct a five weeks' sum
mer school, commencing July 14th, and
very generously offer the Indian teachers
tuiiion at a reduction of one-thitd,, or $10
instead of $15 00. Teachers should write
f'tr il uatrated circulars showing aubjects
tauuht; also excursions, and entertain
By writiug.to W. A. Baldwin. Principal
HUtw Normal School, Hyannis, Mass.,
teaclnrs will receive a prospectus giving
the purpose, character and. scope of their,
summer school work, and also containing
interesting illustrations of their industrial
Interesting courses for teachers thiscomiug
summer. Write for booklet of views and
L circular of information.
Columbia University, New York City,
, beautifully situated on tbe Hudson river,
offers a diversified couree of instruction
that will meet tbe needs of teachers de
siring to specialize. The work is of the
highest order, and the inspiring influences
of the University will cause teaoheis to
feel that the summer could not have been
better spent, -
The (State Normal Rchool at New Paltz,
N. Y., gives an admirable course of prac
tical instruction, including ; woodwork,
baBketry, weaving, domestic science, and
art, aB well as a literary course which will
be appreciated by earnest teachers.
Among the moat important historic
places are the famous elm tree under,
which General Washington took command
. of the Continental Army, July 8, 1776;
the Old North Church, from whose steeple
flashed the signal for Paul Revere to start
on hie famous rid; -the landing place of
the British in 1775; the site of the Bontnn
Massacre; and world-famed Bunker Hill.
How Arrowheads Were Made.
We did not know until! to-day how the
Indians made the flint arrowheads that
are very often found all over the country.
They had no tools to work "with, and the.
' question of bow they made them was not
answered. "Abe" Matbeney, who was
for many years a heap big chief of the
Wahoo tribe, says the squaws broke flint
rock into small pieces by putting it into
the Are. They then selected s suitable
piece for an arrowhead, held it in the fire
till it got hot, then put a drop of water on
it, which "clipped off" a small particle of
flint, and by this slow and tedious process
the squaws shaped the arrowheads, says
Eldorado Republican. A look at an arrow
bead will convince one that this was tbe
process adopted to make tbem, all they all
. have rough surfaces.
1 University, Ithaca, N. Y., offers: