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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Cbe Kbemawa American
Published Weehly at the ' United
Stat s Indian Training School.
Subscription Price, 25 Cents t Year. Ot.tjbs of
Five or Over 20 Cents.
Entered hi the Chemawa, Oregon, PostorfiVe as sec-ond-elHss
mail matter, ;
Have you sent your Jamestown exhib
it work to the office?
Volume one, number three, of'the In
dian Outlook. This comes to us publish
ed in the interest of the Baptist Mission
among the Indians at Darlinnton, Okla.
It is quite a newsy sheet giving many
items of interest concerning the Chey
ennes aud Aiapaboe Indians. '
' The American We I coin -s the initiation
number of the Sherman Bui letin, which
lias entered the field of Indian school
journalism The Bulletin comes to us
in ii heat -form and is ful, of nevi s apper
taining 'the Hi ve. side School.; . Itis neat
ly piinieUV'.'nd vv'H predict for .it a high
plac: in the' Indian school journalism.
I'lie condition .of the Indians at the
mou'h of the Smit'h River. California is
deplorable. Years ago an agreement was
martc between the whites and the Indians
fo' the reil men to retain the island in
the mouth of the river. We understand
this landwas subsequentlydeeded to them
by the geni ralGovernnientjhut since their
allotment sonic one (white man) has
claimed land us swanp land for (state
land) and the Indians have been dis
possessed of their homes. They were
alloted to remain as "squatters." The
heavy rains in that part of the country
w.ishe I their houses away, so that today
they are homeless. Some of them had
very comfortable homes. The county
authorities of Del Norte Co., Calif., have
taken up the matter with the Indian
- office asking for relief for the people.
"Y. "W. C. A.
This was the first regular meetii g
held since the election of new officers,
who were as follows: President, LaVma
De Vault; Vice President, Lizzie Frazier;
Secretary, Elsie Reed; Treasurer, Ella
Brewer. The various committees were
appointed, and Miss Gage explained the
work of each, and told how much she ex
pected the society to do this year. The
meeting was opened by singing, "I Am
Trusting The Lord Jesus," after which
. we were lead in prayer by Louise Mur
ray. The roil was called and we sang
again, . "There is VVideness. in God's
Mercy..' Miss Frazier lead the evening,
her topic was "Saved to Serve." After
she explained the topic, two more -ongs
. were sung, '"Holy Spirit, Love Divine,"
and "Bringing inthe Sheaves." h-lla
Brewer and Miss Bowman both gave
talks on topic which were very interest
ing. Lizzie Frazier then announced that
we are to have Bible studies on Men
day evenings, and all the members who
wish may come to the meetings. Forour
closing song we sang, "Blest be the Tie
that Binds." We repeated our Watch
Woid ai d !K,j in ned.
The.-hfeeting was opened with a song,
after which" Miss Johnston lead us in
prayer. Roll was called, another song
was sung and Miss D -Vault of the Y.W.
C. A. look charge of the meeting. She
explained the work of the Society and
gave them many useful hints to help
them. After the closing hymn we re
peated our watch wcrd and adjourne .