Weekly Chemawa American., January 24, 1908, Page 13, Image 13

THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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ELSEWHERE
A very pleasant entertainment was
given in the dining room last Friday
evening. Moving pictures gave again
the ever interesting story of Cinderella,
and that, together with the story of
Joseph sold into captivity, and many
other pictures, comic and otherwise com
bined to make a very enjoyable enter
tainment.1 Native American.
The skating rink was flooded again
last Saturday night and the water froze
as smooth as glass; it has been the scene
of a merry crowd of boys and girls all
through theweek. Wednesday evening
there were about two hundred skaters
out after study hour. The electric
lights strung up by the engineers add
much to the pleasure in the evening.
Weekly Review.
News from our friend, Mr. Johnson, of
Tolchaco, Arizona, is encouraging. His
letter of December 9, 1907, contains the
important information that the Confer
ence of Missionaries which met there on
November 19 adopted an alphabet for
the use of workers among all the tribes
of the Southwest, thus making the work
of each missionary of increased value to
all the rest. Suitable names were adopt
ed for the Deity, for spiritual beings,
and for a future state, as well as others
required by missionaries in dealing with
rel i gio us s u b j ect s . T h e 1 n dia n 's F r i e rid .
The Romans called the first month of
the year January in honor of the god
Janus. At dawn of the year the people
robed in white, sacrificed elaborate offer
ings to their gods, especially to Janus.
Fraternal greetings, benevolent gifts,
and exchanges of costly presents mark
ed the day. All evil speaking, quarrels
or excesses were for one day laid aside,
and the ideals of a nobler future were
brought to mind by parables enacted in
public places. The soldiers renewed
their vows of loyalty to Caesar and put
on new uniforms. Ex.
Miss Ada Westbrook, religious instruc
tor at Shermau, is indulging in the
childish diversion of the "mumps."
While we wish her a speedy recovery,
yet we hope, she will get quite all that
is due her now in order to avoid a simi
lar experience in the future. In other
words we hope she will have "two
mumps." ;
Major Mercer's resignation will prob
ably be a surprise to many who know
his fondness for the Indian Service, and
the statment that he did this in antici
pation of the probable abolishment of
the Carlisle School, will be accepted
with considerable doubt. The Toma
hawk. Recently H. A. Eutchins, who regis
tered at Ak-Sar-Ben hotel from Rosebud,
S. D., was in Bonesteel and called on
Mayor Hendrickson and went over the
situation in regard to the selling of liq
uor to Indians of the Rosebud reserva
tion and at his request the Mayor called
a meeting of the liquor dealers of the
town and gave them to understand that
the selling of liquor to Indians was as
li ue 1 1 a crime against the government as
ever and that a recent ruling of the U.
S. Court h a s been misconstrued.
The permission t o sell to Indians
applies only to those who are placed up
on the roll of honor and: those who have
. charge of their own affairs and are not
in reality wards of the government. Mr.
- Hutchins visited ail the towns in the
county on this mission and cautioned
the dealers against the further action
along this line. Rosebud S. 1). New
Era.