2 . THE CHX,MAWA AMERICAN ' V
tunity for pleasure and content that on- ' seen much of men of the whitr race in
y waits on the development of our -cap- the shops where I have worked; and I
acity to appreciate it. Civilization i&, know that some of them are not desirablt
therefore, an unmixed blessing to those employees, nor desimblo fellow-workers,
' who are trained, hut it is cruel to the nor desirable neighbors. No. employer
untrained. wishes to keep a man who will or cando
. Jt was through seeing how much we '" only "half of his duty; no intelligent
were suffering here in the East, I think, workman wishes to work along side of a
that the country finally realized its duty half-trainedvinan; and no decent familj
and began to break down the walls which wishes to live next to a half-civilized
it had put up, first by establishing family. So the half-trained meet opposi
schools, and, as fast as seemed the best tion all around, which makes them dis-
giving'the Indians the rights of '"citizen- contented and grumblers. -When yen
ship; Our thanks are due to General properly train every man and woman
Armstrong ai.d Captain Pratt, for; lead-' in the country, the labor problem, tin
ing-the way.' " . " J , Negro problem, and the Indian prouleni
A few years ago I visited oh will be solved, I think.
Western schools and asTlobked on those' "But. the. white man's patience is. taxed
students in their recitation rooms and because, once free from school, we do,
shops, my heart' was filled with joy not always go on and improve ourselves,
and sympat hy : joy because of the op- We seem to stop about where he leaves
portunity they 'are having; sympathy' us. This is because, we are not working
because of the difficulties with which on the principle of fascination,- or iiv
they must soon be strugglingdifficult- . spiration, or, whatever it is that carries
les with which I am familiar, .' our great need, J, think, is. of more ' com-
When a young man I was afraid of plete.-, training ..with : such . methods .is
going outside of the reservation because shall make us ; permanently, skillful in
I could not understand the English Tan- our hands, intelligent in our heads, and
giiage and the work used to frighten
me. So it took all the courage I could
gather to' enable me .to make up " my
mind to leave the reservation ' and ' find
work among the white people. But I'
did it, and my experience' has taught
me that, as a rule! successes must 'de
pend upon the method and the length of
time of training. Many of the graduates
and : returned students from -Indian
schools have already acquired an : ad
vanced grade vf civilization, and have'
become self-supporting and independent
citizens. The majority are not sr suc
cessful and are as yet only half civilized.
Now if you half civilize a. man, he will:
still .remain half barbarian, I, have
Christian in our. hearts qualities with'
out. which no; man can, ever hope to he
come a desirable. employee, follow wwk.
man,or neighbor. v ,;- :. i;u. M
Wha tever success I have h ad is duo
to my ability to hold my own alongside
of many w h i te wo r k m n n . . , A n d m y a b i I i
ty to hold my own is largely du to the
kind of '.training I received at Hampton
Institute. I went there with only a few
words of English, my main object being
to learn that language. When I got
there I found that, as a New York In
dian, I would not get any aid from the
Government, and if I stay I must work,
I decided to stay and they put me at
thV engineering trade and into night
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