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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1908)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN 5 CIVILIZING FORCE. The great power of the gospel lies in its transforming virtue. All things be come new; the thief becomes honest, the liar speaks the truth, and the man who lived solely for himself, neglecting others, devotes all he is and has to the others, to the neglect, often, of his comfort and ease and in m.iny cases of his health and temporal interests. When the gos pel reaches the hearts of lazy, ignorant pagans whose life consists of little be side the supply of physical appetites and needs, it transforms them into in dustrious, energetic men and women, who become anxious at once to use their minds not only for the purpose of creat. ing better material conditions for them selves and those about them, but in or der to increase their knowledge of the intellectual and spiritual worlds into which the gospel lifts them. Hence the gospel is the greatest civilizing force on earth today. The Indian's Friend. GATHERING FOR POTLATCH. Lancaster Spencer of Toppenish states that he starts for The Dalles shortly to attend a big potlatch nd races of many tribes of Indians. Immediately closing this grand pow wow the whole bunch, comprising representatives of the abor igines race from various parts of the United States will assemble at Toppen ish to hold their annua! convention. Among the many tribes that will be present the Bannocks of Idaho and the Klamaths from Oregon will be in attend ance. They have never visited this sec tion before, and are r ported to be a very interesting and intelligent class of "the true American." The convention will assemble at Toppeni-h soon after September 1. Ex. MRS. JOSEPH BRIGGS. Newport Or., Aug. 21. Mrs. Joseph Briggs, wife of one of the lifesaving crew here, died in Newport, August 14, after a brief illness. Mrs.' Briggs gave birth to a daughter last week and her death soon followed. Mrs. Briggs, whose maiden name was Alice Saunders was considered . the most beautiful woman of Indian blood on this Coast She came of a fine Indian family, was a graduate of Chemawa Indian School and took a prominent part in every movement for the betterment of her race. She. was 34 years of age at the time of her death, and had been mar ried 13 years. Her daughter, Dorothy, died of pnuemonia in California this last winter, and it is thought that this bereavement hastened her own death. Mrs. Briggs was buried Sunday in the wind-swept cemetery of her family situated on the height of Cape Foul weather. Oregon ian. J LOCALS Rena Mann left last week for Hood River, where she is visiting with friends. Barnum and Bailey's mammoth cir cus was in Salem yesterdav and quite a. number of our people attended. We are in receipt of a letter from John McCush, who is visiting at his home in Garberville, Calif. He states 'that his little party made the trip south on Jie steamer Roanoke and experienced noth ing more sensational than sea sickness. At the time of writing John, was making preparations to go v,n a hunting and fishing trip. .
