N, AMER. No. 6i8 HOW THE CHURCH SCHOOLS IN SOUTH DAKOTA HELP INDIAN BOYS AND GIRLS By Bishop Hare JBtote I TRY, by an annual letter regarding these schools, to keep our benefa6lors informed of their progress, and to insure that our friends shall know that 1 per- sonally am sensible of their interest, and desire not to be forgotten. It is not an unnatural wish of many of those who sup- port scholarships that particular children shall be named and assigned to them as their special proteges; but to comply is hardly pra6i:icable. The children are apt to be already named when admitted to the schools; we need, in many cases, the liberty to keep a child for a few months only, and then supply his place by another; and while we are sure that the boarding schools will, as a whole, be a rich blessing, and can therefore guarantee that money given in their behalf will be productive, we cannot insure that any particular child, a small fraction of the whole, will turn out in a way to give satisfaction to those who have chosen him as the objeCl of their hopes and charity. Further, the special attentions which benefactors are apt to bestow upon their particular pro- teges tend often to spoil the favored children, and to produce discontent in others. I trust, therefore, that our benefactors will ask to name only the scholarship which they support, and not the child who occupies it, and look for their satisfaction, not to good results in the case of a particular child, which must be an uncertainty, but to the good efFeCt of the schools as a whole, which is a blessed certainty. a better from 3S(st)op Hare Co t)e iFdenUs to^a pelp to Support tlDi)e 3f^^^t^^ iSoarlJing ^cfjools of ^outl^ ?^a6ota My Dear and Constant Friends; 1 WRITE "constant" because so many of the scholarships have been maintained for so many years — some of them for even thirty-six years. You are not weary in well-doing. God bless you. Taking up again my great privilege of addressing you a yearly letter, let me say the objeft of our Indian boarding schools is, first, to make the pupils good, honest, Christian men and women, and, next, to make them what I might call handy. And by handy I mean men and women who can do all the things which need to be done in ordinary, decent Christian living among plain people. The pictures in this article bring out, I think, this fa6t. They show that the boys and girls know how to do things. These Hoarding schools are widely separated from each other; St. Mary's being in the extreme southern part of South Dakota, and St. Elizabeth's in the extreme north. St. Mary's School, which is the larger building, had an 3 ELLEN SHOOTS NEAR, JULIA BROWN WOLF, AMY , IRON NECKLACE, AND ANNIE RED HORSE AT WORK IN THE SEWING ROOM average attendance last year of 66. St. Elizabeth's had an average attendance of 65. Mr. and Mrs. Travis remain in charge of St. Mary's School. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ricker remain in charge of St. Elizabeth's School. I suppose no work is more of a strain than boarding school work. In the Indian country, where few conveniences are at hand, the strain is peculiarly great. The work has been carried on with most commendable good temper and good order and many rills of pure water of life — to use Bible imagery — issue forth, I am sure, from the thresholds of these schools. 4' Our kind friends supplied the schools in good season with Christmas boxes and there were no happier Christmases any- where than in St. Mary's and St. Elizabeth's schools. The children were allowed, after the festivities, to go to their homes for the holidays and, though many of these homes were from twenty to thirty miles distant, the children were all back again about on time when the holidays were over, cheerful and ready for duty. Well done, I say. Two letters which have come to me during the past week illustrate indirectly the happy results of this Indian boarding school work. They come to me not from Indians but from two young white women, who, long years ago, were pupils in All Saints' School, Sioux Falls — a school quite different in its character from the Indian boarding schools. It is not located in the wild but in the largest town of the State — it is a pay school of high grade meant to offer the best education to the daughters of the white people. It sometimes happens, how- ever, that it seems well that certain Indian girls shall spend a few of the finishing years of their education in All Saints' School and thus be the better prepared to be influential among their own people. There are five or six of them there now. The young lady who writes the first letter is what is called a United States field matron in the Indian country, her duty being to visit the houses of the Indians and be their friend and helper in all that tends to make a clean, wholesome and happy Christian home. The writer of the second letter is her older sister, who is married to a white man living and doing business in a settlement of Indians located in a pretty valley in the Indian country which they have come to call the Happy Valley. 5 EARNING MONEY FOR MISSIONS AT THE WOOD PILE— I remember the valley well, for it was the scene of one of our first successful efforts in breaking up wild, lazy, huddling Indian life. Thirty years ago the Indians of South Dakota lived in large camps containing 1,500 to 2,000 people each. They occupied their time chiefly in making forays against other Indians and against the white people. They would then come back to these huge camps and spend their leisure in displaying scalp locks taken from their enemies and telling, amid wild dances, of their deeds of prowess. We thought it a great achievement, when one chief was at last persua- ded to break away from one of these large mischief-brewing camps and lead his little band off to this chosen valley, now called the Happy Valley, and there begin putting up log houses and planting corn, pumpkins and potatoes. We prom- ised him a little church building as a center. It is the chapel 6 referred to in the letter which follows. He bravely broke away one spring and I remember well the pride with which, on my next visit in the fall, he showed me his root cellar well stocked with pumpkins, potatoes, cabbages, turnips and corn, the results of his summer work. Now let me give you the two letters which I have referred to: Dear Bishop: I am living with my married sister now, and doing the field matron's work. Our Indian Women's Society is doing so well. We have already raised over ^60, besides collefting ^ i 2 to send to Mrs. Holmes for the convocation tent and ^25 for repairing our church building. I never realized before how very religious these people are. —AND IN THE GARDEN We never have a "feast" or any kind of gathering but what they sing two or three hymns and say the Creed and some pray- ers. And, if it is possible, every one comes to church every Sunday. The beautiful church service has filled a great need in their lives, and it is you, dear Bishop who have given them this great joy by putting into their hands the carefully prepared translation of the Bible, Prayer Book and Hymnal, and by giving them so many faithful ministers and well-trained native helpers. They are very grateful to you and often speak of you and of all you have done for them and how you love them. Some of us were mending the altar hangings the other day, and I noticed they were all made by hand — some loving unknown friends made them for us long ago. Oh! if they only could know that the beauty of their work has become a joy forever; for it has had its influence upon the minds and hearts of these people. God has helped us through you, our dear Bishop, and now we are trying to help ourselves. Last spring the people raised over ^loo with which they bought a beautiful new organ, a new altar carpet and materials for repairing the building inside and out. They done most of the work themselves. The Women's Society have given a beautiful brass Niobrara Cross in memory of their members who have died, and the young girls' society are intending to give a set of green altar hangings. They are all very fond of the catechist, but they are always very glad when their native clergyman can come. He is a great help to the white priest who has charge of the whole field. At one of their meetings lately they were talking about him and they said: "He is the best man on the reservation and has done us more good than we can realize." I must close now and make some calls. 1 try to call on all the women every day and I am continually suprised and delighted at their improvement in the care of their houses and their children. 8 A BUSY CORNER IN THE LAUNDRY Dear Bishop, I hope I have not bored you with my long letter, but / want to repeat what I told you once before. It is results one looks for in a school, and our boarding school girls are always ^'a power in the camp^^ and are known by their nice man- ners, ability to speak good English and by neatness of dress and care of their homes. The following letter from a sister of the field matron throws light upon the work and spirit of the former: My Dear Bishop: Sister tells me that she has written you all of the missionary news. Yet, knowing her so well, I imagine she has not men- tioned her own part therein. Perhaps you already know, how- ever, of how my sweet sister has come out to what we already called "The Happy Valley" and made it many times happier 9 by her humor and continuous unselfishness — which have made the people name her "The laughing, loving one." She seems to give up with perfeft content all the gayer life that she might be having in any of the cities in which she might be teaching. The poor, little dirty babies are her particular joy. Thus, dear friends of the Indian work, I have given you some glimpses of the results of Church boarding schools, both among Indians and among whites. Could anything be more blessed? Could anything be better worth supporting.? If it is, pray for it, work for it, give to it. The Board of Missions is responsible for its support. Send your gifts to George C. Thomas, Treasurer. Write for information to the Corre- sponding Secretary, 281 Fourth Avenue, New York. Your faithful friend, William H. Hare, Bishop of South Dakota. C Letters and freight for St. Mary's School should be addressed Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, via Valentine, Nebraska. C Letters and freight for St. Elizabeth's School should be dire6led to Wakpala, Boreman County, South Dakota. 10 St. iTOacg's Sci^ool (foe ©fids); i^osrtuti agencg, JBafeota Shares, E.-.ch, Sixty Dollars per Annum Name of Share Supported 6y 1 R. C. Rogers.. "A Member," Holy Apostles', New York, through Ni- obrara League. [obrara League. 2 J. P. Lundy "A Member," Holy Apostles', tiew York, through Ni- 3 Trinity Young Worn. Bible Class, Trinity Church, Boston, Mass. 4 Calvary Calvary Sunday-school, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 5 St. Luke's St. Luke's Sunday-school, Montclair, N. J. [dence, R.l. 6 Sophie (Endowed.) The late Mrs. John Carter Brown, Provi- 7 Christ Church Christ Church Sunday-school, New York, N. Y. 8 H. H. Houston St. Peter's Sunday-school, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 9 Mary A. E. Twing "A Friend," New York, N. Y. 10 St. John's Sunday-school St John's Sunday-school, Providence, R. I. 11 G. J. Geer (In Memoriam) Zion and St. Timothy's, New York, through Niobrara IZ Lucretia M. Dexter (In Mem.) . . Henry Dexter, New York, N. Y. [League. IJ Mary E. Hinman (In Memoriam (Endowed.) Members of the Indian League Assn. 14 Grace H Hamlen Memorial Members Dakota League, and personal Friends," Massa- 15 Bishop McLaren Through Chicago Branch Junior Auxiliary. [chussets. 16 Cotheal Memorial.' .Miss E. Cotheal, New York through Niobrara League. 17 St. George's St. George's, New York, through Niobrara League. 18 Compo ........y. 'Mrs. William R. McCready and Mrs. John B. Morris, St. Bartholomew's, New York, through Niobrara League. 19 Charles Easton Mrs. Edward Fuller, Church of thelncarnation, New York. 20 Dr. A. T. Twing' .'."A Friend," New York, N. Y. (Endowed). [(Endowed.) 21 Henry Herbert Smythe "A Member" Trinity Church, Boston, Mass., through Woman's Auxiliary. [York, N. Y. 22 Mortimer Memoriam (Endowed.) The late Miss Matilda S. Mortimer, New 23 James R. Swords (In Memoriam) .. Miss P. C. Swords, Trinity Chapel, N.Y. through Nio.Leag, 24 Francis Lathrop Fiske Rev. Geo. S. Fiske, Boston, Mass., through Woman's Auxiliary. [through Niobrara League. 25 Rev. Dr. E. A. Bradley St Agnes' Chapel, New York, Woman's Auxiliary, 26 Holy Trinity Holy Trinity, Indians' Hope Association, Philadelphia, Pa. [New York, through Niobrara League. 27 Grace M Lane Mrs. Edward V. Z. Lane, Church of the Incarnation, 28 Laura Davis (In Memoriam) Philadelphia Pa. (Endowed.) 29 Sarah Swayne Mrs. Edward Parsons, New York, N. Y. 30 Harry and Louise (In Memoriam). "Faith," St. James' Church, Zanesville. Ohio. 31 Cora Lyman (In Memoriam) "A Member." Trinity Church, Botton, Mass. Woman's 32 Calvary. Calvary Sunday-schoool, Pittsburgh, Pa [Auxiliary. 33 Swannan'o'a. .".' "A Member," Trinity Church, Boston, Mass., through 34 David J. Ely Memorial (Endowed.) The late Mrs. D. J. Ely, Church of the Incarnation, New York, N. Y. 35 William M. Dame. Memorial, Junior's Auxiliary Baltimore, Md. 36 St. Agnes St. Agnes' Chapel, "A Member," through Niobrara 37 Jeanie Alston \ , Grace Church,Richmond,Va. [League, New York, N. Y. 38 Little Anna J [ton, Pa. 39 The Drifton St. James', Infant School of Mrs. Eckley B. Coxe, Drif- 40 Shrewsbury .• Shrewsbury Br. Woman's Auxiliarv, Shrewsbury, Md. 41 Smith College, Miss'y Soc'y, Northampton, Mass. 42 Indians' Hope Indians' Hope Association, Diocese of Pennsylvania. ^3 St. James' Sundav-school, Lancaster, Pa. 44 Mary H. Rochester Southern Ohio Branch Woman's Auxiliary. 45 Bishop McCormick Western Michigan Branch Woman's Aux liary. 46 Holy A pottles'.... Holy Apostles' Sunday-School, New York, N. Y. II Shares, Each, Sixty Dollars per Annum Name of Share Supported by 1 Richard Newton "A Friend," Texas. [Pa. 2 Meredith Norris (in Memoriam) Endowed by Mrs. John Markoe, Philadelphia, 3 Walter Nichols hart " (Endowed.) A Lady, through Woman's Aux. 4"M. M E." (In Memoriam) The Rev. Alfred L. Eiwyn, Philadelphia, Pa. 5 Charlotte Augusta Astor (In Memoria'm") The Lenten Indian League of New York, through Niobrara League. 6 All Saints' All Saints' Sunday-school, Frederick, Md. 7 Ivy Lyons (In Memoriam) (Endowed.) — {Half Scholarship.'] 8 Kishop Bass ; Ladies of St. Paul's, Newburyport, Mass 9 Bishop Randall Messiah Sunday-school, Boston, Mass. lo Arthur Brooks . .'. .'!.".'.'..!.!*..! . .. .Church of the Incarnation, New York, through Niobrara League. n Joseph B. Collins "A Friend," New York, (Endowed). iz Nellie Rogers Robinson " . St. Andrew's, Louisville, Ky., through Woman's Auxiliary. [Worcester, Mass. IJ Edward Read Pratt Memorial All Saints', Woman's Missionary Society, I + Trinity Memorial "A Member," Trinity Church, Moorestown, ' N.J [through Niobrara League, i; George L. Williams Mrs. L. Williams, Transfiguration, New York, 16 Ellen E. Robinson...'..'.*.',..'........' Western Michigan Branch Woman's Auxiliary . 17 Harvey M. Nelson Miss Nelson, Grace Church, New York, through Niobrara League. [Niobrara League. 18 Emily Nelson (In Memoriam) M-'ss Nelson, Grace Church, New York, through 19 William Reed Huntington Miss Nelson, Grace Church, New York, through Niobrara League. 20 Rev. Dr. John W. Brown Ladies' Missionary Society, St. Thomas', New York, through Niobrara League. 21 St. Mark's St. Mark's, Philadelphia, Pa. 22 Charlotte !....'.!!!!!...'!"..'.".'..'.'.' ."M. C. S.," New York. 23 St. Luke's ' St. Luke's & Epiphany, through Indians' Hope Association, Philadelphia, Pa. 24 Tuxedo St. Mary's Suiidav-school, Tuxedo, I". Y., through Niobrara League. 25 James M. Cushman Miss Cushman, Holy Apostles', New York, through Niobrara League. 26 Newark Newark Branch Junior Auxiliary. 27 Alice Rives Miss Ellen King, Washington, D. C. 28 David H. Greer St. Bartholomew's Parish House, Miss Squires' Primary Class, New York. 19 Elizabeth M. Graff Indians' Hope Association, under the will of Mrs. Graff, Philadelphia, Pa. 30 Bishop Hare Holy Trinity, "-Two Members," through In- dians' Hope Association, Philadelphia, Pa. 31 William B. Bodine Church of the Saviour, Phila., (West) Pa., through Indians' Hope Association. 32 Edwin Parsons Mrs. Edwin Parsons, New York, N. Y. 33 All Saints' Dav St. Paul's, Stockbridge, Mass. 34 DeWitt (In Memoriam) Holy Innocents' Sunday-school, Albany, N. Y. 35 All Saints' All Saints' Sunday-school, Worcester, Mass., expires June 1st, 1909. 12 36 Edward C. Clark (In Memoriam) (Endowed.) "Mrs, E. M. C," Waterbury, Ct. 37 Bishop Lines VVoman'sMissionary League, Diocese of Newark. 38 George H. Houghton .". (Endowed.) The late Mrs. J. J. A^tor, ..•lew ^ York, N. Y. 39 Dr. Cuming Woman's Auxiliary, Diocese of Western Mich. 40 Rev. George Murdocic (in Memoriam) .... "L.," Woman's Auxiliary, Diocese ofvVash'n. 41 Ohio Ohio Branch Woman's Auxiliary. 42 St. John's" . . St. John's Sunday-school, Stamford, Conn. 43 Jesse S. Bo'iisali.. !. . . .'.'.".*.'. .. .. ..'. ".. . ... .(Endowed.) The late Mrs. S. R. Bonsall, Frederick, Md. 44 George L Harrison Number2 A member of the Church, Philadelphia, Pa. 45 Olivia M. Cutting Christ Church, New York, through Niobrara League. [delphia, Pa. 45 George C. Morris (Endowed.) "A Member," St. Peter's, Phila- 47 Grace Chantry....'.'.'.'*.."'. Grace I hantry Sunday-school, New York. 48 Christian .Mason" "Gibson'M"emorial (Endowed.) The late Mrs. W . F. Cochran, New York, through Niobrara League. 49 Henry Lubeck David Clarkson, Z'on and St. Timothy 's, New York, through Niobrara League. 50 Junior Aux. of St. Peter's Ch., Germantown, The Young Woman's Chapter and the Little Sisters of the Church, Chapters ofthe Junior Auxiliary, St. Peter's Church, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa., through Indians' Hope Association. [delphia. Pa. ;i Virginia (Endowed.) Mrs. St. Geo. T. Campbell, Phib- 52 Bishop Dudley Christ Church Sunday-school, Nashville, Tenn. 53 J. B. G. St. James', Indians' Hope Association, Phila- delphia, Pa. 54 Mary H. W. Silvester Memorial Advocate Memorial, Philadelphia, Pa , through Indians' Hope Association. 13 Used for the Support of Indian Young Men who, having been AT least partially EDUCATED, ARE NOW WORKING AS Helpers, Catechists and Deacons 1 Alonzo Potter, (In Memoriam) St. Luke's Church, Philadelphia (Kensington), Pa., through Indians' Hope Association. 2 Henry M. Beare , Miss Helen King, Washington, D. C. 3 Alfred M.Randolph Ladies of Emmanuel Church, Baltimore, Md. 4 ThomasStreatfeild Clarkson (In Memoriam) Miss Lavinia Clarkson, Potsdam, N. Y. 5 Levinus Clarkson (In Memoriam) Miss Lavinia Clarkson, Potsdam, N. Y. 6 Lenten League ^ The Lenten Indian League, of New York, through Niobrara League. 7 St. Michael's St. Michael's Sunday-school, Bristol, R. I. 8 George Zabriskie Gray , St. John's Memorial, Cambridge, Mass. 9 Cornelius Kingsland Memorial Mrs. W. M. Kingsland, Grace Church, New York, through Niobrara League. 10 Bishop Burgess St Asaph's Sunday-school, Bala, Pa. 11 James M. Lawton (In Memoriam) Grace Church, New York, Mrs. J. M. Lawton, through Niobrara League. 12 Covenant Covenant, through Indians' Hope Association Philadelphia, Pa. 13 Phillips Brooks "A Friend," St. Paul's, Etockbridge, Mass. 14 Theodore Crane Andrews (in Memoriam) .. Mrs. William L. Andrews, Church of the In- carnation, New York, through Nio. League. 15 Robert Anderson (In Memoriam) Grace Church, New York, Mrs. James M. Law- ton, through Niobrara League. 16 John Andrews Harris St. Paul's, through Indians' Hope Association, Philadelphia (Chestnut Hill), Pa. 17 Paulo Post (In Memoriam "A Member," Holy Trinity Church, Phila- delphia, Pa. 18 The Misses Masters School The Misses Masters School, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y 19 George L. Harrison Number i A member of the Church, Philadelphia, Pa. 20 William Woodward St. Peter's Sunday-school, Baltimore, Md. 21 Alonzo Potter Grace Church, Indian Committee, New York. 22 Bishop Bedell "A Friend," New York. (Endowed.) 23 M. A. DeW. Howe Bishop Stevens and Henry Spackman Bible- classes, St. Luke's Church, Philadelphia, (Kensington), Pa. [delphia ( W. ), Pa 24 Church of the Saviour Church of the Saviour Sunday-school, Phila- 25 Bertha '.."A Member," St. Luke's, Montclair, N. J., through Woman's Auxiliary. 26 St. Elizabeth St. Asaph's Sunday-school, Bala, Pa. 27 Mary Spingler Van Beuren (In Memoriam) .. Mrs. Fred T. Van Beuren, Church of the As- cension, New York, through Nio. League. 28 Schmelzel Memorial Miss Jane E Schmelzel, New York, through Niobrara League. 29 Wm. Mercer Grosvenor Incarnation, Missionary League, New York, N. Y., Niobrara League. 30 Percy Browne St. James' Sunday-school, Boston (Highlands), Mass. [New York, N. Y. 31 C. C. Tiffany Zion & St. Timothy's,through NiobraraLeague, 14 J2 Bishop Brewer Trinity Sunday-school, Watertown, N. Y. }3 BishopDoane..".V!.'.'.'.'.".'.'. ".'."."!.*.'.'.*. '.'.'.' St. Peter's, Woman's Auxiliary, Albany, N. Y 34 Samuel Lawre'nVe (in'Menioriam) ' 1 .Mrs. S.Lawrence, Church of the Transfigura- tion, New York, N. Y., through Nio. League. 35 Thomas Balch (InMemoriam) Endowed by Miss E. W. Balch, Phila., Pa. 36 Rev. H. E. Montgomery A Member of the Woman's Auxiliary, New York, N. Y., through Niobrara League. 37 Wm. Lewis Morris, Jr., (In Memoriam) . . . .Mrs. George Cabot Ward, Church of the Incar- nation, New York, N. Y., through Nio. Leag. 38 Morris and Cora McGraw Memorial Annunciation, Miss Cora McGraw, Woman's Auxiliary, New Orleans, La. 39 Frederick F. Johnson Miss Alice L. Lane, through Niobrara League, New York. 40 Lindsay Parker St. Peter's Sunday-school, Brooklyn, N. Y IS 'Jl'HIS pamphlet may be obtained from the Cor- RESPONDING SECRETARY, 28 1 Fourth Avenue, New York, by calling for pamhlet No. 6i8. All offerings for Indian Missions should be sent to Mr. George C. Thomas, Treasurer, Church Missions House, 281 Fourth Avenue, New York. [7]3/og, C. P., 9m.