PUBLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL INDIAN ASSOCIATION, A GLIMPSE OF OUR MISSIONS. It was natural that after five years of effort to secure legal recognition and protection for United States Indians, by the circulation of leaflets and petitions through the press, in public meetings and in Congress, The National Indian Association should open missions among the Indians. Christian women accus- tomed to such work composed its con- stituency and it only needed their recog- nition of the fact that scores of tribes or tribal remnants within our national limits had not heard the gospel to enlist them in missionary work for those tribes. All felt it best that the churches should through their various denominational boards partition the unsupplied territory among themselves and that this would be the right solution of the problem as to how these tribes should be evangelized. To this end denominational secretaries were interviewed, but to the dismay of the questioner there was but one reply and that a clear negative. The boards 1909. 2 were in debt and could not open the needed new missions. But one course re- mained if these destitute tribes were to have the gospel. The plan was clear. It stood out in light with the great com- mission, "Tell it to every creature" shining in letters of fire above it. The Association must gather the means, must open the stations one by one, meet the first and heavier expense of building mis- sionary cottages and chapels and when but the support of one or two workers at a given station should be needed then give the station with all its property to whichever of the denominational boards should ask for it and promise the con- tinuance of the work. The plan was adopted. Money flowed in without too great labor, and the first stations were opened by the Association in May, 1884. These were among the Poncas, Otoes and Pawnees of Indian Territory and were given in 1884 and 1887 to the Methodist Episcooal Wo- man's Missionary Board with the result of a permanent church at Pawnee and other stations opened later by that board in contiguous tribes. In 1886 a mission was opened among the Sioux of South Dakota and in the next year a cottage and chapel were built. The next mission was amon? six tribal remnants in northwestern Califor- nia where two stations were served. In 1887 work for the Bannocks and Shoshones of Idaho was begun by the 3 national committee and the next year our Connecticut auxiliary adopted the mission, secured 160 acres of land and built a house. During the same year our work was inaugurated among the Omahas of Nebraska, at two stations, with two cottages, a chapel, a temporary school, and with five acres of land at one point and twelve acres at the other station. In 1889 work was undertaken among the mission Indians of Southern Cali- fornia where eight preaching stations and three missions were later estab- lished, with three cottages and two chapels. The same year our Brooklyn auxiliary built the Plymouth Cottage among the Kiowas of Indian Territory giving it to the Presbyterian Board. In 1890 the mission and day school among the Plumas County Indians of Northern California began with twelve day pupils and in 1897, with its forty acres of land, buildings, and in them its boarding school of forty pupils and the same number of day pupils was sold to the Government and still continues as a boarding school in buildings costing $70,000. A mission school was opened by our Massachusetts auxiliary in 1891 for the Apache prisoners at Mount Vernon Barracks, Alabama, and was successfully carried on until the removal of those prisoners to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 1894.i 4 The same year our Maine auxiliary be- gan its work for the Absentee Shawnees and Kickapoos of Oklahoma, and during that year our work for the Florida Sem- inoles was begun. The latter continued for nearly three years when, in 1893, it was transferred to the Episcopal Church of Southern Florida. Over 12,000 acres of land for those Indians were pur- chased during that time by our mission- ary, who was also the government agent, while the congressional agitation of the subject of Seminole needs thus begun, aided by most deeply interested friends and pauseless workers, resulted in the voting of over 800,000 acres of land by the Florida legislature as a home for those Indians, a gift needing action on the part of Congress to make it a sure and permanent home for that long neglected .people. But this action, alas ! was never taken. In 1892 the mission to the two thousand Moki — also called Moquis — of Arizona was opened by the gifts of our New Jersey auxiliary, two cottages were built, and 160 acres of land were granted for stations there. In 1893 the mission among the two thous- and Piegans of Montana, was begun and in less than two years, with its 160 acres of land, its large cottage and chapel, fences, vehicles, and live stock, it was given to the Methodist Episcopal Board of New York City. In 1894 the school of the Massachusetts auxiliary for the neglected Walapai of Ari- 5 zona was opened, a ranch was purchased, and as a result the Indian boarding school of Government with fourteen instructors was opened there in buildings costing more than $60,000. The same year our school among the Spokanes of Washington was undertaken very successfully by our Rhode Island auxiliary. In 1896 at Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County, California, our mission began after several years of our preparatory efforts and a cottage and chapel were built on land set apart to us by the agent with the authority of the Government. In the autumn of the same year our unique mission in the desert of California was opened and within a year was established in its new cottage and chapel. Three temporary Homes for the aged or orphans were provided, one in the State of Washington — the Stickney Me- morial Home — another at Pine Ridge, Da- kota, and one in Nebraska. The year 1898 saw the beginning of our work at Two Gray Hills, the center of the hill group of the great Navajo reservation; our new Navajo Hospital at Jewett, New Mexico, was finished and occupied in September, 1899, later our Mrs. Cole opened work at "seven-mile station," and our specially fruitful work in Alaska followed. Then our interesting work for the Hopi at Moen Copi, Arizona, began December, 1902; that for the Navajos at Tuba, was opened January, 1903, and that at Chin Lee, also in Arizona, our fifth Navajo station 6 was begun in April, 1903, and continued till November of the same year, when our mis- sionary, happily, was again made a gov- ernment field matron and her good work thus had larger support. In 1903 our mis- sionary and chapel work was again opened at Greenville, California, and our prepara- tory work among the thousand Yumas on the California side of the Colorado River, begun in 1901, eventuated in an excellent mission September, 1904. In 1907 and 1908 these missions were transferred to the Woman's Home Missionary Board of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Apache-Mo javes, largely aided by our Association in 1903, entered in January, 1904, our group of regular missions under the care of our admirable workers at Mc- Dowell, Arizona. This mission, with its new church, was transferred to the Pres- byterian Board in 1907. The new Nevada Mission was opened for the Piute Indians of Walker River at Schurz, Nevada, in 1907, and work begun among the Klamaths at Yainax, Oregon, in 1908. This glimpse of our missions wakens deep thanksgivings to God in the hearts of all who have had the privilege of shar- ing in their labors and support, and wakens longing to enter the many other white fields which are yet waiting for the Gospel. During all these years boxes and barrels of goods for the old and helpless have been sent to be used at the discretion of our missionaries, sometimes to the value 7 of $3,000 a year, and for seventy-three tribes, helping to open many a heart to hear the Gospel. The missions, as origin- ally planned, have been given one at a time when established to the permanent care of Presbyterians, Baptists, Moravians, to the Episcopal Church, to Methodists, Mennon- ites, and to the Society of Friends. In all more than fifty buildings have been erected, and for fifty tribes or tribal remnants mis- sion work has been opened by the Associa- tion, and, so far 'as human sight extends, none of this work would otherwise have been provided. Surely such service makes its own appeal to Christian hearts for the many other native tribes who to this day have not received the good news of God's love and for His sake appeal for them must surely be heard by American Christians. Amelia S. Quinton, Chairman of Missionary Department. 8 These six tribes served at two >- stations, at Round Valley, Cal. A CHRONOLOGY, of our Missions and Mission to Pawnees, I. T., opened 1884 " Poncas " " 1884 " Otoes " " 1884 " Sioux, S.D., " 1886 " Concows'86 " Ukies " Pitt River " Potter Val'y " Little Lake " Red Woods " " Bannocks and Shoshones, Idaho, opened .... 1887 " " Omahas, Neb., opened at two stations .... 1887 " " Sioux, S. Dakota, opened at Corn Creek . . . 1887 " " Stickney Memorial Home, Washington, built through our Home ' Building Dept. . . . 1889 La Jolla, Temecula, ; Pechanga . . . " " Mission cottage and workers, Portraro " Coahuilla .... " " Agua Caliente opened .... 1893 Mission Indians, Cal., opened .... 1889 " " Preaching stations at Saboba, Rincon . " Kiowas, I. T., opened . . 1889 " " Greenville, Plumas Co., i opened 1890 c o cn 00 9 AND DATA their Transfers. Transferred to Methodists .... 1885 .... 1887 1887 Combined with other work .... 1886 Both stations were transferred to the Woman's Baptist Home Mission Society and later to the Methodists nearer them 1889 Transferred to Prot. Episcopal Board 1900 And one group became Presbyterians 1900 Transferred to Presbyterian Board . 1890 Transferred to Prot. Episcopal Board 1888 Transferred to Methodists . . . . Transferred to Moravians .... 1890 Discontinued 1899 Transferred to Moravians .... 1899 As were these preaching stations . . 1899 Transferred to Presbyterian Board . 1889 School sold to Government .... 1897 Mission to Crow Creek, S. Dak., Hos- pital work, opened . . 1890 " " Apache Prisoners, Mt. Vernon, Ala., opened . 1891 " " Absentee Shawnees and Kickapoos, Oklahoma, opened 1891 " " Seminoles, Fla., two sta- tions, opened .... 1891 " 2,000 Hopi Oreiba, Arizona . . . 1892 " " Home for Aged Women, Porcupine Creek, S. D. 1892 " 2,000 Piegans, Montana, opened April .... 1893 " Walapai, Ariz., opened . 1894 " " S p o k a n e s, Washington Ter., opened .... 1894 " Uncompagre Utes . . 1897-8 " Hopi, at First Mesa . .1895 " " Hopi, at Second Mesa, ~ opened 1897 " Hoopas, N. Cal, opened 1896 " " Desert of Cal, at Mar- tinez, opened .... 1896 " " Navajos, Two Gray Hills, N, M., opened . . . 1898 " " Shasta Co., Cal., Indians, opened 1899 " " Navajo Hospital built . 1899 " Work at Sitka, Alaska, opened 1887 " " Hopi at Moen Copi, Ariz., Dec 1902 " Navajos at Tuba . . . 1903 " " Navajos at Chin Lee, Ariz., April 1903 " in Greenville Chapel reopened. to Yumas in Cal. . . . 1901-1905 " " Apache-Mojaves, Ariz 1903-1905 " Piutes, Nev 1907 " Klamaths, Ore. . . . 1908 Government built the Hospital 1890 Indians sent to Fort Sill 1894 Transferred to Society of Friends 1899 " Prot. Episc'l Church. 1893 " Mennonites 1893 Now discontinued. Transferred to Methodists, August. . .1894 " Government 1900 " Presbyterian Board... 1899 Field matron work. Transferred to Government matron's care. Transferred to W. Bap. H. M. S 1901 , " Presbyterian Board... 1900 " " Moravians 1897 " Bapt. Home Mis. Soc. 1904 " Presbyterian Board... 1900 Jewett, N. Mex., given to Presb'n B'd 1900 Home Building Given to Mennonites 1905 " Presbyterian Board 1905 " Government 1903 Transferred to Methodists 1908 " 1907 " " Presbyterians 1908 Still continued 1909 1909 12 Houses built by The from 1884 A MISSION COTTAGE * 1886, at Round Valley, Cal. 1888, on Omaha Reserve, Neb. 1888, at Corn Creek, Rosebud Agency, S. Dak. 1889, at The Potraro, Banning, Cal. 1889, at the Kiowa Reserve, Qkla. 1891, at Coahuilla, Cal. 1891, at Fort Hall, Idaho. 1892, for Seminole Work, Fla., three cot- tages. 1892, for Apache Pupils, Ala., a parlor and bathing tank. 1893, at Oreiba, Ariz. 1893, for Piegan Mission, Mont. 1894, for Walapai, Ariz. 1894, for Spokanes, Wash'n. 1896, at Hoopa Valley, Cal. 1897, at Second Mesa (Hopi), Ariz. 1898, at Two Gray Hills, N. Mex. 1899, at Fall River Mills, Cal. 1899, for Absentee Shawnees, Okla. 1905, for Navajo Work at Tuba, Ariz. 1905, for Yuma Mission, Cal. 1908, for Piute Mission, Nev. A Home for Orphans. Two Homes for Aged Women. The Navajo Hospital, Jewett, N. Max. Hospital Cottage for Walapai, Ariz. A Morgue and Sheds, Jewett Hospital. * To these may be added the five cottages in Alaska, which led to the noted Model Settlement at Sitka. 13 National Indian Association to 1909 1889, A CHAPEL for Omahas, Neb. 1889, " " at The Potraro, Cal. 1889, " " for Sioux, S. Dak. 1894, " " for Piegans, Mont. 1898, " " for Greenville, Cal. 1899, " " for Hoopa Valley, Cal. 1901, " " for Absentee Shawnees. 1906, " " at McDowell, Ariz. SCHOOL HOUSES BUILT. 1889, at Greenville, Cal. 1891, at Fort Hall, Idaho. 1892, for Seminoles of Fla. 1893, the Greenville dormitory, cook house and laundry. 1899, at Two Gray Hills, N. Mex. " at Fall River Mills, Cal. Stables, etc. : On Omaha Reserve, Neb. At The Potraro, Cal. " Greenville, Cal. " Coahuilla, Cal. " Seminole Station, Fla. " Piegan Station, Mont. , " Spokane Station, Wash'n, and a Wood House. " Hoopa Mission, Cal. " Two Gray Hills, N. Mex. " Fall River Mills, Cal. " Yuma Mission. " Tuba Mission. 14 A list of tribes, separated portions of tribes, and stations served by The National Indian Association's Missionary Work. I Otoes fPitt River Concows Potter Valley N. Cal. 2 stations Ukies Little Lake . Redwoods f Bannocks Ind. Ter. 2 stations I Shoshones Idaho Omahas Neb. Sioux S. Dak. 'Agua Caliente Coahuilla Potraro Pechanga Temecula S. Cal. La Jolla Rincon ~ Saboba Kiowas Ind. Ter. Greenville N. Cal. Navajos: 1 station 2 stations 4 stations 8 stations 1 station 1 station ' Jewett Two Gray Hills - Seven Mile Point 5 stations I Chin Lee Ariz. L Tuba Apache Prisoners, Ala. f Absentee Shawnees and I Kickapoos Okla. 1 station 2 stations 15 2 stations 4 stations station Seminoles Fla. Hopi: fist Mesa J 2d " Ariz. ■ 3d " _ t Moen Copi Piegans Mont. Walapai Ariz. Spokanes Wash'n Utes Utah Hoopas N. Cal. Desert Indians S. Cal. Shasta Co. " N. Cal. Yumas S. Cal. Apache-Mojaves Ariz. Piutes Nev. Klamaths Ore. Crow Creek S. Dak. Sitka Alaska Home for Aged S. Dak. Temporary Home " " " Stickney Mem'l Home, Wash'n. " " For further notice of these stations and centres, please read the text of this leaf- let. The influence of these has led, we are assured, to the opening of several other missions. Hospital 5 centres a centre SUMMARY. The stations of the Association at which some line of mission work has been done have been among Indians in Ind. Ter 3 stations or centres of Christian work and influence. N. Cal 5 " " " " " Idaho 1 " " " " Neb 2 " " " " " S. Dak 4 " " " " " S. Cal 10 " Ariz 10 " " " " " Ala 1 " " " " " Okla 2 " Fla 2 " " Mont 1 " " " " " Utah 1 " Wash'n 1 Nevada 1 Oregon 1 " " " " Alaska 5 cottages " " " " 17 A list of tribes under government care, as given by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, March, 1906, still destitute of Christian missions : Arizona : Mohave of Colorado River Reserve. Havasupai. Walapai. California : Digger. Paiute Indians under Ft. Bidwell School. Indian Territory: Peoria (No resident missionary, but services at stated times in school houses). Sac & Fox of Missouri. Nevada : Paiute on Moapa Reserve. Western Shoshoni. New Mexico; Navaho at Canon Cito Cojo under Albuquerque School. Mescalero Apache. Oklahoma: Kaw. Tonkawa. 18 Washington: San Poil & Kalispel. Moses Band of Columbias. Okinagan. Joseph's Band of Nez Perce. Quinaielt, etc. Squaxon. Wisconsin: Bois Forte Chippewa. Besides these there are many other tribes or remnants of tribes not under government care still without Christian missions. 20 OFFICERS OF The National Indian Association £or 1909. Honorary President MRS. AMELIA S. QUINTON President MRS. WALTER R. BROOKS Vice-Presidents Northern, MRS. OTTO HEINIGKE Eastern, MRS. SARA T. KINNEY, Conn. Southern, MRS. E. JOHN ELLIS, La. Western, MRS. JOHN BIDWELL, Cal. Corresponding ajjd Executive Secretary JOHN W. CLARK, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York. Recording Secretary T. C. MARSHALL Treasurer MISS ANNA BENNETT, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York. Auditor MRS. WM. H. LAIRD The Indian's Friend, the organ of the Associa- tion, is published monthly. Price, 50 cents a year.