The American Missionary — Volume 37, No. 3, March, 1883

by Various

THE INDIANS.

—Red Cloud has paid a visit to Hampton, where he has several children at school.

—Sec. Teller has set apart a portion of the Turtle Mountain reservation for the Chippewa Indians.

—It is reported that ex-Congressman Phillips, of Kansas, is paid $4,000 a year by the Cherokee Indians to look after their interests in Washington.

—The Commissioner of Indian Affairs reports that, exclusive of the five civilized tribes, there are 101 day schools for Indians, five less than last year.

—In the report of Dr. Means, at Portland, he asserts that, “In proportion to the aid and means employed, no missions to the heathen since the Apostolic age have been more successful than those to the American Aborigines.”

—A Quaker and his wife who have labored for seven years among the Modoc Indians, are reported to have transformed them into well-mannered and well-dressed people. They own nice farms, and, for the most part, have connected themselves with the Society of Friends.