BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
Miss D.E. Emerson, Secretary.
OUR HOSPITAL AT FORT YATES, N.D.
By the Physician in Charge, Cynthia E. Pingree, M.D.
I am sure that all will be glad to hear a word about the hospital for Indians, especially as there is nothing but good news to tell.
This hospital has now been built about two years. It will seem very small when I tell you that it has but two wards, containing three cots each, a bath-room, dispensary, reception room, doctor's and nurse's room and dining room; and yet when the patient comes to us, he feels that we have not only every convenience, but a great many luxuries, and from this little Woasui Tipi or House of Healing, goes out many a ray to gladden the hearts of those whom we to-day are trying to bring from darkness into light.
But little has been done for these people when ill, except conjuring, which is synonymous with torturing, but these "medicine men" are losing their hold upon the faith of those who at one time, and that not long past, trusted them fully, and the more intelligent ones gladly avail themselves of treatment. And no class of people needs it more, the filthy manner in which they live causing much sickness. It has been a great surprise to me as well as to them, to see how much simple cleanliness will do in very many of these cases. The old rule, "remove the cause, the disease is removed," holds true in these cases. It is encouraging to see how soon some of these come to see the great importance of this.
I have in mind now a bright little boy nine years old, who was brought to me wrapped in filthy old rags, unable to take one step on account of terrible sores, which had received no attention whatever. The mother's heart was very sad as she told me this was the only boy she had, five having died. All the while I was attending to the little fellow the mother carefully watched. She was given all that was necessary to use for two weeks and when they returned, at the end of that time, it was very evident that the boy had received good care. The mother cared for him almost entirely after this, and in two months he came running across the prairie, his braided hair just flying, asking for a piece of bread. While the child was not cured, he had been made comfortable, the parents' hearts had been lightened of a great sorrow, and they had learned more than one lesson in thus caring for their child.
This is only one of many cases. Until they feel their illness is well-nigh fatal they prefer the tent to the hospital, and even then a great many wish to die out of doors. So that often the family come with the ill one and camp just outside the yard. The hospital wards bring comfort to two classes principally; the more civilized Indian, who realizes the great benefit derived from good nursing, and those friendless ones who are brought because they are too much trouble elsewhere. Both of these classes are very grateful for all they receive. The dispensary is open all the time and a great many are provided with medicine. I think the friends of this Hospital may be of good cheer.
WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.
CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
MAINE.
WOMAN'S AID TO A.M.A.
Chairman of Committee—Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
FEMALE CENT INSTITUTION AND HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. Joseph B. Walker, Concord.
Secretary—Mrs. John T. Perry, Exeter.
Treasurer—Miss Annie A. McFarland, Concord.
VERMONT.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. A.B. Swift, 167 King St., Burlington.
Secretary—Mrs. M.K. Paine, Windsor.
Treasurer—Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury.
MASS. AND R.I.
[7] WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
President—Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, Cambridge, Mass.
Secretary—Miss Nathalie Lord, 33 Congregational House, Boston.
Treasurer—Miss Saran K. Burgess, 32 Congregational House, Boston.
CONNECTICUT.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. Jacob A. Biddle, 35 West Street, South Norwalk.
Secretary—Miss Ellen R. Camp, New Britain.
Treasurer—Mrs. W.W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St., Hartford.
NEW YORK.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., Brooklyn.
Secretary—Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 6 Salmon Block, Syracuse.
Treasurer—Mrs. L.H. Cobb, 59 Bible House, New York City.
PENNSYLVANIA.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. W.H. Osterhaut, Ridgway.
Secretary—Mrs. C.F. Yennee, Ridgway.
Treasurer—Mrs. T.W. Jones, 218 So. 37th St., Philadelphia.
OHIO.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. J.G.W. Cowles, 417 Sibley St., Cleveland.
Secretary—Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin.
Treasurer—Mrs. F.L. Fairchild, Box 932, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
INDIANA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. W.A. Bell, Indianapolis.
Secretary—Mrs. W.E. Mossman, Fort Wayne.
Treasurer—Mrs. D.T. Brown, Michigan City.
ILLINOIS.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. Isaac Claflin, Lombard.
Secretary—Mrs. C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago.
Treasurer—Mrs. C.E. Maltby, Champaign.
IOWA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. T.O. Douglass, Grinnell.
Secretary—Miss Ella E. Marsh, Box 232, Grinnell.
Treasurer—Mrs. M.J. Nichoson, 1518 Main St., Dubuque.
MICHIGAN.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. George M. Lane, 47 Miami Ave., Detroit.
Secretary—Mrs. Leroy Warren, Olivet.
Treasurer—Mrs. E.F. Grabill, Greenville.
WISCONSIN.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. H.A. Miner, Madison.
Secretary—Mrs. A.A. Jackson, Janesville.
Treasurer—Mrs. C.M. Blackman, Whitewater.
MINNESOTA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Miss Katherine W. Nichols, 330 East Ninth Street, St. Paul.
Secretary—Miss Katherine T. Plant, 2651 Portland Avenue, Minneapolis.
Treasurer—Mrs. M.W. Skinner, Northfield.
NORTH DAKOTA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
President—Mrs. A.J. Pike, Dwight.
Secretary—Mrs. Silas Daggett, Harwood.
Treasurer—Mrs. J.M. Fisher, Fargo.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. A.H. Robbins, Bowdle.
Secretary—Miss Ida E. Willcutt, Willow Lake.
Treasurer—Mrs. A.A. Clark, Lake Preston.
NEBRASKA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. T.H. Leavitt, 837 So. 13th Street, Lincoln.
Secretary—Mrs. E.S. Smith, Beatrice.
Treasurer—Mrs. D.B. Perry, Crete.
MONTANA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. F.D. Kelsey, Helena.
Secretary—Mrs. W.S. Bell, Helena.
Treasurer—Mrs. S.A. Wallace, Billings.
MISSOURI.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. A.W. Benedict, 3841 Delmar Ave., St. Louis.
Secretary—Mrs. E.H. Bradbury, 3855 Washington Ave., St. Louis.
Treasurer—Mrs. A.E. Cook, 4145 Bell Ave., St. Louis.
KANSAS.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
President—Mrs. F.J. Storrs, Topeka.
Secretary—Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka.
Treasurer—Mrs. J.G. Dougherty, Ottawa.
OREGON.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. John Summerville, 275 Washington St., Portland.
Secretary—Mrs. O.W. Lucas, Oregon City.
Treasurer—Mrs. T.E. Clapp. 333 West Park St., Portland.
WASHINGTON.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
President—Mrs. W.E. Dawson, Seattle.
Secretary—Mrs. N.F. Cobleigh, Walla Walla.
Treasurer—Mrs. W.R. Abrams, Ellensburg.
CALIFORNIA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
President—Mrs. H.L. Merritt, 686 34th St., Oakland.
Secretary—Miss Grace E. Barnard, 677 21st St., Oakland.
Treasurer—Mrs. J.M. Havens, 1329 Harrison St., Oakland.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. Emma Cash, 1710 Temple St., Los Angeles.
Secretary—Mrs. H.K.W. Bent, Pasadena.
Treasurer—Mrs. H.W. Mills, 327 So. Olive St., Los Angeles.
COLORADO AND WYOMING.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. J.W. Pickett. White Water, Colorado.
Secretary—Miss Mary L. Martin, 106 Platte Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Treasurer—Mrs. S.A. Sawyer, Boulder, Colorado.
Treasurer—Mrs. W.L. Whipple, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
LOUISIANA.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. R.C. Hitchcock, New Orleans.
Secretary—Miss Jennie Fyfe, 490 Canal St., New Orleans.
Treasurer—Mrs. C.S. Shattuck, Hammond.
MISSISSIPPI.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Miss Sarah Dickey, Clinton.
Secretary—Miss Alice Flagg, Tougaloo.
Treasurer—Miss Mary Gibson, Tougaloo.
ALABAMA.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. H.W. Andrews, Talladega.
Secretary—Miss S.S. Evans, 2519 Third Ave., Birmingham.
Treasurer—Miss M.K. Lunt, Selma.
FLORIDA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. S.F. Gale, Jacksonville.
Secretary—Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park.
Treasurer—Mrs. L.C. Partridge, Longwood.
TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE CENTRAL SOUTH ASSOCIATION.
President—Mrs. H.M. Cravath, Nashville, Tenn.
Secretary—Mrs. H.S. Bennett, Nashville.
Treasurer—Mrs. G.S. Pope, Grand View, Tenn.
NORTH CAROLINA.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Miss M.E. Wilcox, Beaufort.
Secretary—Miss A.E. Farrington, Raleigh.
Treasurer—Mrs. G.S. Smith, Raleigh.
TEXAS.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President—Mrs. S.C. Acheson, 149 W. Woodard St., Denison.
Secretary, Mrs. Mary A. McCoy, 122 No. Harwood St., Dallas.
Treasurer—Mrs. C.I. Scofield, Dallas.
We would suggest to all ladies connected with the auxiliaries of State Missionary Unions, that funds for the American Association be sent to us through the treasurers of the Union. Care, however, should be taken to designate the money as for the American Missionary Association, since undesignated funds will not reach us.