Show christian folly the national magazine in au ail article 11 editorial jottings cottings Jot tings in the west gives the following detail of a ton chiny trial of christian prill principle in till an in wh ch fell under his knowledge the condition of woman has I 1 long been I 1 considered by gep geographers graphe rs the best indication not I 1 I 1 merely of the he development of civilization bul bui of tile the ij natural tural sentiments amon among gany any people the eon conjugal jugal is str stronger even than tile the parental instinct iW bat that off aff action is is a very questionable trait in this fancied 6 uati ial al state of man mail st aul describes the heathen as without natural t I 1 at I 1 8 affect ff e cl ti iau n the history of out indians confirm cor confirms firm i in general his opinion the condition of woman AO mall is 13 certainly nowhere on the earth 1 jihei wife B ife xi of the amzi ls las As slave baitt r 3 J uzi to but bui she does all the work whether williia the wigwam or without she is liable to be repudiated at the whim or passion of her lord and to be cast out ont burdened with her children or dis idled with sickness polygamy is allowed and ho disturb disturbances tile a and nd infidelities of domestic life aro are next ll 11 perhaps er aap s to drunkenness the most formidable difficulties that the missionary nury has to I 1 mett net t by the frequent bro aking up of tile the families as well as of bibes the ties of consanguine ly are not only sundered but often forgotten singular sometimes occur A missionary told me that a chief after his conversion and J after becoming even a lo 10 al preacher came to hijii to obtain if possible a separation from his wire wife I 1 for lie he discovered that slit she was ins bis own sister aliey had been severed in early life by one of the domestic incidents of tile the 1 natural state of mall mail and had just j retraced the their fr original belati relationship woman herself however is even in it this hs deplorable state of life true to her instincts the indian wife shares sharer indeed th the ignorance I 1 gnor and general degradation of other her husband e but not his cruelty his want of natural affection all hav ellers lers beer bear testimony to her womanly sympathies tile the misiona arie riez as we sat under the tree reli related ted an ail affect inki example xa mple A chief and his t two we wives aves were and wished to join the miss mission jolt church ho he was a truer nian man and had a warmer heart than was usual among bis race it was necessary that 0 no 0 01 1 I 1 i es should be put away they them themselves as Chist h it Lin a converts ve rs saw and conceded the necessity but the process of effecting the separation was heartrending heart re rending dil 1 1 the details of the r recess could not be determined 1 in tile the wretched family and the missionary was sent for tie he found them in the deepest grief one of the thew wives ayes was young gand and beautiful in both peron and character the other was aged and il firm hut but equally for lier her virtues it was settled that the latter should be retained the other bowed lie her head and consented it was right it was the most mere merc ful arrangement but a fearful struggle remained the young wire wife was a mother she had an ail ally child an ail infant the chief loved it it was perhaps to be the inheritor inherit 0 r of liis his authority and honors he could not part with it 11 never said the missionary a ry did I 1 witness a more affecting scene than na now 0 w followed no possible terms could be a agreed 9 reed upon between the contending affection of the two parents the mother sat ou on the ground heartbroken her tears dropping upon the that lay jay in her arms the chief stood off agon agoney zed ard and wee phi and the elder wife shrunk away from the scene tile the missionary proposed at last I 1 think that it should be decided by lot and the child fell to tie the I 1 chief but the mother clung to it the missionary urged her to carry it to the arms of the chief but bui she could not her sobs were her only reply HP he then directed the chief to take it but the latter overcome at the grief of its heartbroken heart broken mother could pot step forward to do i so what was to be done the agreement wa I 1 in indian life the father was the only aly sure protector of the child the mothers own own future marriage aud and protection would be affected too by the result Itt itwara It wasa painful heartrending heart rending case hut but had no alternative the missionary had to advance adval ion to the prostrate woman and take the child himself she reverenced reveren ced his hia office she believed the act necessary and with irrepressible tears and sobs yielded the child but no sooner had he be taken it from her bosom aud and placed it in the a of the father than the woman leaped towa towards arts it and with outstretched hands struggled to regain it crying frantically i 11 give me my child 0 give me my child do what you will with roe me but give roe my child I 1 saw the retained wife of the chief at the camp she bears the highest behest christian character arid and her husband has f understand 1 I n der stand maintained his christian integrity the you young I 1 9 heartbroken heart broken mother has found a refuge in the grave I 1 |