| Show INDIANS AS DOMESTIC SERVANTS students from the carlisle school are eagerly sought after during their vacation for both house and farm work the native indian home training for children was far superior to the traditional ideas on the subject by AXNE the world is awakening to the fact that the bavage is not all savage and that some of his ways of doing things are worthy of consideration by civilized people from our american indians a downtrodden despised and race come valuable suggestions in the way the indian trains his children chil dien or did train them before he met the white man there arc tribes in which before the advent of the white man a lie was a thing unknown children were brought up to speak alie truth at all times and under all circumstances and with the idea that anything else was impossible the white trader appeared and lied to alic indian who could not at first take in the meaning of it then the white trader taught him what a lie could do and like the buddies of india he began to lie to alie man who lied to him while he yet scorned to speak anything but the truth to one of ins own people to him am word was as good as an oath even now there are tribes where though a man may lie about a tiling once and even twice it seems impossible for him to do it a third time so that by questioning him three times ona doubtful point the truth may assured some tribes have upheld a high standard of morality and personal purity in theao not only has alie man been alie husband of one wife but the girls tribe when of marriageable been kept at night in a room built for the purpose under ground here in alio care of an old woman of the iribe the ladder giving access to the room being removed at night aliey wore cared for until husbands came to claim them among the northern noi thern tribes this order of things was upset by the fur trader he ridiculed alie aidea of only one wife and appealed to alie cupidity of alie man by reminding him that more whoa meant more skins for it wan alic wife who dressed the asking her husband sold to the fur trader lias been said about the menial duties performed by the woman but the fact that the woman in many was not only reverenced reveren ced but looked up to as belonging to an order of beings superior to man there were ceremonial in which hp women took the part of priests as being more nearly approaching the gods than men and certain parts of the rites were too socrad for the participation or even alie pic senco of them children were taught to look upon those older than themselves with respect anil upon aged people with reverence every old man to them was grandfather and no would think of being seated while grand was standing respect for the rights of the property owner were taught from the acry beginning A child was made to understand der stand that a doll a toy a pet or anything once given to another thild belonged to it even a parent would not think of appropriating a pony a dog or belonging to MS liili nor would he question the right of alie child himself to dispose of it once given to him it became absolutely sol hia to do with as he choe among some tribes it was customary to give boya a name of which they would be ashamed when grown this was an incentive to the boy to perform some deed that would gain for him distinction which would give leini the right to choose a name for himself neither could a young man use the family totem or coat of arms until he had proved hims alf a worthy member of the family to which it belonged should lie dare to use it before he had done this he was denounced aa a cov ard the name by a boy was to be known as a warrior or chief was often revealed to him in a vision the boy at a certain age was sent to the top of a high mountain where he was expected to remain alone fasting until lie fell asleep and had a vision in this some animal or bird was supposed to visit him and communicate to him alii future name As a rule it would be that of the animal or bird which appeared with some attribute belonging to it on descending the mountain the boy would disclose nothing of aliat lio had seen and heard but would watch his opportunity to distinguish himself in a way that would bring him to the honorable notice of the tribal chiefs lie have to wait for years for his opportunity but when it came and he had taken advantage of it it gave him the right to reveal his flame and to be known by it thereafter this fasting on the alone was a severe ordeal and it was not all who could stand it but those who gave up the fight befaro exhaustion brought the vision were looked upon as moral cowards they became the weak ones of alie tribe scientific students of child life today are that the doll may bo utilized to great advantage by the mother in developing certain tendencies in lier child and correcting other there are savage tribes in the southern part of our own land kliore the mother from time immemorial lias used her chelda doll aa an object lesson in moral and religious training alie cry is heard from time to time that the training of the indian in lie various schools opened for eliat purpose is a great mistake facts go to prove alie contrary however in parts of the students from the carlisle Cai lisle school are eagerly sought after during alie summer vacation there in farmers families the girls do the work of alie house and the boys ahat of the farm in this their traditional training stands them in good stead and macca them thoroughly reliable and twing devoted to children chil dien and animals alicy feel themselves defrauded if they are sent to homes where there arc no children the record they have made from to year is so remarkable that alie question has already bug itself slay we not look to the indian girl for a solution of the servant |
