The Indian Advocate (Sacred Heart Mission, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 17, No. 8, Ed. 1, Tuesday, August 1, 1905 Page: 2 of 32
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238 THE INDIAN ADVOCATE
Aspects of Indian
Education
Char It's F. L ti in in is.
(fpHE question of Indian Education is that special phase
1 of truth of which 1 wish to speak.
In the year i534J7ray Pedro de Gante founded a school
for Indians in the City of Mexico. There was present in
those days the feeling that the poor devils of human beings
that lived here had some rights and that religion was real.
In 1536 the first Bishop of Mexico Zumaraga brought from
Spain the first printing office to the New World. In the year
1539 there was a book printed in the Aztec language for the
Indians. And from that press which was first in America
by more than a century there were before 1575 scores of
books in more than a dozen native Indian languages."
"What manner of men were these to do these things?"
asked Mr Luinmis. ".The Catholic missionaries to Spanish
America found in this New World not merely a conquerors'
territory. They studied they traveled they investigated
they wrote they translated. In 1543 they had Industrial
Schools for Indians in Mexicol Ihink of it! 154.3! I have here
a copy of the Memorial of Benavides printed in 1630. I
bring but a copy as 1 would not dare to bring the original
which is one of but four in the world He was Custodio of
New Mexico. I walked from the east out to New Mexico
and do not intend ever to walk back. The walking was not
good. If there is a man who will walk it to-day I will say
he has a right to criticize the old-time Franciscan missionary
but until he does walk I will not concede that right.
Speaking of the Queres Nations the Custodio says: ''These
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