Our Brother in Red. (Muskogee, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 1, 1883 Page: 3 of 16
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OUR BROTHER IN RED.
The clear, loud " pres?nl!" from
our little friend Robert is familiar.
The rose-tint of health is beginning
to paint his cheeks again.
After a temporary absence, it, is
pleasant to see Miss Maggie How
ell and Willie Elliott at their desks
again.
The salulalory of the new edit-
ors is postponed indefinitely.
Arithmetic.
uy jeannette sebblaxce.
Arithmetic is the science of num-
bers. It is one of our most impor-
tant studies, for without some
knowledge of it we cannot under-
stand the simplest business transac-
tion. The buying or selling of the
smallest article, a paper of pins, a
yard of calico, requires a knowl-
edge of one or all the four princi-
pal rules. These are addition, sub-
traction, multiplication, and divis-
ion. They are called " fundament
al rules," because they are the
foundation of all mathematics. I
like the study very much; at times
I find the examples very puzzling,
and feel tempted to lay down book
and slate in despair; but after
awhile I commence anew, and work
the sum without much trouble. I
am almost through common frac-
tions,will be in decimals next week;
then I expect to have a hard time
sure enough.
I hope all boys and girls will pay
particular attention to arithmetic.
Let us all remember it will be nec-
essary for us in after-life to be well
posted in that study. In place of
saying, " I can't" when we meet a
stumblingcblock in our path, let our
motto be, " I '11 trythen put forth
every effort, and success will follow.
Agents.
All preachers in the M. E. Church,
South,- are authorized to act as
agents for this paper. When as
many as five subscribers are sent,
agents will get their paper free.
We also send the paper free to
persons having standing advertise-
ments in our columns.
Letter from Bishop McTyeire.
Dear Bkotiiku Brkwkk:—I send
you and your fellow-laborers greet
ing, in our Indian Conference. The
work you are doing, in Church and
in s-hool, by preaching and by
teaching, has a peculiar interest.
Though you may think yourselves
off there, out of view of the busy
world, many eyes are on you,
and many hearts go out to you, and
many prayers go up for you.
1 was sorry t) read of the death
of the faithful old preacher, and
someti me interpreter, Brothers mn
ders. He rests in peace. And sor-
ry am I to see the troubles of our
good chief, Checote; but he seems
to overcome them all. May the
Lord give peace to the people.
Yesterday I spent several hours
with an old preacher who, in 182(3,
was a missionary to the Cherokees
—Rev. Francis A. Owen. He is 79
years old, and fast passing away.
Brother Owen is six miles from
Xashville, in the house of his son-
in-law. What is called Bright's dis-
ease of the kidneys is his ailment.
He cannot long survive. We had
prayers with the veteran, much to
bis comfort, and he is about to pass
over the river in good hope. On
the other side he expects to meet
some Cherokees for whose salvation
he labored nearly sixty years ago.
Weak as he is, Brother Owen talked
to me much of his Indian mission-
work on the Oostenaula and Wills
Valley; about Turtlefields, and
John F. Boot, and Joe Blackbird,
preachers of that tribe; and about
the elder Jack Ross. When Broth-
er Owen dies the last of the old
missionaries to the Cherokees will
have left us, except John B. McFer-
rin. McMahon, and Garrett, and
Driskill, atidMcLeod—all gone.
Brother Owen's Indian name was
Caw-li-na, meaning favorite hird
His person and manner are pleas-
ing, and his speech lovely.
In the place of the laborers who
are passing away, I trust you are
raising up new ones in the Indian
Natibn. My friend, James McHen-
ry, must- now be reckoned an old
man. I trust he is in the wav of
life. And what of Mitchell, whom
1 ordained in the new stone church,
when I was with your Conference?
lie is a Seminole, and we are look-
ing with hope for the prosperity of
the Seminole School.
All well here, and moving on
smoothly. As we failed to get
Brother Checote to London, in
1881, at the Ecumenical Confer-
ence, we must see to it that there
be no failure at Baltimore, in De-
cember, 1884. I think there ought
to be at least one representative
from each of the five tribes, show-
ing Southern Methodism after a
hundred years of organized work
among the red men.
God bless you and all the fellow-
laborers and people of your lield.
H. N. McTyeihe.
Nashville, Tenn., March 14, 1883.
We invite attention to the inter-
est ing review given of Right-hand
Thunder's book by I). AV. C. D. He
is a Cherokee, and looks at the mat -
ter from the Indian's stand-point.
Yet, we cannot see how any honor-
able man can fake any other view
of the case. If the Indian had no
fertile lands to fascinate the eye of
the covetous, much of the difficulty
encountered in the ''perplexingIn-
dian question" would disappear.
And yet these lands are secured to
the Indian by treaty stipulations,
which makes his title as bona Me
as the Government patent of any
citizen in the States. We cannot
believe the Government of the
United States will prove so false to
principle as to violate the sacred
and binding promises made the In-
dian, the defeat of Congressman
Haskell's bill to the contrary not-
withstanding. Believing this we
would encourage obedience to the
great law of love both by the white
man and the red man. We ought
to be brethren and not enemies.
All white men are not disciples of
Capt. Payne, neither are all Indians
followers of Sitting Bull. Shun the
bad and love the good, regardless of
race or color, is our motto.
Money can be sent direct to us,
or paid to our agents.
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