Part 5

“I am a Kiowa Indian boy twenty-three years old. My home is in the Indian Territory. My people are not much civilized. They live in houses made of skins of the buffalo. They like to hunt and fight. When I was a little boy I did not see many white people. The Kiowas moved camp often to keep near the buffalo, and we lived on buffalo meat and berries all the time. We had no bread, no coffee or sugar. We boys talked all the time about hunting the buffalo, going to fight the Utes, Navajoes, or Pawnees, and most about fighting the white people or stealing horses. The old Kiowas talked all the time to us about fight or hunt the buffalo. Sometimes the men would go off and bring back scalps of white men and women, or Indian men and women; then we had a big dance. This was all I heard and all I saw, and I thought it was good, so I will be a big fighter and a good hunter too, and may be I get to be a big chief. When I was about fifteen years old I killed my first buffalo with a bow and arrow. I had no gun. Then I was called a man, because I could kill buffalo. Then I went with the young men to fight the Utes and Navajoes and steal horses. I was in three fights with the Utes and two with the Navajoes. All this time I wore a blanket or a buffalo robe, and liked to have my hair long, and paint my face and wear big rings in my ears. I did not know anything about God, or churches, or schools, or how to make things grow from the ground to live on. Four years ago there was a big war. The Kiowas, Comanches and Cheyennes fought the soldiers all winter. The buffalo were nearly all gone, and the Indians got very hungry. The horses worked hard, and it was so cold the grass was poor, so they got very weak, and we lost many in fights with the soldiers. Then the soldiers came to our camps and we had to run away and leave our lodges, then the soldiers burned them. We all got very tired and hungry, and the women and children cried, so the chiefs said we will go into Fort Sill and give up. We met Captain Pratt in the Wichita Mountains. He had some Indian soldiers and two wagons loaded with bread, sugar and coffee. He gave us plenty, and we gave him all our guns, pistols, bows and arrows, shields and spears. That night we had a big dance because we had plenty to eat. I went to Florida. Then I first began to learn something about the good way, and I find Indian’s way very bad; so I thought I will never live Indian’s way any more. Captain Pratt was our good friend. He taught us many things and showed us the white man’s road. We stayed in Florida three years, and then some of the Indians went back home, but the young men wanted to stay east and get a good education. We came to Hampton. We have been here one year, and we study hard and are learning to work and be men. We like it. I see that every white boy and girl, and every black boy and girl can go to school, and that is the way they get ahead of the Indians. Indians have no chance. You give all Indian boys and girls schools and teachers like you have, and Indians will do better.”

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LETTERS TO THE TREASURER.

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We give a few extracts from letters recently received expressing interest in and motives for pressing our work, and containing substantial contributions to its continuance. We could print many such letters every month if we had room for them:

I inclose a pocket-piece (a gold half-dollar), held and valued for many years, to pay subscription to THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY for one year.

Respectfully, I. M. S.

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My little son, the morning he died, on being asked what should be done with the little money he had so carefully invested in the new four per cent. $10 certificates issued April 1st, said his father should have it to distribute as he thought best among the benevolent societies, and I send you one-third of it, and the balance to the Board and Home Missions.

This is very precious money. Put it where it will do the most for the cause.

A. L. W.

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Inclosed find draft on the American Exchange Bank for $200, my subscription to your society for the Freedmen for the year 1879. I have heretofore given $100, but it seems to me very important that the Freedmen should be educated as fast as possible. As many of the educated men as possible should be kept in the Southern States to assist in educating the colored people and helping them to stand up for their rights. R. L.

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Inclosed please find $5 for the American Missionary Association. As I am now nearly ninety years old, this, in all probability, is my last contribution to this good object. With my prayers for this and every object of Christian benevolence,

I am yours truly, C. H.

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The other day, when I thought that our loved American Missionary Association was in debt, when I thought that our kind Father in heaven had given us such overflowing crops in the past season, and blessed us in every department (almost), it struck me that there was something wrong in the supporters of the noble cause. Well, let the time past suffice that we have been slack; let us come up to the work.

Please find inclosed $25 for the old debt, $15 to constitute (in part) two life members of the American Missionary Association, and oblige yours,

A FRIEND.

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In the _Congregationalist_ of last week, I noticed your “Appeal” in behalf of the American Missionary Association, to which I respond by inclosed draft for $24, pension for one quarter, for service in the War of 1812.

An abolitionist from my first consideration of the enslaved in our country, induced by the movement and utterances of the great agitator--now happy, I trust, in his reward--I still feel that, though their chains are broken, they are objects of sympathy and aid in their anxiety and effort to become intelligent and useful citizens. There is no department of benevolent effort to which I more cheerfully contribute.

With respectful regards, Yours truly, O. G.

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_From Grenada, Mass._

Inclosed find six dollars ($6), which you will please accept from our Sunday-school as a thank-offering for what the American Missionary Association has done for us in the past. We would gladly have made it more, but the pressure of so many conflicting claims made it impracticable. We are just now paying for a new organ.

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RECEIPTS

FOR JUNE, 1879.

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MAINE, $80.82.

Bangor. Rev. James H Crosby, _for Fisk U._ $10.00 Bridgeton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.56 Buxton Centre. Mrs. M. G. Hill 2.00 Calais and Milltown. Sab. Schs., $1; also Ten six burner Chandeliers, _for Emerson Inst._ 1.00 Falmouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.10 Houlton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 Lewistown. Pine St. Cong. Soc. 29.16 Mechanic Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00 Otisfield. “Friends” 4.00 Portland. Williston Cong. Ch., $10; West Cong. Sab. Sch., $3 13.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $106.11.

Colebrook. Cong. Sab. Sch., $13.70; “E. C. and Wife,” $2 15.70 Gilsum. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $30.25, and Sab. Sch., $12.39 42.64 Hollis. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 New Preston. Presb. Ch. and Soc. 19.52 South Newmarket. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.25 Short Falls. J. W. C. 1.00 Temple. Isaac Kimball 5.00 Webster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00

VERMONT, $341.52.

Benson. Miss J. Kent 2.00 Brandon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.75 Bridport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.00 Cornwall. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $41.68; Cong. Sab. Sch., $14; Miss A. W., $1; Miss L. C. W., $1 57.68 East Hardwick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.00 Ferrisburg. “A Friend” 0.50 Ludlow. Mrs. L. M. 1.00 Middlebury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.43 McIndoes Falls. Dea. W. R. M. 1.00 Montpelier. Bethany Ch. 13.66 New Haven. Cong. Ch. 35.50 Saint Albans. Mrs. J. Gregory Smith 10.00 Saint Johnsbury. Fairbanks & Co. 125.00 West Randolph. Mrs. S. W. 1.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $3,147.31.

Abington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 42.15 Andover. West Parish Sab. Sch. 10.00 Boston. Old South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 203.18 Boston. Mrs. E. C. Ford, $25; Central Cong. Ch. (ad’l), $5 30.00 Beverly. Dane Street Ch. and Soc. 41.76 Braintree. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.50 Bridgewater. Central Sq. Sab. Sch., $15; Mrs. L. A. Darling, $2.50 17.50 Boxford. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Straight U._ 10.00 Brockton. “A Friend” 20.00 Charlestown. Ivory Littlefield. 25.00 Chelsea. Central Cong. Ch., $11.59; Miss M. H., 50c. 12.09 Concord. ESTATE of Edward P. Parker, by Margaret J. Parker, Ex. 1000.00 Dana. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1.00 Danvers. Missionary Circle, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 30.00 Dorchester. “A Friend” 10.00 Dracut. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00 East Medway. Mrs. P. D. 0.50 Gardner. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 Greenfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.66 Greenwich Village. Daniel Parker. 5.00 Groton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 66.71 Hanover. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00 Haverhill. Ladies, _for Freight_ 3.05 Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.04 Hopkinton. Mrs. P. J Claflin 150.00 Hubbardston. Miss E. Cutler 2.50 Lawrence. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 Longmeadow. Ladies Benev. Soc. 13.80 Little River. A. Doolittle 10.00 Lynn. Central Ch. and Soc., $18.25; First Cong. Ch and Soc., $4.90 23.15 Lynnfield Center. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.35 Marlborough. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.00 Marshfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 47.74 Mattapoisett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.27 Melrose. By C. N. Chapin 3.50 New Bedford. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 70.00 Newbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.50 Newburyport. ESTATE of Ann M. Cross, by Richard Tenney, Adm. 300.00 Newton Upper Falls. Miss R. P. Ward 20.00 Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.50 Northampton. “W.” 100.00 Norton. Trin. Cons. Ch. and Soc. 35.00 Oakham. “A Friend” 5.00 Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. 25.00 Princeton. Ladies, by A. H. Whitteker 12.00 Reading. Bethesda Cong. Ch., $102.18, to const. REV. WILLIAM B. ELY, DEA. HIRAM BARRUS, and CHARLES N. NOWELL, L. M.’s; E. F. S., 50c. 102.68 Royalston. Albert Brown 2.00 Salem. Tabernacle Ch. and Soc., $190.40, to const. MRS. EMMA T. CLARK, OLIVER CARLTON, and WALTER K. BIGELOW, L. M.s; A P., 50c. 190.90 Scituate. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 6.37., and Sab. Sch., $6.43 12.80 Shelburne Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.25 South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 South Hadley. Teachers and Pupils of Mount Holyoke Seminary 50.00 South Hadley Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00 Springfield. Olivet Cong. Ch. 19.45 Springfield. _First Ch._ Marvin Chapin and Mrs. Ed. Palmer, $5 ea; Mrs. Dr. Smith, Miss Mary Brewer, and Mrs. Dr. Calkins, 3 ea.; Nelson C. Newell and Ed. C Rogers, $2 ea.; Mrs. H. F., S. C. R., Mrs. E., Mrs. S. R. N., A. J. S. and Mrs. L. S., $1 ea.; Others, $3.--_South Ch._ Geo. Merriam, $2; Mrs. R. D. and Mrs. H. B., $1 ea.--_Olivet Ch._ Mrs W. H. B., Mrs. A. B. F., and Mrs. A. H., $1 ea.; Others, $1.75;--Mrs. H. Bailey, $2; Mrs. L. R., $1, by L. S. D. 43.75 Stockbridge. Miss Alice Byington, _for Washington Sch., Raleigh, N. C._ 10.00 Tewksbury. Mrs Geo. Lee, _for Straight U._ 10.00 Townsend. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 Walpole. Mrs. C. F. Metcalf. 5.00 Ware. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.25 Westfield. First Cong. Ch. 10.91 West Roxbury. South Evan. Ch. and Soc. 58.25 West Springfield. Park St. Cong. Ch., $27; First Cong. Ch. $9 36.00 West Warren. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00 Whately. Cong. Ch. 5.62 Winchendon. No. Cong. Ch. (adl) 5.00 Wrentham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00

CONNECTICUT, $2,550.47.

Birmingham. 2 Bbls. of C., by Mrs E. B. Bradley; Chaplin Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 Colchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $57.29, and Sab. Sch. $4.71 62.00 Cromwell. Cong. Ch. 50.00 Dayville. Sab. Sch. 1.00 East Woodstock. ESTATE of Geo A Paine 10.00 Ekonk. Miss E. W. Kasson 10.00 Ellington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. JOHN T. MCKNIGHT and S. THOMPSON KIMBALL, L. Ms 58.96 Ellsworth. Cong. Ch. _for Tougaloo U._ 9.75 Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. MRS. SAMUEL BISHOP, L. M. 45.80 Greensville. Cong. Ch. 19.50 Hartford. Mrs. Sally Gillett, $30, to const. A. C. HODGES, L. M.; Wethersfield Ave. Sab. Sch., $9.78 39.78 Kent. Cong. Sab. Sch., $34.50, to const. L. P. BISSELL, L. M.; First Cong. Ch., $15.12 49.82 Manchester. First Cong. Ch. 25.00 Mansfield Centre. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 10.00 Meriden. First Cong. Ch. 74.87 Middletown. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 51.60 New Britain. Young Ladies’ Society, _for Freight_ 5.00 New Haven. Mrs. James P. Dickerman, $100; Alfred Walker, $5; Taylor Cong. Ch. and Soc., $6.50; “A Friend in Center Ch.,” $2 113.50 North Canaan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.85 New London. TRUST ESTATE of Henry P. Haven (of which $300 _for Fisk U._, $250 _for Hampton N. and A. Inst._, $200 _for Tillotson N. and C. Inst._, $100 _for Berea College_) 1,500.00 New London. First Church of Christ 67.88 North Stonington. D. R. Wheeler, $10; Dea. Chas. Wheeler, $5; Cong. Sab. Sch., $10.50 25.50 Norwalk. Cong. Ch., $16; Lewis J. Curtis, $5 21.00 Norwich. Broadway Cong. Ch. (ad’l), $100; Othniel Gager, $24 124.00 Rocky Hill. Cong. Ch. 18.36 Rockville. Bible Class, Second Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._ 31.00 Rockville. Rev. Giles Pease 5.00 Sherman. Cong. Ch. 10.00 South Killingly. Cong. Ch. 4.00 West Meriden. Edmund Tuttle, to const. MISS ELLEN R. HOUGH, L. M. 30.00 West Stafford. Cong. Ch. 13.50 Westville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00 Woodbury. South Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00

NEW YORK, $2,499.99.

Ballston Spa. ESTATE of Titus M. Mitchell 1,873.89 Barryville. Cong. Ch. 2.38 Brentwood. Elisha F. Richardson 15.00 Brooklyn. Mrs. Mary E. Whiton, $20; Mrs. G. A. Low, $2.50 22.50 Candor. Cong. Ch. 4.43 Chapinville. Joseph C. Griggs 26.00 Copenhagen. Cong. Ch., $11.44; “W. B. M.,” $5.56 17.00 Deer River. Cong. Ch. 3.55 Geneva. Mrs. Emeline Smith, Hattie D. Smith 6.00 Gloversville. Cong Ch. and Soc. 211.09 Hamilton. O. S. Campbell and Mrs. S. K. Bardin, $5 each; Mrs. E. K. P., $1 11.00 Holley. “A Few Friends,” 12.00 Homer. Cong. Ch. 132.16 Jefferson. Mrs. Susannah Ruliffson 4.00 Lisle. Cong. Ch. 2.35 Lumberland. Cong. Ch. 4.62 New York. Mrs. C. P. STOKES, $90 ($30 _of which to const. herself a L. M._; and $50 _for Atlanta U._);--Erastus New, $50, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 140.00 Pekin. Abigail Peck 5.00 Watkins. S. G. and N. M., 50c. each 1.00 ---- ---- 6.00

NEW JERSEY, $17.

Harlingen. Mrs. L. D. Tompkins 5.00 Newark. Mrs. Susan Denison 2.00 Stanley. “A Friend,” by Rev. C. P. Bush, D.D. 10.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $16.75.

Clark. S. P. Stewart 2.00 Pittston. Welsh Cong. Ch. 14.75

ILLINOIS, $394.91.

Batavia. Cong. Ch. 58.13 Chicago. New England Ch. Sab. Sch., $32.60, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._; New Eng. Ch. M. C. Coll., $15.09; Rev. A. M., 50c. 48.19 Dover Cong. Ch., $26.56; Woman’s Miss. Soc., $2 28.55 Galva. First Cong. Ch. 21.65 Geneseo. Cong. Ch., $41; Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., $18.06 59.06 Geneva. E. W. Town 10.00 Glenwood. Rev. L. S. Williams 3.00 Kewanee. Milo Doty 10.00 Lyonsville. Cong. Ch. 5.25 Naperville. Rev. Edward Ebbs 5.00 Northampton. R. W. Gillian 5.00 Oneida. Cong. Ch. 20.00 Payson. Cong. Ch. ($25 of which from J. K. Scarborough) 29.50 Princeton. Cong. Ch., $41.84, and Sab. Sch., $9.02 50.86 Quincy. Joshua Perry 10.00 Richmond. Cong. Ch. 4.55 Rockford. Ladies of First Cong Ch., $12, _for Student Aid_;--“La Matinée” $1.67; Mrs. R. T. 50c. 14.17 Saint Charles. Cong. Ch. 12.00

OHIO, $276.49.

Andover. Cong. Ch., $3.29--incorrectly ack. from Mass. in July number. Austinburg. “Friends” ($2.45 _for Freight_ and $1.05 _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._), by Rev. J. K. Nutting 3.50 Brighton. Cong. Ch. $3.70; A. S. $1 4.70 Chagrin Falls. Earnest Workers _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 10.00 East Cleveland. Mrs. M. Walkden, _for African M._ 2.00 Elyria. First Presb. Ch., $83.70; Mrs. L. T. 50c. 84.20 Gomer. Cong. Ch. 56.90 Huntsburgh. Cong. Ch. _for Emerson Inst._ 0.50 Lenox. Horatio Tracy 10.00 Medina. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 8.00 Nelson. J. S. H. 1.00 Sandusky. “A Friend” 40.00 Tallmadge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $19.69; Rev. L. S. Shaw, $5 24.69 Wadsworth. Geo. Lyman 20.00 West Andover. Cong. Ch. $19--incorrectly ack. from Mass. in July number. Wilseyville. “A Friend” 10.00

MICHIGAN, $113.94.