The Spirit of missions . laces had become vacant since my last visit. And yet, in spite of thesadness, there was a glad note throughit all, for the dear old faces as they oameforward to greet me showed unmistak-able signs of triumph; they were full ofgoodness and patience, and wore thewistful look which comes into the facesof those who have run a long, brave raceand are waiting for the dawn. Miss Salisbury, Bishop Whipplesniece, who has ciharge of the lace-mak-ing, firmly believes in that virtue whichis next to godliness. The lace roomand the mission house, from cellar toattic, are kept as fre
The Spirit of missions . laces had become vacant since my last visit. And yet, in spite of thesadness, there was a glad note throughit all, for the dear old faces as they oameforward to greet me showed unmistak-able signs of triumph; they were full ofgoodness and patience, and wore thewistful look which comes into the facesof those who have run a long, brave raceand are waiting for the dawn. Miss Salisbury, Bishop Whipplesniece, who has ciharge of the lace-mak-ing, firmly believes in that virtue whichis next to godliness. The lace roomand the mission house, from cellar toattic, are kept as fresh as a May morn-ing. The effect of this is contagious,as I discovered on my round of visits tothe Indian houses. The second day a feast was given un-der the trees back of the church, and thelong tables were filled and refilled by themen and women, while the children saton the grass and patiently awaited theirturn. It was a picturesque scene. TheEev. Henry Whipple St. Clair sat at theopposite end of t^e main table. At my. THE REV. HENRY WHIPPLE ST. CLAIR,INDIAN PRIEST IN CHARGE OP THEBIRCH COOLIE MISSION The Church and the Dakotas of Birch Coolie 206 right was seated Mrs. Goodthunder, tlieaged widow of the fine old Christianhero, Wa-kin-ya-waste (Goodthunder),warden of the church, who died severalyears ago. It was this woman who atthe time of the Indian outbreak of 1862,seized the Bible from the church andburied it, sending word to BishopWhipple that she had saved the Great among the latters pretty children,George Whipple St. Clair of to-day, wholooks like this picture which was madethree years ago when he was at ShattuckSchool. Wicanlipiduta (Scarlet Star), an oldgrand medicine man, was another con-spicuous figure. It would take too muchspace to name all these dear brown
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