Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . For their thoughts were with thered deer. Perhaps, the pupils, having noknowledge o ftime, supposedthe recess wasreally hometime. But and illat ease as anewly caughtbird in a cage,their rovingnatures re-belled againstconfinement;and did theteacher butturn her backfor a moment,every prisonerwas on his feet,while one whoventured to betheir leaderwas already atthe door. At alook or signfrom the teacheronly to repeatat the first opportunity. Andwho will blame these young Hia-wathas? What did they or theirparents know of the habits of civ-ilized man? No
Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . For their thoughts were with thered deer. Perhaps, the pupils, having noknowledge o ftime, supposedthe recess wasreally hometime. But and illat ease as anewly caughtbird in a cage,their rovingnatures re-belled againstconfinement;and did theteacher butturn her backfor a moment,every prisonerwas on his feet,while one whoventured to betheir leaderwas already atthe door. At alook or signfrom the teacheronly to repeatat the first opportunity. Andwho will blame these young Hia-wathas? What did they or theirparents know of the habits of civ-ilized man? No wonder that, whena few months later, a Sister wasseen weeding in the little school garden, it was as great an attrac-tion for these natives as is a circusfor the average boy, and that thebusy weeder soon found herselfthe center of a large circle, thecircumference of which consistedof wondering natives—all lying, In-dian fashion, face towards theearth, chins resting on hand, theirblack eyes looking the questionstheir lips could. 5* / W&^S&X&L 1 H theythe Indian Medicine Man retreated,operation not frame. Yet the Indi-ans were eversolicitous abouttheir good Sis-ters, black-gowned wom-en, as theyare called inthe than oncewere the latterroused fromtheir slumbersby the ringingof the doorbell, respond-ing to which,they found thegenerous donorof a supply offresh fish orgame. On theother hand, were the Indians in need,they hastened to the same little logcabin with the fullest confidence thattheir wants would be unfrequently were the Sisterscalled to attend the sick or the dy-ing, for the priest was often ab-sent attending other missions. Onreaching the patient, the Sisters 74 FRANCISCAN HERALD found no other bed than MotherEarths cold breast, no cover savethe blanket, no crucifix met thesufferers gaze. Sad as those old-time scenes appear, they were,nevertheless, most , indeed, was the confi-dence of these simple people in thegood
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