. William Painter and his father, Dr. Edward Painter : sketches and reminiscences . h given a Christian name, which was indeedno easy task. Then the next thing in order was to divide their land in severalty,allotting 160 acres to the married, and 60 acres to the single men and women,finally a patent was applied for, which was intended to secure the land to theowner. Unfortunately, the mills of the gods at Washington ground slowly, andthe much-hoped-for bill did not pass during the new Agents term of office; though Ibelieve it afterwards did, with some revisions. A spirit of industry, altogethe
. William Painter and his father, Dr. Edward Painter : sketches and reminiscences . h given a Christian name, which was indeedno easy task. Then the next thing in order was to divide their land in severalty,allotting 160 acres to the married, and 60 acres to the single men and women,finally a patent was applied for, which was intended to secure the land to theowner. Unfortunately, the mills of the gods at Washington ground slowly, andthe much-hoped-for bill did not pass during the new Agents term of office; though Ibelieve it afterwards did, with some revisions. A spirit of industry, altogether unknown, was now infused into the nature ofthe red men. As an incentive towards it, a plan was made to build a cottage oneach allottment of land. There was a saw-mill on the Reservation, oxen and wagonswere supplied, and on an island near by was a growth of tine timber. The Indianwho first cut down a certain number of trees, liaulci] the logs to the saw-mill, andthen the planks to the building site, would have his house put u]). 133 Three Yems Aiiiongsi the OiiiaJia Iiidiaii-^. Dr. Ed>vari)Indians, AINTKR HIS INTERPRK Chiefs whose hauds were as soft as au infants, and braves and yonng buclvswho had scorned to labor like a squaw, laid aside their blankets and wielded theaxe awkwardly, but with a will and purpose, cheered on by the new-born hope ofindividual ownership and possession never before experienced. This plan of work once mapped out and put into successful execution, otherspresented themselves for consideration, and as my father was a man expert at any-thing, from writing poetry to hitting the right nail on the head, he was not long indiscovering what was best to be done by way of improvciuent, cultivation of theland, and the advancement and cultivation of the Indians tlicmselves. Good roadswere to be made to different points, bridges were to be built ov(n- the creeks insteadof fording them, school houses were erected, etc. In order to do this a whit
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