The Spirit of missions . ited States Army, who was actingas Indian agent for the reservation whenthe hospitalwas e s t a b-1 i s h e Plum-mer took thedeepest inter-est in theproject, andhis words arevery sug-gestive : Miss Thac-kara is both amartyr and asaint. WhenI first knewher she wasworkingin the Indianservice, so that from her meagre salary she might assista brother who was dying with tuber-culosis, wbich she felt she could not doif she accepted a comfortable home andsupport from wealthy relatives andfriends—not only open to her but urgedupon her—feeling that she could not giveto
The Spirit of missions . ited States Army, who was actingas Indian agent for the reservation whenthe hospitalwas e s t a b-1 i s h e Plum-mer took thedeepest inter-est in theproject, andhis words arevery sug-gestive : Miss Thac-kara is both amartyr and asaint. WhenI first knewher she wasworkingin the Indianservice, so that from her meagre salary she might assista brother who was dying with tuber-culosis, wbich she felt she could not doif she accepted a comfortable home andsupport from wealthy relatives andfriends—not only open to her but urgedupon her—feeling that she could not giveto him from what was given for her ownsupport. She was not under civil servicerules, and was about to be thrown out ofemployment when I recommended her asthe one to take charge of the NavajoHospital Mission, as being already, atheart and in deeds, las far as practicable,the most desirable kind of a missionaryto the Navajos, and the daughter of anEpiscopal clergyman. She exceeded evenmy highest hopes. She nearly lost her. THESE LADS SHOW WHAT MAY BEOUT OF NAVAJO MANHOOD life, or ruined her health, by spendinglong cold days superintending the gettingout of stone for the foundation of thefirst building, and the enclosed clippingwill show that v^^ere she oitiher than asaint her strength would long ago havebeen completely exhausted; but what thedoctor says is only a mere suggestion ofthe reality, known to very few. I believeBishop Kendrick considers her the mostremarkable Christian woman of her gen-eration; but I feel I know more than hepossibly can of what she has had to gothrough, do, contend with and suffer, andthe extent and blessings of her successful work, a n d Ido not think Iwould be ac-cused of ex-aggerated es-timation ofher by anyone who hashad opportu-nity to knowher work fromthe begin-ning. The clip-ping to whichMajor Plum-mer refers isa report fromDr. Wiggles-worth, and reads as follows: The need of a nurse has been verygreat at times, though Miss Thackarahas done well
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