Observations On Indian Life In White River Agency 1878
An observer asserts that Indian society is led by women while men are idle. He details women’s daily labor from dawn to dusk, including fire making, beadwork, dress, and provisioning at the agency. He contrasts active women with leisure-loving men and notes rations foster female vitality and independence.
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White River Agency
Colorado
New England
Newport
Saratoga
Greeley Tribune
Cuiesco
Chicago
Angell
Pullman Palace Car Company
Charles W. Angell
Portugal
Charley
Janus
The Indian Woman Master Mind and Change
An analysis argues that in Indian society the woman, not the man, is the master of labor and family power. It contrasts maternal tenderness with male discipline, notes resistance to schooling, and cites a chief Johnson as a model of emerging independence while warning of entrenched gender roles and the path to civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tissters
Jearnel
Johnson
Sugar cane growth boosts River Texas farms
Reports from Brownsville and Polk County note rising sugar cane and syrup production as farmers expand crops along the river. E Morris Smith yields four hundred pounds of sugar and three hundred gallons of molasses from his Brenham area farm. The Texas sugar surplus grows, while unrelated obituaries and odd editorial bits appear in the same column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
E. Morris Smith
Brenham
San Antonio
Polk County
Texas
Colorado Weld Larimer irrigation canal project advances
A monumental canal north of the Number Two ditch aims to irrigate about 70000 acres across Weld and Larimer counties. Hon. B H Eaton leads the enterprise with support from the Denver Pacific Railway and London investors. Engineers Nettleton and Martin supervise layout and construction. water storage basins and a 70 mile grade will secure summer flows for extensive farming.
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D. Bucklet
Union Colony
Freeman & Buckley
Denver Pacific Railway
Union Bank
Masonic Block Greeley
Colorado
Weld
Larimer
Greeley
B. Fi. Eaton
Nettleton, Esq
Ralph Hilton
Fort Collins
Antelope Hill
Pdtnam Bros
Box Elder
Mere
Jobn Peterson
Eaton Say
Peterson
Canal
Iion
B. H. Eatony
Anderson
Denver Pacific Railway Co
Gov. Evans
Robert Morris
Duch Company
Colorado Mortgage and Investment Company, of
London
James Duff
Eaton
Colorado Springs
J. W. Banning
Brown
Nettleton
South Pueblo
South Publo
Solon D. Martin
Martin
Fort Collion
Laporte
Dry Creek
Coal Creek
Lone Tree
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E. Marsh, M.D. Honepahic
Sup
P.O. Box
Exchange Hotel
Main and
Jefferson Streets
Gs. Graham
R Bennett
Minnie
Devenport
Jefferson and
Pine Streets
G. & Thompson
Deatist
Main Street
Canon Sity
Boulder Valley
Maple Street
Joseph Moore
W H. Bennett
Emerson & West's Bank
W. Freeman
Greeley House
Greeley, Weld County
B. L. Dawley
Stein
F. L. Childs
Ctill Im
Wain Sreet
K. ¥, Rogeraor
Wny
Cedric
Scott
Ivanhoe
Tacitus
C. M
Springfield Republican
OUR
Hooley's Theater
Pery
Hooley
Eliza Wetheraby
Evuemon
San Antonio Herald
Grayson County
Dallas Herald
Frank O. Howard
America
Germany
Bob Ingernell
Bufalo Express
Herper
Mary Walker
Burlington
Larimer and Weld County
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