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NEW INDIAN NAMES.DAUGHTERS OF CHIEFS WITH MANYACCOMPLISHMENTS.One .Pauline Johneon, Write* Poetry nunIn It Uuod Actre»a —Well Keeele.il So.dally In England—Bright Ujee Lecture* on IiiUIhii Topic*.According to her opportunities the American Indian woman has kept good pace with her paleface sisters. Along with the new privilege's and rights ex-eivised by the latter have come means for the Indian woman also to develop mentally, amd she has not been alow to recognize them. Striking examples of thda- native intellectual vigor are shown in what the new Indian w inen have accomplished in art, literature and education and in their higher standing generally.Among this new generation of Indian women are Pauline Johnson, Inshta Theambra, Eugenie, Vincent, Maud Echo Hawk, Jane E. Waldron, Minnie Cornelius, Go-Wan-Go Mohawk and Gretchen Lyons. Pauline Johnson, probably the most conspicuous, is the daughter of an Indian chief who lives on the reservation at Brantford, Ontario. Her education has been more than superficial. She is a writer and student of literature. Her poetry has attracted the attention of readers of periodical publications during the last five years, the subjeccs being chosen from the natural Indian surroundings of her own home. Miss Johnson lias also shown capability as an actor in readings from her own works and Impersonations of Indian character in costume. In England she is received by literary men and women on an equal footing, and the Individuality of both her written work and her acting has made a stir in London. Miss Johnson has traveled through this country and Canada giving lectures and readings on phases of Indian life.Inshta Theainbra. or Bright Eyes, is the Indian name of Mrs. T. H. Tibbies, whose home is in Lincoln, Neb. She is also the daughter of a chief—a leading figure among the Omahas—and her accomplishments could be divided among half a dozen women and equip each of them well.Bright Eyes was educated at a girls’ school In the Bast. Ten years after her graduation she became a lecturer on subjects pertaining to the Indian. She addressed audiences in England, Scotland and this country. She has written many magazine articles on Indian matters.Her latest accomplishment Is in art. A year ago sba felt a desfire to paint) pictures. A friend gave her brushes paints and palette, and she immediately began to work. Her first picture painted without instruction, is said to be wonderfully good, and artists have pronounced her a genius. Since then she has worked regularly under good instruction. She has in that time illustrated a book on Indian folk lore. Her husband Is T. H. Tibblee, a white Populist orator.Eugenie, an Indian princess of Canada, Is the eighteen-year-old daughter of Chllef Philippe Vincent of the Hu-rons, or Tarrqn Wartesche. as the tribesmen call him. She lives with her father at the Indian lajrette near Quebec, and is known as the Princess of the Hurons. Princess Eugenie Is well educated and speaks English and French as well as her own picturesque language. She spent eight years at the convent of Charlesbourg, sings un-■ wtll, oj0lt;r pianist. Up-’on the piano she Improvises strange, weird little pieces and calls them by Indian names. One of the duties of the Princess Is to take charge of the heirlooms and chief’s official articles. There are medals presented to the family by George IV. and members of his court, others of a later date by Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales. Among her valuable possessions Is the famous chief’s jacket, a couple of hundreds of years old. and the official crown, which is made of feathers.One of the cleverest of the Pawnee girls Is Maud Echo Hawk, who teaches the children of her own people in the Hope Indian school at Springfield, S. I). She Is young and ambitious and got her own education at the Lincoln Institute in Philadelphia. Her father and all her relatives live in Oklahoma, where he Is chief of the Pawnees. Miss Echo Hawk has adopted the customs of civilization, and she is very earnest in the belief that the, American Indians are to be a power in the future. It is this belief that Inspires her to teach the young redskins the principles of Americanism along with arithmetic and grammar. She visits her own people aftem, and if you ask her Is she would ever go back bo her nation to live she twirls the ring on her left hand and grows thoughtful.Jane E. Waldron, beloved among the Sioux, is proud of her Indian blood, and counts it the highest honor to have gained the affection of her race. At Ripon College, In Wisconsin, she choso music os her vocation. In this she has become profleimt and has labored to make music popular among the Indians, giving nearly all of her time to instructing them and visiting the Government schools for that purpose.Mrs. Waldron was the heroine of the famous case of Black Tomahawk against Jane E. Waldron, which was fought bitterly for seven year* )p Con. gress and the Federal courts and excited the Interest of the entire Westsro country. The case was looked upon as a test of Indian rights to Government land allotments under the various treaties between the United States Government and the Sioux Indians. Mrs. Waldron’s l/rother is a lawyer—the firat ludl.in ever admitted to the bar.
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Danville Baptist Union
Danville, Virginia, US
Thu, Jul 01, 1897
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