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injurious effects of the conditions which we have forced upon the race are understood and lamented by the thoughtful men in the tribes.  Some have sought by war to shake of our iron hand; others have fallen a prey to despair and folded their robes over their heads and died of a broken heart; while a few have grasped the idea that their lost liberty could be regained through the power of education.  And these men have pushed their children out among the white people to learn our secret of power.

The Indians, as well as, we are looking to the Indian students as the means by which the meshes of superstition and ignorance that entangle the mind of the race are to be broken.  And many young Indian men and women are willing and ready to essay this task.  

I recall a young girl who watched beside my bed when I lay ill among the Indians.  She told be how she desired to study medicine.  that she might be able to instruct her Indian friends in the laws of health and minister to them in sickness.  These talks took place seven years ago and I determined as I watched the gentle nature of the girl and discerned her mental ability, - that