The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.2, page 79, Sept. 1880, U. of Illinois Press

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SEPTEMBER 1880 SYMPATHIE S Has the Indian any of the tender feelings? One or two examples will answer this question. Among the Indian chiefs who visited the school month before last, was an uncle of Frank Yellowbird,2 one of our students, whom he had not seen for two years. Their meeting was truly affecting. For five minutes they stood clasping each other's hands, unable to speak a word, and weeping as though their hearts would break, but with joy instead of sorrow. The following notes written by some of the girls to Miss F.,3 one of their teachers, just before they started North, show something of their feeling towards their teachers: ''Dear Miss F.: ''I never will forget you in my life. when ~ go home to Dakota ~ never will see you again, but if you are good and I am good we shall meet to ''ether in the heaven. ''Sarah Walker''4 ''Dear Miss F.: ''I never forget you because you my good teacher. My dear teacher please you help me pray every night. I go way to far away. when I come back here ~ glad to see you. ~ am very sorry for you to day. I hope you will see me again. I wiD trying hard to do right. ~ wild keep your card. Good bye. ''Josephine MoInoury''5 Many other such instances could be given to show that the Indian has all the feelings that any other race has. Cultivation is Al that is needed. CARE OF THE SICK During the late sickness of Ecorruptahah,6 White Breast7 was detailed to assist a colored student in waiting on him. It is surprising how well he performed his duty. A trained nurse would not have done better. He was almost never away from his bedside, unless made to go. If I went into his room at midnight, or early in the morning, ~ found White Breast near the bedside. He was unwilling to trust anyone else with the care of his patient. He seemed to anticipate his smallest wants and was always ready to administer to them. Nothing has so strength79