out-stations. There were about twenty Indians in the congregation, and
as all were not there a messenger was sent to have another collection
taken in the evening at the meeting at Deacon Many Bears' house. Our
people are always ready to give what they can. The boys and girls of the
school, thirty-eight in number, all took a hand, giving of their
allowances or earnings. Little lame Bertha wrote her name down for
eleven cents, which was the 'widow's mite' with her. The names of some
of the Indian contributors are: Red Fox, Strieby Horn, Little Eagle,
Andrew Crow, Fighting Bear, Mrs. Two Bears, Mrs. Rough Horn, Mrs. Jack
Rabbit and Louisa Crow Tail.

"The Sunday was a cold one, ten degrees below zero, and some of our
leading members were camping out on their way with food supply from
Minot, sixty miles north over a trackless waste of snow. One Monday
morning Andrew Crow came in on horseback, with the result of the
previous evening's contribution. We get little change here, so we put
down the amount to be given on paper, and settle the account as we can
by exchanges or work. We do not have many unpaid subscriptions."

Such facts as these abundantly prove that our Indian Christians are
realizing the responsibility upon them to assist with their means in
these great missionary movements. If all the churches in the land would
give according to their ability as generously as did this Indian church
on the prairie, not one of our benevolent societies would need suffer.

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THE CHINESE.

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