They seem to wish them to live
among them; though formerly the lives of those who felt it their duty to
remain were in constant peril.
They depend more, too, upon what the ground yields them for food, and
have sought for assistance in ploughing it.
There are four schools sustained by the Dahcotah mission; in all there
are about one hundred and seventy children; the average attendance
about sixty.
The missionaries feel that they have accomplished something, and they
are encouraged to hope for still more. They have induced many of the
Dahcotahs to be more temperate; and although few, comparatively, attend
worship at the several stations, yet of those few some exhibit hopeful
signs of conversion.
There are five mission stations among the Dahcotahs; at "Lac qui parle,"
on the St. Peter's river, in sight of the beautiful lake from which the
station takes its name; at "Travers des Sioux" about eighty miles from
Fort Snelling; at Xapedun, Oak-grove, and Kapoja, the last three being
within a few miles of Fort Snelling.
There are many who think that the efforts of those engaged in
instructing the Dahcotahs are thrown away.
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