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Domestic News
March 10, 1824
The Alexandria Herald
Alexandria, Virginia
What is this article about?
A newspaper subscription request from the Cherokee nation highlights the progress in educating Indian and mixed-blood children, observed five years prior, fostering their path to becoming intelligent citizens.
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CIVILIZATION.
We were peculiarly gratified by an application, through the last mail, for the Mirror, to be sent to a central part of the Cherokee nation. About five years since, we called at the house of this interesting subscriber for refreshments, and saw there a teacher, employed by himself, to instruct his own and some of his neighbors' children-all of whom were of Indian or mixed blood. Those children are now, no doubt, capable of reading and comprehending the chronicles of the times; and it is truly gratifying to learn that they are thus paving the way to become intelligent and useful citizens.
We were peculiarly gratified by an application, through the last mail, for the Mirror, to be sent to a central part of the Cherokee nation. About five years since, we called at the house of this interesting subscriber for refreshments, and saw there a teacher, employed by himself, to instruct his own and some of his neighbors' children-all of whom were of Indian or mixed blood. Those children are now, no doubt, capable of reading and comprehending the chronicles of the times; and it is truly gratifying to learn that they are thus paving the way to become intelligent and useful citizens.
What sub-type of article is it?
Education
Indian Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Cherokee Nation
Indian Education
Newspaper Subscription
Civilization Progress
Where did it happen?
Cherokee Nation
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Cherokee Nation
Event Date
Application Through The Last Mail; Visit About Five Years Since
Outcome
children now capable of reading and becoming intelligent citizens
Event Details
Application for Mirror newspaper to central Cherokee nation from subscriber who five years ago employed a teacher for his and neighbors' Indian or mixed-blood children.