ABSTRACT
A lady in America, Miss Alice Fletcher, is well known there for the admirable work she has accomplished among the Indians in Dakota and Nebraska. She has lived among them, and acts as a kind of intermediary between them and the United States Government; looking well after the interests of her adopted clients. She has lately done the same good service for the Omahas. The Woman's Tribune writes—"After a 360bill providing for the sale of the Omaha reservation had passed the lower house and was in the hands of the senate committee, Miss Fletcher appeared before that committee and explained to them the needs and condition of the Omahas, with which she was perfectly familiar, having lived among them for some months. She succeeded in having her amendments to the bill adopted, so that the rights of the Indians were secured and they were allowed to have titles to their lands. After that, Miss Fletcher was appointed by the government to convey a party of Indian children from the Carlisle School to their western home, returning with another party which were being sent east to school. Last spring Miss Fletcher was appointed by the secretary of the interior to superintend the allotment of lands to the Indians and see that the provisions of the bill were faithfully carried out."
