Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections) [Illustration: JANUARY, 1887. VOL. XLI. NO. 1. The American Missionary] * * * * * [Illustration: CONTENTS] EDITORIAL. PAGE HAPPY NEW YEAR, 1 PARAGRAPHS, 2 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 3 WHAT SOME WOMEN ARE DOING. Rev. A. H. Bradford, D.D., 4 THE INDIAN PROBLEM. Pres. J. H. Seelye, D.D., 7 ADDRESS OF REV. Dr. C. I. SMITH, 10 WELL SAID. REV. A. G. Haygood, D.D., 11 THE SOUTH. NOTES IN THE SADDLE. Supt. C. J. Ryder, 12 A CONTRAST, 14 BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY, 16 WORK AMONG THE FREEDMEN. Miss Bertha Robertson, 19 WORK AMONG THE INDIANS. Miss H. B. Ilsley, 23 RECEIPTS, 27 * * * * * NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. Rooms, 56 Reade Street. * * * * * Price, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance. Entered at the Post-Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class matter. American Missionary Association. * * * * * PRESIDENT, Hon. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL.D., Mass. _Vice-Presidents._ Rev. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y. Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. Rev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass. Rev. D. O. MEARS, D.D., Mass. Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, Mo. _Corresponding Secretary._ REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ _Associate Corresponding Secretaries._ Rev. JAMES POWELL, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ _Treasurer._ H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ _Auditors._ PETER MCCARTEE. CHAS. P. PEIRCE. _Executive Committee._ JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman. A. P. FOSTER, Secretary. _For Three Years._ S. B. HALLIDAY. SAMUEL HOLMES. SAMUEL S. MARPLES. CHARLES L. MEAD. ELBERT B. MONROE. _For Two Years._ J. E. RANKIN. WM. H. WARD. J. L. WITHROW. JOHN H. WASHBURN. EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN. _For One Year._ LYMAN ABBOTT. A. S. BARNES. J. R. DANFORTH. CLINTON B. FISK. A. P. FOSTER. _District Secretaries._