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Table 6. — Federal Indian welfare expenditures, fiscal year 1960 * 



Month 



Amount ^ 



July 



August 



September.. 



October 



November-. 

 December- - 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Total 



$4, 474 

 4,433 

 3,848 

 7,679 



12, 613 



13, 401 

 13, 495 



13, 850 



14, 457 

 13, 365 

 10, 173 



2,617 



$114, 405 



' Data secured from Welfare and Family Comiseling Office, July 1960. 

 2 Add approximately $200 per month for emergencies. 



NOT BY BREAD ALONE 



The religious life of the people is provided for by 21 churches. In 

 addition to 15 Baptist churches, there are 3 Methodist, 1 Pentecostal 

 Holiness, 1 Catholic, and 1 Episcopal. During the summer several 

 tent sects move in for a week or two. Many of the churches provide 

 used clothing either for nothing or for a very nominal fee. Weekly 

 prayer meetings are held, sometimes in the church and sometimes in 

 the homes of parishioners. Notes taken after a prayer meeting in a 

 home in Big Cove describe it thus : 



We entered an oil-illuminated room with three double beds in it. The walls 

 were lined with cardboard taken from packing boxes. Nan Driver was sitting on 

 the edge of a bed, crutches nearby and her one leg dangled from a soiled dress. 

 Her husband was there. Numerous children sat in the shadows, almost in- 

 distinguishable from the lumps of blankets. There were eight other adults 

 present. The meeting opened with hymns, some of which were sung in Cherokee. 

 The preacher started his sermon which gradually reached a rythmic crescendo in 

 which we were exhorted to love God and quit sinning. The room was very hot. 

 During the most enthusiastic part of the sermon several of the men dozed on 

 benches at the side of the room. At the conclusion prayers were said in Cherokee 

 by some of those in attendance. We arose and walked around the circle and 

 shook hands with everyone else. The handgrip was limp with a jerky up and 

 down motion. 



In general, the churches follow community orientation. Some have 

 predominantly fullblood communicants, and others have mixblood 

 congregations. The Catholic Church serves its largest numbers 

 during the summer when travelers avail themselves of services. 



At present, recreation is largely physical. There is a softball 

 league in the summer, and each community has an entry. Little 



