National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-06-24
10! THE POOR INDIAN
AND HIS SIMPLE, uNTuToRED MIND.
Tho Education or the Young savases-Whnt Was
Said at Recent Indian Meetiug-An Xxx.
pertinent That viii Accomplish
Credltablc Results.


The father OF n sprightiy, bright eyed little
girl surprised one evening nj her exceeding
yolubiljtv o,boa h.. a., ..,Lo. = ,o,,ro,,,,,1
,ona ,,hn, 80 ~, IN ~ iS',.u, n,a ,,,,,a,,
to"e' Wnu' Hauo ner talk SO much' 10 Wnlcn
mo little one, with great naivotc, replied,
betause rso dot somcsing TO say" Now, feel
very much rs that li,tlo girl did 1t was my
privilege n week or two ago to attend very inter-
n,,, hsor, a,'n ,, ,,. ~, 80 an ',,,,,
9 "e"it "uu my prul nhVo peen rlleu WIN W.
the poor indian. Not with visions OF brandshing
tomahawks, bleeding scalps, and painted warriors
mot with nicturos of snotv iodocs poled chiiaren
,,,., ,.s.,,',s ..., y. ~. -, nv, ,,ta.. -
unu @ WortnieSs parents, Out with 'ho inuian IN
new light-a vision Of the savage merging Into tho
man. and who TO the boat of his ability Is fulfill
inc tho dutos oT a ,o,, ,,h loco,os ror,ns buIIds
bonscs ond rroyncs for win, and iji,lo ones-who
Jugs auu noes ana plnnls ana nnItoNsS MS Llnu ns
MY Whle man uOes, put, uhiku h,lm, has ~, ~
rlgnt 10 cnll II MS own ana nv tn9 DiuuinH Ol ty
whlte man must IKE Little Jo IN DlenK HOUSE,
keep moving on"
IT HAS BEEN CLAIMED THAT WOMAN
n,p ncvor totc n corrcct view of nny subject be-
cau,n sbc aIwoys allows her heart TO riin away
with her bcnd This may bo To some extent trne
aud some may cito Miss Fletcher as n notable
proof Of IT, for she went to the Indian country for
the purpose OF scientific research, she IS grad,
uato OF Harvard college and highly lhiellectual
woman. once among the indians ana learning OF
their peculiar trials and their efforts TO rid them-
selves OF the old nature, she became deeply IN
torestrd i'll them, ana throwing aside INC brain
work upon which she had entered, returned 70
the East TO speak and to work for them. Womnn's
to conclusions which he reaches by long processes
OF reasoning ana lhinEng her lpuses az ~ InoLG ~
a,,o- n,toi,in ~ Tho n,ISyiotion Of tha.yons
Of bumonity I nm aware that
- .- .,
THE INDIAN QUESTION
Is weighty one and donot presume to lay down
any rule Of nclion In dealing with the red man,
but gracefully yield that TO mans superior wis
dom. cannot hop thinking, though, what pre-
cious time has been lost aud how much RESPONSE.
ihe meeting above referred to Commissioner
Eaton made some very impressive remarks. He
dwelt upon the fact that the Indian must be sub
community through his children. The children
must be tangbt-not the derivation nnd definition
E MOI nS nd how % nd SS
cnmference Of circle, not the construction aud
rounding of proper sentences hut what Is OF much
more importance 70 tnetn, tausnl 70 vIo'nS hii5
hnnsns pnd coa tbe,r fod tobecome snpport
ingNin M n few Words 70 beoome a man and eli.
zen Inst hink Of Inc penerntions OF little Indian
boys and yiris NJ the pnst rcntuTv thnt have been
born, grown to adult years.
AND PASSED AWAY WITHOUT
having advanced onestep-b but rather retrograded
on account of vices learned from the white man
beyond the savages who ranged at will over this
beautiful land before our fathers came 10 possess
III Suppose each generation had been taught gui
would have been the result at the present time !?
There would, no doubt, have been q sufficient
number of native teachers and examplars to have
changed the mode Of living and to have civilized
every Indian tribe In tho country,
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY EXPENDED
by the government since its foundation on nc-
c5unt of Indians appals one with its magnitude
If one.tenth of IL had been applied to teaching
them trades and establishing them upon small
farms from which they could not be removed
there would have been no necessity for the four
or five millions TO be appropriated this year for
their benefit Up to the wear 1881 there has been
expended for various Indian tribes $50 OCT S7I H.
and this is exclusive of any money spent OH ac-
count of hostilities which If added to 1t would
probably amount to another hundred millions of
dollars. A late Commissioner of Indian Affairs in
one of his ro orts says: "Whateyer failure has
attended the management of Indian affairs in the
past has been largely attributed to this funda-
mental failure to recognize and treat the Indian
as a man capable OF civilization. and therefore a
proper subject of the government and amonable
to its laws'
THAT ONE INDIAN HAS nrEN tanned
.,.u,-,, a,non,od ,noaa oa,cs,nnnr,ir,, o,a
cyleu ad9 liz soYls a son be
p% ~ Vi ,h ss,nc nneiingp ~ Which have
reSrrred hoard two mrn~UTwo Crowsn md
Joseph La Fleche-make Il speech in, their own
Language, which was faithfully interpreted by a
clergyman present and these men were living
proof of what can be done with the savage. They
were neatly atired in black broadcloth and spot
less linon and IL their fnces hud been white one
n ~