The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-05-15
MIXED RACES.
1ntermarriage Of Indians. Negroes
and Whites,

1ntermarriage Of Indians. Negroes
and Whites,
Cor. Rorc hester Democrat Tand Chronicle.
TAHLEouAH, Ind. Ter.-The Chero-
KEGS have 4,47S adopted whites, who
have married Cherokee women and
have all the rights of citizen of
their nation. An Indian maiden will
choose a white man for husband
every time, for he makes better pro-
wider than an Indian. BY marriage
she thinks she confers great honor
on him in thus elevating him to cit
enship in her nation, and comforting
upon him free lands, no taxation.
Office in the tribal government, and
other emoluments. Many of these
half-breed Cherokee women are cul-
tivated in mind, beautiful in person.
Industrious in habit, and will COM
pare well with the most favored wo-
men in the north and east. They
have magnificent heads Of hair, long
and black, all their own, and with jet
black eyes and pearl teeth, dressed in
that fashionable attire in which they
all love to appear, they would not be
recognized in eastern drawing-rooms
as that part of the original inhabi-
tants Of our country known as
squaws, name long since repudiated
here. Let it be known, then, that
white men of worth and character are
popular among the beauties of this
territory, and four out of five who
come to make a home among them,
marry these dusky maidens, get cit
enship, surround themselves with
ample acres and the comforts of life.
participate in the affairs of govern
ment and become the most active and
wealthy citizens Of the territory. A
chief trait in the character of many
white men both in this country and
out Of it is to get possession of its
productive lands. by committing
matrimony, they can kill two birds
with one stOne-get wife and farm
too. 1t is expected, therefore, that
mercenary motives lies at the foun-
dation of matrimonial movements.
The Cherokees are proud Of their
blood, and every white man who has
drop of Cherokee blood in his veins
will appear at court and prove it and
become legally recognized as Chero-
kee. 1t sometimes appears that a
man learns that one of his ancestors
married Cherokee in Georgia Oh
Alabama, and that he has little In
dian blood in him. He then forth
: with makes out application and files
affidavit in proof Of the fact. Hence
we have many who are called Chero-
KEGS who are as white as the whitest
man in New York or New England
! OF such applications 265 have beer
accepted and 52l rejected. This
shows that the Indians are particular
to preserve their tribes from extinc
ton, and yet be just to every man en-
titled to citizenship. In!thc Cherokee
nation there are 5,352 white men who
are not citizens. They include va
rious trades and professions. Some
of them keep great herds of cattle
and make large amounts Of money
from these splendid pasture lands.
There are from 5000 to 10000 colored
people in the entire territory, and
from II, 900 to 1900 whites all told.
, The human countenances present
, among us brilliant rainbow of col
ors, from the deepest jet of Africa to
the purest white of Caucassia. This
is land Of mixtures, Of the inter-
marriage of races. Indians are mar
| ried to negroes, and whites are mar
ried to Indians,i and to negroes also
Wherever the white blood is inter
! mingled through marriage with eth
er Indian or negro blood the whit
principle prevails in the children
Hence 1t is that we have so many
white Indians and white negroes
One might visit whole villages along
the Missouri Pacific railroad withou
the least suspicion from the appear
o ance of the inhabitants that he was il
an Indian country. If the intermar
p rying goes on in the future as 1t la
in the past every particle of lndial
and negro physiogomy and color viii
K disappear from the people Of thi
land. AS the English language is up
>, roofing and banishing Indian dialect
so white win in time extirpate botl
It black and copper color. Whereve
It the white blood prevails in an Indial
the elements of white mans charac
d ter prevail. The whittier he gets tn
g more he cultivates agriculture ant
y commerce liberty and law, learning
a and letters. "The Indian problem,
as it is called, is being solved by tn
If blending of the blood of both white
,e and Indians in their offspring.