Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-18
WHITE INDIANA.

An intelligent Indian recently, in 70
porting the marriage Of an Indian octo-
room to q wh.ts man, said: eff this pro-
cess gees on, We will soon have the
whifest race of Indians you ever did
see." The accomplished daughter of
the old missionsry. DR.. Robertson, mar
RED full biooded Creek. Hsr sister
has ssoorsd money at the East 20 estab-
lish seminary among the full bloods,
and it has been q question where she
seminary could be located 10 meet the
object aimed st. Parties stepping from
ths train at Yinita, within the Cherskse
Nation, the obiy railroad crossing in
the Indian Territory. commonly ask:
"Where are the Indiansf" On being
told that those they see about them are
Indians, they reply, "No. They are
not Indians. These are white men"
By marrying an Iadian maiden, the
white man secures all the rights Of In
dian citizenship. The headright" Of
the girl helps the matrimonial o ,ntract.
TO hunters for land, those looking for
wide ranges for cattle or agriculture,
tue temptation is very strong TO take
this short oot TO get an extent of soil
they could never hope 10 secure In any
other Vsy.
The encoufaeement given to the
whites on the part Of narrisaeabls 10
dian females 10 quite observable. They
think that by marrying white men they
gain socially, and have q prospect Of an
easier and better cared FOR iife. And
they think rightly. 10 all depressed
civilizations, women hase a hard time
Of 10. The Indian mon do not like this
constant rssdins throosh their land and
capturing she most ATTRACTIVE of their
race, whom they would WOO aAd w~d,
bat they sannos help themselves, and
retaliats BY stealing the Affections Of
wbite giris and marrying them. white
girls entering an lsdisn reservation ar.
very soon picked up, not 90 ofIen BY
full bloodsd ludiana. Gus after tue pro-
Goes Of iatsrmarria9e has commenced.
not 90 seldom BY half breeds. quadroons
and octoroons.
White persons Who marry into In
dian blood almost invari ably remain on
iadian coil. The white man, In defence
Of Indian ideas OF communal Interests
and Indian questions as related TO the
whites. becomes more intensely an In
dian than the Indians themselves.
think the dercsst defenders Of the
tribal system are the white men Who BY
mFrriaRs have become Indian citizens
aud are naakiHg money cut Of H. The
large crops on Indian lands are invaria-
ely raised By white men. Four-nfths Of
the mechanics are white men. brothers
IN Lac 20 the Ind,ans. SO on both sides
the procvss Of dilusion Of Indian blsod
gees on until II beoomes very thin, while
Indian habits and Indian oharscteris-
lies still remain.
The common notion among Indians
ID that Indian blood never runs out, and
that wherever the sliehtess tracs Of IL
can be found. there the fullest rights Of
land and privilege follow. For . man
Who has one sixteenth or one thirty
second part Of Indian blood, the elaiu
for his right - IN Indian is asserted q
strongly a. for the full blood. A white
man has married an Indian girl, light
blonde, Of one thirty second Indian
bloed. HE ehiidrsu vill be one sixty
fourth Indian. The family consists Of
6vs msmbsrs. On account Of that one
thirty second IndiAn blood, that family
Of ave, located on the border Of the In
dian land, 10 entitled, By equal division
Of ths tribal land, 10 ave times s95 acres,
of A.s76 acres.