Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-02-13
The White Indians

An intelligent Indian recently. IN 10
porting the marriage Of an Indian o.
toroon to q white man. said: III this
process goes on. we will soo have the
whitest rae Of Indians you over did
see." The accomplished daughter OF
tho old missionary. Dr.. Robertson.
married q full-blooded Crook. Hot
sister has secured money y. the East to
establish q seminary smonX tho full
bl0odS. and it has been q question
where tho seminary could DO located
to 8 the OBJECT aimed ut. Parties
stepping from the train 1T Vintia,
within the. Cherokee nation. the only
railroad crossing in tho Indian Terri
tory. com monty ask. whore are the
lndlan>2" o. being tod that those
they sec about them are iniiuns, they
rep 3. '.En They arc not Indians;
these are wLit. men"
BY marrying an Incl II maiden. the
wnIte man rcures AL I e rights OF In.
dian c.t,z- n>h.p.- Tue ''nraur.gnt" Of
the CIR. he,ps the matrimonial con-
tract. 10 nuu cr> for lar,i. tInse look.
ing Tor whic ranges tor catt" az agri-
culture. ITO temptation is V ~ strong
w WV "ssSk ~ ~ 49, \ Sub
of sui. tn'y t"'i:d never u"p. to secure
III u nt"'r Wy.
c''r".r. ,''lu"at ven TO the
Vii. o> GU tue r"! na!.i,asrt, ic In.
arm tenn mes u ga IL % 3 vAo,. They
l.Inx tha' "y MARI, my wnltc me they
-;in >OciA..y. ami nav: 4 prospect Tor
an custer and ucttrr-c .r-u-.or liie. And
they ,n'nG rightly. IN all depressed
CARNATIONS. women have :: hard time
OF il. Inc Indian men do not like this
CONSTANT ra,uing through tneir land
and capturing tho uost attractive OF
their rnc". whom they would woo and
wed. but they cannot help themselves.
and rctalis,c b. stealing the affections
Of white girls aud marrying them.
White girts entering al Indian reser.
walton are very 500 picked up; not SO
often by lul.-bloodrd Indians, but uf.
ter the process Of insermarriage has
commenced. M SO seldom by hall.
breeds. quadroons aud octoroons-
White persons WHO marry into H.
dian blood almost invariably remain
on Indian soil. The white mau, in de.
Tense Of Indian ideas Of communal in.
tercsts and Indian questions, us related
to the whites. becomes more intensely
Indian than the Indians themselves. ]
think the tiercest defenders of the
tribal system are white men who by
marriage have become Iudiun citizens
and are making money out Of it The
large crops on Indian lands are invar.
iably raised by white men. Four.
tfths OF the mechanics are white men.
brothers-in-law to tho Indians. 6U
on both sides the process Of dilution ol
lndiau blood goes o. until it becomes
very thin. while Indian habits and In.
dian characteristics still remain.
The common notion among Indiana
Is that Indian blood never runs out,
and that wherever the slightest trace
of it can be found, there the fullest
rights of land and privilege follow.
For q man who has one-slxteenth OF
one-thirty-second part Of Indian blood.
the claim for his right as III lndiun il
asserted as strongly as for the full
blood. A white man has married VI
Indian girl. q light blonde, Of one
thirty-second Indian blood. His chill
dren will be e-sixty-fourth Indian.
The family consists Of tive Uers
% account Of that one-thirty-secont
indian blood. that family Of tive. 10
Gated on the border OF tho lndiu I
laud. is entitled. by equal division o
the tribal land. to i've times gas acres
or 4. 925 acres. -!h.lwnhSce scx{sueI,