Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-18
Usage INDIANS.
BY Far the Richest Nation in thu
World.
Each Member of the Tribe is q
DiSSolute Nabob.

The Usage trib: of Indians i, bv far
the richest nation IN the verdi The
Osagcs are five times II, rich as the az
era9c of Americans, ten times us rich as
the average of Englshmcn, and the
French and Italians are paurcr, in com
parison. There are among the Osaycs
no pcnnicss people, and none in want
except that Unsuitable want tina: always
wants more.
The whole Usage Nation consists of
just 1901 persons. and tho number Of
children Of school age is about 100. Bat
they already have two schools, supported
by magnificent school fund of $l20,
0oo, yielding regularly annual interest
OF $1,000, or $l5 for each schoolablc
child-a larger fund than any other
community in the world.
Let us sec what is the actual wealth
of the Oingcs. There are 15Ol of them
according to last year census. They
have in tho Unitcl S a:cs treasury ST..
75S, G9l of their own moncy, drawing
per cent. interest This amounts to
Il capital of $5l75 apiece for TIC whole
nation-mcn, women and children.
But besides this they have 1 40. 600
acres OF land-cqual to just about 1000
acres apiece. This land is mostly fine
and arabic and would sell for an aver
age of $40 an acre, or $40, 900 for each
individuals portion. This makes each
individual Usage Indian worth:
Cash in United States Treasury 5.17.
Value of 1000 acr,S Of land. ... 1000
Wealth Of Zach member OF the tribe. ..l5, IL,
81 each Q age bah; comes into the
world with SD, 00O in its doubled fist.
Not only is each member of the :ribc
worth $l5. 00o, but the property ia so
protected tha. he can cnj)y only the
income of it, He cannot got hold of
the principal 10 dissira.c it, and lie
cannot sell the land, so absolute pro
vision is made for III. most Indictment
of wet days. Each family possesses
500, 900 on an average, and the head of
It, If he be Industrious and cntcrnr.s-
inc, can grow so, OBJ worth of Crops
Il year on hi, i. 00o acres of land. He
is raised permanently above want an
above fear of want
The Gage tribe ha, refrigerated ever
sine. a big sale of Wild land made it
rich. The population s;cadily dimin-
isles. In 1888 the population WA.
SEQ; in 1860, / ISL; in 1873. > 39I:
in 1889 100. Tie rich O.a.cs are
running out. There were seventeen
deaths last year and only three births.
Only one baby has been bora during
the six months Of this rear, as far as
reported, and that i, only abou. one
fifth pure blooi.
The O>aycs refuse TO be civilized,
dress mostly in blankets, brecch-c!ou,s
and moccasns and arc II lazy, ignorant,
worthless fragment of the human race
They are mostly diunkca when they
can get rum. They will not work, but
when they have any work that souaw
don understand they hire white men
to TO it. The government tries to train
the young without any good results.
The fact is that the Usage tribe is
community of copper colorcd loafcrs, Of
proilSatc, dissolutc, lazy, filthy nabobs.
They do nothing to better their condi-
ton except constantly tease the govern
men; for more and more money. They
scorn and dcspisc civilization, because
civilization means work. Like all poo
pie who ar supported in idlcncss, the
Osascs seem to have lost their manhood
and Lccome not merely pensioners, but
mcnd;cants. -ByOollw Citizen.