Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-08-15
Win Slove Itself.

Some eastern papers at last seem to
begin to understand something of the
difficulties in dealing with the Indians
in the northwest, but it is certain that
they do not yet fully understand the In
dian character. They probably never
will lat least not till the true Indian
character has disappeared from the
face of the earth. Several influential
eastern papers are urging the forcible
removal of that malignant old rascal,
Sitting Bull, to distant location,
where he shall be permanently confined.
Now, whether this be the best thing rs
to that senile redSkin or not, it never,
theleSs suggests u distinction which
must be drawn between classes of In
dams, or so. called Indians There is
Il great difference between the old In
dams and the young Indians. The
former are welded to their inveterate
barbarism, and in fact incapable of get
ting rid of it. Their life had to do with
the buffalo, the warpsth and all the
other circumstances of savage life.
Their influence on the younger Indians,
many of whom have been somewhat
educated at the government schools, is
evil and evil only. They are the great
est bar In the way of progressive ten
denotes and among the Indians these
are feeble and slow enough. 1t was
these old savagcs who held out so siren
uously against conserving to the oprn-
| ing OF the Sioux reservation, and who
came so near to defeating it at last.
| They took this course, no matter what
excuse was made, solely because they
knew that the REIMBURSEMENT Of large
part of the reservation to white settle
ment and the allotting of much OF the
balance to the Indians i'll severalty i'll
fallibly involved the breaking up of old
Indian life-of old savage life. The Ill
dams appreciated this more keenly than
il generally surpassed, and OF the fact
that they so much fear there can be alb
solutely no doubt. The old Indians of
the malignant type of Sitting Ball
that is the real lndians-are dying of
rapidly. A few years will witness their
extinction. The more progressive In
dams will begin to be at the front. The
influx of white men will rapidly change
the younger Indians. Another thing
the most important factor i'll the Indian
problem, though far from being recog-
nized as suci-,will rapidly have its eff
feet, viz: mtermarriage with whites
Theorists may talk all they pleas,
about education, civilizing aud Christ
iani1ing the Indians, but it can't b.
done not with the real or pure bloot
Indian. The true blood must die be-
fore 10 viii ciyiliEe. That is, civiliza
ton kills him. The law of his nature
kills:him under such circumstances
The Indian has to be graded up by the
infusion of the blood of better races be
fore there is any place to put the levers
of civilization under him. In short, TIT
Indian has got to have his Indian BLOOD
bred out Of him-has got to be made
something different from all Indian be
fore he can be made something better
than an Indian. 1t was intermarriag,
that has made the sOcalled "Fiv,
inUes" of Indians civilized in Indi'I
territory. And this m&ture Of b!o' q
under the new conditions of the nortl.
west. will m axe the cd Indian charar
ter practically obsolete within quar-,
If 4 century. In short, the Indian prob
lem, so far ms the northwest is concern
, ed, will solve itself.-Siour city Jour
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