St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-01
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w. III. Hoyt Springs Novel Plan

w. III. Hoyt Springs a Novel Plan
for Settling the Indian.
The reference to the views of ". II.
Hoyt, given yesterday, vas not alto
gether correct, and they gave him a new
train of thought. He says:
In this Sundays GLOBE you publish
an interview with me in which it is
made to ar-lnadvertently, of
course-that l think that buck Indians
could be taught trades and would work
if they had a chance. This is ga mis-
take i'll the print" and exactly the op-
posite of what is true of the nature and
possibilities of the North American male
Indian, commonlyfor short called 10"
Buck Indians seldom,if ever, work and
i'll this generation, at least, they never
will. 1t is dead against their oldest
Instrumentation, laws, education and
inclination, most especially the latter
And, as to learning trades, why it would
take six good white men to make one
Indian work ten consecutive hours, and
then it would be found that very little
work had been done. No. the only
trade an Indian knows anything about
is the swap" trade with the whites. In
this trade MIR. Lo invariably excelS in
getting the worst of it. They will
trade brand new overcoat that
cost the government So or more for
tobacco. sugar, coffee. brass jewelry,
etc, worth $3.50. They trade off nearly
all the clothing Uncle Sam issues them
and get about 25 per cent of what the
goods cost the gOvernment--and go
naked. The sGuaws are hard workers
and do all the work, but would not
make very fine domeSticS for the whites.
A Sioux girl might possibly make fair
second girl or chambermaid, but il
there happened TO be Sioux cook in
the same house the two would lavish
all the lard in the larder on their raven
tresses and the cook would be apt to
| neglect from force of former habit to
take the viscera out when fowl or fish
and such were to be cooked. Neverthe-
less, know a good Christian lady in
this city, who has a nice home, nice
family, and is herself way-up member
| of the Chautauqua Circle, who would he
| delighted to have a fuil-blooded Indian
| girl, about fifteen or so, whom she
/ would take great pride, pains and
| pleasure in training, educating
and making a good Christian woman.
No, my idea or theory for the
| settlement of the indian question, and
| the Indians. is simply this: The people
| in good many of the states, especially
| some of the Eastern ones, appear to
have a good deal of pity. and more or
less love for 10" the poor Indian, and
| they ought no longer to be denied the
| privilege of having a sample with them,
or near them. Look at our friendly
Sioux SO near here, at Mendoza, quite a
band of them-peaceable. reliable, quiet,
self-supporting DEMONSTRATING nobody
any trouble. and nobody ever thinks of
kicking because they are here. They
make mOccasins, bead and fancy work,
and sell the same to people who are glad
to purchase them-they often go to
church, and are really pretty good citi-
zens.- dream of any new MES
siah." and never think or talk of going
on the war path" So let Uncle Sam
] purchase, just outside of each city or
town in the United States where the
| neOnle want Indians, an acre or so of
=, "rnek if nossihle-giYe it to