Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-24

C0RmER 11TH Amn F STREETS uVy

where they desire to do SO. They should be
provided with habitable house. well ventilated
and lighted. and n moderate amount of plain
furniture. IL the owners were properly looked
after and encouraged these would soon become
permanent homes. I lind the people there
very much attached to the little places they
have made themselves out on Wounded Knee
and the creeks east Of the agency, and that
they are anxious to return to them as soon AS it
Is declared safe. The separate and individual
homestead ought to be encouraged quite as
much as education"
How might the nation avoid such a situa-
ton as the one which has caused such IL dis
turbance here for the past two months?'
by keeping in good faith the agreements
made with the Indians
Gould any special provision be made for
aged men and women who are given to publicly
and frequently reciting the cussedness that
used to be prevalent when they were young?'
This class is so numerous yet that / do not
think it practicable to do anything with it,
lis it necessary that the Indian be confined
to the agricultural branches OF Industry
Il think it is generally. where the conditions
are favorable for agriculture. 1t il the natural
industry Of man, and the only one in which the
Indian is not handicapped in some way Ire
have become practically self-sustaining in four
years by agriculture alone"
AFFAIR SHOW AT PINE RIDGE.
'Has the Indian had q fair show at Pine
Ridge?'
II think he has had pretty fair show, but
under such unfavorable conditions that ma
terial progress in agriculture is impossible. No
men ON earth can extract a living from this
arid. sandy soil by agriculture alone. Primarily
they are themselves to blame for being here.
They were offered lands on the Missouri river,
where there is fertile soil and rainfall,
some years ago, but refused them. although
they had previously agreed to move there.
Now those lands are coded to the government
and are being settled by the whites"
AN AGENTS QUALIFICATIONS.
"What qualifications should O good agent
possess?"
He should be q practical business man, Of
course, and besides that man who knows how
to manage Indians or who can learn how to dc
it. This does not come by inspiration and the
majority OF men turn out to be rascals or fail.
ures before they can compass this problem
There are no people on the earth more patient
and enduring under disappointment and dis
couragemcnt than Indians or more managea-
BILE and obedient under good influences and
wise restraints.
1.-The inability of most men, who deal with end
act for the Indian, to put themselves in his
place: and the disposition to regard him as a
pariah rather than a person who lives and
moves and has his being in bis own conditions
precisely as We do in ours Except that he il in
| u muck lower plane), are among the principal
reasons why he is supposed to be 80 difacult to
understand and SO hard to control. The truth
| is that in his daily life the Indian is the mos,
supplemented man in nature and the easies,
| to control under proper influences. An ex
ample Of this truth occurred right here yes
terday when Capt. Lee took GAO of the late
hostiles out Of the camps here and started witt
| them for Rosebud, 100 miles across the country
without guard or even a guide, they obeyine
him in everything without thought Of
question as implicitly as children would"
| STILL SOWING DRAGONS TEETH.
"Do you think it probable that further com
plications or any trouble will arise from tn.
recent disafection?'
mo one can say now whether it is probable
or improbable. Many Of the Indians are indis
posed, and have been all the time, to Join in {
demonstration Of defiance to the government
while there are some who nre undoubtedly ant
deeply Unaffected. These last believe how
ever, have promised good behavior Unless
howeyer,a change il soon made in their manage
ment satisfactory to the Indians discomfort
| must grow rather than diminish. To 60 on il
| the manner in which we have been going /,
| simply to continue the sowing of drnaon'
| teeth"