The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-10-10

Of this number IS per cent or 49, ga. are
self-suppOrting and receive no subsistence
supplies whatever from the government. OF
the total number 1::}.417 are known as reser-
vaton Indians residing wards of the ma
ton on 129 different reservations in twenty
states and territories the reservations being
made either by law. by executive order or by
treaty and subject to increase or diminution
by the government at pleasure. These reSer-
walton Indians own $13.6S4 11S worth of
horses mules, swine sheep and domestic folwS,
which with their other property and the
trust funds owed by many of the tribes place
them far above the reach Of want The non
reservation Indians. of which there are no.
III are III an even more cnViahle condition.
All are immensely rich as tribes. and the de-
gree of enlightenment ana civilization they
have attained is a startling revelation to the
unnnitiated or this class 10000 belong to the
five civilized tribes in Indian Territory. 1G,2SI
10 the MoquiS ana PucbioS of Arizona ana
New Mexico J.2o3 10 the Six Nations OF New
York. > $50 to the Eastern Band of Cherokees
Of North Carolina. Georgia, Tennessee and
Alabama and il 900 to the Nayajos of Arizona.
Their lands were acquired by purchase, settle
meut or treaty. their trust funds by the sale
of their surplus lands and their other property
by the personal cxertion and labor of the
tribes assisted in their efforts by the fedora!
government
Wealthiest People on Earth.
~
ants of the old Len-Lenape of the middle
states. now residing among the Kowas
and Comanches in Oklahoma and numbering
only nnety-tive souls in all, have to their
credit in the United States treasury the sum
of SS741S6. which is 50. 202 in cold cash for
every man. woman and papoose of them
besides eighty acres per capita Of land, to-
gether with horses. stock, houses and other
property. They are probably the richest per
capita Of all the Indians. their wealth in
trust funds and land alone being $11, 202 per
capita. Compared with theirs. the per capi-
ia wealth Of the richest nations of the world
is insignificant. The inhabitants of the Brit
ish islands are the most opulent civilized race
on the earth, and their per capita wealth is
only s 236. Next to the British are the
French, the richest people on the continent
of Europe, whose per capita is only 81, l02
Close after the French are the Holanders or
Dutch, with per capita wealth of Sl,0SS
and next TO them are our own people i'll the
United States whose wealth per capita is
set down at 81 .O29. The per capita wealth
of Germany is but 500 and that of Russia
only S225.
Next 10 the DeIawares above referred To,
not absorbed with the CherOkees, are the
Osages, numbering 1909 and residing east
OF the Cherokee strip in oklahoma, with
tribal government Of their own based upon
constitution approved by the interior depart
1nent They have the immense sum of S.
2I3.0T9 in the United States treasury-a per
capita fund of $5,49G. bearing interest TO
the amount of $22j annually. In addition
they own, peF capita. $2.900 worth of SPLEEN
did and-tifty-eight acres at 500 All acre.
making their per capita wealth in the two
items of money and land SS.:I96.
Prosperous Ex-fieorGians
The five civilized tribes inhabitins the In
dian territory the Choctaws, Chickasaws,
Cherokees, Greeks and Seminoles- constitut-
ing as stated population OF $4,000 souls
ave more concrete wealth among themselves,
hehy held in common by each tribe, than
any body of people Of equal size under the
sun. Once absolute sayages investing the bot
toms and wildernesses of Tennessee. Georgia
q d Alabama, except the Scninolcs. who came
fr n Florida, they are now creditable ana
cultivated citizens, of perhaps 4 little higher
order than many of our imported European
Americans. with Legislative, executive and
judicial departments. trial by jury and the
fight Of appeal to the supreme court. The men
as a rule are handsome ana the women come
~ frequently even beautiful so attractive
Indeed that white men from elsewhere, capti-
waited 10y their charms and woxth as we'll as
by the delicious climate and other favorable
conditions under which they live. seek ALI.
Hnces with them in matrlmony and cast in
their lot with the tribes. The half-breeds
produced by these marriages are a much
more promising race than one would sup
pose.
Altogether the five tribes have in bank and
m the United States treasury the aggregate
sum Of $40. 000, 900; they own nearly 20.000,-
roo acres of land. some of 1t literally under
laid with deposits Of coal. iron and other