Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-11

/ have been asked TO set forth what
changes are likely % take place in the status
Of the American Indians during the coming
century. IL must be confessed that | have
considerably less confidence in my prophetic
ability than / had before the last prcsidon-
tisl election, but ~ no ono OF the O. 100000
people Of this country will ever know
whether my prophecy proves true or false
may venture 20 indulge my imagination
with some degree Of impunity
The number Of Indians mt the present
time Is ubout $4,000 A hundred years
hence they viii number million or 80,
the increase being due to the cessation Of
wars, the spread Of intelligence and moral.
ity, the improvement OF hygienic coudi-
lions, the disappearance Of tho medicine
man, the better food supply and the inter
marriage with whites.
Meanwhile some tribes win become Who'll.
~ extinct, leaving scarcely trace OF their
history outside OF the rlcords OF the Indian
bureau. Other tribes, like the Sioux and
Navajo, will rapidly increase and win re-
tain most OF their characteristic traits The
Puoblos OF New Mexico, who are rejecting
so successfully the Efforts Of the govern
ment In their behalf will continue 20 be a
fovoritc people Tor Othuologists and self os-
traciZed journalists who find pleasure aud
profit IN bgrbaIisiu
There will be here and there wandering
bands Of blanket bCggars-abougina
tramps-p erpetuating the ubsurditics aud
euormities Of Indian life either ~ profes-
sion or rs a proyidential object lesson for
students OF history, who viii thus be able
20 form "a fair estimate OF the great work
that the Indian bureau has wrought In
& al
The tribes will disappear and the agen.
cics become a thiug Of the past, thus dis.
posing OF the much abused Indian agents,
whether civilians or army oiicers The
friction between the interior aud the war
departments viii be produced by other
causes. and army officers, having no longer
an excuse for trying 90 run tho Indian Of
flee, viii seek other fields for the exercise
of their talents. Further, the said Indian Of
hce-that inexhaustiblc source OF nows
when all sources fNl-will be forever
closed, the Indian commissioner will hive
q rest, and the Catholics aud penny-a-liucrs
on mischief bent Will have 10 hunt for otheri
targets.
The great body OF Indians win become
merged in the indistiuguishRblo mass Of
our population, and there will spring up
new arstocracy, claiming distinction by
reason Of Indian descent To be able 20
trace one's pedigree back TO some great
warrior or big chief, or 10 have The right 10
claim descent nom one OF the first gradu-
Gtos Of Carlisle will be almost as desirable
as 20 belong TO New York . -Four Hundred.
Many Indians will achieve distinction as
orators, poets, fnanciers and inventors.
Some Of the finest poetry ever pennod viii
find les inspiration and material "a Indian
history, aud whole generation of noyelists
will win fame and favor by stories whose
leading characters are Of Indian descent
Chicago university viii proudly boast Of
an Indian laboratory devoted 70 Indian
life and language.
An Indian will command the United
States army, aud another viii be our min.
lister TO Spain and have the honor OF inyit-
ing the royal party 10 attend the centennial
fair 20 be held IN Denver In 1892
With the disappearance OF the Indians
win disappear tho Indian Rights associa-
ton. or II will turn It's ever watchful eye %
the condition o. the perhaps <till "heathon
Chinee" and the army win gladly abandon
the plains and take up its permanent abode
IN the ever desired haven Of Washington
THOMAS j. MORGAN,
Commissioners Of Indian AGaira